[HPforGrownups] OOP: who got the reward for the DEs?

[jazmyn]

No: HPFGUIDX 67923



stlcole wrote:
> When Harry and Cho wander around Hogsmeade, they find many posters
> of the recently escaped Death Eaters:
> 
> "The poster ("By Order of the Ministry of Magic") offered a thousand-
> Galleon reward to any witch or wizard with information relating to
> the recapture of any of the convicts pictured." (p. 558, American)
> 
> At the end, many DEs are rounded up, included a number who escaped
> Azkaban. So, who, if anyone, got the money? Will this matter in Book
> 6? What if Harry gets a lot of Galleons and starts becoming enamored
> with his newly earned wealth (on top of the sizable amount he
> already has)?
> 
> Could one major theme in book 6 be money? It sure seems as if the
> Weasley twins will become successful entrepreneurs. A set of foils
> for Harry's monetary temptations, perhaps?
> 


Maybe the reward paid the hospital bills for the members of the Order 
who spent time in St Mungos?  Could not have been cheap for Arthur or 
Tonks to be patched up after their encounters.. Unless the MOM has an 
excellent health plan.  Well, maybe it does for aurors at least.  Who knows?

Jazmyn