Didn’t V see at least the results of a Partial Transfiguration in Azkaban (used to cut through the wall)? Doesn’t seem like something V would just ignore or forget.
I believe Voldemort was unconscious at the time, following a magical feedback mishap at the conclusion of his duel with Bahry. Bellatrix was awake, but probably not very coherent after eleven years in Azkaban, and Voldemort strikes me as the type to dismiss confusing reports from unreliable underlings.
A brief and terrible magic lashed out from the Defense Professor’s wand, scouring the hole in the wall, scarring the huge chunk of metal that lay in the room’s midst; as Harry had requested, saying that the method he’d used might identify him.
I’m kind of worried about this… all the real attempted solutions I’ve seen use partial transfiguration. But if we take “the antagonist is smart” seriously, and given the precedent for V remembering and connecting obscure things (e.g. the Resurrection Stone), we should assume V has protections against that tactic. It is not a power the Dark Lord knows not. And come to think of it, V also saw Harry cutting trees down with partial transfiguration.
Didn’t V see at least the results of a Partial Transfiguration in Azkaban (used to cut through the wall)? Doesn’t seem like something V would just ignore or forget.
I believe Voldemort was unconscious at the time, following a magical feedback mishap at the conclusion of his duel with Bahry. Bellatrix was awake, but probably not very coherent after eleven years in Azkaban, and Voldemort strikes me as the type to dismiss confusing reports from unreliable underlings.
Chapter 58
I’m kind of worried about this… all the real attempted solutions I’ve seen use partial transfiguration. But if we take “the antagonist is smart” seriously, and given the precedent for V remembering and connecting obscure things (e.g. the Resurrection Stone), we should assume V has protections against that tactic. It is not a power the Dark Lord knows not. And come to think of it, V also saw Harry cutting trees down with partial transfiguration.