HBP

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No: HPFGUIDX 125911


doddiemoemoe wrote:
> > 
> > Since the release of the book covers...anyone out
> > there wondering or 
> > making new speculations about who the HBP is???
> > 
> > I'm begining to wonder if it is Dumbledore.....
> > 
> > I believe someone (perhaps Malfoy) made the comment
> > that he was the 
> > champion of "mudbloods"...
> 
> 
> I had the same thought after seeing the various covers
> yesterday -- especially the Scholastic one and the way
> the words "and the Half-Blood Prince" look.  Isn't
> Dumbledore's handwriting described as "spidery" and
> "loopy"?  Probably a long shot, but something else to
> throw into the mix.
> 
> starmom

I started off wondering if it was DD, then took a little stroll 
through almost all the other characters (via Hagrid, Arthur Weasley, 
and even Sturgis Podmore) and am now back at DD again.

Here's how it goes:
DD is not only the HBP, he is also a descendant of Gryffindor. DD 
owns the house in Godric's Hollow. He got a tip-off that Voldy was 
after the Potters, he knew it was because of the prophecy, but he 
hadn't told *anyone* about it. He went to the Potters and convinced 
them to go into hiding, offering his own house in GH. 

He *also* convinced them to use the fidelius charm, and he wanted to 
be their secret-keeper. He didn't tell them about the prophecy, 
though, because he knew someone close to them was a spy, and he 
didn't want Voldy to think that *he* thought it was important. 
Because the Potters didn't, therefore, know that Harry is one of 
only two people with the power to get rid of Voldy for good, they 
didn't think it was necessary to have DD as secret-keeper (all the 
way up in the Highlands), and they stuck with Sirius (at least to 
start with). 

Events unfolded, and DD learned of what happened immediately because 
there's a painting of Gryffindor in the house in GH and a painting 
of him in the Headmaster's study at Hogwarts.

(Sighs) It's the best I can do, and it's *really boring*. Sorry.

However, I'm now toying with the idea that there was a prophecy 
about the founders... Binns says: 
"The story goes that Slytherin had built a hidden chamber in the 
castle, of which the other founders knew nothing. [...] Slytherin, 
according to the legend, sealed the Chamber of Secrets so that none 
would be able to open it until his own true heir arrived at the 
school." (The Writing on the Wall, CoS). 

The other founders knew nothing, right. So where did the legend come 
from then, I wonder? Perhaps Salazar wasn't above a bit of bragging 
in the pub. Or was there a prophecy about the heir of 
Slytherin? "... and none will come after ..." - No more descendents 
of Slytherin? Either Voldy will live forever, or the Slytherin line 
will end when he dies.

Binns is remarkably silent about what Slytherin did after leaving 
the school. Did he disappear? Did he go on to found Durmstrang? Did 
he go on to become a seriously evil wizard, and get killed by 
Gryffindor? 

Enquiring minds want to know.

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