Viktor Krum and an Unforgivable Curse

gypaetus16 elfriede.schaden at chello.at
Sat Jan 5 09:09:20 UTC 2002


No: HPFGUIDX 32814

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "zoehooch" <zoehooch at y...> wrote:
> In the last task of the Triwizard Tournament, Krum hits Cedric with 
> the Crucitas curse, and, we suspect, Fleur as well. After Harry helps 
> Cedric, he says "I can't believe this ... I thought he was alright."
> 
> But at the end of the book,as the Durmstrang students are preparing 
> to leave, everything is quite happy; Krum says goodbye to Hermione 
> and Ron asks for his autograph. 
> 
> Why isn't Harry concerned?  How would he let Hermione go off in 
> private with a wizard who had performed one of the unforgivable 
> curses? Then again, Harry must not have told anyone or surely some 
> action would have been taken against Krum.
> 
> Is this an oversight by the author?  Any ideas?
> 
> Zoe Hooch


What I can remember Krum was under the magical pressure of Crouch jr. 
so Krum himself was totally innocent. 

Gabriele







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