Faking Ollivander's Death by Death Eater Attack?

[Steve]

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Can't find the exact spot to make this point so I just make it as an
independant thought. Many people seem to think that Dumbledore would
have faked Ollivander's death to look like a Death Eater attack, but
doesn't that seem extremely unlikely? 

Again, at this point, I'm not arguing whether Ollivander's death was
faked, only questioning the wisdom of doing so by a fake Death Eater
attack. If anyone would know what the Death Eaters are doing it would
be Voldemort and the Death Eaters. So, if they knew that they had not
attacked Ollivander, then wouldn't the fake attack seem pretty...well,
you know...FAKE? 

I think for the members of the wizard world, a certain degree of
ambiguity and uncertainty would have a much greater effect. With that
uncertainty, nothing could be done. Ollivander couldn't be declared
dead because there was no proof, yet he could not be declared alive,
because there was no proof of that either. His estate and property
would remain unsettled for a significant period of time.

The wizard world, like us, would probably speculate that he had gone
into hiding on his own, others would speculate that the Ministry was
hiding him, others would speculate that Voldemort had killed or
kidnapped him, others would speculate that he had merely gone on
holiday until the trouble was over, other would speculate that he had
emigrade to America where he planned to set up a new wizard wand shop,
other would speculate that he had retired, etc.... 

Meanwhile, Voldemort and his crew would be going through their own set
of similar speculations. 

I think this /uncertainty/ carries far more dramatic weight both
inside the wizard world, and out here in the world of the reader.
Plus, it mixes it up a bit. We already had two significant people
killed outright (Bone and Vance), so a couple of disappearances, one
uncertain and one with a clear struggle provide some variety to the
story. Further, disappearances were certainly part of what was
happening during Voldemort's first reign of terror. So, to some
extent, JKR is just fullfilling themes she had set up earlier in the
story.

It is certainly fun to speculate on what might have happened to
Fortescue and Ollivander. I desperately hope they are all right,
because I like them both and need them for my fan fiction (pardon me
for being greedy). But, I think the absolute LEAST likely thing to
have happened to either one of them is a fake DE attack staged by
Dumbledore. That simply would not work on any level.

For what it's worth.

Steve/bboyminn