OPEN: Ultimate and Last Bragging Rights by TigerPatronus

[hickengruendler]

No: HPFGUIDX 170994

 
> Compulsory Questions (50 points total):
> 
> If you believe the answer to a question is a new character, 
> write "new character" *and* describe relationships to old 
characters 
> or characteristics of new character for full credit.
> 
> 
> 1. Will Harry die and stay dead at the end of HPDH? 

Hickengruendler:

No, he will survive.
  
> 2. Will Voldemort die and stay dead at the end of HPDH? 
 
Yes 

> 3. Excluding Harry and Voldemort, who will be the most prominent 
> character to die and stay dead? 

Snape
  
> 4. From HBP (p125, American Hardcover), in the shop while the trio 
> were listening with Extendable Ears, what did Draco show Borgin 
that 
> scared him? 

The Dark Mark, as Harry correctly guessed in HBP.
> 
> 5. Assuming Hogwarts reopens as a school, who will return as a 
> student, which means enrolled in classes whether or not they attend 
> the classes (answer yes or no for each): 
       a. Harry? No
       b. Draco? No
       c. Hermione? No
       d. Luna? Yes
       e. Ron? No
       f. Neville? Yes
       g. Ginny? Yes
 
> 6. Which will be the most prominent couple to marry, if any, during 
> the time period covered in DH, excluding any epilogue? 

Bill and Fleur
  
> 7. Who will be the unusual person who performs magic for the first 
> time "very late in life?" 

Argus Filch
> 
> 8. Assuming Hogwarts reopens as a school, who will be the: 
       a. Head Boy? Ernie Macmillan
       b. Head Girl? No idea, maybe Susan Bones.
       c. DADA Instructor? Remus Lupin, and he will stay, since 
Voldie's death will break the curse.
       d. Potions Master or Mistress? Slughorn
       e. Headmaster or -mistress? McGonagall
  
> 9. Where do Snape's ultimate loyalties lie? 

With Dumbledore and the Order.
  
> 10. Identify the seven Horcruxes. (If you think there are more or 
> less than seven, write "n/a" or add extra letters as necessary. 
> Horcruxes in previous books and previously inactivated Horcruxes 
> must be identified for full credit. If you think one of the soul 
> pieces is in Voldemort so there are six external Horcruxes plus the 
> bit still in him, then write "In Voldemort" for one of the 
answers.) 
       a. In Voldemort
       b. Tom Riddle's diary
       c. The Ring of the Gaunts
       d. Slytherin's locket
       e. Helga Hufflepuff's Cup
       f. Something of Ravenclaw's. My guess is the Tiara in the Room 
of Requirement
       g. Nagini
  
> 
> In case Hogwarts does not reopen, or in case we do not have 
> sufficient information to answer #5 and #8 above, these two 
> alternate questions will used in place of #5 and #8, above. If #5 
> and #8 are sufficiently answered in DH, the alternate questions 
will 
> be used as tiebreakers. 
> 
> Alternate 1. What are Snape's patronus and boggert? 

His patronus is a Phoenix and his boggart is dead Lily!
 
> Alternate 2. What is behind the locked door at the Department of 
> Mysteries in the Ministry of Magic? 

The power of love.
  
> 
> Predictions (10 points each / 50 points total):
> 
> Make 5 predictions not covered in the Compulsory Question section.
> 
> Current Off-Limit Spoilers: 
> -- Predictions that describe any the covers are worth 0 points 
> unless they include specific information not obvious in the cover.
> -- SPOILER: Kreacher will be in DH. (David Yates, interview.) 
(Note: 
> because we are pretty sure that Kreacher will figure at least 
> somewhat prominently in DH, any predictions about his presence on a 
> cover will also be worth 0 points.) 
> -- The probable identity of "R.A.B." as stumbled around by JKR 
> during Leaky / Mugglenet interview will earn 0 points. 
> -- Predictions based on "Gabriel the Hacker" are allowed but we 
will 
> laugh at you when they're wrong. 
> -- Anything stupidly obvious (e.g., Harry will turn 17, Ron and 
> Hermione will date, Voldemort is evil, someone will perform magic,) 
> will be worth 0 points, at most. Negative points are possible. 
> -- "Negative" predictions, i.e., "The Centaurs will *not* come 
> skipping into Hogwarts offering free pony rides," will receive no 
> credit. 
> -- Only your first 5 predictions will be evaluated and included in 
> your score. Extra predictions may be marveled at but will not be 
> scored. 
> 

1. The locket is currently in Aberforth Dumbledore's posession. It 
was indeed the one seen in 12 Grimmauld Place in book 5, and Kreacher 
smuggled it back into the house, when the other wanted to throw it 
out. But he did not take it back to Hogwarts, and Mundungus stole it 
and sold it to Aberforth. At one point, the Trio will visit Azkaban 
to ask Mundungus about the locket. Lucius Malfoy will overhear their 
conversation. He later will break out of Azkaban and tell Voldemort, 
that the Trio are trying to detsroy the Horcruxes. This will lead to 
him being back in Voldie's good graces again.
2. Even if the Tiara mentioned above isn't a Horcrux, at least one 
Horcrux will be hidden in Hogwarts, probably in the Room of 
Requirement. Voldemort, who can't stop the Trio destroying his other 
Horcruxes, decides to attack the castle, both, because he wants to 
protect the Horcrux hidden there, and because he wants to take over 
the castle anyway. The final battle will be on Hogwarts' grounds, 
with most characters we know getting involved.
3. Trelawney will make a third genuine prophecy. This prophecy will 
make it seem, that Harry will die during his confrontation with 
Voldie. Harry, trying to protect his friends, decides to act on it 
anyway, even if it means his death. He will however survive, and it 
turns out, that something about the prophecy will have been 
misinterpreted.
4. Dumbledore will make an actual appereance, and I don't mean as a 
portrait or in his pensieve. It will rather be somewhat similar to 
the Priori Incantatem effect, where some short of 
shadow/essence/whatever of Dumbledore, and possibly some other dead 
characters, will return to help Harry.
5. Scrimgeour is a secret Death Eater. The fact, that there's a spy 
in the ministry will become clear comparatively early in the book. At 
one point in the book, the Trio will suspect Umbridge of being in 
league with Voldemort, while the text leads some suspicion towards 
Percy. Scrimgeour himself will turn out to be the baddest egg, though.