The names in the Goblet

[suehpfan]

No: HPFGUIDX 96840

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, tyler maroney <tmar78 at y...> 
wrote:
> > Tyler:
> > I can't help but wonder though...if Harry had
> refused
> > to participate,  what would the consequence have
> been?
> 
> <snip>
> 
> Sue:
> What if the penalty was the forfeit of all magical
> power?  <snip>
> 
> Tyler responds:
> Magical power seems to be something your born with, 
> not something thats bestowed upon you.  Is it possible
> then to take it away?  After all,  if that were
> possible wouldn't it be likely that the DEs in Azkaban
> would've had their powers removed as an extra security
> precaution?
> 
> 

Magical power does appear to be an inborn trait.  In essence, the 
guards in Azkaban do remove the power of the people in their "care".  
Though Sirius was able to transform, he himself was not sure why he 
was able to, except that he remained sane because the thought of his 
innocence was not a "happy" thought.  

If not the loss (temporary or permanent) of power then what could 
compel DD to allow Harry to continue?  We do not know the power of 
the Goblet of Fire, it was never explained.  We only know that 
entering a name is a binding contract.  Perhaps the Goblet simply 
pulls any contract breakers through the veil or some other magical 
form of death penalty.

Here's a question...Will the Goblet of Fire be back?  Does it, like 
the Sorting Hat, have other powers which will prove useful to one 
side or the other?

As always, more questions than answers.
Sue