RAB

[Mira]

No: HPFGUIDX 140813


> ibchawz responds:
> Here are the possibilities that I have seen posted
> (either here or 
> elsewhere):
<SNIP of the possibilities who RAB can be, go UPTHREAD to read them>



Mira:
Jo has misled us once, with 'Prince' being a name.
What if at least one letter among RAB, if not the
whole acronym, comes from the name of a thing, and not
of a person?

My current favorite is: 

7. RAB = Remember Amelia Bones.

We don't know when the real Horcrux was stolen and why
the person who found it thought that death was
imminent. But we do know that Voldemort considered
Amelia important enough to kill her himself, and that
her flat looked devastated afterwards. Could it be
that Voldemort was looking for something among
Amelia's posessions? Could it be that he knew about
the lost locket (hence the replenished potion), and
wanted either to find it or to make another Horcrux on
that night? It does seem certain that Amelia's death
was important enough for him to use it to create a
final Horcrux, especially if he knew that one has been
discovered already (or instead of the diary).

I like this theory not only because it explaines why
Amelia was brought onto the scene at all, but also
because it validates my belief that members of all
houses will be involved in destroying the Horcruxes.
Since I believe Snape will be the one who kills
Voldemort's body, and therefore the last part of his
soul, I don't like the place of the Slytherin hero to
be already taken by Regulus. I much prefer Amelia,
possibly a former Hufflepuff, to have destroyed the
locket.

This theory leaves at least one question mark: what
then would bring to the story the fact that Mundungus
stole objects from 12 Grimmauld Place? I believe the
answer is that among those objects there will be the
twin mirror, thus enabling Harry to use the pair (as
Jo said he will).

And how about:

8. RAB = Remember Amy Benson?

It could be that RAB actually gives us no indication
about the identity of the person (definitely wizard!)
who found the locket. That would really be a twist
worth of Jo's talent.

If at least two wizards must be present, so that one
drinks the potion and the other fights the Inferi,
could it be that the original pair was a wizard plus a
muggle? The muggle had no powers, so his presence
would not be registered by Voldemort's magic, but he
or she could have well drunk the potion, enabling the
wizard to remain strong enough to fight the dead
bodies.

In fact, the possible presence of Kreacher in the cave
is the only part of the RAB=Regulus theories that I
like. Dumbledore said at least one time that 'Kreacher
was made what he is by wizards'; could it be that he
became bitter and crazy after having drunk the potion,
on Regulus' command? Was Dumbledore fated for the same
transformation? Was this why he begged Severus to kill
him?

I have also seen - but not originated! - the very neat
theory that:

9. RAB = Ronald+Arthur+Bilius (a 'wand-name' of the
three Weasley senior brothers, or perhaps somebody in
the family who bore all three names).

For the sake of completeness, I will mention another
possibility, for which I do not have a full theory as
yet:

10. RAB = something to do with Andromeda (formerly
Black, if I am not mistaken, but do let me know if I
am).

As a conclusion to a long post (sorry), I must stress
that I would not be satisfied at all if RAB was
Regulus. At no other time had Jo given us obvious or
incomplete (what does A stand for?) clues. At the
moment I don't have any emotional involvement in the
books, so any outcome would seem equally likely, but I
still kind of expect better surprises.

Mira