There's been speculation that the unnamed "big blond" who was part of the Death Eater invasion in Half-Blood Prince is Bagman.
I've read the speculation. But I really think that if it was Bagman he would have been named as such. Harry knows what he looks like.
Rowling states that 1) Bellatrix and company were sent after the Longbottoms, and 2) they didn't know about the prophecy, so presumably their motivation was Voldemort's reported location. Very intriguing indeed. Who'd Bellatrix would follow other than Voldemort ? I always considered her as one of the main lieutenant of Voldemort of course he could have made provision to be rescued for in case that he disapeared. They could also have been trapped by other DEs, of course...
Bellatrix's "He has trusted me with his most precious--" in "Spinner's End" has been interpreted as her keeping one of the horcruxes at some point. Perhaps she had the diary horcrux before she went to Azkaban, and this is how it got into Lucius' hands.
Exactly what I was thinking of. However, I don't think it was the diary horcrux. It's more likely he gave some of his most trusted DEs the horcruxes with partial information to ensure his own safety while not risking too much knowledge in any of them. Besides, I don't think Bella and Lucius like each others very much ^^
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Date: 2006-01-31 06:34 pm (UTC)I've read the speculation. But I really think that if it was Bagman he would have been named as such. Harry knows what he looks like.
Rowling states that 1) Bellatrix and company were sent after the Longbottoms, and 2) they didn't know about the prophecy, so presumably their motivation was Voldemort's reported location.
Very intriguing indeed. Who'd Bellatrix would follow other than Voldemort ? I always considered her as one of the main lieutenant of Voldemort of course he could have made provision to be rescued for in case that he disapeared.
They could also have been trapped by other DEs, of course...
Bellatrix's "He has trusted me with his most precious--" in "Spinner's End" has been interpreted as her keeping one of the horcruxes at some point. Perhaps she had the diary horcrux before she went to Azkaban, and this is how it got into Lucius' hands.
Exactly what I was thinking of. However, I don't think it was the diary horcrux. It's more likely he gave some of his most trusted DEs the horcruxes with partial information to ensure his own safety while not risking too much knowledge in any of them.
Besides, I don't think Bella and Lucius like each others very much ^^