What can kill a wizard?(was Re: Hagrid)

[Christopher Nehren]

No: HPFGUIDX 116451


On Mon, Oct 25, 2004 at 23:24:08 EDT, Carol scribbled these
curious markings (most of which I've snipped): 
> another. And, yes, of course, potions are one of those ways, and
> Snape's classes, especially his lessons on anecdotes, are going to
> prove important. 

Anecdotes, eh? :)

Neglect not, friend, thine Wolfsbane
Lest all ye shalt know is paine

Although I don't exactly see Snape composing such a thing to remind
Lupin of what to do.

On a more serious note, I've been thinking about the lethal potions
idea. We know that Harry attended Hogwarts in the 1990s. The Muggle
world at least had extensible knowledge of how to mix certain substances
together to make them go boom. Surely a wizard or witch can do the same
for an exploding potion? Add a little magic and you have a wizarding
grenade. I'd hate to know what it'd do to your insides if you imbibed
it... though I imagine that Hagrid would drink it like normal people do
coffee. :)

> But, as I indicated in my response to Christopher, I still think we
> have a very limited list here, and important as potions will probably
> prove to be, especially if the DEs are again picking off Order members
> one by one, they won't work very well as a weapon in a pitched battle.

Not that it's in a different class than what's already been listed, but 
you can add the knife with which Peter produced his sacrifice. I'm 
fairly certain that he would have bled to death -- though that's not 
quite the point that I wish to make here. If a wizard can mutilate 
himself so thoroughly with a certain knife, it's logical to assume that 
the same implement could be used for more ... directly lethal (e.g. 
through the heart) actions.

Christopher Nehren

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