The Wise Old Fool, his Kith and his Kin (Quite Long, Even for Me)

[Goddlefrood]

No: HPFGUIDX 170040

Goddlefrood with an Introduction:

Professor Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore,
deceased, the man behind the plan to rid the wizarding
world of Lord Voldemort. This is a study of aspects of
him, including something on his family. It will start
with some biographical material and name analysis,
move on from there to look at his deadness, then to
some clues and extrapolations therefrom that must be
considered as relevant to book 7, IMO and thereafter
expand on whether we should consider him a manipulator
or a trainer.

Relationships will follow, first his early involvement
with Harry and other Potters, second his knowledge of
Lord Voldemort and thirdly his family. Before wrapping
it all up with a conclusion Ill even throw in a
little about his mistakes, which he himself admits are
consequentially larger than those of others.

What I will not be including, because Ive written
quite extensively on it before, is anything to do with
Fawkes the Phoenix. If the bird appears at any point
it will be in passing only. There are also other
matters that will only be touched on, but hopefully
the above referred matters will be enough. As Im
writing this I know itll be long, perhaps even up to
meta level, so be aware of that, be very aware 

For flow Ill include footnotes for any references
that come up, however, I will say now that any book
references are from the Bloomsbury paperback editions
of books 1  3 and the Bloomsbury hardback editions of
books 4  6. Links to other sites contain the full
versions of the various bits and pieces I take
extracts from.

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Who then is this wizard?

Headmaster: Albus Dumbledore
(Order of Merlin, First Class, Grand Sorc., Chf.
Warlock, Supreme Mugwump, International Confed. of
Wizards): - [1]

His various honorifics there as at the point where
Harry actually receives his first Hogwarts letter,
after by a rough calculation, no less than 182 and few
more than 192 have failed to reach him.

Id predict that the Order of Merlin, First Class was
bestowed for his defeat of Grindelwald, who is now
dead, as confirmed by JKR in the Mugglenet / Leaky
Interview, but who may not have been after his defeat.
Its unclear if Dumbeldroe killed him to defeat him or
not, Ill leave it to others to discuss that point if
inclined to do so.

Of the other listed titles Sorceror may be one Lord
Voldemort covets, I think he does, hence Tom Riddles
little outburst in the Chamber of Secrets during his
and Harrys tte--tte. Both Sorceror and Warlock are
somewhat synonymous with wizard, as we all know, I do
not propose to get into their implications in this
post as they have been discussed and analysed in
several places Ive seen and while I enjoy analysis,
in the instance of the words Warlock and Sorceror I
think it avails us little to delve too deeply into
their possible implications simply because I doubt it
will have a bearing on DH, and it is what we can learn
about DH that currently occupies my mind.

Mugwump is a different story altogether. It is, IMO,
possibly JKRs biggest joke on we poor readers who
think there may be some significance in the Harry
Potter books on any deep level. If Dumbledore is a
Mugwump, a title he never lost even though he was
stripped at times of some of the others, then JKR is
telling us that he is a fencesitter. One dictionary
definition says - Mugwump, Noun, Usage N. American: A
neutral or uncommitted person.

Does that sound like Dumbledore to you, because it
does to me. He has shown a tendency not to commit to
certain things such as telling Harry greatly needed
information in my and probably many others reading of
him. There will be more on this matter later on,
probably somewhere in the conclusion.

>From his chocolate frog card we learn:

Albus Dumbledore, currently Headmaster of Hogwarts.
Considered by many the greatest wizard of modern
times, Professor Dumbledore is particularly famous for
his defeat of the dark wizard Grindelwald in 1945, for
the discovery of the twelve uses of dragons blood and
his work on alchemy with his partner, Nicolas Flamel.
Professor Dumbledore enjoys chamber music and tenpin
bowling. [2]

More on this later, part of it ties in with his early
interaction with the Potters, IMO.

Dumbledore has stressed throughout the series the
power of love and at some point prior to Lord
Voldemort, as he then styled himself, coming to
Dumbledore to seek the DADA post a pronouncement had
been made to that effect, one that was well known
enough for LV to refer to it during their interview:

'The old argument,' he said softly. 'But nothing I
have seen in the world has supported your famous
pronouncement that love is more powerful than any kind
of magic, Dumbledore.' [3]

Love will undoubtedly play a large part in the
resolution of the series and if any love theories
arrive before mine then Id be happy to discuss them
with whomsoever it may be who puts them up. As for me,
its the subject of another post that is really only
in the planning stage at this time.

Does his name tell us anything?

JKR: Dumbledore is an old English word meaning
bumblebee. Because Albus Dumbledore is very fond of
music, I always imagined him as sort of humming to
himself a lot.

Especially music of the chamber variety it seems. The
only place I have come across the word dumbledore is
in The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy, which
also contains the word hagrid, amongst its many
thousands of others. Take it at face value, I do, for
no better reason than a bee has little place in any
folklore. There was someone called Eric the half a bee
with whom Im familiar, but he was a gardener /
handyman at one of my old schools, so is patently
immaterial. The only other thought I had on this once
was that one of his myriad Animagus forms could be a
wasp, as a pun on the oft confused bee / wasp. There
is a wasp buzzing around the Great Hall when Harry
sits an OWL, although theres most likely nothing in
that and were unlikely to find out if there is.

Turning next to Albus, here is another interview
portion:

Stephen Fry: And the names I have to mention the
names, you mentioned Mundungus being tobacco ... A lot
of the names have very particular meanings; Albus
Dumbledore is on the side of light his name means
"white" in Latin. Alba was an old name for Britain.

JK Rowling: It also means wisdom in Latin. [5]

Therefore Albus means both wise and white. The
implications of this seem quite obvious and Ill go no
further into them here.

Percival is more interesting, heres what
thinkbabynames has to say about it:
The boys name Percival \p(e)-rci-val, per-cival\ is
of Old French origin, and its meaning is pierce the
vale. Invented by a medieval poet in the 12th century
for one of King Arthurs knights whose virtue was so
great that he alone could retrieve the elusive Holy
Grail, the chalice from Christs Last Supper. Wagners
opera Parsifal is based on this knights tale. [6]
Dont get too excited, thats vale not veil. Percy is
a variant of Percival, and that Weasley will feel like
one before the books are through, as Ive said before.

I felt like a right Percy when I wandered into the
middle of Wembley Stadium without clothing during the
course of the European Cup Final, for instance.

There are two historical Wulfrics I found, both lived
a long time ago, one around 900 years ago and the
other about a thousand years ago so it appears. One
Wulfric of Haselbury, the more recent of the two, is a
Catholic Saint who was born at or near Bristol, not
too far from where JKR grew up. It is probably he who
is the forebear of the middle name of Dumbledore. Some
information on this Saint is at footnote [7], which
includes the point that this Wulfric had the gift of
prophecy. There was also a Wulfric Spot, but as he
held little interest for me Ill leave it to those
piqued by his name to find out more about him.

Wulfric translates to modern English as wolf power or
wolf ruler, which may tie in with why a certain Remus
John Lupin was allowed howling room at Hogwarts, but
there again it may not.

Finally on the names, Brian. This from thinkbabynames
again:

The boy's name Brian \b-rian\ is pronounced BRY-en.
It is of Celtic, Irish and Gaelic origin, and its
meaning is "high, noble". Could also mean "strength".
Historical: Brian Boru (10th century) was a warrior
who became high king of Ireland and one of its
greatest national heroes. He liberated the country
from the Danes in 1014. [8]

Brian Boru in Irish lore is often spoken of as the
father of his people, in a punning kind of way, as he
was a notorious womaniser apart from what
thinkbabynames informs us about him, or so my
forebears tell me (theyre Irish so may have a
tendency to exaggeration :-)). If at all inclined link
from footnote [9] to a little more on him. Brian was
also, of course, the snail from The Magic
Roundabout, which may be of interest when one bears
in mind that both the loon writing this post and JKR
are similar in age and from the same area. Brian was a
favourite of many children who grew up in the UK of
the 70s.

Lets take a look now at Dumbledores function in the
books. JKR here:

I loved writing Dumbledore and Dumbledore is the
epitome of goodness. [10]

There are those who would disagree about this, but Im
not really one of them even though I do think hes
manipulative. He is manipulative in a good what,
naturally and for the benefit of all in the wizarding
world, or so he thinks, which is important, IMO.

Now this:

Lizo: Does Dumbledore speak for you?

JKR: Oh yes, very much so. Dumbledore often speaks
for me. [11]

We can, then, conclude quite safely that Dumbledore at
times speaks for the author and gives us information
she wants to give us. Hermione also fulfils this
function by getting information from a myriad of books
for our enlightenment.

The introduction would not be complete without this on
Dumbledores scar (a feature he shares with Gregory
Goyle, amongst others):

Q: How did Dumbledore get his scar in the London
Underground?

A: You may find out one day. I am very fond of that
scar. [12]

One thought I had on this was that the final sentence
of book 7 would read and that is how Dumbledore got
his scar. Probably a false hope, but there you have
it anyway. He may have got the scar quite deliberately
in that he devised it himself. Something so useful is
unlikel to have spontaneously appeared, or maybe he
lent his left knee against a red hot imprint of the
London Underground system inhis youth, although why
that would be I would not like to say.

The final bit of trivia about Dumbledore before moving
on to the next tranche is in this:

Q: So how old is he?

JK Rowling: About 150. [13]

A fair age, even apparently for a wizard, despite
there being only two others so far, of whom we are
aware, that are older than Albus.
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The Dead Wizard

Hes really dead, sorry if any think otherwise. I know
this, after this portion there should be little
lingering doubt of this fact. First up id the lady
herself expounding on Dumbledore at the Radio City
Reading, in answer to an audience question:

Cory Mayer: Was Dumbledore considered one of the main
characters or will we have the chance to see him in
action once again? Since he is the most powerful
wizard of all time and Harry Potter is so loyal to
him, how could he really be dead?

JK Rowling: Ohhhhhhhh (Jo puts her head in her arms
and crowd cheers and applauds). I feel terrible (crowd
laughs). The British writer Graham Green once said
that every writer had to have a chip of ice in their
heart. Oh no (Jo says half weeping while crowd
laughs). I think you may just have ruined my career
(crowd laughs). Umm, I really can't answer that
question because the answer is in book seven but ...
you shouldn't expect Dumbledore to do a Gandalf. Let
me just put it that way. I'm sorry (crowd moans and
applauds). [14]

And later:

JK Rowling: Well, Salman, your opinion, I would say
is ... right. But I see that I need to be a little
more explicit and say that Dumbledore is definitely
... dead (crowd gasps). And I do know - I do know that
there is an entire website out there that says -
that's name is DumbledoreIsNotDead.com so umm, I'd
imagine they're not pretty happy right now (crowd
laughs). But I think I need - you need - all of you
need to move through the five stages of grief (crowd
laughs), and I'm just helping you get past denial. So,
I can't remember what's next. It may be anger so I
think we should stop it here. Thank you (crowd
applauds). 

Get over it, in other words. He has ceased to be. In a
pre-GoF interview JKR explained some of the ground
rules she set herself when planning the book series,
the one pertinent to this portion being:

JKR:  when I started writing the books, the first
thing I had to decide was not what magic can do, but
what it can't do. I had to set limits on it -
immediately, and decide what the parameters are ...
and one of the most important things I - I decided was
that magic cannot bring dead people back to life;
that' - that's one of the most profound things, the -
the natural law of - of - of death applies to wizards
as it applies to Muggles and there is no returning
once you're properly dead, you know, they might be
able to save very close-to-death people better than we
can, by magic - that they - that they have certain
knowledge we don't, but once you're dead, you're dead.
So - erm - yeah, I'm afraid there will be no coming
back fro- for Harry's parents. [15]

Now, there may be some who seize on the word
properly and perform contortions over Dumbledore not
being dead. If any here are also members of
www.dumbledoreisnotdead.com and cling to this then
good luck. Albus had a good innings and has moved on,
IMO, he put it like this 'After all, to the
well-organised mind, death is but the next great
adventure.' [16] If it turns out otherwise then I
would happily eat my words, but I do not expect to
have to do so.

Having said all that he will have a part to play in
Deathly Hallows and I want to have a look at some
possibilities as to how that may come about. These
thoughts will be interspersed in parts throughout the
rest of this post, my favoured one being through the
intermediary of Aberforth Dumbledore. 

I do not think it will be mostly through the medium of
his portrait as some do, although that may be useful.
What JKR has to say on the Hogwarts Headmasters
portraits will come shortly, first this, from Dan
Radcliffe (who Im now prepared to name):

Jo came down to the set at one point and I said, "Oh
hello, why are you here today?" And she said, "Oh I
just needed a break from the book - Dumbledores
giving me a lot of trouble." And I said, "But isnt he
dead?" And she said, "Well, yeah, but its more
complex ..." I was like, [briskly] "OK, Im not gonna
ask anything else!" [17]

In the next portion Ill be looking at more clues as
to how it may have been transpiring that Dumbledore
was giving our heroine trouble and will expand on a
few matters therein.

One thing I do not expect to see is Albus as a ghost.
Whatever else he may have been, and bearing in mind
also his next great adventure proclamation, he was
happy or perhaps more likely fulfilled, having lived a
full and complete life replete with good works. That
it did not extend long enough to see LVs downfall
would not make it otherwise as far as I am concerned.
A further small reference:

Q: What makes some witches/wizards become ghosts
after they die and some not?

A. You don't really find that out until Book VII, but
I can say that the happiest people do not become
ghosts. [18]

That thing on portraits:

JKR: They are all of dead people; they are not as
fully realised as ghosts, as you have probably
noticed. The place where you see them really talk is
in Dumbledores office, primarily; the idea is that
the previous headmasters and headmistresses leave
behind a faint imprint of themselves. They leave their
aura, almost, in the office and they can give some
counsel to the present occupant, but it is not like
being a ghost. [12]

So, as I say above, the portrait in his old office
will have some input, but it is more probable in my
view that there will be multiple ways in which
Dumbledore will appear whether by himself or through
his relative / relatives. Oh, and just because it was
brought up recently I do not think his Chocolate Frog
Card will be of any use for communication purposes.
The impression I formed of them is that they only show
a snapshot, more like the wizarding photographs and
are not capable of speech. Its perhaps nice to think
otherwise, but I do not, and again Ill happily eat my
words if it turns out Im wrong and the CFCs are
crucial to book 7.

There is another matter concerning communication from
beyond the grave that has been mentioned by JKR on her
website:

When the Marauder's Map is insulting Snape, how did
Prongs write his insult as he's dead?
Wizards have ways of making sure their voices are
heard after their death - think of Bertha Jorkins
rising out of the Pensieve in 'Goblet of Fire', the
Sorting Hat continuing to spout the wisdom of the
Founders hundreds of years after their deaths, the
ghosts walking around Hogwarts, the portraits of dead
headmasters and mistresses in Dumbledore's office, not
to mention Mrs. Black's portrait in number twelve,
Grimmauld Place... there are other examples, too, of
which the Marauder's Map is merely one. It is not
really Prongs writing the insult to Snape, it is as
though he left a magical recording of his voice within
the map. [19]

Perhaps, then, Dumbledore will also be heard through
an as yet undetermined mechanism. What could this be,
and will it be more useful than a portrait or other
potential methods? Not simply Pensieve memories
anyway, methinks

If, or when you read on there are further bits about
possible mechanisms for Dumbledores participation in
book 7. Youll be very glad you did read it, I assure
you :-)

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Some clues that could be intriguing and of value in
determining parts of how book 7 may play out in this
portion.

We have been informed that more will be told regarding
Dumbledore in book 7 and that enquiries into his
family background would lead to some strong clues
regarding the direction of the seventh book. In the
course of the combined Mugglenet / Leaky Cauldron
interview Ms. Rowling (16th July 2005) said:

You will - [pause] - you will know more about
Dumbledore. I have to be sooo careful on this. [20]

Also this:

ES: Dumbledore is unrivaled in his knowledge of magic
- Where did he learn it all?

JKR: I see him primarily as someone who would be
self-taught. However, he in his time had access to
superb teachers at Hogwarts, so he was educated in the
same way that everyone else is educated. Dumbledore's
family would be a profitable line of inquiry, more
profitable than sweet wrappers. [20]

Some of the speculation I have come up with on
Dumbledores family is in a later portion of this
post. It may be of interest, or it may not, make of it
what you will, always presuming you have got this far
and have the will to read on.

Something else I do not propose to go into herein is
Dumbledore being able to turn invisible without an
Invisibility Cloak, as he informed us he could back in
PS:

'I don't need a cloak to become invisible', said
Dumbledore gently. [21]

A mater that has hardly been touched on so far in this
group, and largely due to Mr. Multiplicity being of
such profound worth, is a question Ms. Rowling has
asked us to consider. Whether it will be central or
not is a different matter. I have had a say previously
on this and hope that there are some other views out
there. Many here would greatly appreciate them,
believe you me. It is this, which I take the liberty
of quoting in full:

NAQ  ... which means, 'never asked question'. 

Why did Dumbledore have James' invisibility cloak at
the time of James' death, given that Dumbledore could
make himself invisible without a cloak?

Prior to posting this I had a quick look on-line, and
realised that some fans have been speculating about
this question. However, nobody has ever asked me about
it, and they really should have done. Just to allay
the fears of the justifiably suspicious, this isn't
what we in the know call 'a Mark Evans situation.'*
There IS a significant - even crucial - answer. [22]

Another clue, that has been discussed here at HpfGU
previously, is this:

'I will only truly have left the school when none here
are loyal to me ... help will always be given at
Hogwarts to those who ask for it.' [23]

Will there be a way of calling on Dumbledores aid
when required, even though hes now dead? Do post some
thoughts on this, if thought desirable.

One more that I have seen little discussion of is from
Barty Crouch Jnr, while in his guise as Mad-Eye. His
views of Snape, I believe are expressed in this:

'Course Dumbledore trusts you,' growled Moody. 'He's a
trusting man, isn't he? Believes in second chances.
But me - I say there are spots that don't come off,
Snape. Spots that never come off, d'you know what I
mean?' [24]

Was it simply his bitterness that a fellow Death Eater
had escaped imprisonment in Azkaban, or is there
something more to it? Discuss.

We have seen Dumbledore perform some magic that is not
yet explained. He is considered by many, as per the
CFC, to be the greatest wizard of modern times. Both
his seniors and juniors admire him, as one of his
seniors says:

'I doubt it,' shouted Professor Marchbanks, 'not if
Dumbledore doesn't want to be found! I should know ...
examined him personally in Transfiguration and Charms
when he did NEWTs ... did things with a wand I'd never
seen before.' [25]

This is a matter I expect to find out a good deal more
about and I also anticipate that Harry will learn some
of Dumbledores spells, which will assist him greatly
in his quest to both find the remaining Horcruxes and
neutralise Lord Voldemort. If he has time he can begin
the clean up of the wizarding world too but that has
been discussed very recently here and I have little to
add to that discussion just now.

There are many other clues, the above are just a small
compilation that I personally think will have
significance to book 7. On now to another aspect of
Dumbledore I wish to consider in this post.

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Is he a manipulator or a trainer?

Several moons ago I posted something called A Bizarre
Theory on a Grand Scale  [26]. The basic premise in
that theory was that Dumbledore had manipulated the
situation in the wizarding world to get rid of Lord
Voldemort through the Prophecy. Peter Pettigrew is
involved in that theory, but I accept that his role
may be not as I stated there. He will play his part,
but this post is not about him. Heres how JKR sees
Dumbledores role:

JK Rowling: I dont want to say too much but
Dumbledore is a very wise man who knows that Harry is
going to have to learn a few hard lessons to prepare
him for what may be coming in his life. He allows
Harry to get into what he wouldnt allow another pupil
to do and he also unwillingly permits Harry to
confront things hed rather protect him from. As
people whove read the Order of The Phoenix will know;
Dumbledore has had to step back from Harry to teach
him some of lifes harder lessons. [27]

It seems to be rather more than what the above
suggests, IMO. Dumbledore keeps a *very * close eye on
his charges, most particularly Harry and he gives them
all the information they need to overcome whatever
obstacles they might face. The entire point of HBP was
that Dumbledore was preparing Harry to face Voldemort
with as much information as he felt necessary for
Harry to clear any obstacles to being able to
neutralise LV. It was not all about Snape, just in
case any wondered about that ;-)

Albuss training of Harry for tasks ahead starts much
much earlier than in HBP, however. It begins in PS.
One of the earliest hints of this is Dumbledore saying
to Harry about the Mirror of Erised, which has clawed
feet, but then again so do several other objects in
the books, this: 'If you ever do run across it, you
will now be prepared' [28]. Dumbledore also ensures
that Harry has his Invisibility Cloak handy having
been the one to give it to him in the first place,
probably on Jamess instruction to do so. When Harry
has left it adjacent to the tower from whence Norbert
has been taken off to Romania it is returned with a
note saying Just in Case [29]

Must be handy things to have, these Invisibility
Cloaks, unless you are able to become invisible
without one. Once Harry has been retrieved from the
bowels of the school by Albus and has begun to talk
about his experience and how HRH were able to figure
out the conundrum of the Philosophers Stone itself
Dumbledore interjects, saying 'You did do the thing
properly, didn't you?' [30], which to this reader
sounds very much like praise for following the clues
and learning the lessons Dumbledore himself had been
giving. Albus must have been pleased at that point
that the boy done good, to coin a phrase.

As this post has been and will be quite long enough
Ill not get too much further into this matter, that
is in terms of analysing each and every place in which
Dumbledore was preparing Harry for his task ahead.
What does interest me are certain things that may not
have seemed obvious at the time, to the more sane
anyway, but did seem to be clear pointers to some of
the skills Harry has acquired that will benefit him to
a greater or lesser extent throughout book 7. The
first of these is a small piece of the debriefing from
PoA where we find: So you did see your father last
night, Harry ... you found him inside yourself.' [31]

Harrys fathers spirit, in the sense of the
fundamental emotional and activating principle
determining a person's character, is in him and I
expect this to be important. LV himself had some
praise for James Potter when addressing Harry in the
graveyard at Little Hangleton in GoF. By saying that
Harry was expected to face LV ad die straight backed
like his father I extrapolate that LV had some respect
for James. Not a huge amount, perhaps, but some and
ask yourself this too, when has LV ever praised anyone
at all?

Moving on Ill take a little look at what is likely to
be pertinent in terms of Harrys quest. Dumbledore has
told Harry what he needs to know, even if he has not
told him everything. This is qualified much later on
in the conclusion, so before becoming outraged, read
on. Dumbledore was *guessing * what Harry needed to
do, but as Ms. Rowling says:

JKR: Harry now knows - well he believe he knows -
what hes facing. Dumbledore's guesses are never very
far wide of the mark. I don't want to give too much
away here, but Dumbledore says, There are four out
there, you've got to get rid of four, and then you go
for Voldemort. So that's where he is, and that's what
he's got to do.

ES: It's a tall order.

JKR: It's a huge order. But Dumbledore has given him
some pretty valuable clues and Harry, also, in the
course of previous six books has amassed more
knowledge than he realizes. That's all I am going to
say. [32]

Note that she does not repeat Dumbledores list of
Horcruxes being the locket, the cup, Nagini and
something of Ravenclaws or Gryffindors. That leaves
the door open to speculate on what all of the
remaining Horcruxes might be. My thought on that
matter is that the first three are correct and it will
only be the last of the four that is surprising to
both us and to Harry. Neither he nor his scar is one,
on that Im quietly confident, but again, its not
something for this post.

Harry has the tools and the knowledge almost as of the
end of HBP to do his task. It will have obstacles, but
Dumbledore trained him up well. Whatever failings may
be ascribed to Dumbledore this is not one of them IMO.

Before wrapping up this portion a few final points,
the first is to bear in mind that Dumbledore is an
extraordinarily powerful wizard, considered by many
the greatest of his age. This should be qualified with
an assertion that it is extremely improbable, but not
completely impossible for Dumbledore to manipulate
situations.

Back in the real world it is actually quite simple to
manipulate choices, by providing a choice in the first
place. The extrapolations from that are obvious enough
to me, do we see the pattern yet? There actually may
be something in my earlier theory as referred in
footnote 26 is all Im prepared to say.

Dumbledore learned a good deal from his old partner
Nicholas Flamel, as this tells us:

JK Rowling: I see him as about 150 I have said before
that wizards unless they contract some horrible
magical disease which does happen ... They didn't grow
up together, in case you didn't hear that that was a
question about whether Flamel and Dumbledore why they
were friends if the man was alive 600 years ago. They
became friends during Dumbledore's lifetime, they
hadn't been friends from boyhood otherwise Dumbledore
would be a bit of a rarity. [13]

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DDs early involvement with Harry / Potters

The protection of Harry, that is the steps taken to
ensure neither stray AKs or other badly intended
spells nor roaming Death Eaters or others, was cast
around him at a young age, was put in place almost
from birth. Dumbledore and Lily devised these
protections together. DD would have done all the
protections on Privet Drive and Harrys growing up,
that is to the point when he reaches 17 and the
protections end. Lily, who is indubitably, in my mind,
Petunias sister, emplaced the protections that gave
Harry his life and LV his first downfall. 

To what extent they collaborated on that effort is
something I have mused on before. Think only of how
young poor Lily was when she died while remembering
that she was a gifted and noteworthy potioneer. Would
she have been able to do it all herself, or was she
assisted by the Supreme Mugwump? I believe she was
however talented she may have been. Lily may have been
the pre-eminent authority on potions of her time and
Dumbledore is acknowledged as the pre-eminent blood
expert of the wizarding world. Put them together and
you could protect even Fudge from his army of
heliopaths for a reasonable length of time.

When Harry reaches 17 this will end and it has been
speculated on that there would be a battle at Privet
Drive whether on a small or a large scale at that
point. For what it may be worth I agree with that
idea, but with the proviso that any devilries at
Privet Drive will take place later on. Harry will get
to know and be able to step in to save the day there
and it will be at that point where Petunia spills the
beans on what she knows.

Back briefly to the Invisibility Cloak. James gave it
to Dumbledore before he died. We have been asked to
divine why that was, as referred earlier. Harry
receives the Cloak with this: Your father left this
in my possession before he died. It is time it was
returned to you. Use it well. [33]

Dumbledore thinks highly of this Cloak and asks Harry
to have it with him at all times, something Harry is
likely to continue to do in book 7. Moodys two may
also be handy ;-)

Whither his prior relationship with Petunia? Did I
mention shes Lilys sister already, oh I did. Albus
had been a correspondent of Petunias alone even
before the letter left with Harry on the doorstep.
JKRs site will enlighten further on this. The links
in a post of mine here at HPfGU from just a day or two
ago. Its quite probable that Petunias knowledge of
the wizarding world came from Lily and no other
source. Lilys parents being so proud would no doubt
have endlessly pressed her for stories from her
experiences at school. 

Petunia certainly knows about what Albus did to ensure
Harry was protected while a resident of Privet Drive.
His letter on the doorstep most likely told her: 'Your
Aunt knows this. I explained what I had done in the
letter I left, with you, on her doorstep. She knows
that allowing you houseroom may well have kept you
alive for the past fifteen years.' [34] Clear enough
from this snippet that she knows full well about the
protection. Reinforced too by the howler DD sent to
Petunia when Harry was on the verge of being exiled
from the abode.

If there is any merit in my thought that Lily and
James were prepared to die for the greater good of the
wizarding world then I would anticipate that Petunia
was communicated with by Albus to ensure she would be
prepared to do what was needed as Harrys only blood
relative.

The big question that has taken a good deal of time of
many, not me happily, is a question of whether Harry
and Dumbledore are related. I doubt it severely
because otherwise, as has been said before, he would
have taken Harry in himself. He may be many things but
he is not crass. This is confirmed by the following:

Professor Dumbledore is Harry's real
grandfather/close relative of some description.

If Dumbledore had been Harry's grandfather, why on
earth would he have been sent to live with the
Dursleys? [35]

So there you have it. Harry and Dumbledore apart from
not being Grandfather and Grandson are almost
definitely not related.

-------------------------------

His prior knowledge of Tom Riddle morphing into Lord
Voldemort  Post Toms school days.

It is strongly inferred throughout HBP that Dumbledore
has been aware for some time, and probably from before
the time of the prophecy, of Tom Riddle's background.
On this basis it is not unreasonable to suppose that
Dumbledore, as well as LV, concluded that the
half-blood wizard (the Potter's as yet unborn child)
would be the greater of the two wizards to whom the
prophecy could have referred.

Dumbledore never thought LV was finished at Godrics
Hollow, the first time, and his strategy towards
training up Harry has been clear enough from the
beginning of the series. The relevant portion on that
aspect should have been read if youre still with me.
At every turn Dumbledore is aware that all bad things
in the wizarding world as it currently exists in canon
flow from LV. In CoS he knows straight away that LV
has been the one to open the Chamber as this would
tell us: 'The question is not *who*,' said Dumbledore,
his eyes on Colin. 'The question is *how* ...' [36]

Later in CoS during the customary debriefing, of which
well have no more, sadly, one matter that has
interested many before comes up:

'Unless I'm much mistaken, he transferred some of his
powers to you the night he gave you that scar. Not
something he intended to do, I'm sure ...'
'Voldemort put a bit of himself in *me*?'
'It certainly seems so.'
It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly
are, far more than our abilities.' [37]

How did this happen? Is Harry or his scar a Horcrux? I
say purlease not. It makes little sense to me at all
that he would be. Personally I believe that if
Dumbledore suspected anything along this line, then
rather than being cryptic and saying Nagini is a
Horcrux, thus supposedly suggesting to Harry that a
living being can be a Horcrux, he would have said it.
Dumbledore does withhold information, but what
possible reason could he have for withholding this?
Unless of course he had no idea about Harry or his
scar and their properties, which is equally
implausible.

Having said that I have written a number of posts o
this subject before, and because it does not concern
me for the purposes of this post Ill say no more on
Horcruxes. What does pique my interest is what other
mechanism could be at play for the transferral of
powers. Its no more nor less than the old backfiring
AK / not totally backfiring of AK trick, which should
be familiar to all by now ;-)

It has also been theorised that LV never had any
choice about what he would become. That is improbable,
IMO, because JKR cannot be said to be a stupid woman.
If it is thought that LV had no choice then my
interpretation would be that one is saying JKR is a
poor plotter, and she really is not, now is she?

LV could have chosen differently in his life course.
The orphanage would have tried its best, and pre war
London was not a pleasant place. At least they took
the kids for excursions, even if those excursions led
to disturbance for some other orphans due to Tom. No
one should be completely without redeeming features
and LV has some style and sartorial sense even if he
is the epitome of evil for the HP series. Hes a bad
lot now, nevertheless that does not mean he had no
control over his choice of path.

Tom certainly made some choices that are very relevant
to the continuing saga, one was his choice of Harry as
the boy to go after based on what he was informed
about the prophecy. He has also chosen to dedicate a
good portion of his second rise to eliminating Harry
Potter. If JKR says choices define people then LV is
defined as choosing the wrong path and from that path
making wrong choices all the way, here she is again:

JKR: Yes, definitely, because I think there's a line
there between the moment in "Chamber of Secrets" when
Dumbledore says so famously, It's our choices that
define us, not our abilities, straight through to
Dumbledore sitting in his office, saying to Harry,
"the prophecy is significant only because you and
Voldemort choose to make it so." If you both chose to
walk away, you could both live! That's the bottom
line. If both of them decided, "We're not playing,"
and walked away ... but, its not going to happen,
because as far as Voldemorts concerned, Harrys a
threat. They must meet each other. [32]

Note they *must * meet each other, as the very first
coup leader in this glorious land I live in said,
there is no other way. Not to say hell AK LV though,
he patently wont. Whatever happens to neutralise LV I
expect to be to do with love and probably involve a
gong sound. This bit on the gong has come up in
interview and it is implied that more is to come, my
interpretation being as you see above:

JKR: The other question that I am surprised no one
has asked me since Phoenix came out - I thought that
people would - is why Dumbledore did not kill or try
to kill Voldemort in the scene in the ministry. I know
that I am giving a lot away to people who have not
read the book. Although Dumbledore gives a kind of
reason to Voldemort, it is not the real reason. When I
mentioned that question to my husband - I told Neil
that I was going to mention it to you - he said that
it was because Dumbledore knows that there are two
more books to come. As you can see, we are on the same
literary wavelength. [Laughter]. That is not the
answer; Dumbledore knows something slightly more
profound than that. If you want to wonder about
anything, I would advise you to concentrate on those
two questions. That might take you a little bit
further. [12]

The first question, if any are wondering, is why LV
survived. That has been answered in HBP so is no
longer of much importance to book 7 except insofar as
the Horcruxes must be destroyed, IMO. By the way, do
not forget that a Horcrux is the container for the
rent soul, not the soul piece itself. Dumbledore did
not kill LV because he knew about the prophecy and by
reasonable extrapolation wanted Harry to neutralise
LV, or proximate to that. Or maybe it just goes to his
being the epitome of goodness, for which see far
above.

Additionally it is not set in stone that LV must die.
There should be something to be gleaned from: 'Indeed,
your failure to understand that there are things much
worse than death has always been your greatest
weakness -' [38]. Is this just a completely throwaway
line? I think not, I think it strongly foreshadows
that LV will not die in a conventional sense and move
on to the wizarding equivalent of Hades, but be
reduced to a point where he will no longer be a
threat. I do not think he will be redeemed though,
whatever else may happen to him. 

If he becomes a comedic type portrait a la Ma Black,
constantly bemoaning his fate, then he surely would
not like it too much, although he would be dead :-? He
could not do a great deal as a ghost, either, except
to perhaps be the second such entity to be able to
deal effectively with Peeves. Ghosts cannot move on,
so we are led to believe, and all of them must have
led less than happy lives to not be able to pass over.

One last small thing on LV and Dumbeldore. They are
widely held to be the two most powerful wizards in the
books. Dobby here: 'Dumbledore's powers rival those of
he who must not be named at the height of his
strength' 'there are powers Dumbledore doesn't ... no
decent wizard ...' [39]

How would Dobby know this, or was it just an insertion
of the authorial voice? If he knew it other than from
his author then who better than from his masters the
Malfoys. All the Malfoys have a begrudging respect for
Albus. There is also possibly slightly more to it in
that Dumbledore, while not being a great user of Dark
Magic, almost certainly knows a great deal about it.
Only slightly less than Tom Riddle, or even about the
same actually. He was around these mortal lands for a
good deal longer than Tom. He took out Grindelwald and
is old enough to have been about when the other
powerful dark wizard that terrorised the wizarding
world a century before the events in canon was at
large. He may even have been that wizard, oops, I did
not mean to say that ;-)

-------------------------

Onwards and Upwards to the Family Dumbledore

If Dumbledore did have a plan, however vague, to rid
the wizarding world of Lord Voldemort then the only
other person likely to be in the know about that,
other than his late self, would be Aberforth and this
is the reason Aberforth will be important in book 7.
Aberforth is my favourite, and indeed the favourite of
many, for being the member of the Order we have not
yet properly met. He can step in to fill the role of
expositor for his brother Albus. Aberforth may well be
the one to teach Harry further about love magic and
also be the one to explain about a certain Mr.
Multiplicity. We already know he is Albuss brother,
and also we can safely presume that Albus used him as
a spy in the Hogs Head, a rather useful source of
gossip on Death Eaters and Fletchers and Withershins,
no doubt. 'Dumbledore ... had a number of useful
spies.' [40]. Remus Lupin is spying on the werewolves
and in one of my less lucid moments I posited that
Goyle Snr. too is a spy. Snape, of course, Mrs. Figg. 

Mrs. Figg is someone Ive looked at a little. It has
been proposed that she is related, as closely as being
a sister to Albus and Aberforth. This I doubt. What I
do think about Mrs. Figg is that her maiden name was
Perkins [41]. A minor Ministry body with a squib for a
daughter. Albus, being the all inclusive kind of man
he was, found a use for Arabella. Always useful to get
more than one method of spying organised and sensible
in case any stray Dementors got sent to Little
Whingeing, as they in fact wer by the six-gilled
shark.

Returning though to Aberforth, what is this all
about?:

'My own brother, Aberforth, was prosecuted for
practising inappropriate charms on a goat.' [42]

Experimenting with goats, and there is notably a smell
of goats in the Hogs Head. Hes still doing whatever
he was doing with these animals it transpires,
although goat smell is a killer to remove from
carpets, let me tell you. That the Hogs Head barman
and Aberforth Dumbledore are one and the same is
hardly contentious, JKR helps again:

Q: Why is the barman of the Hogs Head vaguely
familiar to Harry? Is he Dumbledores brother?

A: Ooh - you are getting good. Why do you think that
it is Aberforth? [Audience member: Various clues. He
smells of goats and he looks a bit like Dumbledore]. I
was quite proud of that clue. That is all that I am
going to say. [Laughter]. Well yes, obviously. I like
the goat clue - I sniggered to myself about that one.
[12]

Also, for the benefit of some who may be unfamiliar
with both my rantings and JKRs interviews, this is
where I extract the notion that Aberforth will be the
member of the Order who is important and who we have
not yet really met:

Q: Which is your favourite member of the Order of the
Phoenix?

JK Rowling: I keep killing all my favourite members
of the Order of the Phoenix, but there is one member
of the Order of the Phoenix that you have not yet met
properly and you will  well, you know that they are
a member, but you haven't really met them properly yet
and you will meet them in seven, so I am looking
forward to that. [13]

Look out for him from an early part of book 7. He will
also have the locket Horcrux, by the by.

A lot of the rest of this portion enters into really
wild speculation, canon support will not be
forthcoming if requested. Book 7 will explain all and
if any of the speculations that have appeared by
several of this groups members turn out correct then
it may well be as much by luck as by good divination.
One speculation we can exclude from this is:

Dumbledore is really Ron/Harry from the future

Your inventiveness knows no bounds, and I do not mean
that sarcastically; these theories open up
exhilarating new vistas of possibility ... but theyre
wrong. Could it be that by speculating that Harry/Ron
becomes Dumbledore, you are seeking reassurance that
neither dies young?  [43]

If any wonder why Dumbledores family history should
be dissected then look here:

ES: Dumbledore is unrivaled in his knowledge of magic


JKR: Mmhm.

ES: Where did he learn it all?

JKR: I see him primarily as someone who would be
self-taught. However, he in his time had access to
superb teachers at Hogwarts, so he was educated in the
same way that everyone else is educated. Dumbledore's
family would be a profitable line of inquiry, more
profitable than sweet wrappers.

MA: His family?

JKR: Family, yes.

MA: Should we talk about that a little more?

JKR: No. But you can! [Laughter.] [32]

Whenever JKR refuses to talk about something there is
felt to be more to it. Omissions speak as loudly in
many cases as overt statements. We have nothing really
to go on, but Dumbledores family, both precursors and
possible offspring, even maybe a spouse or two brides
for two brothers are not matters that should be
overlooked. For a reason so far occluded from us JKR
does not want we readers to know which Hogwarts
Professors have spouses. A goat charmer may not of
course attract the fairer sex to himself and I am of
the opinion that he is not married.

Albus though I could see as a married man. If he is
then is it very far fetched to suggest, as I do, that
he is old enough to be the great great grandfather of
someone with whom we are familiar? Not Harry of
course, as I said. Hermione? Possibly even Rubeus.
Much to be pondered. Either would not be wholly
unrealistic as they were favoured members of
Dumbledores circle. There are no Dumbledores,
Figgses, Hagrids or Grangers on the Black Family
Tapestry, if thats of any import.

A question that may bear further scrutiny is to wonder
whether Dumbledore had a bad father, if so it may
explain why Aberforth is not illiterate but also has a
problem with goats. Dad never took him in hand, and
who could blame the poor man, peculiarly if Aberforth
showed a propensity for goats from an early age?

"As I look back over the five published books," she
says, "I realize that it's kind of a litany of bad
fathers. That's where evil seems to flourish, in
places where people didn't get good fathering." [44]

OK, so it was not that wild, but perhaps itll get
some thinking

-----------------------------

Dumbledores Mistakes:

ES: I know Dumbledore likes to see the good in people
but he seems trusting almost to the point of
recklessness sometimes.

[Laughter] Yes, I would agree. I would agree.

ES: How can someone so 

JKR: Intelligent 

ES: be so blind with regard to certain things?

JKR: Well, there is information on that to come, in
seven. But I would say that I think it has been
demonstrated, particularly in books five and six that
immense brainpower does not protect you from emotional
mistakes and I think Dumbledore really exemplifies
that. In fact, I would tend to think that being very,
very intelligent might create some problems and it has
done for Dumbledore, because his wisdom has isolated
him, and I think you can see that in the books,
because where is his equal, where is his confidante,
where is his partner? He has none of those things.
Hes always the one who gives, hes always the one who
has the insight and has the knowledge. So I think
that, while I ask the reader to accept that McGonagall
is a very worthy second in command, she is not an
equal. You have a slightly circuitous answer, but I
can't get much closer than that. [45]

Dumbledore admits he makes mistakes. Other than
perhaps the obvious ones what else could there be? The
obvious ones are his failure to fully inform Harry
about what he was facing until it was almost too late,
his trust of Severus perhaps if that turns out to be
misplaced (just mentioning it), his not insisting on
being the Secret Keeper for the Potters, if he
genuinely did not know otherwise his assuredness of
Siriuss guilt and several more that Ill leave in my
head for the time being.

Leaving some room here for anyone interested to run
with this :-)

------------------------------

The Wind Down and Conclusion

Rubeus Hagrid, may I ask what your opinion of the
current situation in the wizarding world is?

'Great man Dumbledore. S'long as we've got him, I'm
not too worried.' [46]

A great shame then that he is dead, peradventure the
wizarding world now finds itself up the proverbial
creek with no equipment for paddling. Harry will come
right, though, have no doubt of that. Ill not venture
a guess as to whether he lives or dies, at least not
yet, as that matter is under review currently and may
appear in a BEANS theory in due course.

'Remember, if the time should come when you have to
make the choice between what is right, and what is
easy, remember what happened to a boy who was good,
and kind, and brave, because he strayed across the
path of Lord Voldemort. Remember Cedric Diggory.' [47]

Those choices again, heres the right place to wrap
that matter up, from my perspective at least. Do it
for the Diggory, Harry. Well also find out a great
deal more about Mr. Multiplicitys choices too. There
is a bit more on this choice thingummy:

You referred to the darkness in your books, and
there's been a lot of talk and even concern over
that.

You have a choice when you're going to introduce a
very evil character. You can dress a guy up with loads
of ammunition, put a black Stetson on him, and say,
"Bad guy. Shoot him." I'm writing about shades of
evil. You have Voldemort, a raging psychopath, devoid
of the normal human responses to other people's
suffering, and there are people like that in the
world. But then you have Wormtail, who out of
cowardice will stand in the shadow of the strongest
person. What's very important for me is when
Dumbledore says that you have to choose between what
is right and what is easy. This is the setup for the
next three books. All of them are going to have to
choose, because what is easy is often not right. [48]

In my opinion that is the most important information
we learned in GoF and it will, as I say, have a great
deal to do with the action of book 7.

Harrys path is laid out in front of him and Albus
Dumbledore has played his part of the wise old mentor
preparing his charge for the confrontation to come.
This showdown I propose will take place at Godrics
Hollow. It would be a very satisfactory way to
conclude the Harry / Voldemort interaction, IMO, but
obviously it matters little where it takes place as
long as Harry prevails, and he will. What thereafter
behoves the wizarding world in general is likely to be
contained in the epilogue. A few things I predict on
that front:

(i) The Death Eaters will be disbanded and a certain
Ludovic Bagman will have been show to be one of them.

(ii) Hagrid and Olympe will be united in matrimony
after Madam Maxime has displayed some fancy wand work
in his defence at some point during book 7.

(iii) The Centaurs will forgive and reintegrate
Firenze, who may also become their leader and repair
damaged relations between his kind and the rest of the
wizarding world.

(iv) Similar for the goblins with some assistance from
Bill.

Enough predictions for now.

To ponder on I ask when has Dumbledore ever let Harry
down? (Apart from leaving him with the Dursleys, not
telling him about his history until the end of his
fifth year, not mentioning the real reason why he
trusts Snape etc. etc.)

Very much the last thing now and just because the
American Deluxe Cover was released while I was
compiling this post Ill state an opinion, in
agreement with Carols second choice, that the nearest
described dragon in FB&WTFT is the Romanian Longhorn.
They are, of course soaring through the clounds in
some proximity to Godrics Hollow.

One or two matters that I thought of interest, I hope
you did too.

Goddlefrood who is more than pleased if you are
reading this signature line having read this post and
much pleasant prestidigitation is hereby bestowed upon
you for it.

--------------------------

Footnotes:

[1] p. 42  Chapter Four - The Keeper of the Keys  PS

[2] p. 77 - Chapter Six - The Journey from Platform
Nine and Three-Quarters - PS

[3] p. 415 - Chapter Twenty - Lord Voldemort's Request
- HBP

[4] Christopher Lydon, The Connection (WBUR Radio),
12th October 1999
http://www.crusaders.no/%7Eafhp/interviews/connection/

[5] Harry Potter and the Magic of the Internet - 26th
June 2003
http://www.msn.co.uk/liveevents/harrypotter/transcript/Default.asp?Ath=f

[6] http://www.thinkbabynames.com/meaning/1/Percival

[7] http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/saintw10.htm

[8] http://www.thinkbabynames.com/meaning/1/Brian

[9]
http://www.project-iona.co.uk/hall_of_heroes/warriors/brian_boru_an_irish_giant

[10] "J.K. Rowling Interview," CBCNewsWorld: Hot Type,
13th July 2000
http://www.accio-quote.org/articles/2000/0700-hottype-solomon.htm

[11] Lizo Mzimba, moderator. Chamber of Secrets DVD
interview with Steve Kloves and J.K. Rowling, February
2003.
http://www.accio-quote.org/articles/2003/0302-newsround-mzimba.htm

[12] J K Rowling at the Edinburgh Book Festival -
Sunday 15th August 2004
http://www.jkrowling.com/textonly/en/news_view.cfm?id=80

[13] Edinburgh "cub reporter" press conference, ITV,
16 July 2005
http://www.accio-quote.org/articles/2005/0705-edinburgh-ITVcubreporters.htm

[14] An Evening with Harry, Carrie and Garp: Readings
and questions #2, August 2nd 2006 
http://www.accio-quote.org/articles/2006/0802-radiocityreading2.html

[15] Christopher Lydon, The Connection (WBUR Radio),
12th October 1999
http://www.crusaders.no/%7Eafhp/interviews/connection/

[16] p. 215 - Chapter Fifteen - The Forbidden Forest 
PS

[17]
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/magazine/story/0,,2008889,00.html
(11th February 2007 - Article)

[18] Online chat transcript, Scholastic.com, 3
February 2000
http://www.scholastic.com/harrypotter/books/author/interview1.htm

[19]
http://www.jkrowling.com/textonly/en/faq_view.cfm?id=103

[20]
http://www.accio-quote.org/articles/2005/0705-tlc_mugglenet-anelli-2.htm

[21] p. 156 Chapter Twelve  The Mirror of Erised - PS

[22]
http://www.jkrowling.com/textonly/en/extrastuff_view.cfm?id=23

[23] p. 197 -  Chapter Fifteen  Aragog  CoS

[24] p. 410 - Chapter Twenty Five - The Egg and The
Eye - GoF

[25] p. 627 - Chapter Thirty-One  OWLs - OotP

[26]
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/153540

[27] JK Rowling Transcript 26th June 2003.
http://www.msn.co.uk/liveevents/harrypotter/transcript/Default.asp?Ath=f

[28] p. 157 - Chapter Twelve - The Mirror of Erised -
PS

[29] p. 190 - Chapter Fifteen - The Forbidden Forest -
PS

[30] p. 215 - Chapter Fifteen - The Forbidden Forest -
PS

[31] p. 312 - Chapter Twenty Two - Owl Post Again 
PoA

[32] "The Leaky Cauldron and MuggleNet interview
Joanne Kathleen Rowling: Part Three," The Leaky
Cauldron, 16th July 2005
http://www.accio-quote.org/articles/2005/0705-tlc_mugglenet-anelli-3.htm

[33] p. 148 - Chapter Twelve - The Mirror of Erised 
PS

[34] p. 737 - Chapter Thirty-Seven - The Lost Prophecy
 OotP

[35] From Rumours at Website
http://www.jkrowling.com/textonly/en/rumours_view.cfm?id=2

[36] p. 136 - Chapter Ten - The Rogue Bludger  PS

[37] p. 245 - Chapter Eighteen - Dobby's Reward - CoS

[38] p. 718 - Chapter Thirty-Six - The Only One He
Ever Feared  OotP

[39] p. 18 - Chapter Two - Dobby's Warning  CoS

[40] p. 152 - Chapter Ten - The Marauder's Map - PoA

[41] GoF - Chapter Seven - Cabbage smell in tent
borrowed from Perkins.

[42] p. 394 - Chapter Twenty Four - Rita Skeeter's
Scoop - GoF

[43]
http://www.jkrowling.com/textonly/en/rumours_view.cfm?id=31

[44] J.K. Rowling Hogwarts And All, Sunday, Jul. 17,
2005 By LEV GROSSMAN 
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1083935-3,00.html

[45] "The Leaky Cauldron and MuggleNet interview
Joanne Kathleen Rowling: Part One," The Leaky
Cauldron, 16th July 2005
http://www.accio-quote.org/articles/2005/0705-tlc_mugglenet-anelli-1.htm

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