Regulus was Re: CHAPDISC: DH10, Kreacher's Tale

[colebiancardi]

No: HPFGUIDX 180075


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> Potioncat:
> And it brings up these questions too:
> 
> How did anyone know Regulus was dead?
> 
> How did the story get out that Regulus got cold feet, tried to back 
> out and was killed on LV's orders? We hear two versions IIRC, one 
> from Remus and one from Sirius.
> 
> When did I start calling Lupin by his Christian name?
>

colebiancardi:

yes, I've always wondered that as well.  Did the family tree tapestry
have magical properties and know when someone died?  Afterall, who put
Ma Black's death year on the family tree?  It could have been
Kreacher, but I am inclined to think not for some weird feeling.

And that is why I believe Regulus DID talk to someone about having
second thoughts about being a Death Eater - perhaps another DE?  Snape
would have been the logical choice, IMHO - they were close in age and
in the same house at school.  But since Snape, alas, never mentions
anything about Regulus at anytime, I don't think so.  Of course, it
could be that Regulus was Snape's buddy, but just as Snape never spoke
of Lily, he never spoke of Regulus???

Perhaps it was Dumbledore?  hmmmmm..... Another poster stated that
Regulus would have no one to turn to and talk to about this incident -
well, at 17 years of age, it is possible Regulus was still at
Hogwarts.  And it is possible that Regulus spoke with Dumbledore about
leaving the Death Eaters and not about what he discovered about
Voldemort.  

Or it is possible he spoke with his Head of House, Slughorn, who knew
about Horcruxes - someone who could confirm them - and also Sluggy was
not a Death Eater and who didn't seem to be made of the same cloth as
Death Eaters.

but yes, I would love to know who came up with that story about
Regulus's cold feet and his death at the hands of a fellow Death Eater.

colebiancardi