Where oh where is Mr. Ollivander...

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No: HPFGUIDX 148221

Tonks wrote:
" Having been told of the grave yard events by Harry and about the  
Priori Incantatem, DD knew that Ollivander would be in serious 
trouble. Ollivander did not know about the events, but may have know 
that Priori Incantatem could happen, or not. It could be just some 
high ancient magic that only a few wizards like DD knew about. 
 DD went to Ollivander, told him about the situation and helped him 
go into hiding.  Ollivander doesn't need to appear dead, he just 
needs to disappear for awhile. Later when LV is vanquished 
Ollivander can go back to his business. If it looked like he was 
dead he would lose the store, to his heirs if he had any or to the 
state if he didn't. And there might be things in the store that 
should not be found. DD is Ollivander's secret keeper."

CH3ed:
I like Tonks' theory (read upthread). I would add that perhaps 
Ollivander disappeared after OotP instead of after GoF because he 
didn't learn of what transpired in the graveyard scene (priori 
incantatem between Harry and LV) until he read Harry's interview in 
the Quibbler. 

There was no point of faking death by Ollivander anyway... If the 
DEs had gotten to him there would have been a dark mark hovering 
over his shop (the same reason I don't think Regulus Black faked his 
death... the good guys wouldn't have thought he was killed by LV or 
the DEs had there not been a dark mark over him like in Karkaroff's 
case). And if the DEs didn't take him, LV would know it. So I think 
Ollie went into hiding either by himself or with DD's aid. 

CH3ed  :O)