Voldemort's Plan in Book 6

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No: HPFGUIDX 120766


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Jen Reese" <stevejjen at e...> 
wrote:
> 
> 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, 

GEO: That can be compensated by such things as portkeys. 
Transportation doesn't seem to be a major factor with magic.

and their loyalty lasts only as 
> long as the gifts keep coming in and/or a new leader doesn't stage 
a 
> coup. 

GEO: Yes, but the present leader has more of a cruel side so 
Voldemort can use that to his advantage aside from that I'm willing 
to bet that the imperius curse really works well on giants.

> 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? 

GEO: No doubt their own choice of people to soul suck and feed off 
of.

> 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. 

GEO: Why would he do that? Right now Voldemort needs to build up his 
power base before challenging his opponents especially since he lost 
so many of his servants in OOTP.

> 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.

GEO: The dementors already abandoned Azkaban and undoubtly went over 
to his side.

> 
> 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.

GEO: Why would he target them first? If he wanted to cause chaos, 
he'd target the fully grown half-blood and muggleborn wizards. 
Targeting a bunch of muggleborns and their parents is a waste of 
time. 

> 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. 

GEO: So far I don't think he has many recruitment opportunities. The 
only ones supporting him are the pureblood families and most of them 
are already his DEs and everyone else is just afraid of him. 

Former DE's will be on the list for revenge.

GEO: Former DEs? There are only two, Karkaroff who is the only one 
on the run and Snape who has wormed himself back into the ranks of 
the DEs.

> 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.

GEO: Agreed, Hogwarts is indeed presently the best place to be the 
HQ for the OOTP.