Chamber of Horcruxes/languages

[finwitch]

No: HPFGUIDX 161316

> bboyminn:
> As to whether Dumbledore explored the Chamber or not. I
> don't think so, partly because there is no indication that
> he speaks parseltongue, and Harry was away from the school
> immediately after the incident. So, I don't see how or
> when he could have searched it. Though, it may have been
> on his agenda, once he started the hunt for Horcruxes in
> earnest, he may have very well intended to enlist Harry's
> help to search the Chamber, but died before he had a 
> chance.

Finwitch:

Where did he get the ring, though? Was it near the orphanage or
Codrics Hollow (Voldemort was wearing it when he attacked the Potters)?

It's possible for Dumbledore to have checked out the chamber, I'd say...

 I mean Fawkes got in there somehow; There's no indication that the
entrance was ever closed (no mention of it at all, only of Myrtle) so
why not?

But maybe he didn't. Harry will go there - IF he has a way to leave
the chamber afterwards. (Fawkes, levitation, conjuring ladders). I
also wonder if Harry will try to open the corridor that had caved in
according to the twins...

OF other things...
Hmm.. Where did Dumbledore learn Mermish? I suppose he also knew
gibbledecook... And if Albus could, what are Aberforth's language
abilities? Wonder if Aberforth can speak with goats like Harry with
snakes...

Finwitch