Cabinet FIRST! - Hogwarts Attacked!

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 157955

Sydney wrote:
> <snip>
> Dumbledore is the most powerful wizard alive, he's defeated Voldemort
> in battle, he's well aware of who all the kids in his school are and
> who their parents are.  He has an office crammed with magical devices
> to detect people with bad intent.  <snip>

Carol responds:
Note that the DEs lured DD away from the office with all the
instruments and onto the Astronomy Tower for that very reason
(probably on Voldemort's orders--I don't think it was Draco's
suggestion as he's never AFAIK been inside DD's office and wouldn't
know about the instruments). Regardless of what LV thought, I think
the DEs expected Dumbledore to die, especially if they'd heard from
Snape via Bellatrix that he'd recently sustained a serious injury and
that his reflexes had been damaged in the battle of the MoM. They
certainly didn't see *themselves* as being on a suicide mission
regardless of what they thought of Draco's chances.

Carol, trying to stay out of the thread but wanting to answer this one
point