Dumbledore's death (was: Lupin as next Headmaster)

[Jen Reese]

No: HPFGUIDX 78113

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, digger <altered.earth at n...> 
wrote:
> 
> I agree, Margaret, that DD will die at the hand of Voldemort during 
> battle. This will (imho) mark the 'darkest just before dawn' moment 
for 
> the OotP. The DEs will think they have won the war, but will have 
> miscalculated or ignored some vital point that will bring them 
down. 
> Fawkes will remain, and the Order will stay loyal to The Phoenix 
and The Greater Good, and will prevail over Evil and Voldemort 
eventually. Harry will also 'inherit' Fawkes when DD passes on.
> digger


That reminds me, do we know for sure Fawkes didn't belong to James 
and Lily? Perhaps he is loyal to whoever heads the OOTP--are we sure 
that has always been Dumbledore? He's definitely leading the movement 
this time around, but I don't recall canon for the leader in the last 
war.  We know for sure DD is the wizard LV fears most, but we also 
know Lily and James defied LV three times--perhaps DD was more in the 
background last time b/c of his knowledge of the prophecy, and 
James/Lily were the leaders?

Dumbledore had some of their valuable possessions: key to the vault, 
invisibility cloak. We know Harry assumes Fawkes is Dumbledore's 
because he's first seen in DD's office. Then in COS, DD tells 
Harry "you must have shown real loyalty to me" for Fawkes to appear 
in the chamber, but that could be loyalty to the OOTP, symbolized by 
DD.

Just some thoughts, prompted by digger's idea that Harry will inherit 
Fawkes.  Jen