MuggleNet - Godrics Hollow Theory.

ibchawz ibchawz at yahoo.com
Fri Jan 5 18:35:06 UTC 2007


No: HPFGUIDX 163467

sherry wrote:
I believe the charm was broken, the moment Peter told Voldemort 
where to find the Potters. Once the secret keeper betrays the 
secret, I
don't think the charm is in effect any longer.

Lilygale wrote:
Interesting thought, but I'm having trouble buying it. A Secret
Keeper obviously can let other people in on the secret. For example,
that is how Harry found out that headquarters of the Order are at 12
Grimmauld Place. Is there something about the Fidelius Charm itself
that recognizes an enemy of the people for whom the Charm is cast?
But if that were the case, how did the traitor Pettigrew become 
Secret Keeper in the first place?

ibchawz responds:
The name of the charm used is Fidelius.  To me, this implies that 
fidelity must be involved. I don't think that if the fidelity is 
broken, the charm will also be broken.  If this were the only part 
of the equation,  when Peter told Voldemort where the Potters were 
hiding, those that knew where the Potters were before the Fidelius 
Charm would have remembered where they were.  If this were the case, 
backup from the original Order could have done something to protect 
or relocate the Potters before Voldemort arrived at their doorstep.

As Flitwick said, this is a complex charm.  This leads me to believe 
that breaking the charm would be more complex as well.  I believe 
that action must be taken on the information that Peter provided to 
Voldemort.  When Voldemort showed up at the Potters' house the charm 
was broken.  The secret was no longer valid once Voldemort arrived.  
The Potters were no longer hiding from him because Voldemort had 
found them.


ibchawz





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