Legilimency and the Fidelius (was: Re: Wormtail and the Map (WAS The Map and

[M.Clifford]

No: HPFGUIDX 102806

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Alina" <alina at d...> wrote:
 
> I agree that Voldemort couldn't know the Potters' location just by
> Legimencing Pettigrew, but I don't think they were safe either. 
Being a Legimence would allow Voldemort to know that Pettigrew was 
keeping a secret from him, maybe even what kind of secret, and from 
what we've seen so far, it wouldn't be too hard for him 
to "persuade" Pettigrew to share it.
> 
> Alina.

This may be possible but the canon is strongly suggestive of the 
contrary.

Sirius: "...the night they died, I'd arranged to check on Peter, 
make sure he was safe, but when I arrived at his hiding place, he'd 
gone. Yet there was no sign of a struggle. It didnt feel right."
The Servant of Lord Voldemort, POA

I construe this paragraph to strongly indicate that Peter willingly 
donated the information to LV minus any direct act of persuasion. In 
most cases of Pettigrew canon I fully interpret Peter as having been 
persauded by the Lure of Reward to do LV's bidding notwithstanding 
his fear of the Dark Lords power.

Valky