Prophecy, Potters, Longbottoms, and the Fidelius Charm

[kempermentor]

No: HPFGUIDX 127902


Julie:
> Questions I have:
> 1. Are we sure LV is the one the prophecy is about?  This may seem 
> like a given, but I try to recognize an assumptions, even if it is 
a 
> fairly likely one.  (I do not have my book with me, and this may be 
> stated specifically in canon.  I can't remember.  It is possible 
that 
> all in the Wizarding World also made the assumption that it was LV 
> without him being named specifically.)
> 2. If Neville also was considered as "the one" prior to that night 
at 
> GH, were the Longbottoms protected by the Fidelius Charm as well as 
> the Potters?
>     a.  If not, why not?
>     b.  If so, who was their Secret Keeper and why were they 
betrayed?


Kemper's answers:

1.	The prophecy is about the Dark Lord.  I think in this era, 
the time when these books take place, the Dark Lord is LV.  I think 
there have been other Dark Lords though out the ages.  All part of 
the Dark Order.  Is the Dark Lord a spirit of evil that just happens 
to reside in LV?  Or is the Dark Lord a name one dons on when feeling 
especially evil?  Or is the Dark Lord something else?
2.	I think that Dumbledore would have encouraged the 
Longbottom's to use the Fidelius Charm.  
a.	NA
b.	I think without any canon support that the Secret Keeper 
would be Neville's Gram.  She, or whoever the SK was, didn't betray 
the Longbottoms.  LV had been out of the picture for some time and 
witches and wizards everywhere were letting down there guard.  It is 
then that Crouch Jr. and the Lestrange's go after the Longbottom's. 

-Kemper