Why RAB should be Regulus Black

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 153335

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Randy" <estesrandy at ...> wrote:

Randy:
> I know this has been discussed and is no longer a mystery to most 
> people, but there is another reason why RAB is probably Regulus Black.
> 
> Regulus is Latin for Prince (or Little King) , and Regulus Black would 
> be the Black Prince.  If you remember the Chess board from the first 
> Book in the Chapter called "Through the Trapdoor", Harry,Ron and 
> Hermione become chess pieces for the Black side.  Ron becomes a Knight 
> and Harry becomes a Bishop and Hermione becomes a castle (or Rook).
> 
> In other words, the threesome perform service for the Black King.  In 
> fact Ron says:
> 
> "I suppose we've got to take the place of three of the black pieces..."
> 
> As an analogy, Harry takes on the role that Regulus Black started to 
> destroy the Horcruxes of Voldemort.

Geoff:
That's an interesting observation which hadn't crossed my mind previously. 
In fact, the more frequently used Latin word for 'prince' is 'princeps'.

My Oxford Latin dictionary defines 'regulus' as 'petty king' which possibly 
fits your suggestion better.