Because it's dead. Re: Dumbledore's wounded hand

[M.Clifford]

No: HPFGUIDX 136698

OOps I posted the response below and in all my rambling failed to make
the explicit point that was supposed to answer wrexx's original question.

So here's the actual summation that concludes my theory as to why
Fawkes couldn't/didn't heal Voldemorts hand. Oops freudian slip there. 
Dumbledores Hand. My theory is that to destroy the ring Dumbledore
unleashed a powerfully destructive spell, in a split second decision
while his hand was still attached to the Ring Horcrux. It hd the
unfortunate side effect of causing so much destruction to DD's hand
that it was umm in technical terms. Dead. 

I believe this is why, to Harry at first glance, it looked "dead",
because in in fact, it actually was. And hence why Fawkes healing
tears were not able to restore it, because their powers do not extend
to resurrection.

Ok, so definitely, like DD said he paid a price *worth* 1/7 of
Voldemorts soul. And a partial death, or even full death, seems to
ring true of the sacrifice Voldemort would force upon his would-be
conquerers if he could manage it, and a sacrifice that someone of
Dumbledores immense nobility, and calibre would be able to make in
exchange for the lives of the people he loves.

That's all folks..
Valky

Oh and the freudian slip, I left that there because I hypothesise that
at the moment of it's death Dumbeldore's hand was effectively
Voldemort's and fighting Dumbledore for the rest of his body.



--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "M.Clifford" <Aisbelmon at h...> wrote:
> --- 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