Remus & Sirius - How Dumbledore Knew.

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 97396

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "newdella" <Rosebeth710 at h...> wrote:

> 
> As I was reading this (snipped) post, a thought came to me as to how 
> DD knew of the events at GH.  There is no cannon that I know of to 
> prove it, so it's pure theory.  But we know from OotP that people in 
> their portraits can move from one location to another. What if there 
> was a portrait hanging in the sitting room of GH and the person 
> portrayed in was also a former Headmaster/mistress?  As soon as LV 
> comes in the door the person in the portrait reports to DD who sends 
> Hagrid to retreive Harry, if he's still alive.  
> 
> Do with it what you will.
> 
> Rosebeth

bboy_mn:

Excellent point, but I want to make one small adjustment to it. It
wouldn't have to be a portrait of a Headmaster/Headmistress. It
appears the Hogwarts is filled with many many, perhaps hundreds, of
historic portraits. 

Example, the Fat Lady must have some historic significants, but it's
very doubtful that she was a headmistress. Many of the historic
portrait are probably just general wizarding history, and not
necessarily Hogwarts related history. Example; the portrait opposite
the Room of Requirements is a painting of some idiot trying to train
Trolls for ballet. 

So, the portrait at Godric's Hollow in the Potters house would more
likely be someone from general history rather than specifically
Hogwarts history. 

If there are matching historical portraits at both Hogwarts and
Potters then the person in the portrait could come to his/her own
portrait at Hogwarts, and from there move through the other portraits
until he/she made their way to Dumbledore's office.

Prior to your suggestions, I guessed that perhaps there were other
wizards in the village who may not have been able to see the Potter's
house, but certainly would have had a hard time missing a huge house
demolishing explosion. They heard the explosion, thought it might be
DE's, or perhaps even saw Voldemort and some DE's, and informed
Dumbledore.

Sadly, that particular theory has more holes than Swiss cheeze. 

So from now on, I'm going with your theory. It seems reasonable that
even if Dumbledore wasn't involved the Secret Keeper Spell, he would
have wanted some way to keep track of the Potters. Common portraits
between Dumbedore and the Potters would have been the perfect
solution. It gave Dumbledore eyes and ears, but at the same time
didn't reveal the secret of the location.

Works for me.

bboy_mn