[HPforGrownups] Re: Basilisk and Pure Blood

[jazmyn]

No: HPFGUIDX 49585



Audra1976 at aol.com wrote:
> 
> << > Another question: If the "monster", in the chamber of secrets
> was supposed to rid the school of those that were not of pureblood,
> then why was Tom Riddle himself not attacked by it? >>
> 
> Me:
> 
> Simply because the bailisk was to obey the heir of Slytherin, and Tom
> Riddle
> was the heir, pureblood or not.
> 
> Audra
> 


Its also quite possible the Basilisk didn't care who was purebred or
not, nor could it even tell. Some people seem to assume the Basilisk was
working on its own, when Tom was likely directing it and telling it who
to attack.

Jazmyn