The Fidelius Charm

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No: HPFGUIDX 148361

fuzz876i  wrote: 
"In The Prisoner of Azkaban Professor Flitwick explains this charm 
to Madam Rosmerta. His explanation for this charm is that it is a 
very complex charm to conceal a secret inside a living soul. My 
question is this -- if this charm is what was used on Pettigrew then 
what was the consequences of his actions for breaking this promise? 
I know the consequences for breaking an Unbreakable Vow is death as 
defined in HBP, but I can't find where the 
consequences of this one is; does any one know?"


CH3ed:
Hi Fuzz. It doesn't seem that Wormtail broke any magical contract a 
la UV in revealing the Potters' where-about to LV. As the Secret 
Keeper he alone had the ability to reveal the information entrusted 
him so that nobody Wormtail hadn't told the address of the Potters' 
house in GH to can even see the house. That he then betrayed the 
Potters by telling the address to LV was really rotten, yeah, but 
not in breach of the Fidelius Charm. The Potters just trusted the 
wrong man. 

Somebody else mentioned that Ollivander could still be at his shop 
but nobody older than his normal clients could see him because he is 
using the fidelius charm on himself with DD as SK. I doubt that the 
FC can be applied to a person rather than to a hiding place (or the 
Potters would have done the same). 12 GP was under the FC so that 
Harry couldn't even see the place until he read and understood DD's 
message on the parchment Moody handed to him in OotP. 

CH3ed :O)