Secret Keepers/JKR Poll Question

[fuzz876i]

No: HPFGUIDX 148666

lolita_ns wrote:
>   I repeat, *no 
>   one* but PP, Sirius and the Potters knew of the switch, so, in 
order 
>   for Hagrid to be able to find the house, the Secret had to have 
been 
>   revelaed to him by the SK. And it hadn't been, for he honestly 
>   believed that Sirius had been the SK... Questions, questions....
> 
kchuplis:
> 
>   Isn't it said in the conversation that Harry overhears at the 
Three Broomsticks that someone could have pressed their face on the 
sitting room window and not been able to see the Potters due to the 
Fidelious Charm? I was under the impression it kept *The Potters* 
protected. Not the house necessarily. 
> 
 
fuzz876i:
I am going to take a shot at this.  In Prisoner of Azkaban in the 
Three Broomsticks Hagrid, Fudge, and Professors McGonagall and 
Flitwick are discussing the Fidelius Charm.  " The information s 
hidden inside the chosen person, or secret keeper, and is henceforth 
impossible to find-unless, unless of course, the Secret-Keeper 
chooses to divulge it.  You-Know-Who could search the village where 
Lily and James were staying for years and never find them, not even 
if he had his nose pressed against their sitting room window!" (POA 
American version chapter The Marauder's Map page 203). Everyone 
thought that Sirius Black at this point was the Potter's Secret-
Keeper at this point and that he had been spy for Lord Voldemort. 

"Remus!"  Pettigrew squeaked turning to Lupininstead writhing 
imploringly in front of him.  "You don't believe this....wouldn't 
Sirius have told you they'd changed the plan?"  
"Not if he thought I was the spy, Peter."  said Lupin.  "I assume 
that is why you didn't tell me, Sirius?"  he said casually over 
Pettigrew's head." (POA Chapter The Servant of Lord Voldemort pgs 
372-373).  

When the plan change was revealed it was too late to do anything 
about the sentence that Black was serving in Azkaban because 
Dumbledore gave evidence that Black was the Potter's Secret-Keeper.  
Pettigrew knew that he was working for Voldemort and the one thing 
he wanted was to find the baby that would be his downfall because he 
had only heard part of the prophecy, therefore assuming it was the 
Potters.  Even though they did not know this they knew that 
Voldemort was after them this lead them to use the Fidelius Charm.  
In my opinion they were concealed and not their house because unless 
the Secret-Keeper revealed their exact location then whoever was 
looking for them could peer through their window and not see them.  

Pettigrew knew this and instead of dying for the cause turned spy 
and revealed the Potters location to Voldemort and then had to fake 
his own death to escape prosecution for being a deatheater.

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