"Faithful" Phoenix, Fidelius charm (Re: Lily and unicorns)

[Steven Spencer]

No: HPFGUIDX 109118

> Jen wrote:
> << JKR uses Unicorn imagery around Lily--pure, innocent, strong--
> and we know from Book 1 what slaying a Unicorn does! Dumbledore 
> said in OOTP that Voldemort *shed Lily's blood* ...at Godric's 
> Hollow in hopes of finally drinking from the cup of immortality, 
> and it cursed him. >>

> Yb's turn:
> I think what Jen is implying is that perhaps a unicorn (or its
> blood) was used in a charm on Lily and Harry so that if someone tried
> to kill them both, killing the second would backfire horrendously.
>
> Since Unicorn blood is hard to come by without getting cursed, I
> would say this is a bit farfetched, using the blood of something
> innocent for pretty much any purposes at all, even if the unicorn
> would sacrifice it willingly. I personally am much more inclined to
> go with the same theory but using Dragon's blood instead.


Hi everyone! First time poster, but have been lurking long enough to 
pick up on some of the threads here.

I don't know if it's been discussed to death or not, but on my last 
read-through of CoS, something caught my eye. When DD is touting the 
virtues of Phoenixes to Harry, he stresses the word 'faithful' when he 
says they make highly faithful pets. Well, knowing JKR's fondness for 
word play, I began thinking of any form of that word that may have 
cropped up in the past. The 'fidelius' charm came to mind. So I can't 
help but wonder if it's not unicorn or dragon blood that goes into that 
spell, but some essence of a phoenix? Their tears, perhaps?

Just my two cents worth...

Terpnurse