Society for the Practice of Elvish Warfare

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 79367

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "luppl" <eyalronel at h...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "The Journalist" 
> <journalisto at h...> wrote:
> > ... 
> > HOWEVER, isn't it rather probable that we will see the elves use 
> their power for... Evil? ...edited...
> > 
> > -Dan, who thinks the Quibbler ROCKS...
> 
> Eyal replies:
> ....edited... In that case, Dumbledore himself has now an army of his
>  own loyal house- elves. ...edited...
> Yep, if any army of elves happen to pop into Hogsmeade, Dumbledore's 
> got right the army to face them. Do you know just how many of them 
> are there around in Hogwarts??
> 
> Random thinking (seems to be popular around here),
> Eyal

bboy_mn:

I'm with Eyal here. First, there are OVER 100 elves working at
Hogwarts, so Dumbledore can rally an army of 100 instantly. I doubt
that the Death Eaters could come up with more than a dozen, maybe two
dozen if they took a long time to organize it. On the other hand,
being the good guy and fighting for the fate of the entire wizard
world, I think Dumbledore could probably come up with another 50 elves
to command, giving him a formitable army of 150 elves. Very little
could stand against a force that strong.

I've consistently believed that Dumbledore, Harry and Dobby will rally
 the house-elves against Voldemort, possibly in book 6 when the DE's
try to invade Hogwarts, or definitely in book 7 when Hogwarts is
invade; maybe both.

The elves were severely and cruely oppressed by Voldemort who, along
with his DE's, treated them like vermin and used them for sport. I
don't think any house-elves have any good feeling toward Voldemort,
and might be persuaded by Dobby to act as spys for the Good Side. 

I will touch briefly on my Elf Theory here. I think Hermione is
completely misguided in her efforts toward house-elves. It's true, a
house-elfs greatest joy is to have masters to serve, and to serve them
honorably. All they really want in return is the same sense of honor
and commitment from their master. They don't want pay, they want
honor, dignity, respect, and appreciation. To genuinely respect and
appreciate a house-elve is the highest reward you could ever give them.

Just a thought.

bboy_mn