Was it Slughorn? (was: The potion maker)

[horridporrid03]

No: HPFGUIDX 141558

> >>SSSusan:
> <snip>
> So that leaves me pondering a couple of questions:
> 1)  Who DID brew the potion?  Was it Voldy? Voldy alone? Voldy    
> with someone's help? If with someone's help, then WHOSE?  
> 2)  What WILL Slughorn's role be in the remainder of the saga?  
> Anybody want to make some predictions on this??

Betsy Hp:
I'll take a crack, though I'll admit to the complete blandness of my 
prediction. <g>  Honestly, I think Slughorn's role is done.  I think 
he'll be a background character, if he even shows up.  Similarly, I 
don't think we'll get any kind of answer to the potion question, 
because it too, by weakening Dumbledore, has served its purpose.

Of course, I could be wildly wrong and Slughorn will actually 
provide some crucial information (he was, after all, Snape's head of 
house).  And it could turn out that it's *very* neccessary for Harry 
to find out what potion was in the cave and therefore seek out its 
brewer.  However, JKR rarely travels back over familiar ground, 
IIRC, so I suspect she's going to move on.

Betsy Hp