Two simple solutions (was Re: Secret Keepers/JKR Poll Question)

[lupinlore]

No: HPFGUIDX 148629

Steve wrote:
<SNIP>
> > 
> That's just it, ONLY the Secret Keeper can reveal the location. JKR
> said, if James, as the subject of the secret, were captured, he would
> have been unable to reveal the location of Lily and Harry. He is not
> the Secret Keeper, so he can not speak the secret. I have to assume
> the same holds true for Harry.
> 

Well, to add another wrinkle, what about this scenario:  Harry 
blindfolds the Dursleys, has them hold hands, then takes the leader by 
the hand and walks them through the door of 12 GP.  So, they are 
actually inside the house, but not privy to the secret as the Secret 
Keeper is dead and therefore cannot share it.  Can they see the house 
they are actually in?

On another tack, we may well be making the problem more complex than 
it actually is.  The solution may be as simple as having someone who 
is good at Charms and privy to the secret remove the Fidelius and then 
apply a new Fidelius charm with a new, and living, secret keeper -- 
basically the magical equivalent of having a locksmith come in and 
change the lock on a deceased person's safety deposit box at the 
bank.   Indeed, logically speaking this would have to be possible, as 
secret keepers must die from time to time and otherwise you would have 
an ever-increasing number of inaccessible properties in the WW.  As 
Harry owns the property, and since the Order is basically bumfuzzled 
anyway should Harry fall into Voldemort's hands, he would be the 
logical candidate as Keeper, and thus he could reveal the property to 
whomever he wishes.


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