Prophecies (was: Returning to the DoM, Was: The Death Chamber)

[Tim Regan]

No: HPFGUIDX 82063

Hi All,

--- In HPforGrownups Sunnyi wrote:
> I always wondered how simple it was for Harry & Co. to destroy the 
> prophecies and to hear what they said (of course, because of the 
> minor trouble with the DEs they didn't really pay attention...).
> 
> Please, could anybody tell me why LV didn't send a DE to simply 
> destroy (not touch) his prophecy, telling him afterwards what it 
was 
> about?

Good point. I think that your plan is far simpler, and less risky 
than Voldemort's, but only if you know that destroying the prophecy 
does not harm the destroyer, and yet does unlock the prophesy. We 
know that because the kids did it, but my impression is that 
Voldemort knew very little about the processes involved in getting a 
prophecy from the Department of Mysteries. So he'd have had to test 
your plan first on another orb. But what if it hadn't worked? His 
initial failure to get the prophecy using Bode aroused suspicions, 
to leave another wrecked wizard in the Department of Mysteries 
should have resulted in phenomenal security clamp-down. Hence 
Voldemort had to go with the more complex plan.

Cheers,

Dumbledad.