Book Covers -- Gringott's Safe Deposit Box

[TK Kenyon]

No: HPFGUIDX 166694

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Steve" <bboyminn at ...> wrote:
>> 
> VAULT/TREASURE-
> I don't think this is a Gringott's vault, they just seem
> too hard to get into and I can't see any reason for the 
> plot going there. However, -
>
First thing that I thought of was the Evil Overlord's List. JKR has 
managed to hit many of the points on it. 

{FYI: The EOL is a list compiled of all the things that the list-owner 
would do if he was ever an Evil Overlord, like seal up the air 
conditioning ducts so no one can sneak into his Evil Lair,  kill the 
Destined Hero while he's a baby rather than waiting for him to grow up 
(Voldie tried,) never trust the Hero's girlfriend, shooting (or AK) is 
NOT too good for his enemies, no goatees, etc. 

Voldie has screwed up a couple: 
- make Stormtroopers' uniforms with clear plastic visors so The Hero 
can't hide in a uniform (DEs have skull masks)

-I will not turn into a snake. (or whatever Nagini is.)

-Once my power is secure, I will destroy all those pesky time-travel 
devices. (Hmmm.) 

-If the captured beautiful princess says, "I'll never marry you! 
NEVER!" I'll say, "Oh, well," and kill her. (Lily?) 

-I will make sure I have a clear understanding of who is responsible 
for what in my organization. For example, if my general screws up I 
will not draw my weapon, point it at him, say "And here is the price 
for failure," then suddenly turn and kill some random underling. 
(Curcio'd the person responsible instead.) 

However: here's the one that's made me say HMMM from the beginning: 

- The artifact which is the source of my power will not be kept on the 
Mountain of Despair beyond the River of Fire guarded by the Dragons of 
Eternity. It will be in my safe-deposit box. The same applies to the 
object which is my one weakness.

I always thought that at least one Horcrux would be in Gringott's, esp 
when I reread HP PS/SS. That scene in Gringott's went on and on, about 
how impregnable it is, about how theives die in there, about trolls 
and dragons in there, etc. 

HMMM, I say. 

HMMM. 

http://www.eviloverlord.com  

TK Kenyon, author of RABID: A Novel
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