Horse Feathers

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 93776

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "JoAnna" <pt4ever at y...> wrote:
> >  
> > vmonte responds:
> > 
> > I've always had the feeling that Olivander was Flamel.
> > 
> > vmonte
> 
> JoAnna:
> 
> Doubtful.  In SS/PS, Dumbledore tells Harry, "[Nicolas Flamel and 
> his wife, Perenelle] have enough Elixir stored to set their affairs 
> in order; then yes, they will die."  (don't have my book available, 
> but it's in the last or second-to-last chapter).  I have the 
feeling 
> that Nicolas and Perenelle died shortly after the events of SS/PS, 
> after the stone was destroyed.  


Geoff:
Pretty good! It's word perfect. The location is the last chapter 
("The Man with Two Faces" p.215 UK edition)


Joanna: 
> Ollivander, however, is present for the Weighing of the Wands in 
> GoF.  I sincerely doubt it took two-three years for Nicolas & 
> Perenelle Flamel to set their affairs in order, and if so I doubt 
> NicolasFlamel!Ollivander would continue working at his wand shop if 
> he had so much to do.

Geoff:
In the book which Hermione "got out of the library weeks ago for a 
bit of light reading" (PS "Nicholas Flamel" p.161 UK edition), it 
states:
"...but the only Stone currently in existence belongs to Mr.Nicholas 
Flamel, the noted alchemist and opera-lover. Mr.Flamel, who 
celebrated his six hundrd and sixty-fifth birthday last year...." 
(same page)

This raises two points. The first, a minor one, is that we don't know 
when this book was published – it is described on the preceding page 
as "an enormous old book", so presumably NF is a bit older by now.

Second. How old is Ollivander? I presume he is not old enough to have 
founded the shop, because that would make him centuries older than 
Old Nick and how would he achieve that?