Wormtail's silver hand (was: Thoughts on Wormtail's activities in OOTP )

[Diana_Sirius_fan]

No: HPFGUIDX 84416

> A related question regarding Sirius's schoolboy "prank": If Snape 
were
> a vampire, couldn't he have fought werewolf Lupin in that form? If
> we're going by folklore, nothing can kill a vampire but a stake of
> holly to the heart, right? Why would he have needed to learn
> occlumency or any form of defense against the dark arts if he were
> virtually immortal?
> 
> Carol


Snape may not have had to learn occumlency.  If he is a vampire, he 
may be able to read minds already, so he fine tuned this skill.  As 
far as learning the dark arts: he was always interested in that 
subject.  Just because he could be immortal doesn't mean he can not 
be interested in a subject.  At Hogwarts, all students must take 
DADA, even if they are a vampire.  Even so, JK's vampire might not be 
a traditional folklore vampire.  

Diana