Portkeys - Tri-wiz/Garveyard, and World Cup

[Brent]

No: HPFGUIDX 110598

B_Boymn:
> One last point on this aspect, in the past discussions we have come 
up
> with two likely (but speculative) reasons why the portkey had a 
return
> trip attached. 
> 
> One, as I have suggested and is my preferred method, is that the cup
> was already a key to the edge of the maze, and Barty!Moody added a 
new
> enchantment on top of that. The first enchantment was used to take
> Harry to the graveyard, and the remaining and original was used to
> take him back.
> 
> The fact that Barty!Moody claims to have enchanted the portkey 
doesn't
> prevent another portkey charm from already existing. What Barty!
Moody
> says is his view of the world as he knows it, and not the author's
> absolute statement of fact. 
> 
> The alternate is that Barty!Moody added both 'stops', the first to
> take Harry to the graveyard, and the second to take Harry's dead 
body
> back to Hogwarts as Voldemort's way of flipping the middle finger to
> Dumbledore.



Another reason Harry had to go back is because then nobody is looking for 
him or LV.  If Harry alive or dead is just gone then DD is going to 
find out what happened.  This would be the last thing LV would want.  
The other clues of the dark mark would not be solid proof if Harry 
was dead.  It could be any DE or something else but they would be 
left guessing. If you want to gain strength and not draw suspicion 
then you'd send Harry's body back to look like something in the maze 
got him and then LV can come back on his own terms.  Or LV could have 
used a polyjuice Potion to become Harry and sneak attack DD.  The 
first seem to go with what happens in the other books but it could 
have been the backup plan as they would need someone close to DD to 
be able to defeat him.

You have to remember LV was planning his comeback for months.  He 
doesn't want to come back and then have a war with the WW the next 
day.  He needs troops and plans.  He isn't stupid enough to take 
on DD without some firepower.