RAB revisited

[abergoat]

No: HPFGUIDX 161891

Babybluedot wrote:

> 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? 

Abergoat writes:

Twins, bet they don't give you much time! 

I agree, the use of initials needs to be explained...and a former
employer is a good answer. Dog Lady (Agnes) of St Mungo's is another
one of my favorite topics and someone suggested that Agnes might be
the A in RAB. I ran with this idea by thinking, 'what if Agnes goes by
her middle name and is R. Agnes Burke', daughter of Belvina Black and
Herbert Burke and sister to Caractacus Burke, founder of Burke and
Borgin? Or even Caractacus's wife? If so, she would definitely view
herself as above Tom Riddle and if she wrote out his paychecks with a
note signed RAB then she could expect he would know her...

And she can use Kreacher, and she is likely to know Merope's story and
guess about the orphanage. And I have no doubt the Burke's had an idea
who stole H. Smith's locket. Doesn't she even suggest that Burke will
want to buy it back when she is gone?

babybluedot wrote:

> Apart from Mundungus Fletcher, can anyone find examples of
> characters outside the school who were once only heard of inpassing,
> but were later brought into major events?

A few more were 'werewolves' mentioned in book 2 and 'Arabella Figg'
mentioned by Dumbledore in book 4 (prior to the bombshell she was a
Squib in book 5). Then there are the countless 'items' foreshadowed
VERY early (love potions, bezoars, vanishing cabinet, necklace, hand
of glory, two-way mirror (yet to play a role), etc.)

Abergoat