How do we know Sirius found out that his brother was dead if we didn't know he existed until the last book after Sirius' death? I kind of assumed Regulus died failing at what Ron succeeded to do, overcoming Voldemort's weird mind illusion....thing, and that's how Voldemort knew that Regulus stole the locket.
I believe seventh-year classes don't receive book lists; I would assume they get them during the school year as they did in HBP (they select classes once they arrive at Hogwarts).
As far as Hermionie, the only plausible explanation for this would be that the movie got it wrong and Hermionie simply did a Confundus charm on her parents, and Obliviate with the Death Eaters. She mentions later in the book that she can lift the charm off of her parents, I don't think it would be as easy to counter Obliviate.
I'm not sure about the last one at all. I just think of Dumbledore as an unexplainably omniscient character...
Edit: Oops I forgot that Black was mentioned briefly in other books, but still, how did Black know about his death if Harry didn't find out what Horcruxes were until the sixth book? There we go.
Well, he would have known about his death. It's hard to keep that secret, even from estranged family. His parents certainly would have known, and as an Order of the Phoenix member, Black would certainly have been keeping track of known Death Eaters.
The question is WHY he died and how, and no one seems to know that except Kreature who was ordered to secrecy, so how did the rumors spring up? Did Voldemort spread them because he couldn't find Regulus and assumed he'd run and didn't want to give anyone the idea that you could run from Voldemort? Did the Order spread them because Regulus vanished and was presumed dead, because they knew *they* didn't kill him?
It's possible from what Black says that he heard (more) about Regulus's death in Azkaban from the Death Eaters. But again, they would know what Voldemort told them. And so I wonder what Voldemort think happened to Regulus.
I only have a little time right now so I'll just do the last one. I feel like it was mentioned in an earlier book that Snape still had the tattoo on him, like Harry had seen it out of context in an early book. Therefore, while they could identify new members, those who had been followers initially could just blame it on the Imperious Curse...
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How do we know Sirius found out that his brother was dead if we didn't know he existed until the last book after Sirius' death? I kind of assumed Regulus died failing at what Ron succeeded to do, overcoming Voldemort's weird mind illusion....thing, and that's how Voldemort knew that Regulus stole the locket.
I believe seventh-year classes don't receive book lists; I would assume they get them during the school year as they did in HBP (they select classes once they arrive at Hogwarts).
As far as Hermionie, the only plausible explanation for this would be that the movie got it wrong and Hermionie simply did a Confundus charm on her parents, and Obliviate with the Death Eaters. She mentions later in the book that she can lift the charm off of her parents, I don't think it would be as easy to counter Obliviate.
I'm not sure about the last one at all. I just think of Dumbledore as an unexplainably omniscient character...
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Oops I forgot that Black was mentioned briefly in other books, but still, how did Black know about his death if Harry didn't find out what Horcruxes were until the sixth book? There we go.
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The question is WHY he died and how, and no one seems to know that except Kreature who was ordered to secrecy, so how did the rumors spring up? Did Voldemort spread them because he couldn't find Regulus and assumed he'd run and didn't want to give anyone the idea that you could run from Voldemort? Did the Order spread them because Regulus vanished and was presumed dead, because they knew *they* didn't kill him?
I'm also about to add another question.
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I feel like it was mentioned in an earlier book that Snape still had the tattoo on him, like Harry had seen it out of context in an early book. Therefore, while they could identify new members, those who had been followers initially could just blame it on the Imperious Curse...
More to come later.
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