Kreacher -workable solution? The more I think about it.

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 129581

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "rbookworm46" <rbookworm46 at y...>
wrote:
 
> Bookworm:
> Reading your post, I wondered why Kreacher wouldn't be free after 
> Mrs. Black died.  She was his mistress.
> 
> If Kreacher is free now that Sirius is gone, does that mean that he 
> doesn't move to another blood relation?  Is it because they don't 
> carry the Black name?  Or because they are not in direct descent 
> from Sirius?  
> 
> Narcissa, Bellatrix, and Andromeda are direct descendents of 
> Sirius' grandparents and were born Blacks, so they seem to have as 
> much 'Black blood' as Sirius.  Why don't you think one of them will 
> inherit Kreacher?
> 
> Ravenclaw Bookworm

bboyminn:

What follows, of course, will be pure speculation, but hopeful
somewhat reasonable and sound speculation.

First point, I suspect much like inheritence under Common Law, a house
elfs allegiance doesn't ascend or move sideways, typically it will
alway decend unless there is no one left. So, to some extent we are
back to arguing the nature of the inheritance of the Black Family Estate.

I suspect, that since Sirius was the controlling Black decendant, that
Kreacher's allegiance was automatically transferred to Sirius whether
Kreacher liked it or not. Now that it has already decended to Sirius,
it is no longer tranferable up or across the family line. 

Further, Kreacher is /enslaved/ to the House of Black which in a sense
ties him to the family name as well as to a path of direct
descendancy. Narcissa, by her marriage to Lucius Malfoy has become
part of the House of Malfoy.

Now, I think that Kreacher is now free because the downward path of
the House of Black has ended. But Kreacher, as a free agent, is
therefore free to commit his loyalty to the house of Malfoy. Just as
Dobby transferred his allegiance to Dumbledore and Hogwarts, Kreacher
is free to transfer his allegiance. True Dobby is still free, but he
none the less has transferred his loyalty to Dumbledore. 

The problem is, all the immense headache and huge risk it causes for
the Order, if Kreacher continues on on his own, or if he transfer his
bondage to Narcissa Malfoy. If Kreacher continues to live, he ends up
eating up a huge portion of the remaining storyline, and personally, I
think it is time for the storyline to start shrinking, and for the
many many pieces of the puzzle to start to be resolved. I just don't
see room in the story for Kreacher or the trouble he will cause, so
somehow, I have to come up with a way to get rid of him. 

As I suggested earlier in this thread, one quick and easy way is for
Kreacher to just run away, and things that run away frequently end up
living wild in the Forbidden Forest. But that seems like a pretty
cheap (from a literary perspective), quick and easy solution.

As a side note; I speculate that it is possible that Kreacher came to
the House of Black with Mrs. Black marriage to Mr. Black; Sirius's
father. So, both the Elf and his mistress, would have transferred
their loyalty to the Blacks. That could account for his love of Mrs.
Black who is not a true 'blood' Black, and his binding commitment to
the Black family.

As a side-side note, it would be nice to know Mrs. Black's maiden
name. If it was Malfoy, we are screwed (pardon the French).

Again, no matter how you slice it and dice it, Kreacher is a huge
problem that needs to be solved.

Just a few thoughts
Steve/bboyminn