Astra's Hubby Has a Theory (3rd 'missing' DE)

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No: HPFGUIDX 110275

"astratrf" <astratrf at a...> wrote:
> <snip>
> 
> > I haven't seen anybody anywhere speculate on who that third 
> > person is (because I don't normally read too many newsgroups), 
> > but I have an idea; maybe you've thought about this, too: 
> > 
> > It's Uncle Vernon. 
> 
> <snip>
 

"coderaspberry77" <rhinobabies at h...> wrote:
> .....that it's Karkaroff who is the third DE mentioned here.  All 
> through GoF, we are shown that he is a DE, and what LV says (don't 
> have the book in front of me, sorry) matches up with what we know 
> about him.
> 
> As for Uncle Vernon - if he was a DE, why not just kill Harry and 
> make it look like an accident sometime in the 10 years before 
> Hogwarts?  It's not like Petunia or Dudley, or any of the neighbors, 
> for that matter, would miss him, and really, what could the WW do 
> to Vernon, since he lives in the Muggle world?  
<snip>


Linda:
There is a clue to this in OoP. I just reread it last night! Uncle 
Vernon and Aunt Petunia are not able to physically harm Harry (such 
as hitting him, starvation doesn't seem to apply!), with any 
severity, while on the property. My basis for that statement is in 
the first chapter of OoP.

It occurs when Uncle Vernon is strangling Harry...
"'Get - off - me!' Harry gasped. For a few seconds they struggled, 
Harry pulling at his uncle's sausage-like fingers with his left 
hand, his right maintaining a firm grip on his raised wand; then, as 
the pain in the top of Harry's head gave a particularly nasty throb, 
Uncle Vernon yelped and released Harry as though he had received an 
electric shock. *Some invisible force seemed to have surged through 
his nephew, making him impossible to hold.* (emphasis mine)

It seems IMO that no one can harm Harry at number four, not just 
Voldemort. The conversation with DD at the end of the book where 
they discuss the bond of blood is the only other reference that I 
can find to this subject, DD only mentions that this protection is 
from Voldemort, by name.

Any thoughts?
Linda