Apparition & Fidelius

grahadh grahadh at yahoo.com
Sat Feb 14 13:40:07 UTC 2004


No: HPFGUIDX 90940

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Arya" <dequardo at w...> wrote:
> Yet another question that ties into my massive and pervasive
curiosity 
> concerning the Fidelius Charm....
> 
> Why do Order members arrive at HQ via the front door and even ring
the 
door 
> bell, waiting for someone to let them in when Fred and George show
us that 
> Apparition is possible within the house?  Is a just something that
allows 
them 
> to Disapparate and Apparate while remaining within the house?  If
they can 
> do this, why do Order members not simply pop in and out without
risking 
> being seen outside as they enter or take the time to wait for
someone to 
> answer the door?  
> 
> Could this perhaps be linked to the Fidelius Charm?  Say, because
F&G are 
> already in the house, they can pop and crack as they please and
probably 
> even leave its confines.  But perhaps Apparition *into* the house
from 
> someplace outside of the house is forbidden or maybe even dependent 
upon 
> the Secret Keeper sharing the Apparition coordinates or even just
plain 
> impossible?  There must be something that makes it impossible for
the 
Order 
> members to not pop in and out--it's far and away a better way to
travel and 
> less risky than arriving by the front door.  But what allows F&G to
do it in the 
> house then?  Ideas??
> 
> Arya



Not only is 12 Grimmauld Place under the Fidaleus Charm and
unplottable, 
but didn't Sirius say that his father, being paranoid, placed other
magical 
securtiy spells on the house while he was alive?  Perhaps one of
those spells 
prevents people from apparating into the house.   It does make it
easier to 
controll who enters the house if there is only one way in or out.  I
also noticed 
that nobody used floo powder to travel to and from the house, but
they did use 
it to communicate with eachother.  It seems to me that the safest
thing would 
have been to disconnect the house from the floo network completely,
seeing 
as the Order has "more reliable means of communication" (but that
would 
have spoiled the plot of the book!).  Perhapse you can reduce your 
connection to heads only :)

-Dhyana





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