Divination and Questions from the GoF Pensieve Matters

[Goddlefrood]

No: HPFGUIDX 169655

'Q: And how vital is book four in the whole seven book series 
to Harry?

JKR: Crucial. The fourth is a very, very important book. Well 
you know because you read it, something incredibly important 
happens in book four and also it's literally a central book, 
it's almost the heart of the series, and it's pivotal.'

From: "JK Rowling talks about Book Four," cBBC Newsround, 8th 
July 2000, extracted from:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/tv_film/newsid_2353000/2353505.stm
(Part 1 of 4)

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, certainly in the top 6 
best Harry Potter books to date ;-). Lord Voldemort returns 
to a corporeal form, we meet the Death Eaters properly, the 
Order begins to assemble and many more events with which we 
are all familiar. 

The part of GoF that particularly interested me, some may be 
surprised to know, was the matters in the Pensieve. Being 
interested in the workings, or rather lack of workings, of 
the legal system in the WW I have been pondering on these 
matters.

I do not propose to describe them much, nor do I intend to 
examine what they tell us of the legal system, or lack thereof, 
in the WW. Rather I hope to cause discussion on what we might 
be able to divine from them in terms of what may happen in DH 
as a result and what has happened previously in the WW. This 
will exclude the Longbottom / Lestranges issue as my personal 
view is that Neville will take care of the six-gilled shark 
but not necessarily of the Lestranges. He might, but I think 
it too obvious and JKR is anything but obvious in her story 
as countless failed theories pre-HBP and earlier would attest.

Karkaroff's proceeding is first. He is already dead so will 
play little part in DH. He does, however, mention several 
other DEs of whom all, other than Mr. Multiplicity, are dead 
or in Azkaban having been participants in the DoM raid. Mad-
Eye Moody at this point has both his eyes intact, and although 
he says that Rosier took a chunk out of his nose we have not 
so far been informed what happened to his eye or his leg.

Question 1 - Who or what accounted for Mad-Eye's lost eye and 
his leg?

Question 2 - Does only Voldemort know who all his Death Eaters 
are?

Question 3 - (As there are many Snape fans, including me in 
terms of him as a character) - Why was Karkaroff so firmly 
convinced by implication that Severus remained loyal to Lord 
Voldemort?

Ludovic Bagman comes next. His is a short and almost wholly 
biassed proceeding in thatb his popularity, IMO, sways the 
Council of Magical Law into not imprisoning him, although 
the had been caught for the offence of 'passing information 
to Voldemort's supporters'. To me Barty Crouch Snr asking for
a vote on improsonment suggest he had been convicted of his 
offence. The rattling chains have been discussed here at HPfGU 
previously, are there any thoughts about them? My own are that 
the chair in the procededing chamber acts like a dark detector 
in that if there is guilt that chair can assist in detecting 
it. Maybe Bagman was accused of the wrong crime.

Fwiw I am of the opinion that he is a Death Eater and will 
play a part, however short, in DH while being revealed as the 
enormous blond Death Eater from the amusement at Hogwarts.

Question 4 - Why is Barty Crouch Senior so upset that Bagman 
escapes imprisonment?

Question 5 - Any speculations out there over what the stories 
Rita Skeeter could tell us about why one's hair might curl due 
to Ludo could be?

The third, and most interesting poceeding, to me at least, is 
against the Lestranges and the late and unlameneted Barty Crouch 
Jnr. I have a notion that Barty Crouch Jnr. may appear as a 
Dementor due to a theory I hold that Demenetors initially came 
about from being soulless wraith type creatures, very much akin 
to the ringwraiths in LOTR but able to breed.

Question 6 - Where did Dementors originate and why have they 
left the service of the MoM other than inducements from LV? 
Perhaps the six-gilled shark drove them away, or they had some 
loyalty to Fudge but none to Scrimgeour.

Question 7 - Will the Death Eaters in Azkaban come into play 
again or remain there?

Question 8 - Who now guards Azkaban and why did DD seem to
think it was safe during his discussion with Draco on the 
Tower?

Question 9 - Just for the sake of it, justify why Neville 
would be the one to neutralise Bellatrix.

Goddlefrood, looking forward to some discussion on these 
matters :-)