Ministry storyline, Harry's army and Mrs Figg

[a_svirn]

No: HPFGUIDX 143737

> Miles:
> But I doubt, that there will be polyjuice potion involved. To use 
it, "Mrs.
> Figg" would have to drink it every hour, and the real Mrs Figg 
must be
> hidden somewhere - for some 15 years.

a_svirn:
Not only that. There is no reason to suspect Mrs. Figg in being an 
impostor. Here is the information from Rowling website: 

"Sometimes they [squibs – a_svirn] find a way to fit in; Filch has 
carved himself a niche at Hogwarts and Arabella Figg operates as 
Dumbledore's liaison between the magical and Muggle worlds. Neither 
of these characters can perform magic (Filch's Kwikspell course 
never worked), but they still function within the wizarding world 
because they have access to certain magical objects and creatures 
that can help them (Arabella Figg does a roaring trade in cross-bred 
cats and Kneazles, and if you don`t know what a Kneazle is yet, 
shame on you). Incidentally, Arabella Figg never saw the Dementors 
that attacked Harry and Dudley, but she had enough magical knowledge 
to identify correctly the sensations they created in the alleyway."

> Miles:
> We do not know the way the inherence of houses and elves is 
determined. So,
> "legal death" could matter, even if the "dead" person is alive in 
reality.

a_svirn:
Yes, we do. Dumbledore was quite clear on the subject. House-elves 
go with houses, and the No.12 passes to the next male Black in the 
line of succession. Were Regulus alive Harry could not inherit.