OOP: Letters/Black Veil

[Grey Wolf]

No: HPFGUIDX 63041

honeyduke wrote:
> Ive got a question... When harry picks up his prophecy at the DoM, it has a 
> few letters written on it... Anyone have any insight as to what they mean?  Ive been rereading that part, but it doesnt seem to be explained.
>
> honeyduke

They are the initials of the prophet and the person that recorded the 
prophecy - i.e. Trelawney and Dumbledore.

greatlit2003 wrote:
> Can someone please clarify for me what the room where Sirius died 
> looked like, and where he fell when he died? I was slightly confused 
> by the description in OOP. There were steep steps leading to a pit. 
> In the pit was a dais, and the stone archway stood on the dais. 
> (p.799 US hardcover) A few pages later, Sirius fell through a doorway 
> and then disappeared behind the black veil. How? Where was he 
> standing while fighting Bellatrix?
> 
> greatlit2003
> mourning Padfoot :(

It was an amphiteatre-like room with a arch in the centre (which like 
all amphiteatres is lower than the stands). Under the arch there is the 
black veil, which is a symbol of death. Sirius falls through it and 
naturally dies, since he "crosses the veil". The Department of 
Mysteries studies the big mysteries - death, in this case.

Sirius must have been standing in a grade under Bellatrix, thus when he 
is hit by her spell he's pushed thorugh the veil.

Hope that helps,

Grey Wolf