Karkaroff and DE question

[redeyedwings]

No: HPFGUIDX 137661

Carol:
 
> Anyway, to summarize, I think Karkaroff is English despite his name
> but had ties to Durmstrang, perhaps through his father and that 
he's
> in his fifties or more likely sixties in GoF. It's possible that he
> (and Dolohov) had connections to Grindelwald that we'll discover in
> Book 7. Voldemort could have placed one of the Horcruxes in his
> keeping (without revealing that it was a Horcrus), just as he
> entrusted the diary to Lucius Malfoy. That could be one reason why
> Voldemort had him killed rather than merely punishing him for his
> cowardice as he stated he would do in the graveyard scene. At any
> rate, it's a plausible idea and fits nicely with the secret passage
> between Hogwarts and Durmstrang.

J:

I think this might be an excellent idea, particularly in light of 
this nugget JK dropped in a pre-HBP interview:

bertieana: Will we be seeing Krum again any time soon?
JK Rowling replies -> You will see Krum again, though not soon.

So we didn't see him in the HBP, so he definitely has a role to 
play. So far as we know, I think, he's still in Bulgaria, unless the 
WW is so much like ours that he's been bought by an English 
quidditch team and brought to Britain.

I like the idea of Krum helping Harry find a Horcrux Karkarrof left 
hidden in Durmstrang.


J