[HPforGrownups] Re: Question #3

[Lee Kaiwen]

No: HPFGUIDX 183391

MusicalBetsy:
Here's what I think happened - I think somehow DD used Legilimency on
baby Harry to figure out what happened

CJ:
As well-versed in wizarding forensics as DD undoubtedly was, I'm sure 
there were plenty of clues at the scene. In any case, he had only to use 
Regurgitatio Incantorum (OK, I admit I made that up because I forget the 
real name) on LV's wand to play back its spells. Finding three AKs and a 
scar undoubtedly still incandescent with magical residue probably told 
him all he needed to know.

Which brings to mind the question: what happened to LV's wand?

Jen:
The Fidelius was broken before LV arrived so the Potters weren't hidden 
during the events.

CJ:
I think I agree with others here that the Fidelius wasn't actually 
broken. By betraying their location, Wormtail made it possible for LV to 
pass *through* the Fidelius.

Can a Fidelius actually be broken? And can't it only be lifted by the 
person who cast it? And wasn't that DD in this case? Which means no one 
could get in until DD had decided to let them in, presumably after Harry 
and his parents' bodies had been removed.

Jen:
I can't figure out how eveyone knew LV was gone instead of apparating 
out, or that he'd definitely tried to kill baby Harry rather than Harry 
having a scar from surviving flying house debris.

CJ:
How'd they even know Harry survived, let alone bore a scar?

Jen:
I don't think DD wanted it widely known since he was intent on getting 
Harry out of the WW & to safety.

CJ:
It's a conundrum. Seemingly the best possible way to protect Harry was 
to let the world think he was dead -- and who'd know any different? Yet 
the only people who knew he survived were DD and Hagrid but by then 
everyone knew), so they had to be the source of the rumors.

And further, why allow Harry to re-enter the WW with his true name? Why 
not give him an alias and and a Muggle-born backstory? By the time he 
was ready to enter Hogwarts only DD would have known who he truly was.

--CJ, who chuckled when, after typing "rumours" above, was gently 
prodded by his (American) spell checker to change it to "rum ours".