[HPforGrownups] Re: Who was with Voldemort at GH?

[Kathryn Jones]

No: HPFGUIDX 145670


> Julie:
>  > I also wonder if it could have been Snape who "destroyed" the
>  > house, to hide the evidence of magic, while obviously insuring the
>  > bodies of the Potters, and the surviving boy-who-lived were
>  > protected from the destruction. (I've frequently wondered how
>  > Harry remained alive and safe inside the house if it was
>  > completely destroyed by the failed AK.)
> 
> Jen: Like Ceridwen, I tend to think Peter was the one there because
> he had Voldemort's wand in the graveyard and must have picked it up
> at Godric's. I imagined the blowing up of the house was his spell,
> similar to the spell he used to blow a hole in the street and murder
> the Muggles. I could see him removing Harry prior to the spell, too
> fearful to murder him since Harry had just destroyed LV. Or more
> simply the backfire of the AK caused the destruction and Peter
> somehow didn't die in the explosion, grabbed the wand and apparted.

KJ writes:
   This thread brings a few other interesting questions to mind. It 
might not have been only Voldemort's wand that was taken from the house. 
There is the matter of James' invisibility cloak which ended up in 
Dumbledore's hands. There has been no information on what else was 
removed from the house. There has been no information on what else might 
be in the Potter vault which is now Harry's. Nothing has been said about 
the Potter's wands. We have seen Sirius' will, but nothing about any 
Potter wills, although we might have expected that Sirius was named 
executor. We don't know if Petunia was given any of Lily's personal 
effects. We don't know what information will come from Dumbledore's 
will, if there is one. We don't know where James and Lily are buried 
although we must assume that Lupin, Dumbledore, and the older Order 
members would know. Do the answers to any of these questions have any 
impact on the plot of book 7?