The Ring and the Hand - Unfounded Speculation

[kiricat4001]

No: HPFGUIDX 142376

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Steve" <bboyminn at y...> wrote:
>
> For a long time now I've been thinking that somehow the final 
battle
> and the final solution to Voldemort would revolve around that 
Veiled
> Arch of Death in the Dept of Mysteries. But I could never work out 
HOW
> they would manage to get into the Dept of Mysteries for the final 
battle. 
> 
> Now, farfetched as it may seem, I think I have found a way.
<snip>

Steve:
> So, here is a scenario that I envision. Starting with Dumbledore 
and
> his 'dead' hand. Dumbledore manages to get past all the 
enchantments
> that are guarding the Slytherin/Gaunt Ring. Now he has to release 
its
> soul-piece but how? Simply he takes it to the Dept of Mysteries, 
puts
> the ring on his hand, and sticks it thought the Veiled Archway. 
That
> releases the soul-piece into the 'great beyond' in a way that 
prevents
> it from ever returning to Voldemort. Dead Ring - Dead Hand; it's 
gone
> and gone for good.


Marianne:

Ummm.  Who gets the honor of putting the locket around their neck 
and sticking their head beyond the veil? Couldn't the actual horcrux 
simply be tossed through the veil?  I guess what I'm asking is if 
you think it's important for the horcrux object to be used as its 
natural appearance dictates while it's pushed beyond the veil, ie., 
the ring must be on a hand, a locket hanging around a neck, a hat 
sitting on top of a head. If not, then perhaps a horcrux hurling 
party could be held and the Trio can toss these objects behind the 
veil to get rid of them.

I wonder if Harry will have to collect the horcruxes and destroy 
them all at the same time, or will he destroy them as he finds them?

Steve: 
> I guess part of the reason for forcing the story in this direction 
is
> that I think the Veiled Archway is just TOO GREAT a plot point to
> abondon. 

Marianne:
Oh, yeah, I'll be surprised if the Veil doesn't play a part in the 
last book.  I thought we'd see it in HBP because I was sure Harry 
would want to try to communicate with Sirius in the belief that his 
voice might have been one of those Harry could hear beyond the veil.

Marianne