R.A.B. and the location of the Horcrux.

[Alon van Dam]

No: HPFGUIDX 133264

Hey Ben,

I agree with most of your points, but have some comments to make:

>4. He was killed by Voldemort a few days after deserting the death 
eaters (HBP p103)

We really don't know that Voldemort killed Regulus. They just say 
that Regulus survived a few days after deserting. Sirius even 
mentions in OotP (pg. 104) that Regulus was probably not killed by 
Voldemort himself. I believe that Regulus (whether or not he helped 
Voldemort hide the Horcrux, which I would think unlikely, but it's an 
interesting theory) somehow found out about the Horcrux and thought 
that it was the only one: after all, no wizard had even thought of 
making multiple prior to Voldemort. So he steals it and dies either 
by the potion (which seems to kill slowly, just like DD says to Harry 
it might. It surely seems to weaken DD gradually, just open the 
Astronomy Tower scene) or by some Death Eater tracking him down, 
confident that he has absconded the one thing that makes Voldemort 
immortal.

>7. However it was rescued by Kreatcher, and is now residing in 
Kreatchers nest in the basement of 12 Grimmauld Place (OOTP, p445).

That is of course one of the ruling theories, and one that will 
certainly occur to Harry once he finds out that RAB is Regulus. But 
wouldn't that make it a bit to easy? After all, he'd just have to go 
to Grimmauld Place (which he will do once he remembers the locket) 
and command Kreacher to give it to him. Isn't it much more likely 
that Mundungus stole it from the Black house along with lots of other 
stuff the Sirius tried to toss out? Why else did JKR remind us of 
Mundungus stealing Black-items twice in HBP? (In Hogsmeade and at the 
end when Hermione's reading the Prophet).

For the rest I see eye to eye with you pretty much entirely. Anyway, 
these are just my theories. I'm curious what you think :)