Whither the Bezoar?

[finwitch]

No: HPFGUIDX 113973

--- mhbobbin:
 
> And then I thought about the talisman that is mentioned repeatedly 
> in OotP. Is it possible--has it been theorized before--that the 
> talisman is not a figure of speech but something real? And if it is 
> real, might it be a bezoar? This implies that Harry's life is 
> currently being threatened by poisons from unknown sources. Hard to 
> believe as Dobby is working the kitchens... but am I way way way 
out 
> on a limb to connect these dots in the most tentative way?

Finwitch:

One way for Harry to die that Dumbledore overlooked when he placed 
Harry at the Dursleys, I suppose. Sure, Dobby can and WILL see that 
no food coming out of Hogwarts kitchen is poisoned (and other house-
elves, too - though not for Harry's sake alone).

However, considering that as Vernon tried to strangle Harry after the 
Dementor incident, something (Dumbledore's protective magic?) made 
Harry impossible to hold. No one can *touch* Harry in attempt to kill 
him at the Dursleys. But it seems to me that lack of food & water - 
or indeed, poisoning, are ways Harry could die at Dursleys, 
protective spell or not!

Now, with Moody and write every three days starvation seems unlikely. 
After all, even if Vernon dictated what Harry was to write, Harry's 
*handwriting* would tell Moody his true state. Poisoning, though... 
Yep. What if Harry IS poisoned? or attempts a suicide (to finally be 
with Sirius & his parents) by means of poison? or is falsely accused 
of doing so?

But, the draught of Living Death - we're even told the two items that 
need to mixed for it in Book#1 - (don't recall them now... asphodel 
was the other, and other was some common weed...)
that draught has never been used!

Will Harry make it to get some sleep? (being as he doesn't know any 
other sleeping potion) or as a statement that he will NOT be safe at 
Dursleys?

Finwitch