[HPforGrownups] Re: Harry's Vault key

[Carol Bainbridge]

No: HPFGUIDX 47488

Jacqui wrote:
><< I am curious how Hagrid came to posses Harry's Gringott's vault key.  Did
>he get it from Dumbledore?  If he did, how did Dumbledore get it?  He wasn't
>even at the Potter's on the night that Lily and James died. >>

JOdel answered:

>But he facilitated their disapearance, and probably had power of attourney
>while they were in hiding. Which implied assess to their funds in order to
>pay their bills, safekeeping for valuable artifacts and probably the custody
>of their private papers.

That really makes a lot of sense.  After all, we know that James left his 
invisibility cloak in Dumbledore's safekeeping.  Dumbledore didn't just 
find it.  He clearly states that James left it with him.  It strikes me as 
quite likely that James left more than that invisibility cloak with 
him.  We know that the Potters were aware they were in danger and so went 
into hiding.

(That makes me wonder something else.  If Voldemort was after the Potters, 
James and Harry in particular, wouldn't it have been safer to have two 
different secret keepers and have Harry someplace else with someone else 
watching over him?  Of course, as a parent I wouldn't have wanted to leave 
my son elsewhere; it was just a thought.)

If the Potters knew they were at risk, wouldn't they provide for some 
contingencies -- like their demise?  If they did, did they fully expect 
Harry to survive even if they didn't?  What was the point of leaving 
anything with Dumbledore for safekeeping?

Indigo wrote:
>Maybe there's such a spell for important stuff. So that when James
>and Lily died, their important belongings apparated to a previously-
>agreed upon location where Dumbledore could then take ownership of
>said items for safekeeping.

That's a good thought.  I still have to wonder, though, what they were kept 
safe for?  Harry was with Lily and James.  There are no other 
relatives.  What would Dumbledore, or anyone else, be keeping all the stuff 
safe for?


Carol