[HPforGrownups] Re: Re: What's in Sirius' Vault at Gringott's?

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In a message dated 6/13/2003 6:15:06 AM Eastern Standard Time, Sabrina writes:

> Actually, I have always had a problem with the goblins running the only
> wizarding bank (p.63 SSpb). In History of Magic we hear over and over again
> about Goblin rebellions all over the place. Who would put basically their
> whole economy in the hands of people (beasts?) who are 
> perhaps only waiting
> for a way to overthrow the current government?

Gosh, I can't believe that didn't even occur to me. We hear about the long, boring, class lectures about years and years of goblin wars, and yet they are the very creatures who are in control of the wizarding currency.

Two possibilities come to mind:

1 -- They've seen the error of their ways and that's what's important about studying them in school. They've learned that they can use their energy to protect things rather than take over and destroy them, so they decided to be bank managers -- and they're the best.

2 -- Part of their punishment for spreading havoc all over the world for so long is to spend eternity working at Gringott's, as if they were House Elves. Could there be a magically-binding contract that forces them to do this because they broke some sort of peace treaty?

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