[HPforGrownups] Re: Fidelius Charm/Sirius

[Alexander]

No: HPFGUIDX 33682

  Greetings!

> Marina the Mermaid wrote to us in her wisdom:

m> Newbie delurking here.

m> I wondered about that myself.  The only theory I could come up with is
m> that Sirius a)didn't feel entirely confident in his own ability to
m> withstand torture; or b)was afraid that Voldemort would use some
m> magical means (Imperio curse or Veritaseum, for example) to get him to
m> talk.

m> The problem with that is, switching secret-keepers wouldn't keep the
m> Potters safe in this scenario, it would only introduce an extra step
m> in the questioning.

m> (...)

m> Marina
m> rusalka at ix.netcom.com

  There's just a possibility that a person under Imperio
follows the orders literally - like a computer. In this case
the interrogation could last for much longer time.

  Still, veritaserum doesn't work that way. The person just
gets extremely talkative and truthful. But yes, one more
step would be more than enough - remember how long did it
take Sirius to return to England from his hiding in GoF.
Multiply that by two and you get the time bonus enough to do
something else.

  But there's still another possibility. Sirius could simply
use another Fidelius spell to hide, instead of running off
like Hell. In bluff scenario, Pettigrew could be hidded by
this way, and then Sirius - that's _three_ levels of
security there.

Sincerely yours,
Alexander Lomski,
(Gryffindor/Slytherin crossbreed),
who doesn't believe in ultimate security anyway.