Ravenclaw common room

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 175416

---  "R. Penar" <rlpenar at ...> wrote:
>
> ... *why* would Voldy think that Harry would be going
> to the Ravenclaw room?  He would have had to share 
> that knowledge with the Carrows before setting off on
> the Horcrux Double Check mission?
> 
>...
> 
> Becky
>

bboyminn:

Voldemort suspected Harry would go there for the 
very reason he did go there; to find out what the
'crown' of Ravenclaw looked like. 

Voldemort knows that the Diadem (tiara/crown)
is the hidden Horcrux. He also knows that Harry 
seems to know what the Horcruxes are, but not
necessarily what they look like or where they are.

For example, if Harry had not seen the Hufflepuff
Cup in Hokey the Elfs memory, he wouldn't know 
what it looked like. But with enough sleuthing
he might have suspected that Voldemort was trying
to use Hogwarts Founder's related object. He might
have then concluded, that Hufflepuff had a cup, 
and would be interested in seeing a picture or
statue of the cup.

The only visual example of the Ravenclaw Diadem
in existance is on the statue in the Ravenclaw
common room. Naturally, if you are going to
look for the Diadem, you are going to want to
know what it looks like. Therefore a high 
likelihood that Harry will come to the Common
Room.

Carrow only knows that he was told to guard
the Common Room and watch for Harry. That's it.
He says as much. Voldemort doesn't confide his 
reasons in his followers. You just obey and keep
you head down, or you pay a terrible price. 

Oddly, in sending the Carrows literally to the
Ravenclaw Common Room rather than just the general
vicinity, Voldemort as good as confirmed to Harry 
that the Ravenclaw Diadem was indeed the object he
was looking for.

Does that answer your question?

Steve/bboyminn