R.A.B.'s Identity.

dobbyisdumbledore dobbyisdumbledore at yahoo.com
Thu Jan 12 22:55:00 UTC 2006


No: HPFGUIDX 146341

To me its fairly clear who R.A.B. is.

Additionally I think it fairly certain where the locket of slytherin 
is.

R.A.B. has had its fair share of suspects from Amelia Bones to 
multiple parties (Rodolphus And Bellitrix for example).

But (as some here may know) the evidence for it being Regulus Black 
can be found in Cannon. Just not English versions.

1.) In Dutch, Black is translated as "Zwarts". The intials R.A.B. 
have been changed (in the dutch version of the book) to R.A.Z.

2.) In Norweigian, Black is translated as "Svarrt". The intials 
R.A.B. have been changed (in the Norweigen version of the book) to 
R.A.S.

3. None of the other suspect's names (Bones, Borgin etc.) have had 
the letter B changed. Only the Black name. It an unlikely concidence 
(then) that the initials change (in two seperate versions) to the 
change appropriate to the change of Black in each version.

That said, if it was (indeed) Regulus... most have already deduced 
that it could very well be the necklace mentioned in passing that is 
in Grimmwald place. This makes sense as Regulus is of the house of 
Black.

Many also speculate that many items (likely including the necklace) 
were "removed" by Mundungas fletcher. So with Mundungas in Azkaban 
prison... where might the necklace be now?

When Harry first finds out that Mundungas has taken items from the 
House of Black he is with "the barkeep from the Hog's Head". (most 
would agree that this is Aberforth Dumbledore) and when Aberforth 
sees Harry he "pulls his cloak up around his neck and hurries off".

Now, why would Rowling casually mention that he would pull the cloak 
around his neck? And the important item we are now discussing is a 
locket.

Concidence? Most here know that there are very few of those in 
Rowling's world.

dobbyisdumbledore









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