Pettigrew's silver hand and Book 7 (Was: My 7 book 7 predictions)

[hpfan_mom]

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> Carol:
<big snip>
>What do you think is the purpose of Pettigrew's silver hand,
> which has not yet done more than crumble a stick to dust, and which is
> brought back to our attention in "Spinner's End," where Pettigrew
> caresses it lovingly (HBP Am. ed. 23)--surely a hint that there's more
> to come involving the hand. 
> 
> Will it be used for good or for evil? Tied in with the life debt or
> not? And why silver, if it's not used to kill a werewolf? <snip> Why
not a human hand from
> an Inferius (brrr!) or a hand made of gold or bronze or iron? And
> silver is noted for its malleability, not its strength, yet PP's hand
> seems superhumanly strong (as well as beautiful).

hpfan_mom:

30 pieces of silver for the one who betrayed the Potters?

And I do agree with the post above, that JKR stating that PP will not
use it to kill Lupin does NOT mean that PP won't use it to kill
Greyback.  The silver bullet analogy is just too appropriate.

But maybe that's the Muggle way to defeat a werewolf and we need to
think outside the box.

hpfan_mom