Harry and GOF challenges

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No: HPFGUIDX 125359


Jennifer Nielsen wrote:
> <snip>
> 
> One of the constant themes of the HP stories is that Harry, for 
whatever reason, has a unique or unusual experience with an 
animal/object/person that he later uses to his advantage when faced 
with a bigger problem.  Without that earlier experience, he¹d have 
been outgunned even more than usual.
> > <snip>
> So I was thinking about the GOF challenges.  I think there¹s a
good 
possibility his experience with the dragons or the mermaids is going 
to become useful to him in the remaining two books.  I wonder if 
Harry will use either the skills of battling dragons and merpeople or 
use the dragons and merpeople themselves to save the WW.


Moondance:
If the lake is connected to Gringotts, then I'd say the merpeople 
will play a role. Just how Harry would communicate with them I don't 
know.  And which side would they be on?  We'd like to assume 
the "good" side, especially because of their relationship with 
Dumbledore.  But I don't know that its a given.  It would depend on 
what kind (if any) power they have of their own and how big the lake 
is (their territory).

As for the dragons, I'd say the possibility of them having a role is 
quite good.  We learn a lot about the difficulty of containing and 
defeating them.  Also, we're frequently reminded of the Weasely 
brother who works with them (Charlie?  Of course I'm confusing them 
both now when I need to be precise!).  The more detail given and the 
more frequently something is mentioned or talked about, the more 
important it is.

Moondance