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

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Eloise :
I hadn't thought of that before. I'm sure that there was a lot that
Voldemort could find out from Peter via legilimency, but just how
would Legilimency and the *Fidelius Charm* interact? <snip>

I don't think Legilimency could override the Fidelius in the sense
that Voldemort could have looked into Pettigrew's brain and known
where the Potters were. <snip>

So can the charm be broken by Legilimency? 


Alina 
...from what we've seen so far, it wouldn't be too hard for him 
to "persuade" Pettigrew to share it.

(and from another post) And I'm saying that regardless of how the 
Fidelius Charm works, I believe Legimency would allow Voldemort to 
know there's a secret kept from him, but not to "mind read" that 
secret.


Valky:
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.


Bookworm:
My image of Legilimency is that one person can read the surface 
thoughts in another. In both the book and the movie, when Sirius 
accused him of betraying the Potters, Peter said, "I didn't
mean to."  (Sorry, my daughter took our copy on vacation so I
can't site the quote.)  If Voldemort had asked a simple question
– "Do you know where the Potters are hiding?" – that
would have brought the information to the `surface' of
Peter's mind where Voldemort could see it.  The Fidelius Charm
didn't have to be broken; as the Secret-Keeper, Peter was the
only person who *could* tell where the Potters were.

As far as the struggle is concerned, Peter had been `working'
with Voldemort for about a year. So if a couple of DE's showed up 
and said "The boss wants to see you" I think he would have
gone along quietly.  

Ravenclaw Bookworm