[the_old_crowd] Re: Who knew that Peter was the Secret Keeper? (Was: After all this time...)

[Kathy King]

Seems a few people take the secret keeper switch, as though Sirius was Going
to be the secret keeper but changed to Pettigrew at the last moment. Sirius
Was the secret keeper…end sentence. Dumbledore was certain of it and "gave
evidence" to the Ministry (herein is the key words, gave evidence). What
evidence would someone have that could prove that Sirius was indeed the
secret keeper…

Sirius (the secret keeper) would have entrusted certain persons as to the
Potter's whereabouts, such as Dumbledore and Hagrid, being confident that
they were not Order members under suspicion of being an inside spy.



So, the Fidelius charm was in place with Sirius as the keeper before the
switch is a true statement because of Dumbledore's evidence. Sirius divulges
the location with a select few who can be trusted but decides it would be
best to use someone who would not be suspected to hold the key and Switches
to Peter. Would this action change the charm or who knew about it, unlikely?
Likewise with Dumbledore's situation being the secret keeper for the Order.
If Dumbledore was aware that he might die, he could have made a secret
keeper switch with his brother. This wouldn't mean that he had to tell
everyone who knew the secret of the Order's whereabouts or to change the
secret itself, he just has to pass the key and make his brother the keeper.
This action doesn't change the secret or who knows of the secret only the
keeper of the key to the secret.



Hagrid is the keeper of the keys of Hogwarts that is protected by charms as
to its whereabouts. Every first year student goes to Hogwarts by way of
Hagrid via a boat and I would bet that this is Hagrid's way to allocate the
secret of where Hogwarts is located. I very much doubt that Hagrid was the
first keeper of the 'keys' at Hogwarts so I would tend to believe that they
simply switched who held the key previously, which didn't change its
protection or who previously knew how to find it. It is a secret keeper
switch – the keeper of the key to the secret, the only one who can Tell of
the secret at the time.



Just my two cents worth


Snow


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