Secret places

[allies426]

No: HPFGUIDX 148699

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "gwen_of_the_oaks" 
<GAP5685 at ...> wrote:
>
> As for Deborah's question, I think as long as you have enough 
> information about where someplace is, you can aparate to it 
without 
> having been there previously.  As an example: I've never been to 
Los 
> Angeles, but I could get pretty close without a map just by 
getting 
> on major highways going west. So Harry could "find" Godric's 
Hollow 
> just by knowing roughly where to go.  The farther away, the less 
you 
> know about it, and the weaker your powers - the more unlikely you 
are 
> to aparate somewhere accurately.
> 
> Likewise, I'm guessing you can't aparate someplace without some 
> geographical sense of where it is, even if you've been before.  
Harry 
> might not be able to get back to the cave in the cliff, for 
example, 
> just by thinking about it.  He knows it exists, but he doesn't 
know 
> *where* it is.   And you can't just concentrate on an attribute of 
a 
> place you know nothing about, like: "take me to wherever the 
Horcrux 
> is hidden" - and wind up there.  
> 
> So, Harry could get to Godric's Hollow but not necessarily "Next 
door 
> to my parents old house".  Although, having actually lived there 
as 
> an infant may give him subconscious memories that boost his 
accuracy.
> Just my 2 knuts.
> 
> Gwen
>

Allie now:

Death Eaters are able to apparate to wherever Voldemort happens to 
be.  It could be anywhere.  It could be a place that doesn't even 
have a name ("a deserted field in the town of Little Hangleton" for 
example).  This gives a pretty strong argument for wizards being 
able to apparate someplace they've never been, even if they have no 
inkling of the location.  "By my master's side" seems to be all the 
direction they need.