Neither Harry nor his Scar is a Horcrux (Was Re: Voldemort's Age)

[Neri]

No: HPFGUIDX 170351

 
> > Neri:
> > What is the secret that Voldemort had hidden in his own soul? The
> > location of the DEs HQ? Why would that be such an important secret?


> Pippin:
> Because it's what keeps a zillion Aurors from showing up to
> take ol' Voldie down -- and it's an 'official' mystery.
> 
> "Every Auror in the Ministry was -- and is -- trying to find him
> and round up his followers, but we happen to be talking about
> one of the most powerful wizards of all time, a wizard who has
> eluded capture for almost three decades!" -HBP ch 1
> 
> "They won't find Snape till they find Voldemort, and seeing
> as they've never managed to do that in all this time..." -HBP
> ch 30
> 
> Sounds like Secret-Keeper at work, doesn't it? I've always
> thought Azkaban would be Voldemort's ideal HQ -- but with
> Secret Keeper, he actually could be there already! Perhaps
> underground? 
> 

Neri:
If there's an official mystery here at all, then it's at most "how
does Voldemort manage to evade capture?", and Fudge gives the logical
answer in that very sentence: "we happen to be talking about one of
the most powerful wizards of all time". But I don't see any official
mystery of "where is Voldemort hiding?" (in the sense of a particular
place) and certainly not "where is Voldemort's HQ?". I don't know of
any canon clue that the DEs even have an HQ (except that the Order has
one) and an HQ seems redundant anyway, considering that Voldemort can
summon all DEs to him wherever he is. I'd say right now this mystery
is hardly official enough to justify the biggest secret of the series.

Note that in order to fit the theory we need a secret that has existed
since before GH (or it wouldn't be hidden in the soul bit inside
Harry). If it's a secret HQ, why wouldn't Vapor!mort run there after
GH to meet with his DEs? Why run all the way to Albania when the
safest hideout is nearby? 

I think the secret must be connected with the Horcruxes because this
is the most official mystery of all (in terms of the page time that
was devoted to presenting it). Maybe it is the location of the last
horcrux or the way to destroy horcruxes, but these don't sound right
to me. 


> Pippin:
> <snip>
> Dumbledore uses similar logic to explain Voldemort's
> protections for the horcrux in the cave: "He would want to
> keep them alive long enough to find out [...] why they were
> so intent on emptying the basin. Do not forget that Lord 
> Voldemort believes that he alone knows about his Horcruxes."
> 

Neri:
Dumbledore says that Voldemort would want to question the Horcrux
finder, but the rationale he gives is that Voldemort would want to
know how the finder has discovered his secrets. This seems redundant
since with horcruxes protected by Fidelius Voldemort wouldn't have to
worry about anybody discovering his secret in the first place.

 
> Pippin:
> If there is more than one, there are probably three. I'd guess
> the location of Voldemort's hideout and  the secret identity of the
> real spy, but I'm stumped as to a third. Any guesses?
>

Neri:
If by the identity of the real spy you mean ESE!Lupin, I think your
theory has a slight consistency problem: before GH Sirius was
suspecting that Lupin was the spy. If I understand how the charm
works, once the identity of the spy is Fidelius-protected nobody would
be able to even suspect Lupin.


Neri