R.A.B.? Not Regulus Black!!

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No: HPFGUIDX 133098

Mrs. Hermione Snape wrote:
> I think the infamous R.A.B. is Borgin, of Borgin and Burkes....

> I sincerely doubt that it is Regulus Black.  Sirius said he doubted
> that his brother was ever important enough for Voldermort to kill 
him
> himself.  Also, in book 5, R. Black has been dead 15 years.  Sirius
> was, at most, 40.  So his younger brother would have been, at 
MOST, 24
> when he died.  Probably younger.  He wouldn't have the experience 
or
> importance to discover the Horcruxes, know how to handle them, or 
even
> to write a well-composed note like that.  Also, wouldn't Harry, 
Ron,
> Hermione, or whoever found the locket have noticed the S for 
Slytherin
> on it?  The description in OOP of the locket they found only said 
that
> it refused to open.  If it is indeed *THE* locket, I'm sure the 
Blacks
> acquired it after R.A.B. (Borgin?) was through with it.
> 
> Mrs. Hermione Snape

I imagine you may be onto something there, Borgin was aware of the 
existence of the locket. As it was not a widely traded item to begin 
with it definately limits the number of people who should have known 
of it's existence. Furthermore, we know that Tom left Borgin and 
Burkes at the drop of a hat, but we don't know why... Perhaps it 
ties into this in the end. Good theory, and the fact that we don't 
know Borgin's first name just lends to it even more, J.K.R. has a 
sometimes slytherin habit of leaving out just enough info to things 
that have the greatest importance. 

On this note, we know the vanishing cabinet was at Borgin and 
Burke's at the time Draco went in the store, but was it moved before 
the death eater raid on Hogwarts... if Mr. Borgin has no love for 
the dark lord can you imagine letting a whole host of death eaters 
trample through your store and be implicated in the whole debacle by 
the ministry and facing a possible sentence in azkaban? 
~ Hanna Delacour