I don’t think it does for meta-reasons. The opening quote is build up too much to not be perfectly fitting and clear. It’s also more narratively pleasing to have it return in the final chapter.
I don’t think any of it fits. “Tiny fragment” and “fraction of a line” don’t sound like blood spatters, or anything liquid. The sound of black robes falling doesn’t sound like bodies hitting the ground, and if this were the fulfillment of the Chapter 1 epigraph, I would expect there to be at least a mention of their robes.
This whole scene doesn’t seem significant enough to be such a heavily anticipated revelation. I’m going with “No” on this one.
Just to check: Chapter 100 is the scene foreshadowed in the opening quote, right?
(Unicorn blood)
(The aurors and McGonagall falling from their brooms)
...this doesn’t quite fit, unless I’m picturing the scene wrong.
Edit: Uncertainty. Based on replies, I’m now leaning against this being the foreshadowed scene.
I don’t think it does for meta-reasons. The opening quote is build up too much to not be perfectly fitting and clear. It’s also more narratively pleasing to have it return in the final chapter.
I don’t think any of it fits. “Tiny fragment” and “fraction of a line” don’t sound like blood spatters, or anything liquid. The sound of black robes falling doesn’t sound like bodies hitting the ground, and if this were the fulfillment of the Chapter 1 epigraph, I would expect there to be at least a mention of their robes.
This whole scene doesn’t seem significant enough to be such a heavily anticipated revelation. I’m going with “No” on this one.