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Kay D writes:
 
>  I wonder what DD and Harry would be doing in the Forbidden Forest?
> 
> Maybe it is the forest where LV went to hide?  Did he also
> practice the dark arts there before his rise to power?
> They could be in the forbidden forest to recruit the centaurs or
> check on Gwarp?  Or it could be to find a whole new creature
> group.  Wonder if the Anglia car will resurface?  Did Umbridge
> come out of the forest?

Er, did you not *read* the end of OoP ? (*grins*) If you had, you
wouldn't have asked that question because we see Umbridge in the
hospital wing, whilst Harry's visiting Ron and Hermione (with Luna,
Neville and Ginny) (chapter 38, 'The Second War Begins') after
Dumbledore goes into the Forbidden Forest alone and rescues her, and
just a few pages later we hear of her trying to sneak out of Hogwarts,
and being chased and whacked by Peeves, who's armed with Prof.
McGonagall's walking stick and a sock full of chalk !

> What exactly is LV seeking?  I'm guessing it is no longer eternal
> life?  Does he want to rule the wizarding world, and ultimately
> the Muggles?

World domination/subjugation of the "lesser peoples" - the same things
that *any* Dark Lord wants ! Or indeed any RL dictator whom you care
to name !

> Has anyone given thought to the possibility that Hagrid's umbrella
> is actually his wand?  (Rather than his wand being hidden within)

I've always assumed that Hagrid's wand had been disguised as an umbrella...

> Would LV have been around 40 when he rose to power and Harry's
> parents were 11ish?

OK, let's do the sums. In CoS, we learn Tom Riddle had taken 5 years
to find out everything he could about the Chamber. Assuming that he
started his research when he arrived at Hogwarts, age 11, he was 16
when it was opened (and we know that his diary preserves his 16 year
old self). That was 50 years from the point at which Harry is aged 12
(and so LV is then 66). We know that LV lost power 11 years before
that point (making him 55), but that he had risen to power 11 years
before that (from what Prof. McGonagall says to Prof. Dumbledore in
PS/SS, so unless my maths is totally out (which it quite easily could
be) and assuming that the dates are exact (which they might not be),
LV was 44 at the time he rose to power. (Now my head hurts, but hey,
the result of re-reading the HP series (and in reverse publication
order), means that all this is fresh in my brain to answer this
question !)

Sass
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