Apparition & Fidelius

Arya dequardo at waisman.wisc.edu
Mon Feb 16 08:40:35 UTC 2004


No: HPFGUIDX 91039

 "justcarol67" <justcarol67 at y...> wrote:
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> So the Fidelius charm
> would somehow have to erase that knowledge or just make the house
> invisible and inaccessible to those who have not specifically been
> told by the Secret Keeper not only its address but that its the
> headquarters of the Order of the Phoenix. (That's what Harry had to
> say in his mind in Order to see it, but he could only do so because he
> had read the words in DD's writing.)
> 
> My suspicion is that Bellatrix suspects the truth and knows exactly
> where the house is but just can't see it or get inside.
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The exact wording on the slip of parchment "The Headquarters of the OotP is 
located at #12 Grimy Old Place, London" is also an odd thing to me.  It's not 
hiding the fact there *is* a #12 Grimy Old Place, it's just hiding the fact that it's 
the HQ.  But when Harry reads the info, suddenly #12 appears from between 
otherwise side-by-side #ers 11 and 13.  Odd...  Not to mention, I was also 
quite shocked to learn a Secret Keeper could just write down this information.  
It wasn't even solely addressed to Harry or otherwise protected (password 
enchantment or such).  

Another question on Fidelius (I know, the questions never end on this)-- If 
someone asked Harry (or anyone else who knew but not Dumbledore), 
"Where's the HQ for the Order?" could Harry *say* "Num 12, etc, etc"?  Could 
he physically tell someone that information?  Would they understand it?   Just 
where is that 'disconnect' of the secret from everything else occur?  

Arya (who started this thread and still only has questions...)










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