Seeing magical concealment (Re: Hermione's role)

[Jen Reese]

No: HPFGUIDX 143385

> Carol responds:
> I agree that Harry will have to rely, perhaps more than ever, on
> Hermione's remarkable memory of what she's read in books. Possibly
> she's read something about the traces left by magical concealment
> that will come in handy...

Jen: After re-reading GOF, it struck me Mad-Eye might be able to see 
magical concealment. He can see through invisibility cloaks and 
that's a form of concealment, right? OK, maybe I'm stretching there, 
but no one else except Dumbledore is able to see through 
invisibility cloaks.

Other than Mad-eye, I think there's a chance one of the characters, 
maybe even Harry, will discover an ability to see magic as 
Dumbledore did. Lizo interviewed JKR in 2000 and asked if there were 
any special wizarding powers done with the eyes and when she pressed 
him as to why he asked that, he said, "Well because everyone always 
goes on about how Harry's got Lilly Potter's eyes." JKR responded he 
was clever, and there might be something more about it. She may have 
only been referring to Dumbledore's ability, though.

On another note, I wonder if Mad-eye is the one who will shed light 
on Dumbledore's defeat of Grindelwald? We don't know how old he is, 
but he was referred to as Dumbledore's friend and might have been in 
the MOM at the time. Or perhaps Slughorn is the one, he was a 
colleague at the time of GW's defeat and knew of horcruxes. Maybe 
Slughorn's knowledge of horcruxes was due to hearing rumours about 
Grindelwald forming one.



Jen