[HPforGrownups] Re: R.A.B.? Not Regulus Black!!

[Barb Roberts]

No: HPFGUIDX 133333



> "Mrs. Hermione Snape" wrote:
>  > 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.

Rowen :
>  As for your guess that the RAB is Borgin, the problem is that he has
>  no motivation to destroy the locket...Also, RAB says he
>  will soon be dead, and mister Borgin is very much alive.


Hmm...Sirius was out of contact with him family, and younger brothers 
do grow up and change. Perhaps Regulus is more accomplished than Sirius 
knows? Maybe Regulus had help?  Black's family seems to be very 
intelligent and connected.  A headmaster even!  Even Sirius' crazy mum 
had enough smarts to  secure her picture to the wall so that even a 
group of talented (and motivated) wizards couldn't pry it off.

As far as Borgin, if he is alive then he couldn't be a candidate.  But 
is Mr. Borgin still still alive? I wouldn't count out a dark wizard as 
being a culprit.  RAB has to be someone who knows about Horcruxes and 
has to be someone close to Voldemort too. Close enough address him as 
"Dark Lord" and to sign the message with just his/her initials. In 
fact, it's  quite probable that RAB is a dark wizard.  I suspect that 
there are quite a number of dark wizards who who may have personal 
grudges against LV and who have no desire (to put it mildly) to be 
treated as LV's slave.   It seems as if most of Voldemort's DE 
followers are younger than he is.  I suspect that as a rule many older 
dark wizards are not enthralled by LV.

I would propose is a third candidate for RAB--someone in the Bone's 
family.  Voldemort has it in for that family.  Two different attacks 
and multiple deaths. What have the Bone's been doing to incur so much 
wrath?

Many possibilities...and too much time.

Barbara Roberts (Ivogun), who found the ending quite a shock...cried up 
a storm...and I usually don't cry

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