Intro and Lucius

[pcaehill2]

No: HPFGUIDX 109265

M.Clifford wrote:
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> Finally and most interestingly I too, like Bookworm, question 
> Lucius' loyalty to LV. Lucius has his own ruthless ambition, I 
> don't truly believe he serves anyone.

pam responds:

Well stated!  I totally concur.  I don't think Lucius has been 
hoarding dark arts artifacts, etc., solely to serve as another's 
pawn.  In particular, the DE all *witnessed* the second defeat of 
(or at least, if not defeat, then heroic escape from) LV when he was 
again face to face with H.  And Lucius is not one to serve a loser, 
nor a half-blood.  

Btw, how is it that LV's lineage does not seem to be well-known 
among the DE?  At first I thought it was because they didn't know LV 
was Tom Riddle.  But Lucius must know that, having had his diary.  
And the fact that TR came from an orphanage was known to the 
headmaster of the time (which doesn't automatically suggest that it 
was common knowledge, but it wasn't stated conspiratorally, either, 
as though sharing a secret).

If the DE all know that LV was Tom Riddle, once a student at 
Hogwarts, then LV must have taken great pains to conceal his 
parentage.  Bellatrix seems distinctly outraged at the accusation 
that LV is half-blood, so she obviously didn't know his true 
parentage.  But if Lucius knew LV used to live in a muggle 
orphanage, doesn't that suggest that Lucius, at least, knows LV's 
true half-blood parentage? I mean, if L. knew that LV's surname used 
to be Riddle, he could have researched it.

I'm for the idea that Lucius is biding his time, giving lip-service 
to LV (since, for the time, LV holds the most magical powers, other 
than DD).  Then at an opportune moment (either when LV is revealed 
as half blooded to all the DE, or when the tide is turning against 
LV and the DE perceive him to be weak), Lucius will lead a revolt 
against LV, wanting to be the supreme mugwump himself.

Pam