Halloween 81

[Cathy Drolet]

No: HPFGUIDX 109053

DuffyPoo said:
"DD would have known where the house was because he suggested he be 
the Secret-Keeper himself, he would have 'forgotten' the address, 
once Wormtail was made Secret-Keeper, but once the house was 
destroyed, he would know the address again and therefore be alerted 
to the fact that something had happened there.  Sirius would know by 
the same method (he was James' best friend, he would know where they 
lived, until the Fidelius Charm was performed), then DD only had to 
tell Hagrid so he could go and get Harry.  We don't need DD - or 
anyone else - to find Wormtail and get the address out of him, DD 
already knew."
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Lorel replied:
"It might be simpler than this. Isn't there some comment in OotP that 
even though Harry knew the address of the Order, he would be 
restricted by magic so that he would not be able to mention it to 
people outside the Order? Also, even though DD is the Secret Keeper 
for 12 GP, others know of the address."

 
DuffyPoo again:

I don't recall ever reading that Harry was prevented by magic from telling someone the address of the Order, (not that it's not in there, I just don't recall it), but if they did, the person couldn't find GP anyway because Harry is not the Secret-Keeper.  Only the Secret-Keeper can tell anyone the address and have them find the place. The only people who can get into 12 GP, now that DD is the Secret-Keeper are the people DD himself tells (either words or writing, I presume).   So, now that DD is the S-K of 12 GP, the Malfoys will not be able to enter it, even if they had visited there frequently before. At least that is how I understand it (which I admit, means nothing.)  The only concern I have regarding S-K and GP in particular is Kreacher.  Did DD tell him the address?  If not, how does he manage to go between GP and the Malfoy residence?  Is it just more House-Elf brand magic?

Who are the others that know the address?  Do you mean the Malfoys, Tonks' parents, and the Lestranges?  If that is who you do mean, I would expect, as stated above, that unless DD tells them the address himself, they can no longer find the place.  Even though Nymphadora (what a name!) Tonks knows where 12 GP is, she cannot bring Andromeda or Ted to GP because she is not the Secret-Keeper.  As above, at least this is my understanding of how it works.  



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