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Leeness · 05-05-2005, 10:37 PM

“The Veil”

The Veil. What is it exactly? What’s its purpose? What’s its meaning?

These are all questions that are asked about this mysterious artifact and most of them are somewhat answered. So what is this magnificent structure?

Well, let's say for the sake of argument, that it's a world of the dead. As we all know our beloved character Sirius Black died through this veil, but surely the purpose of this magical item was known, or known to be of danger or complication at the very least. So who in their right mind would put it so far out in the open?

It is said in the book that the veil stood in the centre of an atrium like theatre. Could the Death Eaters have possibly positioned it so open and so easy to make a quick death. Did they hope someone would fall into it? We are told that Sirius and Bellatrix duelled beside the veil, maybe Bellatrix lured Sirius close to the veil.

The purpose of the veil? This is an awkward and difficult question to answer. Why would something so powerful, evil almost be created and made to use. What possible use could this veil have? I doubt very much it may have been used for suicidal purposes, this is of course avoiding the concept as to why the veil is so open in the first place.

The meaning of the veil? What exactly is the meaning to this? We know it takes people to their death, but is it sending a subliminal message to us, or is there something in the archway that is trying to tell us something? Should the veil be put under some more protection, more security. After all security was limited towards it and after what the veil does you would expect close surveillance. Is there actually a meaning to the veil at all? Maybe it's some useless artifact made by some wizard who decided to make a killer antique (no pun intended!).

So the mystery still remains behind this veil. It is very likely to crop up in further books to explain example how things work with the veil and hopefully all the above questions may be answered. So for now the veil does not just hide the dead, it hides the secrets within.

05-05-2005, 10:37 PM	#1 (permalink)
Leeness Dragon Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 20,807 Hogwarts RPG Name: Tyler Perkins First Year	The Veil Farmer Carter \| \| Ama's Secret “The Veil” The Veil. What is it exactly? What’s its purpose? What’s its meaning? These are all questions that are asked about this mysterious artifact and most of them are somewhat answered. So what is this magnificent structure? Well, let's say for the sake of argument, that it's a world of the dead. As we all know our beloved character Sirius Black died through this veil, but surely the purpose of this magical item was known, or known to be of danger or complication at the very least. So who in their right mind would put it so far out in the open? It is said in the book that the veil stood in the centre of an atrium like theatre. Could the Death Eaters have possibly positioned it so open and so easy to make a quick death. Did they hope someone would fall into it? We are told that Sirius and Bellatrix duelled beside the veil, maybe Bellatrix lured Sirius close to the veil. The purpose of the veil? This is an awkward and difficult question to answer. Why would something so powerful, evil almost be created and made to use. What possible use could this veil have? I doubt very much it may have been used for suicidal purposes, this is of course avoiding the concept as to why the veil is so open in the first place. The meaning of the veil? What exactly is the meaning to this? We know it takes people to their death, but is it sending a subliminal message to us, or is there something in the archway that is trying to tell us something? Should the veil be put under some more protection, more security. After all security was limited towards it and after what the veil does you would expect close surveillance. Is there actually a meaning to the veil at all? Maybe it's some useless artifact made by some wizard who decided to make a killer antique (no pun intended!). So the mystery still remains behind this veil. It is very likely to crop up in further books to explain example how things work with the veil and hopefully all the above questions may be answered. So for now the veil does not just hide the dead, it hides the secrets within. Last edited by Mikaela; 07-07-2005 at 12:07 AM.