Chamber of ....Secrets?

[kempermentor]

No: HPFGUIDX 185979

> Kemper:
> Well, Tom is the only heir we know of.  There were probably more.
> Maybe Tom was the most ambitious in learning all ...to know of
> Hogwarts.  Or, if his magical mum, uncle and granddaddy are any
> indication, perhaps he was the only competent Slytherin Hogwarts has
> seen since Salazar.

> Carol responds:
> If any previous Heir had appeared, both Tom and Dumbledore would
have known it if only because the Chamber of Secrets would have been
opened. 

Kemper now:
You mean any previous heir to /open/ the chamber.  I agree.  That
doesn't mean that there were no students of Slytherin's bloodline to
have gone to Hogwarts. 

> Carol:
> ...
> As for an absence of competent Slytherins who predate Tom, we have
> Slughorn, for one, and Phineas Nigellus for another.

Kemper now:
I was referring to the heirs of Slytherin's apparent lack of
ambition/competence and not to students in Slytherin.  Snape was more
than competent, magically not socially.  :)

Kemper