Dumbledore's Past & Harry finding Godric's Hollow

[Jen Reese]

No: HPFGUIDX 167877

Risa:
> I do think that DD had a "formal will" (he prided himself,
> "well organized mind") in which he will leave things to Hagrid,
> MG, and this will bring his brother out in the open to be a
> mentor to Harry and IMO expose the Gryffindor family background.

Jen:  A will strikes me as good way to bring together a few plot
elements because, like you, I believe Dumbledore and Aberforth
will prove to be the last of the Gryffindor line.  I'd pictured Harry
learning about the ancestry in a more dramatic fashion, but since
JKR used a will to clear up a few plot points in HBP to good effect,
she might go that route again as a jumping-off point for
Harry's quest to Godric's Hollow.  Harry learning who the barman
is and that he's now the sole heir to the Godric's Hollow home
(land?) would be pretty dramatic to Harry at any rate. 

Which reminds me, I've been wondering how Harry will find
Godric's Hollow?  The rules of Apparition don't make it clear
how much you need to know about your destination to get
there.  Is it enough for Harry to think 'Godric's Hollow'
and concentrate on the thought to make it to the right place?
When he was Apparating to Hogsmeade the night of the cave,
Harry knew exactly where he was going and could concentrate
on the visual.  Or at least that's what I pictured happening from
the words, 'Harry concentrated harder than he had ever done
upon his destination: Hogsmeade.' (chap. 27, p. 541, UK ed.)

All the people who could take Harry to Godric's Hollow are dead
or on the other side with the exception of Hagrid, and we don't
know how he got to GH since he can't Apparate.  I've assumed
Dumbledore had a hand in getting him there and Hagrid might
not remember exactly how he made it.  It sounds like Lupin didn't
know the hiding place since the Marauders suspected he was the
spy at that point.  I'm thinking now that Aberforth being connected
to Godric's Hollow might have more uses than just historical
information about Dumbledore and/or Godric Gryffindor.

Of course, all this musing is for nothing if Harry only has 
to concentrate on the name 'Godric's Hollow' and he can
apparate there by himself.

Jen