Balance of Power in the Wizarding World

[tjbailey24]

No: HPFGUIDX 107510

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "samnanya" <yswahl at s...> wrote:
> I am very curious about what others may think regarding this :
> 
> With the death of Sirius, I feel that there was a shift of power
> to the dark wizards which would be very dramatic if DD were to
> fall. Sirius was by all accounts a very powerful wizard for the
> Order, second only to Dumbledore. 
> If there is to be this "battle" that everyone seems to want, how
> do the adult combatants compare ?
> 
> My view: [In "good -- bad" format] - 
> 
> Dumbledore & McGonagall -- Voldemort & Bellatrix 
> Sirius (dec) --  Dolohoff
> Hagrid & Shacklebolt -- Crabbe & Goyle
> Arthur Weasley -- Lucius Malfoy
> Lupin -- Wormtail  
> Tonks, Mad Eye Moony, Flitwick -- other death eaters 
> Snape -- Rookwood Avery  {the devious group}
> Crookshanks -- Wormtail {both are weak and crafty}
> Trevor {a prince} -- Nott {hasn't been very impressive.....}
> 
> A War doesnt make sense unless there is a balance of power to 
> start. Otherwise one side would have vanquished the other a
> long time ago....
> I know I probably left some people out....
> Suggestions and comments?

Tara:  I'm not sure I follow the "one on one" stategy here... certainly there are plenty of wizards armed and ready to fight the dark lord and his followers, not necessarily just the ones you have listed here.  I think that Voldemort is the one, of course, that Dumbledore will concentrate on, but doesn't Harry have to kill him...one must die so the other can live.. (sorry, not quoted exactly as I don't have my book handy), according to prophesy?  I am certain that between all the other Order members (and other wizards who will join in, such as Fred and George, Bill, Charlie, maybe Percy... and you can't forget that Ron and Hermione seem to always appear when needed) they will be able to 'hold off' the death eaters until the fall of Voldemort.  There were only a few that were willing to give their life for him, the rest would probably say they had been hexed or something to get out of it.  Thats how I see it anyway!