Grindlewald/reprise

[jodel at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 53395

Gregory Lynn asks;
< What I wonder about this is the whole Grindelwald thing.  It seems like 
it's a fact just pulled out of nowhere for no purpose.  At least, to this 
point it does.  But might there not be a larger purpose in there and if so 
what might it be? >>

Tom Wall and I did a few posts on this back a month or so ago. I get the 
Digest, so I can't tell you their number.

I thing that the 1945 date firmly ties the Grindlewald clue (if it is 
actually a clue to anything) into the Riddle plotline. From what we already 
know, the events which took place in 1945 are;

1. Tom Riddle finishes his 7th year at Hogwarts.
2. Tom Riddle, no longer an underage wizard,  kills his father and 
grandparents in Little Hangleton, using the AK curse.
3. Tom Riddle drops off the face of the earth.
4. Albus Dumbledore defeats the Dark wizard Grindlewald.

I find it wholey implausible that the fourth event is not related to the 
other three. And most probably had something to do with the third one. Even 
wizards do not casually "drop off the face of the earth". 

Add to this the observation that Riddle learned what he knew of the Dark Arts 
from *somewhere*. He was Muggle-raised and did not arrive at Hogwarts with 
any prior knowlege of the Wizarding world. We still do not know when the Dark 
Arts ceased to be a part of the Hogwarts curriculum, however, so that issue 
must remain unclear until we get further information.

-JOdel