RAB revisited

[babyblueblot]

No: HPFGUIDX 161789

 Abergoat wrote:
 If RAB died in the cave, Kreacher may have taken the locket
> back home.

Definitely a possiblity, and quite an interesting one; the thing I've
always liked so much about this site has been the little flights of
fancy we all go into about behind the scenes events, they really do
make me rub my hands together ( in quite a sad, gleeful way for a
woman my age) and get all excited about the next book (may it come
soon).

>I cannot see a Death Eater ever being known to
> Voldemort as R.A.B., they seem to be called by their last names.

I've been thinking about this. Why would someone sign their name as
just their initials? If they want to preserve their annonymity, why
sign it at all? If this is not the case. Why not sign with either
their first or last name? I may well be clutching at straws, but as
you say, Voldie calls all his death eaters by thier family names
(please note, he probably considers these names as a badge of honour),
and perhaps an ex-death eater or anyone else who knew him, and took
issue with his ideologies, and wanted to give equal emphasis to all of
their names?

> The Burkes on the tapestry are still part of the Black Family. I
agree
> that a Burke might be a bit obscure though.

Obscure, yes. Possible, also yes. Since I have been away away for some
time and my twins now keep me busy, I am not so up on my cannon as I
used to be. Apart from Mundungus Fletcher, can anyone find examples of
characters outside the school who were once only heard of in passing,
but were later brought into major events?

babyblueblot