DD - maybe.

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No: HPFGUIDX 110224


Don't  think that  anyone has picked up on this yet, if
they have I apologise.

The EBD Q&A - DDs patronus is a phoenix - "very representative
of DD" says herself. I find this interesting, particularly as I've
hypothesised previously on just what DD is or might be.

Patronuses (patroni?) are supposed to be representitive of
personality. Just what sort of personality is a phoenix
representative of? 

Is DD much, much older than 150? Is he resurrected, renewed,
reborn, revived, refurbished, renovated, restuffed and repolished
at intervals down the centuries? I've always felt that it's significant
that DD "worked on Alchemy" with old Nick according to  the
Chocolate Frog card;  a card which is not new - it's one of the
commonest around. He's obviously been associated with Flamel
for years.

What are Alchemists always working on? The Stone. But Flamel 
must have made the Stone centuries before DD was around (if he's
only 150). So why would Flamel  need help with his Alchemy? He's 
already done the difficult bit. 

Is DD a ringer? Is DD telling the *whole* truth? 
Could it be that he's 150 in *this* incarnation?

So,  possibilities:-
1. DD is Flamel.
2. DD is using Flamels Stone to keep going through the centuries.
In which case DD could be a Merlin figure - roused from sleep when
great danger threatens.
3. DD is the enemy of whatever it is (Salazar?) that's animating or
motivating Voldy. And they've fought before - often. The Potterverse
is just the latest battleground in a war that goes waaaaay back, perhaps
to the founding of Hogwarts or even further.

Kneasy