Locket swapped, Regulus dead (Was Re: The Locket Horcrux - When Was It Swapped?)

[Goddlefrood]

No: HPFGUIDX 165755

> > Goddlefrood earlier:

> > The other small matter that reinforced me in the view that Reggie
> > is deceased is the sequence of events in HBP (Wills and Won'ts –
p. 54):

> > "
'Black family tradition decreed that the house was handed down
> > the direct line, to the next male with the name Black. Sirius was
> > the very last of the line as his younger brother, Regulus,
> > predeceased him and both were childless'
"

> > Shortly after this Kreacher obeys Harry so proving (not entirely
> > conclusively, but pretty well) that there are no other direct
> > descendents surviving.
>
> Debbie responded:
> I see this argument frequently, and I can't see how it's supported
> by canon. Dumbledore does not summon Kreacher to prove that Sirius
> has no direct descendants. Kreacher was summoned and tested to
> determine whether there was a spell or enchantment on 12 Grimmauld
> Place that would preclude Harry from inheriting it ( e.g.,
> precluding ownership by anyone except a pureblood).

Goddlefrood:

First, a hearty thanks for cutting out the main part of my argument
that Regulus was dead.

Second, the quote I used does tend to support the conclusion that
Regulus is dead, which I mostly based on the tapestry, rather than
the will, btw, for those who did not read my previous.

Oh, and Kreacher was not summoned to check out the status of any
potential enchantments but merely to find out if Harry had *actually*
inherited, which was proven to be the case due to Kreacher's shutting
up as soon as told to do so by Harry.

I would also refer to the qualifier in my previous (that's the bit
in brackets).

Goddlefrood, a little tetchy this cloudy Fiji day