Who Is R. A. B. ?

Horcruxes.

The identity of "RAB" is an interesting mystery, but I don't expect any useful information out of him. He's dead. Maybe Kreacher knows something. Probably not.

How about this -- ?

Hermonie considers love and hate, and figures out a connection that is useful in taking down Voldemore.

Dubledore said that there is a room in the department of mysteries where they study a mysterious, powerful branch of magic -- Love.

The horcrux relied on murder. Lily's protection relied on self-sacrifice. Both powerful sources of magic, both involve a death.

Ok, vague & far fetched. But something to toss around, just for fun.

hey dude it cant just be one person becuase harry siad it was impossible 2 get the horcruxef with just dumbldore.. so he must have had help.. or another way.. or its more than one person please help me

i just want to say something about the potion that was inside the bowl where the locket was kept, i think its going to be a big tie in for the next book, if we knew what was in it then we would know if dumbledore is dead( i know this topic has been exhausted but i cant help myself) i think rab was hoping voldermort would be the drinker and had poisioned it and D didnt realize this before drinking it, and then that adds on to my previous theory with snape and what not. so as far as r.a.b i thought it might be bode who was one of the unspeakables which would lever him up enough to actually be able to find the horcrux in the first place, but after frantic skimming of the books i found him in the 5 th book and the first name didn't add up, oh well! looks as if the only strong evidence pointing torwards sirius' brother is that he couldn't figure out why voldermort killed him personally!!!
one more thing reading the 5th book for the zillionth time it struck me odd that the battle between voldermort and dumbledore was full of crazy magic and V was forced to flee, yet in the 6 th book snape just kills D with a flick of his wand(i dont think so!!), thats saying that either snape is stronger than V or that really wasn't dumbledore or that the potion had already taken d to far to be saved and that was the only way snape killled him????? interesting??? i think so!!!

Really Annoying Bother Thats who RAB will be untill book 7. I kind of like the idea of the locket from the Black house being the one. Mabey thats why Mundungus was doing im Hogsmeade He was bringing the locket to Dumby . That just seemed like a bizzare scene out of left field not to have some importance.

Hold on.
Voldemort does not yet know that RAB took the locket
and did not know that Dumbledore would attempt to take it.

The potion thing worked out to Voldemort's advantage (sort-of),
but it was not a part of anyone's recent plan.

If Voldemort finds out that some of his horcruses are missing, I'm sure he would find a way to replace them.
He probably does not know that ring has been destroyed.
He might not even know about the diary -- Lucius Malfoy screwed up, and might not be eager to tell. Scabbers might not have known. Who else would tell?


As for Dumbledore, I'm sure he's dead. The phoenix thing makes me want to doubt, but we saw the curse, the green light, and we saw Dumbledore's portrait on the wall in the Head Mistress' office. Also, he has no reason to go into hiding.

r.a.b could be regulus Black sirius Black's brother yes he was a death-eater but when he try to back out they tried to kill him if he stayed alive he would have many years to plan revenge

as for Dumbledore he's dead, but snape could be good if Dumbledore ordered snape to kill him, this could explain Why he pleaded with snape, not to save his life but to take it.

oh, wait wait wait -- I got it...

---NEW THEORY---

Voldemort needed help to set up the locket in the cave. While still relatively new to the Death-Eater thing, Regulus assisted, and therefore knew how it worked.
He also knew how the sticking charm worked, and shared it with his mother.

Then, sometime later, he changed. He saw the error of his ways, wanted to make up for some of the damage he had done, and this was something he could do. (The second person in the boat would have been underage, a muggle, a squib OR A HOUSE ELF.)

Regulus brought the locket, with the note already in place, a bottle of replacement potion and a bottle of antidote. He knew what was in the original potion and added some subtle ingredient to the replacement potion. Regulus drank the original potion, which was not so bad. Then he put everything back, with the hope that Voldemort would someday return and drink the spiked potion.

Voldemort would have no reason to make the basin refill itself.


So anyway, in response to an earlier post, WHY SHOULD IT TAKE THREE PEOPLE?

one more thing reading the 5th book for the zillionth time it struck me odd that the battle between voldermort and dumbledore was full of crazy magic and V was forced to flee, yet in the 6 th book snape just kills D with a flick of his wand(i dont think so!!), thats saying that either snape is stronger than V or that really wasn't dumbledore or that the potion had already taken d to far to be saved and that was the only way snape killled him????? interesting??? i think so!!!
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doesn't anyone think this is strange????????

with all respect to ur opinons but im pretty sure (like 85%) that it is not a member of the Blacks.I mean i just have a feeling but it may be just a feeling and i maybe wrong

um.......look Dumbledore said that voldy knows about the diary and why would dumbledore's hand burn if he did not fight with voldy(exepet if it was the defensef
-sp-of the ring) also it did not say that dumbledore's portrait appeared on the wall (not sure thou)