Contradictions-R.A.B.

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 160300

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Danielle Cruz <danielle_qt08 at ...> wrote:
>
> I have read many editorials about R.A.B. Some says that he was 
> Regulus Black. Remember in the OotP that they found a locket 
> in Grimmauld Place and none of them could open it? Would it be 
> possible that it was the real locket horcrux? But, on the other 
> hand, we all know that Regulus Black was "dead" (if he really 
> is).

Geoff:
These are points which have been discussed at length since HBP 
came out. Bear in mind that RAB said in his note with the locket
recovered from the cave: "I know I will be dead long before you
read this..." which suggests that the writer knew he was doomed.  

It has been suggested that the locket at Grimmauld Place was the 
real one, which would fit with Regulus being a Black family member 
and having placed it there before his death. 

The other evidence (apart from canon) is that in foreign translations 
of the book, the initials in the various editions match the translation 
of Black. For example, I believe the German edition has RAS, "Black" 
being rendered as "Schwarz".