House Elves' Magic and Possible Involvement with LV
Granny Goodwitch
grannygoodwitch613 at yahoo.com
Sat Oct 18 20:08:43 UTC 2003
No: HPFGUIDX 83085
18October2003
Hello All,
This topic has been in the back of my mind for some time, and has recently resurfaced after reading some recent posts. Please be patient, I'd like to follow a thread here:
1) Dobby, the first house elf we meet has sufficient magical powers to apparate and alternate a spell. He apparates to the Dursleys and has sufficient power to close the entrance to the Hogwart's Platform to Harry(Book 2).
2) For whatever reason, he feels obliged to save Harry and was prepared to betray the Malfoys by accepting freedom and going to work at Hogwarts. However, in Book 4, he's not so proud of his freedom when Hermione raises the subject in the Hogwart kitchen. In Book 5, he's picking up Hermione's clothing for elves to prevent other house elves from taking them and gaining unwanted freedom.
3) Winky, on the other hand didn't want freedom. But aside from this fact, Barty Crouch mentions that Winky bound him to her with her "special magic". She never wanted freedom from the Crouch's, has had a drinking problem since being released from them, and is shunned by fellow elves working in the kitchen. Could this be a hint to some kind of house elf ethic?
Question 1: What is the extent of house elves' magical ability--how could a house elf bind a full grown wizard?
4) Now on to Kreacher: He's absolutely faithful to the Black legacy of purebloods. In Book 5, he disappears for a few days and reappears more cheerful with a picture of Beatrix LeStrange, torturer of the Longbottoms. Who, as far as we know, is still considered a criminal. We know where Kreacher's sympathies lie.
Question 2: Could it be that there is a division in the ranks of house elfdom--those on the side of LV and those against? Could house elves be serving some kind of penalty of servitude for crimes in the past--no one seems very sympathetic to their plight.
I see a hint in all this that they have or still do possess some kind of dark magic or possibly have been involved in some great crime and/or cruelties. My personal theory is that they bear a "Mark of Cain", so to speak that we will see in 6 or 7. Anyone have more evidence based on canon or interviews?
Granny
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