FOR DISCUSSION: Wormtail's 'Silver' Hand

uncmark uncmark at yahoo.com
Tue Mar 19 20:07:23 UTC 2002


No: HPFGUIDX 36686

Fron GofF Ch23: 
<<Voldemort raised his wand again and whirled it through the air. A 
streak of what looked like molten silver hung shining in the wand's 
wake. Momentarilly shapeless, it writhed and formed into a gleaming 
replica of a human hand,, bright as moonlight, which soared downward 
and fixed itself upon Wormtail's bleeding wrist. 

Wormtail's sobbing stopped abruptly. His breathing harsh and ragged, 
he raised his head and stared in disbelief at the silver hand, now 
attached seamlessly to his arm, as though he wearing a dazzling 
glove. He flexed the shining fingers, then, tremling, picked up a 
small twig on the ground and crushed it to powder.

"My Lord," he whispered, "Master... It is beautiful... Thank You... 
Thank You..."

He scrambled forward on his knees and kissed the hem of Voldemort's 
robes.

"May your loyalty never waver again, Wormtail." said Voldemort>>

Weeks ago (can't find the post) I presented the theory that Lupin 
would be the foreshadowed death with Wormtail being his killer with 
his silver hand (deadly to werewolves).

But by rereading, Wormtail's hand is not described as silver, but "of 
what looked like molten silver" ..."a gleaming replica of a human 
hand, bright as moonlight"

So what is it? 

The pensieve is described as either "liquid or gas... a bright 
whitish silver... looked like light made liquid - or wind made solid -
 Harry couldn't make up his mind."

Also Voldemort may be hinting it might be a check on Wormtail's 
loyalty. Could it be some form of Voldemort's thoughts given form in 
his servant's hand? It might enhance Wormtail's magic and give LV 
extra control and even extra vision as a magic camera that he might 
view from the safety of his lair while sending his spy out. 

I'd appreciate any input as I think the silver hand will be inpotant 
in later books. What do you think?

Uncmark





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