SPOILER ALERT! The following article contains plot details about book 7. Read at your own risk.
How did Godric Gryffindor's
sword get into the
Sorting Hat after Griphook
the goblin took it? —Amy
The same way it got from
Dumbledore's office into
Harry's hand in book 2 —because Neville Longbottom
is a true (and brave)
Gryffindor.
Why was Draco the rightful
owner of the Elder
Wand? How did that work
against Voldemort? —Nick
Deep breath: When Draco
disarmed Dumbledore at the
end of book 6, the Elder
Wand — won by the headmaster
when he dueled
Grindelwald — passed its
allegiance to young Malfoy,
not to Snape, whose ''murder''
of Dumbledore was
prearranged and therefore
not a defeat. Then Harry
won Draco's wand at Malfoy
Manor. So when Voldemort
tried to kill Harry with the
Elder Wand and Harry countered
using Draco's wand,
the two wands effectively
canceled each other out.
The Elder Wand realized it
was attacking Draco's wand,
refused to act against its
master, and rebounded the
Killing Curse back onto
Voldemort. The Dark Lord
never had a chance.
Who was the ugly baby
crying in King's Cross that
Dumbledore said couldn't
be helped? —Andrea
The dead portion of Voldemort's
soul that had been a
part of Harry.
Why wasn't Kreacher
freed when Harry gave him
Regulus' locket? —Jenny
A locket isn't clothing.
Students at the new
Hogwarts had to prove
their blood status to attend.
So how did Muggle-born
Colin Creevey
manage to stay? —Maddie
He didn't. Colin likely
returned for the battle along
with other members of
Dumbledore's Army (alerted
by their enchanted Galleons).
Voldemort's kin, the
Gaunts, had kept the
Resurrection Stone;
Harry's ancestors held the
Invisibility Cloak. Since
those items' original
owners were brothers, are
Voldemort and Harry
related? —Sara
Perhaps, but there's been
so much intermarrying
among wizard families that
we suspect nearly everyone
with magical blood is
related to some degree.
Harry and Ginny's kids are
all named after figures
from their past. So what's
the significance of Ron and
Hermione's kids' names,
Rose and Hugo? —Jen
Beats us. Because they have
the same first letters as their
parents' monikers? Or Rowling
just liked the names?
Or she's a serious Lost fan?
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