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Do the enchanted locations in the Harry Potter books occupy another dimension?
No
Most of these locations are described as invisible to Muggles. With the exception of Platform 9 3/4 this seems reasonable as it is a magical world
Tent
These spells not only increase the ...
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Why is Grimmauld Place's kitchen in the basement?
The house is a large, historic London town house with many rooms upstairs and several floors above the ground floor. The occupants we know of (the Black family) are certainly wealthy and believe in ...
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Wasn't it actually Snape disguised as Lupin who met Harry, Hermione, and Ron in 12 Grimmauld Place?
Almost certainly not. Lupin informs Harry and company that Tonks is pregnant. How could Snape possibly know that? He also speaks about the matter with genuine torment about what he may have inflicted ...
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Wasn't it actually Snape disguised as Lupin who met Harry, Hermione, and Ron in 12 Grimmauld Place?
It was Lupin, because during a episode of Potterwatch Lupin praises Harry for his decision making.
Firstly Romulus is actually Lupin
“Excellently put, Royal, and you’ve got my vote for Minister ...
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Where in London is 12 Grimmauld Place?
There is no definite location according to canon sources, however some educated guesses have been made on possible locations.
First and foremost, there seems to be some inaccurate information out ...
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What would have happened to Harry's property if he died during the Battle of Hogwarts?
Who inherits it would depend on who won.
If Harry died in the battle, who inherits his wealth would depend on which side won the war, since they’d have different ways of handling Harry’s wealth and ...
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Did Moody seriously think his defences would keep Snape out of Grimmauld Place?
No
First, it’s important to note that Moody was not sure that his defenses would be proof against Snape. In the very quote given in the question:
We hope they’ll be strong enough both to keep him ...
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Do the enchanted locations in the Harry Potter books occupy another dimension?
These places are not in another dimension, they are simply hidden from the muggle world: that way there seems to be "nothing" when in reality a complete town is hidden from their eyes. When Harry and ...
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Why didn't Kreacher stop Mundungus Fletcher robbing 12 Grimmauld Place?
After the death of Sirius, Kreacher was sent to Hogwarts by Harry.
suggestion, you could send him to Hogwarts to work in the kitchen there. In that way, the other house-elves could keep an eye on ...
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Why was it assumed that Kreacher follows the same rules as the enchantments on Grimmauld Place?
My understanding was that they were confident in the enchantments, if the house ownership had passed to Harry. There was a possibility that there was an enchantment in place that would mean Bellatrix ...
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Did Moody seriously think his defences would keep Snape out of Grimmauld Place?
When I first read it, I got the feeling that the spells weren't highly effective on the trio because they weren't Snape. By the way, we are assuming that the figure would break at the word killed. We ...
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What would have happened to Harry's property if he died during the Battle of Hogwarts?
Since the ministry controls Gringotts and Harry Potter's death would have seen Voldemort elevated to the status of a living God it's not implausible that his vaults would be seized by the ministry and ...
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Given that it was under the Fidelius Charm, why did anyone fear Bellatrix turning up at Grimmauld Place?
Does the Fidelius charm actually factor in here much?
Remember the Exact Words of the secret:
The Headquarters of the Order of the Phoenix may be found at number
twelve, Grimmauld Place, London.
So ...
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Given that it was under the Fidelius Charm, why did Grimmauld Place require any additional magical protection?
There was need of extra security. In Deathly Hallows a Death Eater latched onto Ronald while they were escaping the Ministry, and got sucked back to Grimmauld Place with them. It's why Hermione had to ...
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Are Fidelius charms stackable?
It's doubtful.
I think that, on the whole, it wouldn't be possible to stack multiple Fidelius Charms onto a single location (although it doesn't happen in canon so we don't know for sure). Firstly, ...
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Wasn't it actually Snape disguised as Lupin who met Harry, Hermione, and Ron in 12 Grimmauld Place?
No, I don't think so.
Your theories have so much possibilities, but Rowling would definitely detail in the book 7 each and every help Snape has given, including his suggestions and priorities making ...
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Where in London is 12 Grimmauld Place?
Canonically... We Don't KnowTM.
Pottermore lists the location of Number Twelve, Grimmauld Place as London only.
There is no specific writing on the location, like there is for Number Four, Privet ...
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Did Moody seriously think his defences would keep Snape out of Grimmauld Place?
The little Dumbledore zombie thing does not vanish at the word "killed." It vanishes when the person it targets admits that they did not kill Dumbledore--that they are not Snape:
“It was not I who ...
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Was the Fidelius Charm responsible for hiding Grimmauld Place from both Harry and the local muggles?
Grimmauld, 12 was used for ages by Black family as a residence.
The charm hiding the house from Muggles was not Fidelius, but some other (unspecified) Muggle repelling charm commonly used by Wizarding ...
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Why was it assumed that Kreacher follows the same rules as the enchantments on Grimmauld Place?
The concern isn't that the protections will recognize Bellatrix as the rightful owner - the concern is that ownership will give Bellatrix a backdoor that skips the protections.
Imagine your uncle buys ...
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Why is Grimmauld Place's kitchen in the basement?
Why is the kitchen in the basement?
Well practicality, id guess.
Kitchens have ovens, ovens generate heat, heat seeks to go up.
Knowing all this you can then plan for a better architecture and ...
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How could Yaxley bring Death Eaters into Grimmauld Place by side-along apparition?
Yaxley could not bring Death Eaters into Grimmauld Place
Whether or not Hermione gave away the Secret to Yaxley is actually irrelevant in this case, since Yaxley was not a Secret Keeper.
There has ...
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Why didn't Snape reveal 12 Grimmauld Place after Dumbledore died?
Frame Challenge: Did Voldemort know that Dumbledore was the original Secret Keeper of the Headquarters of the Order of the Phoenix at 12 Grimmauld Place?
There's a detail worth noting about the reveal ...
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Why didn't Snape reveal 12 Grimmauld Place after Dumbledore died?
That Snape was a member of the OoP, might have been known to Voldemort and the Death Eaters. But the fact that Dumbledore was the secret keeper, may not have been known to anyone. Hence, they may not ...
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