Draco and Narcissa in hiding (Was: Snape's future)

[zgirnius]

No: HPFGUIDX 140688

colebiancardi:
> OK - the Draught of Living Death - I think that potion is not used
> to *hide* the living and make them seem dead.  Instead of I think that
> potion is used keep someone, who is moments away from death, from
> actually crossing over to the other side.

zgirnius:
I believe that in PS/SS Snape explains that the drinker is put into a 
deep sleep by the Draught of Living Death, so I think it would be more 
useful in faking a death. This is not to say that there couldn't be 
some other potion Snape was using to keep Dumbledore alive if he was in 
fact dying from the effects of the curse on the ring hircrux.

> Christina:
> 
> That's a really interesting idea, and I'd agree with you if it weren't
> for Unicorn blood serving that purpose already.

zgirnius:
Quirrel!Mort was certainly using it for this purpose in PS/SS, but from 
all the comments about living at the expense of a beautiful and 
innocent magical creature in that book (living a "cursed half-life" and 
such) I doubt Dumbledore would go for it.