[HPforGrownups] Quirrell and the Troll

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Pickle Jimmy said:

Now my Question(s): 
Wouldn't the other staff have known what each one was doing to 
protect the stone - especially if it involved large three headed 
dogs, or stinky mountain trolls? 
And... If they knew about Quirrell's gift with trolls, wouldn't that 
raise questions regarding the earlier fainting episode? 
And... Why did he knock the troll out - surely if he'd just got round 
it it would have made a great rear-guard?

Me:
No, the other teachers don't know about each others enchantments - Quirrell 
had to investigate each one in order to get to the stone, which is why it took 
him a year to attempt it.  Snape several times asked him how far he was 
getting, and of course the most obvious one was Fluffy, because its the first thing 
he faces at Halloween.  Of course the teachers knew that each other was 
protecting the stone, since Hagrid knew there were other enchantments, but they 
don't know what they are.  Quirrell was expecting to just see the stone once he 
got past all of them but of course, Dumbledore's last enchantment he hadnt 
bothered to research.  Because he wasnt expecting it.  I am guessing, that every 
teacher knew about Fluffy because they would have to know to keep students away 
from the 3rd corridor.  So, with them not knowing about Quirrells gift with 
Trolls, they wouldnt of suspected anything on Halloween (except for Snape).
To your last question - We are not entirely sure what his 'gift with trolls' 
is?  Maybe his gift is that they can't harm him even if they try, or maybe he 
can talk to them, or maybe he can make them do what he wants - it depends on 
his gift, either way, the troll probably got in his way, but the true answer to 
your last question, I really don't know.  We can only gues, unless someone 
else has a logical explanation.

Nic x x




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