What's in the Chamber of Secrets that will come up later?

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 90398

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "sawsan_issa" <sawsan_issa at e...>
wrote:
> I had read that JKR says that there is something in the Chamber of
> Secrets that will play an important part in the books to come. That
> has me on my path again of wondering what is in there? Is it that
> there is something about the Chamber itself or in the book? I reread
> the part about the Chamber, and the only things that seemed to stand
> out were the 2 intwined snakes at the entrance that had emerald eyes
> and seemed to be alive. Also, the huge statue of Slytherin and the
> basilisk coming out of his mouth. Any ideas?
> 
> Sawsan

Carol:
This is pretty simplistic, I admit, but the Dark Mark is a skull with
a snake coming out of its mouth. Is it the skull of Salazar Slytherin?
At least that seems to be the source of the image in Tom
Riddle/Voldemort's mind.

Carol, who is wondering why the Order of Walpurgis changed its name to
the Death Eaters and whether there's any connection between the name
and the symbol