Dean Thomas Background

[Brenda]

No: HPFGUIDX 113895

We know that Dean Thomas's father witheld his magical background 
from his family and J.K.R has hinted it might not be 
revealed,although she has quite a bit written about him that has not 
been included in the storyline as of yet.
We also know that J.K.R. said the director of the Azkaban movie 
instinctively put something in the movie that wasn't in the book but 
was related to upcoming events (possibly the shrunken heads).
Next we know that Voldemort travelled widely and underwent many 
dangerous changes to prevent his death.
Putting all this together, I'm wondering if it has occurred to 
anyone that Voldemort could have practiced magic with Witch doctor's 
or Shaman's of some sort invoking very old African magic or voodoo. 
This could tie in Dean's father's fatal interaction with the 
deatheaters if he was an African prince or son of a tribal chief or 
witchdoctor who refused to join Voldemort; it could also tie in the 
shrunken heads from the Azkaban movie and possibly the half blood 
prince storyline. Although Jo's statement about Dean's storyline 
being cut for Neville gives me second thoughts on this idea I just 
can't get these niggling ideas out of my mind. Does anyone have any 
thoughts on this?