Sirius and Gringotts -Admin vs Inherit
justcarol67
justcarol67 at yahoo.com
Sat Apr 17 21:25:09 UTC 2004
No: HPFGUIDX 96233
Sea Change (I think) wrote:
> I have supposed it's even worse, as Goblins are a separate species,
> and don't necesarily agree with human conventions on who owns what at
> all. Certainly centaurs aren't very gracious, and goblins have been
> known to repeatedly rebel.
>
> I speculate, in a non-cannon fashion. Maybe as far as they are
> concerned, Harry has a legitimate say in Sirius' goods as long as he
> knows the vault or has the key. Or, maybe they can see through the
> ruse, know that Sirius wrote the letter, and don't care as long as
> they can plausibly deny and say to the human authorities that the
> letter wasn't written by Sirius, but by Harry.
Carol:
Wouldn't the goblins wonder why Harry wasn't using his own vault? I
think the transaction would require Sirius's signature, not Harry's,
fugitive from Azkaban or not. IIRC, it was the order for the Firebolt,
not the request for money from the vault, that was written in Harry's
name.
Carol
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