Bonder in Unbreakable Vow

[fanofminerva]

No: HPFGUIDX 140537

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "lealess" <lealess at y...> wrote:
> Has anyone talked about the function of the Bonder in the 
Unbreakable 
> Vow?  We have three rings of fire, and the person administering 
the 
> vow holding a wand to create them.  Do you suppose if Severus 
broke 
> the Vow, Bellatrix would be obliged to come after him to force him 
to 
> perform it?  Even though I abhor violence, that would be a battle 
> worth reading about (although I think the person to battle 
Bellatrix 
> might be Neville, or maybe Narcissa). 
> 
> Would the Bonder be obliged to fulfill the Vow should the person 
> making the oath not succeed (like in a surety bond, I believe, a 
> promise to guarantee performance), i.e., would Bellatrix have to 
try 
> to kill Albus herself?  She's probably crazy enough and devoted 
> enough to take on such an obligation.
> 
> Or does the Bonder serve as a justice of the peace at a ceremony, 
> where people might put their hands over a book and take a vow, 
i.e., 
> is Bellatrix just a figurehead standing in for society's 
sanction?  
> If she's just a figurehead, who does she represent?  I figure it's 
> the power of whatever magical branch governs the UV (Dark Arts if 
the 
> punishment for violating the Vow is death, White Magic (is that 
the 
> right term?) if everybody's making Vows as the WW stand-in for 
> insurance).  Whichever power it is, who is the enforcer?  The 
> Wizengamot?
> 
> Or is the Bonder simply a witness?  If so, where would Bellatrix 
give 
> witness?  The Wizengamot again?
> 
> I don't remember this being discussed, but if it has, my apologies.
> 
> As an aside, Severus made the Vow to Narcissa, not to Draco.  
> Therefore, when Draco comes of age, I do not believe the Vow is 
> discharged, as the promise still belongs to Narcissa.  I do wonder 
if 
> she can forgive it at any point.
> 
> lealess

I posted about this awhile back (see message #136726) but had only 
one responder.  I hope you have more luck because I, too, wonder 
about the role of the bonder.  Also, once the vow has been 
fulfilled, what happens?  Is the person "released" from the bond, 
having fulfilled it once?  Or does it extend for the lives of the 
ones involved?  My opinion is that it would be fulfilled and all 
parties would be released.

Julie