A Hogwarts Attack? (was: Hagrid's odd behavior)

[Jim Ferer]

No: HPFGUIDX 80413

Remnant:"My guess is that Hogwarts will come under attack before
Harry's done. Look at JKR's buildup of potential defenders around
Hogwarts so far: Grawp, centaurs, unicorns, Aragog/spiders, the Ford
Anglia, the Whomping Willow, thestrals, Fluffy, Fang, merfolk (?), and
maybe kelpies and/or whatever else Hagrid has managed to tame somewhat."

A direct attack on Hogwarts is very likely, IMO, for a strategic
reason: Voldemort can't allow the Good Guys to have a secure base
(Hogwarts, which always has been the center of resistance to
Voldemort) while he has none.  Voldemort knows he has little hope of
victory while his two main enemies are safe.

We can expect further attempts to undermine the school.  The loss of
Lucius Malfoy as an agent of influence and the humbling (disgrace) of
Fudge will make that much harder, so Voldemort in his megalomania
might see a frontal assault as the only option he has left.

Dumbledore's strategy will be not to wait behind the walls, but to
harass and threaten Voldemort and his followers as much as possible,
never giving him any peace.  Dumbledore's disadvantage is that
everybody knows where he and Harry are, while nobody knows where V. is.

Jim Ferer