[HPforGrownups} Quirrell and the Troll

[Pat and Jim Gruenke]

No: HPFGUIDX 58839

> Jimmy Pickle wrote:


> 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?


Hmmm.   Good point.  Even if the rest of the staff didn't know, 
Dumbledore did.  Here's a theory-- there wasn't a troll protecting the 
stone until after Halloween!!!  They used the "Halloween troll" to 
defend the stone.  Quirrell had another enchantment, a not-so-great one, 
already set up.  They decided to replace that one with the troll.  No 
questions about it then.

And, as for why not go around the troll instead of knocking it out, 
that's a very good point.  Perhaps time was of an essence, and quick and 
dirty was the way to go.  

Pat-- waiting with baited breath until the 21st...