HBP: Spoiler: the 4

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Brian:

> I didn't know this, but it seems reasonable that if a wand is what
we
> seek, then Olivander is the man to kidnap...
> 
> ...as to the other three...Canon says that Amelia and Evangeline are
> dead.  That may or may not turn out to be true, but for now, it's
> canon.  And, other than ensuring a lifetime of sweet treats, I can't
> imagine what use V would have for Florean...jus' dunno.


Pippin:
Beg to differ. IIRC, Dumbledore never says that Emmeline Vance is
dead.
He does say that the Order has ways of faking murders so that
Voldemort's supporters think they have successfully done someone
in when they haven't (I'll find the reference on my second reading).
There's also an enchantment that makes people think they've committed
a murder when they haven't -- Voldemort used it to make sure the
Gaunts were blamed for the Riddle murders. I suspect the Order
could use it as well. It's not Dark magic, because Fred and George
have their little daydream incantation.

My take on it is, Ollivander had the wand relic and was spirited away
for safekeeping, and Emmeline Vance's death was faked. But we'll
see. Hmmm...wouldn't Regulus have to have had a parselmouth
with him to enter the cave? Or did he swap the locket before 
Voldemort took it to hide?

Pippin
who thinks the twist is that Harry is the eighth horcrux. And nice
try Kneasy, but that drip of blood was just too conveniently wiped
away before anyone knowledgeable or logical could see it.