CoS theories

[Norbert Galdes]

No: HPFGUIDX 46891

Hi to all,

I've been reading posts for quite a while before nerving myself up to
contributing anything. So here's my thought about the real significance of CoS.

> The petrification is *intentional*.  Riddle's
> >> initial goal is to scare the Muggleborn out of the school, not to 
> >> get the place shut down. 

IMO, the main driver in CoS is Lucius, possibly in consultation with
Diary/Riddle but more likely with some other of his DE colleagues. He must have
consulted or spoken with someone since we know that Dobby overheard. The
purpose would have been to unleash the basilisk on the school - we know that
the sole reason for the diary in the first place was for Riddle to preserve the
secret of how to open the chamber for future students. 

Note that the basilisk obeys the instructions of the person who unleashes it,
and therefore does not select its victims itself - it's like a programmable
attack dog.

Why, though?  As in any good story, there are layers of reasons and motivation.
The main objective, as I see it, would have been to get Dumbledore removed from
the school. We know that Lucius moved pretty fast to get the governors to act
and brought considerable pressure to bear on them to go along with him, even to
the extent of threatening to put a curse on their families.

Along the way, his reasoning was that Diary/Riddle would probably get to hear
about Harry Potter and his history and would obviously be stimulated to attack
Harry as well. Lucius would thus be setting in motion a sequence of events as
part of the very much ongoing secret and dirty war in the WW calculated to
advance the interests of the 'Dark' side.

Why try to remove Dumbledore? Well, we can be sure that Lucius would have heard
of LV's attempt to resurrect himself in PS/SS and would be taking measures to
bring about Dumbledore's removal from a place of some power/authority and get
him discredited in the magical community. If he can manage to remove Harry
also, then so much the better - 2 major obstacles removed.

Norbert


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