Fidelius Charm - alternative explanation

[Alexander]

No: HPFGUIDX 33751

  Greetings!

  I thought that perhaps an alternative explanation of
Fidelius Charm may be of use, especially since this thread
seems to undeservedly stuck dead.

  So far it's common point that Fidelius hides the actual
location. Indeed it does, but why to resort to the
difficulties discussed? Why to make everyone forget about
actual Potters location?

  We know for sure that in the Wizarding World there are
things that are "more inside than outside". Why cannot
Fidelius work the same way?

  It is said that Voldemort could peer into Potters' house
windows and not find them. Ok, let's assume that Fidelius
does NOT remove actual knowledge about Potters location,
only makes it impossible to FIND them there. From a mundane
point of view, the spell actually creates a duplicate of the
house they live in, and hides it from everyone but Secret
Keeper.

  Now it gets interesting. Actual address may be known to
Voldemort, but most likely it will be nothing but one of
many possible addresses that come from many sources. In
spying games, there's no chance to get a simple piece of
intel that wouldn't contradict other similar pieces. I would
suppose that Voldemort was forced to check each and every
address that as he knew could be Potters'. And if Dumbledore
had any brains, he would put some effort into spreading a
LOT of fake addresses throughout the wizards community (in
military theory this method is known as Reflections Waltz).

  Of course he had REAL Potters' address - among many
others. But only the Secret Keeper can actually FIND them
there.

  Now it's Pettygrew. He is the Secret Keeper. Peter, Sirius
and Dumbledore indeed know Potters' address. Only Peter can
actually find Potters there until the Fidelius is broken. He
reveals the Secret to Voldemort, they go there and kill
Potters. Everything simple, and no "revelations" occur to
either Sirius or Dumbledore about what is happening. There's
no need for that, as we see below.

  (It's most likely that telling the Secret is not just a
simple thnig - most likely it's a spell of sorts).

  Sirius arrives to Peter's house. He still has no idea on
what happened - no sudden mystical "revelations" proposed
earlier in the newsgroup. He just arrives and alas! - no
Peter, no signs of fighting. Scared to death, he runs to
Godric's Hollow - he knows the address, but if he cannot
find Potters there it means that Peter just ran away... The
hope always dies last, as a Russian saying goes. He arrives
to the address he knows and find Potters dead. Whoops.

  That's it. No need to extract actual knowledge from people
brains. No need for mystical revelations that occur suddenly
when the Secret Keeper is dead. The Charm may be broken at
any moment - Keeper's death, Keeper's betrayal, Potters'
death - it doesn't matter as the explanation above fits with
all theories.

  Even more. In case of this theory I could assume that
there was a warden of sorts in Godric's Hollow, his duty to
check Potters' house regularly to see if he can find them.
Warden is of course placed by Dumbledore, and as soon as
Voldemort arrives he informs Dumbledore about the fact. I
would even go as far as to say that it was the warden who
has found Harry first... I would really love to know who he
was - after all this was the first person who knew
_everything_ (and most likely the person from whom the
information leakage happened that caused wizard's
festivities).

  Of course, there should be similar wardens near many fake
addresses, just in case this one is revealed, so Voldemort
couldn't guess Potters are here if he finds the warden due
to a lucky chance.

  So far, everything seems to be explained. Sirius behavior.
Dumbledore knowledge about Potters, Harry and Voldie fate.
Theory fits with explanation of Fidelius in PoA. Sirius is a
brave man, this will definitely soothe many hearts here on
the List. :) Sirius story as he tells it to Harry in PoA is
also correct. Everything fits well, what really makes me
suspect that it's not as simple as I've described... :)

Sincerely yours,
Alexander Lomski,
(Gryffindor/Slytherin crossbreed),
who does not believe that Ron is a seer, despite all that
discussions on the List.