Interesting! Sounds like RAB is definitely Sirius’ brother, rather than Borgin, then.

BTW, for those who like to check sources, Sirius Svaart has his own wikipedia page here: http://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sirius_Svaart

Dave

I see where you’re coming from, but the books so far don’t seem to operate on such a simple black/white approach to good and evil. Dumbledore is noble and good, but he’s also practical, and, I think, hides behind the facade of the absent-minded professor.

That said, there are plenty of other good plot mechanisms that could be employed in adding the final twist to the story
- some hitherto-unexplained ability of phoenixes, or of the link between a phoenix and its owner
- polyjuice potion - was it the real Dumbledore?
- time travel opens up all sorts of interesting possibilities

Still, we’ll all know for sure this Summer, assuming that it’s still the real JK Rowling writing the books!

Harry Potter essentially follows classic heroic novels set up.He will probably die in the massive battle with voldemort at the end of book 7.It is entirely possible that he has horcrux tendencies or is in fact at a deeper level in tune with ol’ voldy(scar,prophecy etc).Its more likely than not.

I think the final battle will include neville,ron and hermoine in significant ways:

neville being approximately similar to harry in dead parents and september-i think the likelihood is he will be more important than even harry suspects.I just can’t work out exactly how.

ron and hermione will eventually get together-as a harbinger of new hope past the destruction of voldemort and harry(?).

dumbledore is probably dead but will be resurrected somehow(in a aslan kind of way- he has that annoying habit of being all knowing-like gandalf in LOTR-which suggests he will still be around)

Harry will die-he has enough hold over voldemort(voldemort has to hide his feelings from harry in book 6)to realise the only way to destroy voldemort is to die(in some special way-invovling all the horcruxes?)and make the ultimate sacrifice.

The question is, rather than asking will harry die-will harry alternatively be resurrected after the death of voldemort?Phoenix out of the ashes symbolism?throughout the books-wands and the like?harry’s death will take away the scar on his forehead in the process of killing voldemort and in doing so,voldy will die.

if he is resurrected, or dies briefly(this still counts) and will return to hogwarts and take up the position of teacher of defence of the dark arts- a post impossible to fill because of ol’voldy.he will live in consummate bliss with ginny(whose love may be the reason he is resurrected).ron will be minister for magic and the anti muggle lot(malfoys etc)will end up in azkaban(or become muggles!-revenge would be sweet!).

I can’t wait for the new book-I just want to know what happens!

…also a heavy locket that none of them could open…
-OP Chapter 6
Page 116

While cleaning the glass cabinets in Sirius’ old home, they find a variety of objects, including a heavy locket. Could this be the Horcrux?

But how did the locket (if it is indeed the Horcrux) get in the Black home? Can we think of any Black’s that might have the initials R.A.B.? Just 5 minutes thinking, and HP Crime Scene Investigator meow__cat__meow remembered.

Sirius jabbed a finger at the very bottom of the tree, at the name REGALUS BLACK. A date of death (some fifteen years previously) followed the date of death.
OP Chapter 6
Page 112

We don’t know Regalus’ middle name, but could his middle name start with an A? If so, then Regalus Black’s initials are R.A.B.!

Might another clue be hidden in this sentence? R.A.B. died fifteen years ago. Wasn’t this the date when Voldemort met his end?

Fred told Harry … “Dumbledore was having real trouble finding anyone to do the job this year.” “Not surprising, is it, when you look at what’s happened to the last four?” said George. “One sacked, one dead, one’s memory erased, and one locked in a trunk for nine months,” said Harry, counting them off on his fingers. “Yeah, I see what you mean.”
-OP, Chapter 9
Page 161

Later, during one of Harry’s lessons with Dumbledore, Harry finds out why.

“Was he after the Defense Against the Dark Arts job again, sir? He didn’t say…” “Oh, he definitely wanted the Defense Against the Dark Arts job,” said Dumbledore. “The aftermath of our little meeting proved that. You see, we have never been able to keep a Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher for longer than a year since I refused the post to Lord Voldemort.”
-HBP Chapter 20
Page 446

So why does Dumbledore give the job to Snape? He knows the danger, he knows that Quirrell get killed because of the curse. So why does Dumbledore threaten Snape with the job? Unless Dumbledore means Snape to leave at the end of the year, after killing Dumbledore…