Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Book Six Title)

[Debra]

No: HPFGUIDX 103118

Hello to all, it's been months since I've posted, but I figured this 
was a special occasion.

Supposedly, the name of the sixth book is going to be "Harry Potter 
and the Half-Blood Prince". This title can be found behind the 
infamous locked door on J.K. Rowling's official web site.

The obvious conclusion one may reach upon hearing this information is 
that the Half-Blood Prince would be either Harry or Voldemort, as 
they are the prominent half-bloods in the series. And that if it were 
Harry, the title would essentially say "Harry Potter and Harry 
Potter", which is a bit too redundant to be entirely feasible. 
Therefore, one may conclude that the half-blood prince is Voldemort. 
However, with a title like "Harry Potter and Voldemort" it would seem 
to foreshadow some kind of final battle between the two of them, 
which we know won't happen until book seven.

My next thought was that perhaps Voldemort had a son. However, I 
don't think Jo's vision of the character of Voldemort includes him 
ever having loved, because she has painted him as the epitome of 
evil, and in literature, these are often opposites. In addition, the 
power Harry has that Voldemort knows not is supposedly the power of 
love. He could have fathered a child without having loved, you might 
argue, but I don't think such topics would be dealt with in a 
children's series.

Then, the thought crossed my mind that perhaps this half-blood prince 
is the mystery we know as Mark Evans. We can infer by his age, name, 
and supposed insignificance, having been mentioned in passing, that 
he will enter Hogwarts as a first-year next year. We also know 
nothing about his parentage. He is most likely related in some way to 
Lily, who was muggle-born, as J.K.R. wouldn't have given him that 
last name for no reason. A while ago I posted a theory, originated on 
MuggleNet.com, on Severus Snape. The letters in "Severus Snape" can 
be re-arranged to form "Perseus Evans". The theory continues from 
there, and some of you may remember it. If not, I will gladly re-post 
it, but this post is already getting too long.

Anyway, the fact that Mark's last name is Evans probably means that 
his father, rather than his mother, was the one bearing this name. 
Perhaps it is Snape, perhaps it is someone we haven't met yet. But 
anyone related to the Evans family is most likely of completely 
Muggle parentage, so if I have made correct assumptions so far, that 
Mark Evans is a half-blood and his father is muggle-born, then it 
logically follows that his mother would have been a pure-blood witch. 
According to Sirius, all of the pure-blood wizarding families are 
interrelated, and her name may have been mentioned in the seemingly 
insignificant passage when Harry and Sirius were perusing the Black 
family tree.

If anyone has any other suggestions of who this prince is, assuming 
this is the accurate title, I am very interested in them. In 
addition, if anyone has anything to add that I have overlooked or 
forgotten about the parentage of this seemingly insignificant child, 
I ask them to also put these theories forward. It's only speculation, 
but it seems the logical conclusion.

Thanks,
Debra