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Post by Wizz on Aug 1, 2006 8:02:20 GMT -5
OFFICAL CONFIRMED TITLE: HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS Book Covers Release Date: 21st July 2007 A few things of mugglenet.com to start the speculation: Confirmed Information: Several points of information we know about Book 7. Each of these points have been confirmed by an official JK Rowling source. Character InformationWe will find out something "incredibly important" about Lily Potter We will find out who R.A.B. is We will discover more about Dumbledore's past We will discover where Snape's loyalties lie. Something will be revealed about Petunia Dursley, although it will not be that she is a Squib Viktor Krum will return (World Book Day, 2004 interview) We will see a reappearance of Dolores Umbridge - "It's too much fun to torture her not to have another little bit more before I finish." (MuggleNet/Leaky Interview) JKR has said, "There is a character who does manage, in desperate circumstances, to do magic quite late in life, but that is very rare..." Plot InformationHarry will face Voldemort for the final time Harry will be attempting to find and destroy Voldemort’s remaining Horcruxes Harry will return to the Dursleys' during the school vacation, but the magical protection Dumbledore arranged will expire on his 17th birthday when he comes of age Harry will visit Godric's Hollow There will be a reappearance of the two-way mirror We will see the wedding of Fleur and Bill Weasley The fact that Harry "has his mother's eyes" will prove to be an important plot point At least one character will die OtherThe last word is expected to be "scar," but may change We will finally learn the full reason why some people become ghosts when they die and others don't The final chapter, which has already been written, will detail what happens to the characters that survive There will be no more Quidditch matches Reason for Editing: Added some more info.
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Post by Jacques the Environmentalist on Aug 1, 2006 16:10:27 GMT -5
Thanks for the list! I didn't know we'd find out something super important about the Evans sisters, or about Dumbledore's past, but I think I knew most of the other ones. Hmm. This makes one think.
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Post by Wizz on Aug 2, 2006 7:10:22 GMT -5
'There will be a reappearance of the two-way mirror'....
Did anyone think about that one though?
Maybe Harry will see himself with all the horcruxes....and then he will know what he is looking for, e.g a goblet or a plate ect?
JKR has said, "There is a character who does manage, in desperate circumstances, to do magic quite late in life, but that is very rare..."
Filch? Petunia? Hagrid?(Though he already does magic) Dudley?
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Post by deanna. on Aug 2, 2006 13:20:05 GMT -5
Oh wow, that's a lot of information. Thanks a lot, Shadow!
I am really curious to know where 'Snape's loyalties lie'. I've always liked him, and it broke my heart immensely when it was confirmed that he was a Death Eater. I wanted him to be good so badly.
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Post by Wizz on Aug 3, 2006 8:16:01 GMT -5
Some more info form mugglenet.com:
One audience member greeted Jo by yelling "Don't kill Harry," to which Jo responded: "Oh, no pressure then."
Tonight's audience was treated with much more informative and revealing answers than yesterday. Here are a few highlights (again, paraphrased):
If you could bring one of your characters to life -- other than Harry -- who would it be? Hagrid. We all want a Hagrid in our lives.
(Question about Aunt Petunia's potential to love Harry): I will say this... There's a little more to Aunt Petunia than meets the eye.
(Question about upcoming deaths): You shouldn't expect Dumbledore to pull a Gandalf. I need to be more explicit: Dumbledore is definitely dead. I know there's an entire site out there called DumbledoreIsNotDead.com, and I'm sorry they're not going to like this answer.
If you could host five of your own characters for dinner, who would they be? Harry, Ron, and Hermione... [Rowling pauses; thinks about a different character who's dead but does not say his/her name. King interjects: "they could be dead"]. Dumbledore.... [another pause]. Hagrid. Rowling later revealed that while she thought she had settled on a title for book 7, a new one occurred to her in the shower this afternoon. She declined to elaborate.
She also suggested there were to be plot twists in book 7 that she didn't think anyone has already or could possibly guess about.
Okay people so this should put an end to the Dumbledor is not dead threads.
Theres more to Petunia than meets the eye? COuld she possibly play a major role in Book 7?
Something makes me think Hagrid might die in the next book.
Edit: Can this thread by stickied?
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Post by Dear Dairy on Aug 3, 2006 13:45:48 GMT -5
"The fact that Harry 'has his mother's eyes' will prove to be an important plot point " You don't suppose she means literally? EEEWWwwwww!
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Post by jtb on Aug 4, 2006 10:34:37 GMT -5
No. More. Quidditch matches? Noooo! I loved those chapters. the way she described them... aw man! That stinks. Hard.
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Post by Wizz on Aug 4, 2006 13:57:26 GMT -5
Yeah me too....but i dont think Qudditch matches matter that match now in the situation there is already enough going on, and i doubt we would miss the quidditch matches too much.
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Post by thistledown on Aug 4, 2006 14:47:38 GMT -5
This is a little off topic but I think R.A.B. is sirius's brother...I forgot the name exactly since I have not read HP in a year or so...regulus a. black or something...and yeah, me too--I'll miss the quidditch matches.
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Post by Wizz on Aug 5, 2006 7:26:16 GMT -5
No, they do mention Regulus Black but it does not mention his middle name or initial so we are not exactly sure if it could be Regulus Black, i think the topic was discussed before, in the Offical Half Blood Prince thread but im pretty sure that its not Regulus Black.
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Post by ellipsed... on Aug 9, 2006 10:52:17 GMT -5
I think the wand in Ollivanders is someone importants wand, maybe Rowena Ravenclaw, and that Mr. Ollivander is under the Fidelious Charm (isn't that the one Harry's Parents where under with the secret keeper, if not, that one).
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Post by Jacques the Environmentalist on Aug 9, 2006 15:34:12 GMT -5
Whose secret is ollivander keeping? What wand? One that was randomly on display? I think it's entirely possible that Ollivander's working for Voldemort. Harry got a danger sense(hairs on his neck prickling) in Ollivander's, plus Ollivander said that voldemort did great things. Plus Ollivander vanished from his shop with no sign of a struggle. You'd think the MAKER OF WANDS who's fought with unicorns and dragons for parts to put in wands would be able to put up a decent fight. He may have just left to go serve his master.
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Post by Dear Dairy on Aug 9, 2006 16:39:48 GMT -5
What you say about the Ollivander/Voldemort connection may be true, but I'd like to point out that Ollivander didn't necessarily fight unicorns or dragons himself in order to obtain those parts. He may have had a supplier of those items.
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Post by Wizz on Aug 10, 2006 5:34:09 GMT -5
But why would Ollivander say he did great things, great but terrible. Obviously he wouldnt want to insult his master.
Also why didnt Ollivander kill Harry when he had the chance? Harry was in Ollivanders shop on his own, no customers, no wand, and harldy any knowledge about his parents or magic.
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Post by Dear Dairy on Aug 10, 2006 19:14:50 GMT -5
Well, it would hardly serve the story to have Harry killed in the first book, would it?
Besides, as far as almost all of Voldemort's followers knew at that time, Voldemort was gone.
Another point: If Ollivander wanted to do away with Harry from the beginning of the story, why would he give him such a powerful wand? He could have cast some spell to make a weaker wand seem like the "right" one. After all, Harry was ignorant of the facts about wands until Ollivander told him about them.
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