[HPforGrownups] Re: Sirius and Gringotts

[Miss Melanie]

No: HPFGUIDX 95871

bboy_mn:

Given a long history of hostility between the Goblins and the
Ministry, I don't think the Goblins have now or have ever had any
particular loyalty to the Ministry. They see themselves as
independant, and to some extent much like the Centaur, resent the
Ministry's implications that wizard/humans are superior in all things
and rulers of the universe. 

Many of the Goblin's actions through out history seem to have occurred
with the sole purpose of making the Ministry look like idiots.
Example: when commitees from the Ministry were trying to decide how to
classify various magical groups, they decided that language was the
best measure as a separator between Beast and Beings. So the Goblins
taught some trolls extremely basic language (a few words and the
ability to parrot sounds/words to basic perdetermined questions). This
quite successfully made the Ministry look foolish because to any
reasonable observer, trolls were too unrefined and primitive to be
classified as beings. (All somewhat paraphrased.)

The point is, I think Bank Goblins have only three loyalties-

1.) nearly anything for a buck.
2.) keep the money safe.
3.) a person's finances are none of anyone else's damn business.

Based on my reading of the book, and on previous discussions of the
subject of the purchase of the Firebolt, I have to conclude that as
Sirius's Godson, Harry has access to Sirius's vault. In the letter to
Harry explaining the Firebolt purchase, Sirius says he had the order
form mailed with a note telling the Quidditch supplies shop to take
the money out of Sirius's NUMBERED bank vault, and that he, Sirius,
signed the note with Harry's name. 

That would imply that Harry, the Godson's, name was sufficient to
allow the withdrawl of the money.

Minor problems with that-
Harry's name was signed, but it was not Harry's signature. In other
words, it was Harry's name written by the hand of another person.

To resolve this, I have always had the fantasy that the Goblins had an
extraordinary ability to detect truth in a transaction. For example,
several times Molly withdraws money from Harry's account to pick-up
and pay for Harry's school supplies. The Goblins must have had some
magical way of determining that Molly's request for money that was not
her own, was indeed a genuine request on behalf of the account holder.

Therefore, using the same magical method to test the validity of a
withdrawal, the Goblin's determined that dispute the irregularities in
the documentation, the request to withdraw money from that numbered
account was a genuine request on behalf of the account holder.

Conclusion... when in doubt, just say.... "It's Magic!".

bboy_mn

My reply:  This is just my one little response, I agree Harry is probably the heir to all of Sirius' inheritences.  I mean it would make sense that he would put the child that he has guardianship over with access to his account.  But my only question is...would Gringrott's recognize his signature?  

 

Melanie 

 


 

 

		
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