Book Two Discoveries!

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No: HPFGUIDX 119348


Jim Ferrer:

<snip> 
> Antosha:"I do want to point out, however, that while the WW may be
> (literally) littered with DESCENDANTS of the Founders, each would have
> at most a single HEIR. In the same way, Queen Victoria has many living
> descendants, peers and royals all. But only one of them currently sits
> on the throne of England. Elizabeth II is Victoria's sole heir."
> 
> Point well taken, but VR's official heirs were determined by a complex
> set of rules - in other words, somewhat artificial. The concept of an
> heir in the Wizard World might be harder to figure out.
> 
> Antosha:"In CoS, it is made clear that Tom Riddle is not only Salazar
> Slytherin's HEIR, he is SS's only remaining DESCENDANT, which is
> pretty wild. Not terribly good breeding stock, that family. Though,
> given their disposition, this is perhaps not terribly surprising."
> 
> <eg> Question: "What does the Slytherin family use for birth control?"
> Answer:"Their personalities."
> 


Antosha: 

Hee! 

As for complex rules and artificial laws, that seems like exactly the sort of thing the WW is 
rife with. Betcha we get a first row seat in HBP to the working-out of the disposition of the 
Black family fortune--including Grimmauld Place. Possible claimants: Tonks (as the heir of 
the next oldest Black cousin), Narcissa, Bellatrix, and, possibly, Harry (if Sirius left a will).