Krum taking a 'mudblood' to Yuleball

[phoenixmum]

No: HPFGUIDX 152260

Geoff Bannister wrote:
> Reading between the lines, I get a feeling that Viktor 
> Krum was not a Karkaroff fan. A follow-up question 
> would be, that although IK is or was a Death Eater, 
> is there a pureblood restriction on entry to the school?
>
Phoenix answers: 

In GOF (US ed.), p. 165 Malfory states "...Father actually considered
sending me to Durmstrang...He knows the Headmaster, you see. Well you
know his opinion of Dumbledore- the man's such a Mudblood lover- and
Durmstang doesn't admit that sort of riff-raff." 

Of course, just because it's school policy, it doesn't mean all the
students believe in it.  Look at the Hogwarts students who think only
purebloods should be permitted. I thought one of the points of Krum
taking Hermione to the ball, and their continued correspondence, was
to set up Krum's return as an ally in Harry's quest against Voldemort
in the last book. The fact that Krum would take a mudblood to the
ball, and apparently genuinely cares for her despite knowing she is
muggle-born, sets him up as a good guy by the end of GOF.

 Krum is from Bulgaria, LV hid in Romania for a while; perhaps there's
a horcrux, or a clue to one in that part of the world, and Harry will
need to travel there. Hermione's friendship with Krum would give them
a contact in that part of the world.