The Ravenclaw Hx identified?

[Barry Arrowsmith]

--- In the_old_crowd at yahoogroups.com, "entropymail" <entropymail at y...> wrote:
> 
> I love this theory. Everything fits so elegantly!
> 
> I apologize for the oversimplification below, but for some reason I'm
> having trouble keeping track of it all today. So, to sum up, we can
> surmise that two of the six Horcruxes have been destroyed. That is,
> the ring and the diary.  The way I see it, that leaves four remaining
> Horcruxes for Harry to find and destroy in Book 7. Using the tarot
> suits as a guide, each of the remaining Horcruxes should be:
> 
> jewel......Salazar's locket..Slytherin
> cup........Helga's cup.......Hufflepuff
> swords.....Godric's sword....Gryffindor
> wands......Rowena's wand.....Ravenclaw
> 
> The only problem I have is this: It seems unlikely that Voldie could
> have even gotten into Dumbledore's office, let alone create a Horcrux
> out of Gryffindor's beloved sword.  Further, it's unlikely that, if he
> had succeeded, it would have gone undetected and, even worse, come to
> Harry's rescue in the Chamber of Secrets.
> 
> So, are we back to Harry as Horcrux? Could the sword, originally
> safeguarded at Godric's Hollow, been Voldemort's intended target? It
> seems feasible that either the sword's rightful place was within
> Godric's Hollow, or that Dumbledore, suspecting the worst, decided to
> hide the sword along with the Potters and Harry. And, as a result of
> Voldie's disastrous AK attempt, was Harry the mistaken recipient of
> the sixth and final piece of Voldie's soul?
> 

You're right of course - there's no certainty that Voldy did get his hands
on relics from all four Founders, though it seems a reasonable assumption
that he would have liked to have done so.

The Slyth Locket and the Huff Cup fell into his evil clutches, so unless
here's a very unexpected plot twist Harry definitely has to deal with those
two. The Gryff Sword - DD is adamant that it's free of Voldy pollution, and 
the Ravers Wand (assuming it exists and is indeed a plot device)  we don't
know about. 

This leaves us in a bit of a dilemma, only two of the remaining four Horkuks
can be identified with any confidence. OK, if Harry is included as a strong
possibility as a substitute for something of GG, then it simplifies matters
but mars the symmetry, to my way of thinking. A lot depends on what
turns up at GH, IMO. Something Harry finds there/finds out about while
he's there will be critical, is my bet.

Ravers wand is more fun, for the present at least. Neri's idea that it might
have been sitting in Ollivanders window is neat thinking, and the 'coincidence'
of Neville buying a new wand immediately prior to Ollivander's disappearance
is intriguing. Personally, I don't think Voldy ever got his sweaty mitts on it -
Wandmaestro!Ollivander would have noticed. He'd probably tell someone
about it, unless Ollie is a Voldy fan, charged by His Nastiness with keeping 
it safe.

In which case - where is it? How is Harry going to find it? Difficult.
Much easier if it's right under his nose, sticking out of Neville's pocket.
But all these relics seem to have powers of their own derived from the Founders.
The unpolluted ones (Sword and maybe Wand) could actually help Harry in
his mission. The Huff Cup might even be a weapon that turns against Voldy 
as user. That would be entertaining.

Lets face it - where magic is concerned, anything can happen.
 
Kneasy