[HPforGrownups] OoP mini-mysteries?

[Lynda Cordova]

No: HPFGUIDX 158074

CH3ed:
Also... what exactly caused the Headmaster's office to seal itself
when AlbusD fled and Umbridge took over? Seems the Minister of Magic
get to appoint Headmaster... so wouldn't the Minister's edict be
able to overrule the zeal? Or is that one of the Founders'
little 'rebellion' magic? If Umbridge had been able to get inside
the Office and ask the portraits where they thought AlbusD went, do
you think they'd be bounded by honor to tell her (since she was the
official Headmistress)?

Lynda:
Apparently the magic of Hogwarts doesn't work that way. Probably since DD
was not at that time officially removed from the office of Headmaster by the
school governors, Umbridge was merely usurping the position and therefore
the room sealed itself against her.  If she had managed to get inside, the
portraits would probably not have been oath-bound to help her for the same
reason.

Lynda


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