The Night James & Lily Died

[meriaugust]

No: HPFGUIDX 105286

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Rebekia Krum 
<rebekia_krum at y...> wrote: 
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> I'm assuming the Potters and Longbottoms were informed
> of the Prophecy in it's entirety and the Longbottoms
> were hence tortured instead of killed in order for the
> DE to find out the rest of the Prophecy. 

Meri: 
Actually, the Longbottoms were tortured for information as to the 
whereabouts of LV following his downfall, and as Aurors the 
Longbottoms could very well have been involved in the search for 
Vapo!Mort. Bellatrix confirms this in GoF (in the trial scene, where 
she claims that she and her cohorts alone were loyal enough to seek 
their master). I don't think that it is clear how many people knew 
of the prophecy during VWI (Voldemort War One). I'm sure the 
effected families knew, DD, surely some of the higher placed members 
of the Order, but I don't know how many DEs knew of it, or the 
Longbottoms would have been better protected following LV's 
downfall. Anyway, just two sickles, er, knuts. 

Meri - shuddering to imagine what danger the Order would have been 
in even after the war, if the remaining DEs were loose in the world 
and tortuing people for info on the prophecy...