R.A.B

[steven1965aaa]

No: HPFGUIDX 150519


Jazmyn wrote:
 
I have a different theory.  Regalus drank the same potion that 
Dumbledore later drank to get to the real horcrux and died from it 
and people simply assumed that Voldemort killed him.   Its not like 
anyone would dare ASK Voldemort 'did you kill Regalus Black?'....  I 
don't think even Snape would dare ask such questions directly...   
This is why I feel that Dumbledore was going to die from the 
poison/potion he drank in the cave, he knew he would die from it 
after seeing the note left behind by RAB and all Snape did later was 
put him out of his misery at his request. He likely even suspected 
that Voldemort would make acquiring the Horcrux deadly to anyone who 
went after.  Unlikely that Volde would ever have to go get it 
himself, being as there was no need once it was hidden.  It was 
mentioned before that there ARE poisons that there are no antidotes 
for.

Steven1965aaa writes:

I don't think Regalus drank the potion.  DD made 2 seemingly 
contradictory statements to Harry re: the cave: (1) Well done Harry, 
one could not have done it alone, and (2) only 1 adult wizard could 
have gone in the boat.  (I'm paraphrasing).  If we assume that RAB 
is Regalus, and if we further assume that Regalus used the boat as 
opposed to some other means, someone else must have gone with him.  
That other person could not have been an adult wizard, so who was 
it?  My vote is for Kreacher.  In that case Kreacher would have been 
the one to drink the potion, on Regalus' orders.  In this scenario 
Kreacher may have some useful information for Harry in Book 7.

Another possibility is that someone with a dark mark may have been 
able to pass his hand through the potion, much like the barrier to 
the tower, and therefore would not have had to drink the potion.  
But I doubt this because IMO it is the Death Eaters who Voldemort 
would have been most afraid of stealing the horcruxes.  

This has probably all been addressed already, but  ...