Who killed Quirrel? (Was: Re: Dept of Mysteries Veil Room)

[KathyK]

No: HPFGUIDX 114353

Angie wrote:
 
> I agree.  It seems to me we've got a little "overkill" with all 
the deaths flying around.  

KathyK:

Aw, come on!  I don't want to hear any of that.  ;-) There's no 
overkill.  In fact, we could do with a few more deaths.  Voldemort 
is supposed to evil and scary.  He and his Death Eaters are meant to 
wreak havoc and cause serious pain throughout the WW.  We have yet 
to see this in the numbers their reputation demands. 

Angie:

>And of course, Harry eventually will have to deal with the fact 
that he will have to kill Voldemort.  I wonder why he doesn't ever 
think about the fact that he killed Quirrell.<

KathyK:

Harry did not kill Quirrel.  Voldemort did.  When Harry lost 
consciousness at the end of PS/SS Quirrel was still alive.  He was 
in pain and blistered thanks to Harry's touch but alive just the 
same.  

Voldemort says himself in GoF, Chapter 33 US ed pg 654:

"The servant died when I left his body, and I was left as weak as 
ever I had been"

He possessed Quirrel and then left him to die (As Dumbledore also 
mentions in PS/SS).  

Then again there are those faithful who know despite what Voldemort, 
Dumbledore, and JKR have said, Quirrel is indeed alive. :-) *Waves 
to Constance Vigilance*

KathyK