RAB revisited

[xuxunette]

No: HPFGUIDX 153443

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Tonks" <tonks_op at ...> wrote:
>
> Greeting all:
> Tonks:
> What I am leading to here is what if there are 2 men named Regulus
> Alphard Black?  What if Alphard went by his middle name and Regulus
> went by his first name?  Or maybe Regulus does not have Alphard as
> a middle name at all.  Either way, maybe the person we want is
> Uncle Alphard.

xuxu:

This is the first time I come across this theory and I think it is
absolutely brilliant. As far as I am concerned I'm going to stick to
it from now on.

And in the light of this theory, here are my takes on the questions
regarding the locket.

The Mugundus plotline must be a redherring. I always thought that it
was  a very obvious clue, and felt ambivalent about it, but it
couldn't be discarded as long as RAB was Regulus (which didn't
convince me much either). But now with this good uncle theory, it is
evident it must be a redherring, and one I predict Harry is going to
fall for at first in HP7.

Things are, if the uncle is RAB, then the locket doesn't need to have
 ever been hidden in Grimmauld Place.

In fact, my guess is that it is already in Harry's possession but he
doesn't know it yet: the locket may well be sleeping in the vault we
know Sirius possessed (presents he sent to his godsons), which he must
have inherited from his generous uncle (or at least in which he put
the inheritance), vault which in turn came into the ownership of Harry
upon Sirius 'death.

Clues:
- Mudungus plotline being obvious
- Emphasis put on the inheritance Harry received from Sirius by the
mean of the whole business with Kreacher.
- Distraction of readers attention from other possible assets in the
inheritance by emphasis on Kreacher and Grimmauld.

And, I just thought of it, do you remember the twin mirror Sirius gave
Harry? Wouldn't that be an occasion for it to come out to play for a
bit? It may be a key to the vault (double keys!), or the mean through
which Harry may realise who RAB is (contacting Sirius to ask/ RAB
being engraved onto it/etc).

I love your theory Tonks! Yay

xuxu