Dumbledore's wounded hand

[M.Clifford]

No: HPFGUIDX 136684

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "wrexx1" <wrexx at h...> wrote:
> 
> Any speculation as to why DD, with his vast magical skill and the
> super healing powers of a phoenix nearby, left his burned hand in that
> condition?
> 
> Wrexx


Valky:

Yeah, I have Theory. Dumbledore sustained this injury trying to
destroy a Horcrux of Voldemort as we know, so starting there I think
that it can be pieced together like this:

First we have the Diary Horcrux (Voldemort made at a very young age
becaue *even then* he was obseesed with cheating death) 
- A Young Voldemort possesses the body of a young inexperienced
newling witch. Due to his charm and her lack of experience she offers
virtually no resistance for the most part. She kills all the Roosters
so that the Basilisk can be released, and the deadly Basilisk,
commanded by the young Voldemort is two things, a very nasty weapon
against Muggleborns *and* a bodyguard for him against other Wizardkind
(as he used it against Harry).   
Later when Ginny does begin to resist, the young Voldemort *fights a
little harder* to stay alive, he forces her down to the Chamber of
Secrets to complete the process. By the time Harry gets to Ginny, she
is "blue and cold" like she was very near *death*. 

If we pinch a few fragments from that synopsis we can stitch up a
scenario for the ring. 

Lets assume that the Ring was endowed with similar powers to the Diary
which are:

The Power to possess the Holder.
The inclination to fight against any resistance or attempt on the LV
life inside it.
An inbuilt, or access to a, bodyguard. 

Then we have:

The Ring Horcrux (likely to have been created by an older stronger
Voldemort.) -  Assuming the above were true, then we could say that
after Dumbledore passed the lesser protections on the ring in the
Gaunt House it followed through with it's greater protections: First
it tried to possess Dumbledore - Dumbledore most likely expected this
attack on him and was prepared to resist and held the spirit of
Voldemort at bay possibly in his hand where it had entered. Now the
Spirit then has an inclination to fight like it did with Ginny so it
exerts more force of Dumbledore, which DD again resists. Finally it
calls on it's Secret Weapon, like the Basilisk, and unleashes a
terrible curse on Dumbledore. DD rushes off to Snape who lifts the
curse (Snape might even have invented it) for him. But now the ring
must be destroyed. DD now, Like Harry with the Diary in the Chamber,
has just seconds to act bravely before Voldemorts defiant soul makes
it's next move to ensure its own survival. Without thinking twice
about it Dumbledore slams down the ring in front of him and in the
blink of an eye destroys it with a powerful magic, *while it's still
attached to his hand*! But as he said, a small price to pay for a
seventh of Voldemorts soul, don't you think?

Valky