It's possible there ISN'T an Heir of Gryffindor and other matters

[rfa82]

No: HPFGUIDX 58272

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "a_rude_mechanical" 
<a_rude_mechanical at y...> wrote:
> It strikes me as odd that we have heard no mention yet of vampires 
> in Rowling's books, which (to me) seems as good a support as any 
for 
> Snape's being of the Vampire persuasion.  Am I mistaken in saying 
> that the Vampire is also(conspicuously) left out of her book of 
> Magical Creatures?
> 
> Elisabeth

Except that vampires _is_ in fact mentioned in the first book(ch. 8)

Rune