the SPOILER on the cover of HBP

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just in case anyone still doesn't know about the ring... they must be 
as blind as Fudge.
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> Fitzov:
> Bloomsbury book cover - The ring is also black, with some sort of
> pattern (possibly a column on it) and didn't Kreatcher try to
> rescue a golden ring bearing the Black family crest from Sirius
> during the 'cleaning' of 12 Grimmauld Place?
> 
> tinglinger:
> I thought that the ring could be something divided - represented by
> Harry's scar - but even magnified the picture does not show us WHAT 
> is divided. However, that division sure looks like Harry's scar to 
> me.
> 
> btw imho the only link between Kreacher and the ring is that
> Harry will no doubt "ring" Kreacher's neck if Dumbledore didn't
> beat him to it.
>
> tinglinger 
> who loves homonyms and ringing in some good theories in his group
> potterplots which will become very active around the end of this
> month including a prediction poll or two and hopefully a chat if I 
> can figure out how to set it up without getting yahoomorted ...

JLV here:
The canon quotes relevant to this are:

(From the Great and Noble House of Black OotP):
"Several times Kreacher sidled into the room and attempted to smuggle 
things away under his loincloth, muttering horrible curses every time 
they caught him at it. When Sirius wrested a large golden ring 
bearing the Black crest from his grip, Kreacher actually burst into 
furious tears and left the room sobbing under his breath and calling 
Sirius names Harry had never heard before.
"'It was my father's,' said Sirius, throwing the ring into the 
sack. 'Kreacher wasn't quite as devoted to him as to my mother, but 1 
still caught him snogging a pair of my father's old trousers last 
week.'" 

In chapter 23, the trio look into Kreacher's den:
"In a far corner glinted small objects and coins that Harry guessed 
Kreacher had saved, magpie-like, from Sirius's purge of the house."

One of these small objects could possibly be the ring that Kreacher 
sneaked out of the rubbish before it was taken away. (Who does 
wizarding dustbins anyway? Methinks there is a future career for 
Goyle in the wizarding waste disposal services.)

I was thinking that this might be relevant particularly because JKR 
saw fit to mention how particularly upset Kreacher was about this 
particular ring, even though it belonged to Sirius' dad, who wasn't 
Kreacher's favourite.

I like the idea that the scar-shaped break is representavive of 
something 'in essence divided'. Nice connection.

JLV xx
Who is feeling particularly prescriptivist today and thinks 
that `wring' and `ring' are more properly called homophones. Homonyms 
are (in the narrowest sense) two or more words spelled and pronounced 
the same but with different meanings, but the use of homonym to mean 
one of two or more words pronounced alike but with different meanings 
is so widespread that it can hardly be called incorrect. Irregardless 
of what I just said ;-)