[HPforGrownups] a prediction I've not yet read

[IggyMcSnurd]

No: HPFGUIDX 86072


>Allie wrote -
>
>At the end of PoA, Trelawney predicts the Dark Lord becoming "greater
>and more terrible than ever he was."  Now, so far, we haven't seen
>this, because other than his loyal supporters (and whomever they have
>managed to Imperio) nobody else in the WW knew LV was back.  Okay, so
>now they know.
>
>So my thought is, he needs to become greater and more terrible in a
>hurry, since we only have 2 books left.  I think it will occur
>throughout book 6 (do we know when it's coming out? :) )...  I think
>book 6 will run something like book 5, with things just getting worse
>and worse, but this time it's not just for Harry and Hogwarts, it's
>for everyone.  I think at the END of book 6, *LV* (not crazy Bella)
>will kill somebody *very important* to Harry - maybe he'll finally
>get Dumbledore, but it had better not be Ron or Hermione - and this
>will be Harry's impetus to devote all of his energy, in book 7, to
>finding out a way to rid the WW of Voldemort once and for all.  And
>maybe along his way he'll fulfill DD's dreams of a prejudice and
>corruption free world. ;)
>
>Thoughts?


Iggy here:

I have a couple of thoughts here.

Greater and More Terrible:  Well, he now has the Dementors on his side,
which didn't have in the first time.  He also appears to have
successfully recruited the giants, which I don't think were with him
either.  Both creatures are *highly* resistant to normal magic and even
a single one would prove problematic for your average small group of
wizards or witches, much less a squad of them on full attack.  (And a
mixed group of DEs, Giants, and Dementors working in unison would create
devastation unheard of in even the first war.  LV is just the kind of
person to think of that... or whoever might be pulling his strings.)

We also have the fact that he now has some of the aspects of the ancient
magics that protect Harry, and the prophecy itself protects LV from
anyone but Harry.  

I think that the person LV can kill, or control, that would cause the
most havoc would be Cornelius Fudge.  And can't you just see him casting
the Imperius Curse upon Fudge's personal assistant, Percy, and using him
as the assassin?  Not only would the death of Fudge throw the Ministry
into complete chaos until they find a new Minister, but it would also
seriously damage the Order when it's revealed that Percy is the killer
and has been sent to Azkaban.  (A situation like that would also really
cause Percy to re-evaluate his priorities and change his life when he
gets out... either through being proven innocent, or through being
broken out of prison.)  This would also have the potential to cause
problems at the school as well by having the administration of the
Ministry requesting that Dumbledore become at least the interim Minister
until one can be selected.  He would have to then split his time between
the school and the ministry in a time of war.


Just my two centaurs worth

Iggy McSnurd