Deaths in OotP

[pitaprh]

No: HPFGUIDX 70789

Kelly Grosskreutz wrote:

> THE DEATHS OF HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX
> 
> REGULUS BLACK - This is one death of which I am suspicious. Here's the quote
> from Sirius himself, "No, he was murdered by Voldemort. Or on Voldemort's
> orders, more likely, I doubt Regulus was ever important enough to be 
> killed by Voldemort in person. From what I found out after he died, he got in so far, then panicked about what he was being asked to do and tried to back
> out. Well, you don't just hand in your resignation to Voldemort. It's a
> lifetime of service or death." (OotP p. 112 U.S. edition)
> 
> First of all, this is a second-hand account. <snip> Could Regulus be the third Death Eater? Although, if he was, it would contradict Sirius's story of Regulus wanting out of the Death Eaters, since it sounds like Voldemort's third
> Death Eater was faithful. Is there more to the Regulus story than we 
> (and Sirius) have been told? >>>>>

Me:
Could Regulus Black be one of the DEs that LV was talking about at 
the end of GOF?  It is assumed by many that the DE that LV wants 
killed is Karakoff(sp) and that the one that has left and needs to be 
dealt with is Snape - maybe that isn't Snape and the one that left 
that needs to be dealt with is Regulus?

"pitaprh"