OOP Spoiler, Number of new Characters

[Gregory Lynn]

No: HPFGUIDX 59726

Cindy:

"So that means JKR will introduce only one new character in OoP!

Man, we're good, huh?  ;-)

Cindy -- betting this single new character will be female and will 
have something to do with Voldemort's first reign of terror"

A couple points if I may.

The Leaky Cauldron points to this (http://www.cnn.com/2000/books/news/07/18/jim.dale/) article wherein the relevant line is "In fact, on the Listening Library's just-released "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire," Dale portrays 125 voices in all."  So the 125 is a reference to Goblet of Fire alone.

The Leaky Cauldron also provides this quote from the Wall Street Journal, "The tale of the teenage wizard occupies 17 cassette tapes and 23 compact discs. Jim Dale, who narrated the four earlier Harry Potter audiobooks, takes on the personas of 134 different characters this time around."

So, there were 125 characters with lines in GoF and 134 in OotP.  However, there are characters that weren't in GoF that are likely returning, and likely some that aren't.

I guess my only point is that knowing there are 134 characters really only tells us that there's 134 characters (with speaking lines, of course).
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Gregory Lynn


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