Rubies

[jmwcfo]

No: HPFGUIDX 169173


> Janelle:
> When the book covers came out there was a lot of speculation as to 
> where the scene on the cover of the British children's edition 
takes 
> place.  Gringotts was one place thrown out there that seemed to 
have 
> a lot of merit.  
> 
> The other day I reread the chapter in which Harry visits Gringotts 
> for the first time and two things jumped out at me.  One, discussed 
> here already, is when Griphook tells Harry that if anyone other 
than 
> a Gringotts goblin tried to open the high security vaults, they 
would 
> be sucked inside and trapped...  going 
> with the theory that it is a Gringotts vault, let's just say that 
> they could be in the process of being sucked into Gryffindor's 
vault.
> 
> Harry ... saw a goblin 
> weighing *really big rubies*.  Ring a bell?!  A possible clue 
hidden 
> in the early chapters of the first book that would become important 
> in the last?
> 
  I've always been a big 
> fan of the theory that there is a horcrux hidden at the beginning 
of 
> each book (SS: ??, COS: diary, POA:??, GOF: Nagini?, OOP: locket, 
> HBP: ring).  It's been mentioned that the single wand in the window 
> of Olivander's could have belonged to Rowena Ravenclaw and could be 
a 
> horcrux.  If not, is it possible that maybe these rubies are one?  
Or 
> something else that we see at Gringotts?
> 
> I'd love to hear thoughts on both of these ideas!
> 
> Janelle


JW: 

I have always been suspicious of the wand, because it is so 
conspicuously displayed, and never explained.  It also fits well with 
the theme of the tarot symbols.

Nevertheless, applying your idea qualifies HP to be a horcrux, as he 
is certainly introduced early in SS.  Further, there are huge issues 
here. How would LV obtain the rubies (GG's treasure, perhaps?) or the 
wand long enough to implant a bit-o'-soul into them? Would he be 
willing to relinquish the relics back to Gringotts (well protected) 
and Ollivander (no apparant protection) once they were horcruxed?

However, I am completely unaware of the conjectures concerning 
horcrux exposure early in each book.  Could anybody kindly furnish 
some discussion references?  This idea resonates as the type 
of "hidden in plain sight" clue that JKR often delivers.