[HPforGrownups] - R.A.B = Regulus Black

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This is a post I posted on another forum.  Thought I  would repeat here.
 
 
My post on Regulus Black. Only read if you have read book  6:



Quote:
To  the Dark Lord
I know I will be dead long before you read this
but I  want you to know that it was I who discovered your secret.
I have  stolen the real Horcrux and intend to destroy it as soon as I can.
I  face death in the hope that when you meet your match,
you will be  mortal once more.
R.A.B. 


A cute  little note to be sure, and it would appear that the true recipient 
never  received his lovely letter since Harry has it.

First of all, lets look at  what the canon says about who could have written 
this, then analyse this little  note:


Quote:
'Harry,  I found something out this morning, in the library ...'
'R.A.B.?' said  Harry, sitting up straight.
...
'No,' she [Hermione] said sadly,  'I've been trying, Harry, but I haven't 
found anything ... there are a  couple of reasonably well-known wizards with 
those initials - Rosalind  Antigone Bungs ... Rupert "Axebanger" Brookstanton ... 
but they don't seem  to fit at all. Judging by that note, the person who stole 
the Horcrux knew  Voldemort, and I can't find a shred of evidence that Bungs 
or Axebanger  ever had anything to do with him ...' 

Pg.  592-593 Uk Hardback edition.

>From what Hermione says, we can assume that  the author knew Voldemort. We 
can also assume then, that through Hermiones  research, the person with the 
initials is in no way famous for anything amazing,  so they haven't done anything 
amazing to get into library books. Now, lets look  at the note again:


Quote:
To  the Dark Lord
I know I will be dead before long before you read  this
but I want you to know that it was I who discovered your  secret.
I have stolen the real Horcrux and intend to destroy it as soon  as I can.
I face death in the hope that when you meet your  match,
you will be mortal once more.
R.A.B. 


To the Dark Lord:
It has been  pointed out, by Harry himself with his conversations with Snape 
during  Occlumency lessons, that only Death Eaters refer to Voldemort in the 
respectful  manner of 'the Dark Lord'. So we can come to the conclusion that 
not only the  author knew Voldemort but was very much likely to be a betraying 
Death  Eater.

I know I will be dead long before you read this:
Hmm...  So, whoever did this is hinting that it was done a long time ago; 
keep this in  mind.

but I want you to know that it was I who discovered your  secret.
I have stolen the real Horcrux and intend to destroy it as soon as I  can.:
Not that smart, is he/she, this person? Read this carefully.  Whoever done 
this is under the ignorant impression that the pendant he or she  has stolen is 
the only one. He or she doesn't say 'one of your real horcruxes',  he/she says 
'THE real Horcrux'. Keep this in mind too.

I face death in  the hope that when you meet your match,
you will be mortal once  more.:
Whoever has said this, seems to expect death either way. Look at  this, 'I 
face death in the hope...'. Whoever this is feels that he/she will die  anyway 
and instead of allowing themselves death in a vain manner he or she has  done 
this to give their death meaning.

R.A.B.:
Hmm... JK said  in a recent interview 'I left a mystery at the end, but it is 
easy to work out'  (something of that nature anyhow) How can it be easy to 
work out if these  possible initials have not graced our pages before?

Now, I think you all  know who I think this is, no one other than Sirius 
Blacks younger brother:  Regulus Black.

What do we know of Regulus?


Quote:
'He  was younger than me,' said Sirius, 'and a much better son, as I was  
constantly reminded.'
'But he died,' said Harry.
'Yeah,' said  Sirius. 'Stupid idiot ... he joined the Death Eaters.'
'You're  kidding!'
'Come on, Harry, haven't you seen enough of this house to  tell what kind of 
wizards my family were?' said Sirius testily.
'Were -  were your parents Death Eaters as well?'
'No, no, but believe me...  ..But I bet my parents thought Regulus was a 
right little hero for joining  up at first.'
'Was he killed by an Auror?' Harry asked  tentatively.
'Oh, no,' said Sirius. 'No, he was murdered by Voldemort.  Or on Voldemorts 
orders, more likely; I doubt Regulus was ever important  enough to be killed by 
Voldemort in person. From what I found out after he  died, he got in so far, 
then panicked about what he was being asked to do  and tried to back out. 
Well, you don't just hand in your resignation to  Voldemort. It's a lifetime 
service or death.' 

OotP, pg 104, Uk Hardback  edition.

Right, this is information we have on Regulus then. According to  the 
Lexicon, Regulus was perhaps 19 years old when he died. Sirius also said in  the book 
it was 15 years ago that he did die. Looking back at the note he would  'have 
died long before' Voldemort got to read it. Also, notice JKs writing in  this 
passage here. Sirius isn't talking in fact but in speculation. I think we  
have come to know that JK doesn't just use speculation instead of fact for no  
reason. Sirius does talk factually about Regulus being a Death Eater however.  
With that in mind the note calls Voldemort 'the Dark Lord'. Regulus fits the  
initials, fits the situation, fits because there is hardly any fact based 
around  him. As for his motivations, look at Adams T post since we discussed it 
before.  Number 1) is my favourable motive. There is also the fact that it would 
be quite  nice for Harry that Sirius brother had attempted to help the cause. 
Also,  Regulus was called an 'idiot' by Sirius. So, Regulus is immersed into 
the dark  arts but is not absolutely great at it. Liking the dark arts would ca
use  Regulus' discovery of the Horcrux, but not the initiative to work out 
that  Voldemort would have done something slightly different i.e. have many  
horcruxes.

At the moment, I don't think anyone else fits the bill that  has been 
mentioned in the books thus far.


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