The Clock Says 'Mortal Peril'

[arcum42]

No: HPFGUIDX 42823

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "bboy_mn" <bboy_mn at y...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at y..., "yr awen" <yrawen at o...> wrote:
> > Heather wrote:
> > 
> > I  meant to ask this the first time I saw it here, but forgot, and
> > this just reminded me. Do we know for sure if "death" is on the 
> > clock? In my GoF, it mentions "home", "school", "work", "traveling",
> > "lost", "hospital", "prison", and, on the number twelve position,
> > "mortal peril". I always figured that "dead" would occupy the number
> > twelve position if it was there, and concluded that it must not
> >  be.<<<<<<<<<
> > 
> 
> Bboy_mn makes a general comment:
> 
> I'm sure I mistakenly assumed the 'death' location on the clock.
> 
> But it brings up an interesting question; what happens if you die
> while in mortal peril? 
> 
> Does the clock hand stay stuck on 'mortal peril' forever, until the
> family removes the hand from the clock? 
> 
> Death after mortal peril would leave the clock with no stimulus;
> nothing to make that hand ever move again.
> 
Personally, I always assumed the clock hand would simply fall off if the person died, but there is no canon on that that I'm aware of. Also, what happens if you are in mortal peril while at home?

--Arcum