Voldemort's Plan in Book 6

[Jen Reese]

No: HPFGUIDX 120757


Re-reading OOTP at the moment and thinking ahead to Voldemort's 
strategy for Book 6. He'll have to give up on the prophecy now, 
unless his next move is to kidnap Dumbledore and his Pensieve, or 
discover a way to make Trelawney remember the prophecy she has no 
recall of making. He could try to delve into Harry's mind for the 
information, but I'm betting he leaves Harry alone for awhile after 
discovering he's full of loving/couragous/heart-felt feelings or 
whatever force drove him out in OOTP. 
 
So, what's next? Voldemort sent an envoy to the Giants, but 
personally that stategy sounds like a waste of time for this war. 
There are so few left, so far away, and their loyalty lasts only as 
long as the gifts keep coming in and/or a new leader doesn't stage a 
coup. 
 
The Dementors offer more possibilties. If Draco is right, and he 
seems to have accurate information most of the time, then the 
Dementors have left Ministry control to go to Voldemort. Dumbledore 
told Fudge "Voldemort can offer them much more scope for their 
powers and pleasures than you can!" (GOF, chap. 36, p. 707, US). 
What exactly does Voldemort have to offer the Dementors? 
 
Here's where my mind starts wandering over all sorts of gruesome 
possibilities, and the most probable option is Muggles. There are 
lots of them, they can't see to escape the Dementors or use the 
Patronus, and look how quickly the Dementor went straight for a Kiss 
with Dudley. Riddle had no regard for the Muggle world after his 
stay in an orphange and the murder of his father, and Voldemort has 
even fewer sympathies. JKR said there will be enough chaos in the WW 
in Book 6 that even the Muggles will notice.
 
And what better way to draw Dumbledore and the Order out of hiding 
than to start attacking defenseless Muggles? Dumbledore has already 
noted that the 'flaw' in his plan with Harry *and* his Plan with the 
Order, is to act like a person who 'loves' i.e. has compassion for 
his fellow beings and creatures. 
 
Voldemort's agenda is sketchy at best, but presumably he wants to 
take over the WW, and then the entire world. World domination is a 
little mundane, yet remains popular among the evil overlord set. 
Since the WW is on alert to his presence and more aware than last 
war, LV will start with disappearances among Muggles, certainly 
enough to get Dumbledore's attention and to stoke Harry's hero 
complex. 

Dumbledore exhorted Fudge to remove the Dementors from guarding 
Azkaban in GOF. I wondered about that. Now I realize he wants them 
removed so Voldemort cannot take over Azkaban with the Dementors in 
place. If he does, or if he already has, LV has the perfect location 
to either start exterminating the Muggle race or to at least feed 
the Dementors. Yuck.

Parents of Muggleborn Hogwarts students, or the students themselves 
home for the summer, might be the first targets. Or the Dursley's. 
Harry was willing to save Dudley from the Dementors no matter what 
price he paid, so would certainly rush to the aid of Petunia and 
Dudley (and Vernon?) if they were being tortured at #4 or taken to 
Azkaban.
 
Or maybe LV is tired of luring Harry out and will focus on amassing 
the troops. One thing for sure, the stealth is over. The ranks of 
the DE's will swell with supporters and surprising defections from 
the good side. Former DE's will be on the list for revenge. The 
Order might even find they have to move their headquarters to 
Hogwarts as it becomes one of the last safe bastions in the WW.

Jen