Room of Requirement and Hidden Horcruxes

[jmwcfo]

No: HPFGUIDX 167142

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "kvapost" <kvapost at ...> wrote:
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> Carol:
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>  > Carol, for whom the bloody ax suggested Macnair
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> Kvapost:
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> Axe, eh? The word "ironclad" comes to mind, as in "DD's ironclad 
> reason to trust SS". What if Snape delivered one of the horcrux 
> objects to DD as a sign of loyalty and it was *literally* iron clad.
> 
> Kvapost
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JW:

That would certainly generate high levels of trust by DD in Snape.  But 
when would this have been accomplished, given the time frame in which 
the existence of horcruxes was determined?  After all, Snape has been 
trusted by DD since roughly the time of HP's birth, but the existence 
of horcruxes was determined when HP was 16.

Further, why would DD/Snape purposefully hide a horcrux in the RoR?  
Wouldn't they have tried to de-horcrux the ax, if they knew it was a 
horcrux?

Finally, why would DD keep the existence of a known horcrux (or former 
horcrux) a secret?  Isn't this information that HP desparately needs?

I might buy your hypothesis, but it needs to be fleshed out and made 
consistent with known facts before it becomes a theory.

JW