- R.A.B = Regulus Black

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CareALotsClouds wrote:
 
> 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 cause  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.


My Crackpot Regulus Theory:

I'm not *completely* convinced that RAB is Regulus, but if he (or 
she) is, here's what happened:

Regulus was a friend of Severus back in their Hogwarts days. 
Joined DE's briefly, (along with Severus) as we know, tried to 
back out when he saw what they were really up to. As Sirius 
says, Regulus wasn't important enough for Voldemort to deal 
with him personally, so he sent his minion, Snape to kill 
Regulus. (A Very Voldy Thing To Do - test his loyalty by ordering 
him to kill his best friend.)  Snape really doesn't want to kill Reg, so he goes to Dumbledore, who helps him make it look as 
though Reg. is dead (Remember in HBP, he assured Draco that 
they can make him seem dead and hide him in ways that he can 
hardly imagine...). So Dumbledore helps Snape, Regulus lives 
on. Dumbledore has a BIG thing to hold over Snape's head (thus his 
power over Snape, and why he trusts him).  

So where's Regulus? (Here's the real crackpot bit) Dumbledore 
has transfigured him into a hippogriff and put him under the care 
of Hagrid. It's Buckbeak!  That's why Dumbledore made such a 
deal of saving his life in POA. Doesn't it make the Buckbeak/
Sirius bonding so much more poignant? Doesn't it make the 
continued presence of Buckbeak/Witherwings make a tiny bit 
more sense? So in the end, Reformed!Regulus will be the new 
Sirius, friend and sort-of fatherfigure to Harry. Of course, Regulus 
wasn't really the idiot that Sirius paints him - what big brother 
would ever admit that his younger sibling was clever?

Speaking of brothers - I'm hoping that Aberforth "inherits" 
Fawkes and comes into his own in Bk 7 - maybe he's the new/
old member of the Order JKR speaks of. We know he's as weird 
as Albus - maybe he's as powerful!

-allison