Karkaroff...an animagus??

[Steve Binch]

No: HPFGUIDX 45646

<<<<barefootpuppets wrote the original message:
<snip>
In Book 4, as Krum and Harry are conversing by the edge of the forest and
see Crazed!Crouch, there is a brief mention of a silvery coloured bird
looking though Hagrid's window.  Karkaroff is always referred to as "wearing
silver-fur trimmed coat"...could it be that Karkaroff is an animagus? <snip>
>>>>


<<<<Alina of Distant Place followed:
If he's not a registered animagus... then he'd be the fifth so far. Is the
Wizarding Animagus Registration system really THAT imperfect? So, I don't
think that Karkaroff is an animagus after all.>>>>

<<<<Betty corrected:
No.  The way the passage is written, it seems that Dumbledore sent out a
summoning signal to Hagrid, which happened to look like a silvery bird.>>>>

Here's what I got to say:
Even though I don't believe Karkaroff is the silvery bird, I do think it's
possible that there are going to be more animagi. If we already know of 5
unregistered animagi, it must be rather common for people to become animagi
without registering. True that I think that JKR is too imaginative to keep
pulling the animagi card on us, I think that she has successfully
established that anyone could be one. I think this will be important in
future books because we will be suspicious of every animal that we come
across and will add to the mystery.

However, if Karkaroff was an animagi,  I think a silvery bird would be
appropriate for his character.

<<<<Amanda volunteered:
I, personally, hereby state that I will buy a bag of Bertie Botts Beans for
each and every member of this list if any more unregistered animagi show up
in Book 5.>>>>

Free Bertie Botts Beans? I'll take you up on that.

-Steve B.