No, but it suggests that Lesath might suspect Harry’s involvement in the escape and have an interesting reaction. Neville and Snape were there to witness this pleading, and Harry’s reaction, so they could also be suspicious.
It’s also possible, as others have been suggesting, that Lesath’s father is not Rodolphus but Voldemort.
No, but it suggests that Lesath might suspect Harry’s involvement in the escape and have an interesting reaction.
I’m a bit disappointed that Harry hasn’t noticed this, nor thought to ask what will happen when somebody has escaped Azkaban after a mysterious Dementor disappearance at Hogwarts… nor considered that Dumbledore at least should immediately suspect Harry’s involvement, especially if any Dementors at Azkaban turn up missing.
What’s more, if the Dementors are able to speak to the guards (as stated in ch. 51), then what exactly will happen when they report Harry’s human-shaped Patronus?
Not considering any of these things seems out of character for Harry, his dreams of heroism notwithstanding. It seems he is making a huge mistake here, and preparing for a big change in his fortunes.
I’m beginning to wonder if Quirrelmort hasn’t been planning all along to present Harry as “Voldemort returned”, while he comes off looking like someone trying to protect magical Britain from this terrible scourge. He’s spoken on the need for a Light Mark, and Harry publicly opposed it… which will look bad in retrospect.
[Edit: I guess I should’ve waited for ch. 53. Never mind.]
I’m uncertain of Quirrel’s motivations here. It’s possible that up-till-now has been Just According To Plan, and the plan is to blame Harry for attempting to break Bellatrix out of Azkaban, and hence utterly discredit him as a possible later rival. However, this seems a little much like a Xanatos Roulette; Quirrel could not necessarily have planned for the Auror he fought to be there and to react in the precise way he did, and he certainly could not have planned for Harry’s Patronus v2.0 being able to block AK (and Harry wanting to do so), nor for Harry losing his Patronus afterward. Thus, it seems likely that either Quirrel was indeed planning to be caught, but in a less flamboyant way, or that he meant to carry off the breakout and was messed up himself by Harry’s actions.
If Harry ever has an extraordinary need to manipulate Lesath, he could play it off something like “You dare to complain to your Lord, after he saved one of your parents to show his generosity and mercy? When you hadn’t yet done a thing for him? If you want your father’s freedom, earn it! Serve me faithfully, and you shall be rewarded as you deserve.”
“I understand, my Lord,” said the older boy, his voice wavering a little, “you do not trust my cunning, and indeed I have shown myself a fool… I only wanted to say to you, that I am not ungrateful, that I know it must have been hard enough to save only one person, that they’re alerted now, that you can’t—get Father—but I am not ungrateful, I will never be ungrateful to you again. If ever you have a use for this unworthy servant, call me wherever I am, and I will answer, my Lord—”
Obviously makes no sense if ‘Father’ is Voldemort; Lesath could be mistaken or deceived, but of course that’s a more specific scenario and so less likely.
No, but it suggests that Lesath might suspect Harry’s involvement in the escape and have an interesting reaction. Neville and Snape were there to witness this pleading, and Harry’s reaction, so they could also be suspicious.
It’s also possible, as others have been suggesting, that Lesath’s father is not Rodolphus but Voldemort.
I’m a bit disappointed that Harry hasn’t noticed this, nor thought to ask what will happen when somebody has escaped Azkaban after a mysterious Dementor disappearance at Hogwarts… nor considered that Dumbledore at least should immediately suspect Harry’s involvement, especially if any Dementors at Azkaban turn up missing.
What’s more, if the Dementors are able to speak to the guards (as stated in ch. 51), then what exactly will happen when they report Harry’s human-shaped Patronus?
Not considering any of these things seems out of character for Harry, his dreams of heroism notwithstanding. It seems he is making a huge mistake here, and preparing for a big change in his fortunes.
I’m beginning to wonder if Quirrelmort hasn’t been planning all along to present Harry as “Voldemort returned”, while he comes off looking like someone trying to protect magical Britain from this terrible scourge. He’s spoken on the need for a Light Mark, and Harry publicly opposed it… which will look bad in retrospect.
[Edit: I guess I should’ve waited for ch. 53. Never mind.]
I’m uncertain of Quirrel’s motivations here. It’s possible that up-till-now has been Just According To Plan, and the plan is to blame Harry for attempting to break Bellatrix out of Azkaban, and hence utterly discredit him as a possible later rival. However, this seems a little much like a Xanatos Roulette; Quirrel could not necessarily have planned for the Auror he fought to be there and to react in the precise way he did, and he certainly could not have planned for Harry’s Patronus v2.0 being able to block AK (and Harry wanting to do so), nor for Harry losing his Patronus afterward. Thus, it seems likely that either Quirrel was indeed planning to be caught, but in a less flamboyant way, or that he meant to carry off the breakout and was messed up himself by Harry’s actions.
That would be an interesting scene - ‘you saved my mother; why didn’t you save my father, Harry?!’
Would Lesath feel bound to serve Harry just for Bellatrix’s rescue? Maybe. IIRC, child psychologists find that kids bond with the mother more.
If Harry ever has an extraordinary need to manipulate Lesath, he could play it off something like “You dare to complain to your Lord, after he saved one of your parents to show his generosity and mercy? When you hadn’t yet done a thing for him? If you want your father’s freedom, earn it! Serve me faithfully, and you shall be rewarded as you deserve.”
I can’t imagine he’d go that way—way too ‘dark lord’. I could see him taking this opportunity to try to convert Lesath again though.
Latest chapter (http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5782108/63/) seems to put the kibosh on that:
Obviously makes no sense if ‘Father’ is Voldemort; Lesath could be mistaken or deceived, but of course that’s a more specific scenario and so less likely.