Why Narcissa Malfoy?

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 189603



Carol responds:
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But the original question was why *Voldemort* chose
her. Unless the scene is a mere plot device, the
participating characters need to have motives even for small
actions. He certainly didn't choose Narcissa to honor her
loyalty. My guess is that he chose her because she was
wandless (having given her wand to Draco after his was lost
to Harry) and therefore expendable if Harry happened to be
alive.

Maybe someone else can come up with a better motive,
but he has to have a reason for choosing Narcissa or the
scene will fail in terms of believability.


Pippin:
I agree that Voldemort chose Narcissa because she was out
of favor and  the first expendable person he
happened to see. There's an element of contrivance in that,
but we've seen that others regarded as expendable by
Voldemort would turn against him if they could.

Voldemort's caution  indicates he may be  on the verge of
losing confidence again  and retreating. It's not
certain that he would have retreated, but Narcissa could be
certain that he'd continue to advance on the castle if he
believed that he had  triumphed and Harry was dead. And
Narcissa wanted above all else to get to the castle.

Voldemort wasn't worried about possible treachery because
he believed that no one could lie to him and get away with
it. He was not aware that Harry's intended sacrifice had
seriously compromised his powers.

Pippin