Privit Drive Safety Zone

[grey_wolf_c]

No: HPFGUIDX 36822

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "sophia mclaughlin" <sophiamcl at h...> wrote:
> 
> There has been a discussion as to the nature of the Safety Zone at Privit=
 
> Drive. Did I really miss something, or is it anywhere clearly stated that=
 
> Privit Drive was a safety zone from MAGIC? All evidence points to the 
> contrary, considering all the magic that does take place there. Isn't the=
re 
> anyone else out there who thinks the safety zone applies exclusively to 
> Voldemort´s power?
> 
> Sophia

There is actually no canon to support the idea of a Safety Zone at all 
except for Dumbledore's typical cryptic statements of Harry having to 
go to live to his uncle's house for his protection. 

>From then on, the members of this board (myself included) have gone on 
to weave theories about this protection and how it's brought about. I 
for one believe that most of the protection is some sort of mild 
Fidelius mantained by Mrs. Arabella Figg (she would be the secret 
keeper), but unfortunatelly this has great holes in it: we have no 
knoledge of this "mild Fidelius", and it cannot be the normal one since 
any number of people are able to find the house (unless the fidelius is 
directed at pecific individuals, which I find highly unlikely).

Another possibility is that Mrs. Figg is a very powerfull DADA 
professional and if Voldemort, in his debilitated state had come to pay 
a visit, she would have "prodded serious buttock" (in words of Terry 
Pratchett). This has also a big hole: V is not debilitated anymore, and 
Harry has gone, nontheless, to privit drive for the summer once more at 
the end of book 4.

Thus the situation stands. For other theories, search the archives (I 
will not explain other people's theories for fear of getting them 
wrong)

Hope that helps,

Grey Wolf