Pettigrew was Potter's Secretkeeper... Fidelity - a Condition

[jamie.sommers]

No: HPFGUIDX 161221

> > bboyminn:
> > 
> > If is primarily about the secret rather than the Trust, 
> > then why isn't it called the 'Specialis Charm'?
> > <snip>
> > It is actually called the 'Fidelius Charm', and that very 
> > strongly implies that 'Fidelity' is at the core of it.
> > <snip>
> 
> bboyminn:
> 
> That's the big problem with many key spells in the series,
> we don't know how they work, at least not in detail, so
> we are left to speculate until and if JKR choses to tell
> us the whole story.
> 
> It would seem that the Fidelius Charm is made up of two
> parts 'the Secret' and 'the Secret Keeper'. I agree that
> trust in the Secret Keeper is important. You don't make
> this Charm unless you have a very serious Secret that
> needs keeping, so finding someone you can trust to keep
> the Secret is critical. 
> 
> Yet, it is the Secret itself that is being hidden, and it
> is hidden by the magical oath of Fidelity by the Secret 
> Keeper (speculation of course). "I solemnly swear that I
> will take this Secret and hold it in myself with the 
> greatest, truest, and most honorable Fidelity."
> 
> First, I have to believe the Secret Keeper Charm was 
> broken, any other option simply compicates the plot too
> much. JKR can't waste pages and pages trying to work
> around a still in effect Secret Keeper Charm. But that
> bring up the question of how and why it was broken.
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Now Jamie Sommers:

As you stated, there's really no way to know until JKR tells us, but
that doesn't stop me from having my thoughts... :)

What if the Fidelius Charm is related to a Memory Charm in that maybe
DD and Hagrid and company all knew that the Potters were *going* to
hide out at Godric's Hollow, but that as soon as the Fidelius Charm
was in place they all magically forgot the details.  Maybe they would
all have some vague knowledge that they *used* to know that
information and that a Fidelius Charm was planned, so they then *knew*
the Charm was successful when they couldn't remember the details anymore.

Then when the Charm was broken (by whatever means), they all suddenly
remembered where the Potters were hiding - and therefore KNEW that
something had gone terribly wrong.  This would explain how they all
knew how to find Harry and how they knew somewhat immediately that
Harry needed to be found.

Thoughts?
Jamie Sommers