HBP and CoS

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 104661

Berit wrote:
<snip> The prince is of course... Mark Evans! It's just like 
> Rowling to introduce a new, important character just in passing... 
> (remember Sirius in PS/SS?) All we know about him is that he'll be 
> eleven when Hogwarts starts up in the autumn, and that he is a brave 
> little lad, having the guts to stand up to Dudley the bully. One of 
> his parents might very well be magical, making him a halfblood.

Carol:
Mark lives in the Muggle neighborhood of Little Whinging, where the
MoM knows of no other witches or wizards other than Harry. They don't
know about little Mark because of his age (though I'll bet his name
was written down by the magical quill at Hogwarts when he was born),
but they would know if his mother or father were magical and lived in
Harry's neighborhood. And I think Dumbledore would have known about
them, too, whereas he now treats Petunia as Harry's only living
relative (Dudley clearly doesn't count). At best, Mr. Evans (Mark's
father, perhaps a cousin of Lily's) might be a Squib passing as a
Muggle, but my guess is that the Evans family's descent into
Mugglehood occurred a few generations further back. I do agree (based
on his name, age, and the "young Sirius Black"-style dropped hint)
that Mark will show up at Hogwarts, and, given that he showed Dudley
some "cheek," I think that chances are he'll be in Gryffindor. I
wouldn't be surprised if he became friends with tiny but spirited
Dennis Creevey. But I'll be very surprised if he's the HBP. In fact, I
may stop trusting JKR's limited omniscient narrator altogether.

Carol