A dastardly Voldy plan - was: Re: Lockets

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--- In the_old_crowd at yahoogroups.com, "dungrollin"
<spotthedungbeetle at h...> wrote:

> I think you're absolutely right. But I'm also convinced R.A.B. is 
> Regulus, and I'm suspicious of Regulus finding the cave and getting 
> the locket out by his own and on his self. I think he had help from 
> a senior DE <snip>
> 
> I'm looking for a DE who was ticked off with Voldy, but who didn't 
> necessarily want him to know that they were <snip>
> 
> Obviously, it can't have been Snape,<snip>
> Bella <snip>
> Barty Crouch Junior? <snip>
> Nott, Rosier, Mulciber, Dolohov, Lestrange (presumably Rodolphus, 
> Rabastan or their father) and Avery (etc...)
> 
> Dungrollin


Yes, the initials plus the locket found at Grimmauld place in OOP was
enough to convince me that the author of the note was Regulus. But who
helped him? What about Kreacher? 

Harry mentions that the boat "doesn't look like it was built for two
people" and is worried that the boat will support both of their
weights.  Supposing that Regulus was an average-sized man, Kreacher's
small, somewhat emaciated frame would not have added any significant
amount of weight to the small craft.

Dumbledore's response to Harry's concern is that "Voldemort will not
have cared about the weight, but about the amount of magical power
that crossed his lake. I rather think an enchantment will have been
placed upon this boat so that only one wizard at a time will be able
to sail in it."  One *wizard*. We already know that house elves have
strong magical powers of their own, but it seems to be separate from
the type of magic that wizards possess (we have seen that they are
immune to Hogwart's enchantments against apparating and disapparating
and such).  Just as Kreacher's weight was insignificant to the sailing
of the boat, so were his magical powers undetected by the enchantment.

Finally, if the locket found at Grimmauld Place turns out to be the
HorseCrax locket, we could easily connect the dots that Kreacher was
able to get his hands on the locket and tuck it away at Grimmauld
Place before Regulus had a chance to figure out what to do with it. 

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