Lavender Brown: werewolf?

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No: HPFGUIDX 174540

> Leah: In 'The Elder Wand', Harry sees 'a grey blur' race across
> the Hall to 'sink its teeth into one of the fallen'. Hermione
> shrieks, "No" and blasts Fenrir Greyback from 'the feebly
> stirring body of Lavender Brown'. Greyback is then knocked
> out by Trelawney. We later hear that Greyback is dispatched
> by Ron and Neville but no more (I think) of Lavender.

> I read from this that Greyback was not responsible for
> Lavender's injury, since he has to cross the Hall to get
> to her, but that he is looking for a tasty snack. It's not
> clear whether he manages to bite into Lavender before Hermione
> comes to the rescue, but I think the implication is that she is
> saved. She is certainly not eaten, and I would say she has not
> been infected with werewolfism. Whether she lives we do not
> know.
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I agree we don't *know* whether Lavender survived (either Fenrir's
attempt to bite her, or the attack preceeding it that left her
'feebly stirring'). However, I'm pretty sure that if she was
among the dead, it would have been mentioned. She was, after
all a member of the DA, a Gryffindor of Harry's year, and had
been a 'featured extra' in more than one sub-plot in previous
books (Prof Trelawney, Won-Won and maybe others that I'm not
remembering). I'd like to think that she would have warranted
a specific mention if she *had* died.

Also, assuming (which I am) that she survived, even if Fenrir
did bite her before Hermione intervened, he was not transformed
at the time. It amounts to the same scenario as when Bill was
bitten, doesn't it? I don't have an opinion about whether or
not she was bitten, but I think that *if* she was, it'll just
mean (once she recovers) that she's eating more raw steak!

Stel


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