R.A.B possibility

[ibchawz]

No: HPFGUIDX 139217

Brodeur wrote:
I was rereading the OOTP and on page 114 in the American version it 
states "Bellatrix and her husband Rodolphus came in with Barty Crouch 
Junior," said Sirius in the same brusque voice... Rodolphus's brother, 
Rabastan, was  with them too. Do you possibly think that this Rabastan 
character is RAB?  It is possible that this is what Lord Voldy called 
him, due to the fact that his  name is rather long... Perhaps the first 
three letters do stand for the RAB that was left with the horcrux...

ibchawz responds:
While an interesting possibility, I don't think it is viable one.  The 
way the note was written (with all capital letters and a period after 
each letter -- "R. A. B.") seemed to indicate initials. If it were the 
short form of Rabastan, I would have expected it to be written "Rab".  
In addition, Rabastan was one of the "loyal" followers that went to 
Azkaban for torturing Frank and Alice Longbottom.  I don't have my 
books with me, but I believe this event occurred after LV became 
Vapormort.

ibchawz