DH: Longshot theories

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No: HPFGUIDX 170970

Dumbledore did not defeat Grindelwald in 1945, they switched places and 
Grindelwald had been calling the shots until his untimely death in HBP. 
He stole a lot (if not all) of the original Dumbledore's memory and 
they looked enough alike that no one every really questioned it 
(develop twin theory here).

The original Dumbledore is dead.  

If Harry had asked Dumbledore to produce his scar of the London 
Underground he would have realized that he was not speaking to the real 
Dumbledore, as this was a misrecollection on Grindelwald's part.

The search for the Horcruxes is a ruse, when all 7 are destroyed it 
will release a power more sinister than Voldemort. Grindelwald's plan 
was to release this power. His absorption of Dumbledore's memories 
backfired and it wasn't until Harry destoryed the diary in COS that the 
part that Grindelwald started to reemerge. Grindelwald grew stronger 
after the destruction of the ring, but old age and carelessness caused 
him to be killed by Snape. 

Mark