Lavender Brown, dead or alive? If alive is she a now a werewolf?

[John]

No: HPFGUIDX 192379




--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Bart Lidofsky <bart at ...> wrote:
>
> On 6/1/2013 8:33 AM, John wrote:
> > In the written text at the Battle of Hogwarts whilst fighting bravely Lavender Brown fell from a balcony and as she lay injured was then attacked by Fenrir Greyback, but thankfully and a little ironically Hermione Granger seeing what happened blasted him off of her former love rival with a spell. When last 'reported' by Jo she was known to be still alive, but injured, perhaps seriously. That's the 'canon' position anyway.
>
> Bart:
>      It makes sense that Lavender would be affected the same way
> "Beel" was. Not a werewolf, but with some mild wolfish
> characteristics, and perhaps some scars that won't heal.
>
>      Bart
>


Hi Bart, thanks for your reply and input.

What you suggest is certainly very possible and a perfectly valid idea.

The only thing that makes it only a possibility, rather than a certainty is that the 'conversion' of a normal human to a werewolf following an attack seems a bit of a 'lottery', one possibly influenced by the severity of an assault and a degree of variability in the success of treatments applied afterwards.

Also it may be influenced by whether or not a werewolf is completely transformed when it attacks and perhaps also some esoteric magical factors like the exact moon phase, since it seems Fenrir perhaps is one of those few werewolves who can transform at will and is not 'phase locked' to the lunar cycle.

Bill Weasley was badly gauged in the face by Greyback for sure, but this attack, though bad, was not nearly as life threatening or physically intrusive as those suffered by Lavender Brown or Remus Lupin carried out by the same individual. Bill also received almost immediate expert treatment following his attack, which may have limited it's after effects.

Lavender however might have experienced some delay before treatment commenced, due to the pressure of the number of casualties that must have been building up due to the fighting. Maybe these variables might have meant that she either died or became a full blown werewolf instead, but as I said I prefer to think she lived and put her new found abilities due to her 'affliction' to good use, working as a 'specialist Auror' under Harry's command when she recovered to full fitness.

Any more thoughts anyone?

Many Blessings.
John, (Oriondruid).