Where is Croaker?

[athene42100]

No: HPFGUIDX 72831

Marianne:
I'm sure the Dept. of Mysteries will be very important in the next 
book(s). We spent way too much time there if that was to be our only 
glimpses of the various rooms.

Kaesa (me):
I have to agree with this.  Even in GoF, when there was one mention, 
I thought we must find out more about the Department of Mysteries.  
You don't call something the "Department of Mysteries" without 
getting people curious.

Marianne:
As for Croaker, I forgot about him (her?).  Maybe this is a more 
obvious play on words.  Croaker as in "one who croaks." Taking the 
slangy verion of Croak, maybe this person is already dead (croaked.)

Kaesa:
I don't think he's dead yet - if he were, we probably would have 
found out about it either via the _Daily Prophet_ or possibly 
something like the first chapter of GoF, although I think this would 
only happen if Voldemort himself was the murderer.

Marianne:
Or maybe Croaker is an assassin, as in one doing the croaking to 
others.  If that's the case, naming him Croaker would be a little 
less obvious than calling him Snuffer.  

Kaesa:
My theory was that Bode's croaking bodes Croaker's croaking, which is 
a definite possibility even if Croaker isn't the one visiting Bode at 
St. Mungo's - but I like Assassin!Croaker better than MineCanary!
Bode, simply because I don't want Unspeakables to be dropping like 
flies - I want to know more about the Department of Mysteries, damnit!

~Kaesa, currently in mourning for Bode.