Dobby's future role (Was: How will the Second Voldemort War be fought?)

[Marie Jadewalker <marie_mouse@hotmail.com>]

No: HPFGUIDX 50284

I appreicated and agreed with most of the analysis so far on what 
VWII is going to look like -- Dumbledore vs. Voldemort, but mostly 
behind the scenes at first.  Did I dream it or did JKR actually say 
at one point that there's not going to be a big climax in the war 
this year?  (Obviously, THE big climax will be in book seven, but 
there was A big climax in GOF.)  

At any rate, I loved bboy's idea:

>Wouldn't it be odd, if in the final showdown, it was Dobby who 
>defeat Voldemort in an effort to protect Harry? The lowest of 
>sevants who defeats the greatest of wizards.

I'd always assumed it would be Harry, with the help of Dumbledore (if 
he's still around) and maybe the trio, but this would be fantastic.  
I think it would surprise a lot of people if Harry weren't the one to 
get the grand defeat -- surprising in a very good way.  I hope we do 
learn lots more about House Elves in the coming books.  I support 
Hermione's goal of liberating them from slavery, even while I think 
their current position would make them an irreplacable source of 
information for Dumbledore et al.  Of course, convincing them to 
*divulge* any information that's against their families would be 
tricky, but maybe Dobby could convince them -- or even Winky, if she 
could be brought around.  Hermione might even end up very important 
in this aspect if she can figure out how to communicate with the 
house elves; she certainly shows more concern for them than either 
Harry or Ron, though not always in the best manner.  

Dobby said things were horrid for house elves and other "lesser" 
magical creatures the first time Voldemort was around, so maybe it 
would be possible to get some of them to spy on their less-than-
honest masters.  (By the way, do you think we'll ever be sorry that 
Dobby no longer has a foothold at Malfoy Mannor?  Or is it possible 
that they have other house elves who he'd know and be able to 
convince to work for the good guys?)  Dobby has shown that house 
elves control some pretty powerful magic, even though they're often 
overlooked.  He can disappear from Hogwarts even though it's not 
possible for humans to disapparate and he was able to keep Lucius 
Malfoy from touching Harry once he'd been freed.  So I think we can 
expect to see great things from house elves in general and probably 
Dobby specifically.  It would be cool to see the wizarding response 
to a house elf vanquishing the Dark Lord once and for all when nobody 
else -- not even the boy who lived -- could do so completely.  :) 

Thanks for letting me ramble.

~Marie