The Letter was

To the Dark Lord
I know I will be dead long before you read this
but I want you to know that it was I who discovered your secret.
I have stolen the real Horcrux and intend to destroy it as soon as I can
I face death in the hope that when you meet your match,
you will be mortal once more.
R.A.B.

Only death eaters call Voldemort as Dark Lord....and Regulus Black was a death eater....only gray area is "A" from R.A.B

*Clears throat* This is what I have dug up on Mr. R

Name: Black, Regulus
Age: Dead
House: Slytherin
Description: The younger brother of Sirius Black, and favorite son of the parents as he shared prejudice against "dirty blood". A Death Eater until murdered personally by Voldemort for betraying the Death Eater cause.

Thats all we can think of right now if we still think he's the one. *Looks at letter*

I totally agree with you. If it's not Regulus, it's Amelia Bones. I wonder what her real first name was... but anyway, she wasn't that big of a character, was she? All we really saw of her was during Harry's hearing in OotP. So why would JKR stress the fact that she was "a great loss" and mention more than a couple of times that she was dead? They are both really interesting candidates, and I think it could be either.

I agree. If only we could find out his middle name...

I agree with everyone. The first people I thought of was the blacks because of the B. I had to think a while because I almost totally forgot about Regulus. Then I remembered him after rereading the letter about ten times.

I agree that Regulus is the top pick on who R.A.B. is, but I highly doubt that the A. means 'and'. think about it it would one: Have to be a death eater, two:the only possibilities for R. AND B. is Regulus Black, Rabastan Lestrange, Rodolphus Lestrange, Bellatrix Black Lestrange, Augustus Rookwood, Evan Rosier. For A's there is Augustus Rookwood, Antonin Dolohov,and Avery. Keep in mind the Regulus and Evan are dead, so I doubt it is the rest of them because Voldie wouldn't let them back would he.Back to the letter.

To the Dark Lord I know I will be dead long before you read this
but I want you to know that it was I who discovered your secret.
I have stolen the real Horcrux and intend to destroy it as soon as I can
I face death in the hope that when you meet your match,
you will be mortal once more.
R.A.B.

The letter says 'I' too much for it to be two people, so you have to assume that only one person wrote because if it were two they would say 'we' and other pural tense words. I am not going to rule out that it could be like HBP(Half Blood Prince) but if it is what would it stand for R.A.B.(Really Annoying Boy)?
-Britney

I wonder if it is just too obvious to be true that it is regulus. Are we being lead on?

Sorry, all, this is going back quite a way! Just something that bothered me though.


Ever thought Regulus brought the locket to Grimmauld Place before he was killed, which would obviously be before Voldemort's downfall, which would obviously be before Harry's fifth year?


*wearily* I'm sorry. I sound awful, I swear I'm not a total witch although I rather sounded like one just then... I'm so tired and it's late. *sigh* I'm sorry!

Hmmm... interesting thought! Possible, surely. Really Abominable... perhaps I shouldn't finish that.

Regulus seems a bit too obvious, but you never know. Maybe JK is leading us on twice... like we all think she's leading us on, but she's really leading us on by leading us on, and it actually is something really obvious... haha Sorry, that doesn't make a whole lotta sense, does it?

well everything suits for Regulus but you never know. I think Harry will find who it is and destroy the horcruxes together.

There is a which named Rosalind Antigone Bungs.. It fits the initials. In the dictionary thing it says shes a reknown witch.

I do not know, when I finished the book I was wondering who it was.
But it fits with Regulas Black, but we still don't know his middle name. But why him anyways? I thought his family (not Sirius) were a buunch of dark wizards

I think regulus is too obvious... maybe someone new, someone who changed their name like Voldemort or maybe it stands for a nick name

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Originally Posted by PinkDragons *kills you*

*Ottery's ghost floats up from the refrigerator Pinks dropped on him* Frigidaire.

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All part of my evil plans to rid the world of ...*looks at Teddy* what is it we're ridding the world of again? *shrugs* Haven't decided yet.

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Originally Posted by Pinky but. yeah. i too really don't see it being regulus. i just dont. (thats the 2nd time we agree in the past two days, ottery). ah well. *waits 4 years for the next book and discovers she's wrong, as usual*

Of course I'm right...besides it could be an alias...or worse...what if the initials are backwards?

But most importantly. Whoever it is wants Voldemort to know it was them...and likely they're still alive...

Can I change my mind and say it's Regulus Black? Jk...LOL

Nope. Too obvious. Everyone went to the lexicon and looked up all the B's didn't they? Admit it.

It's going to be some obscure character from some obscure passage...

Think Dumbledore too...Albus Dumbledore is not his full name...Brian Wulfric, something or other...so...and what if the B at the end is a title?

Rad Adam Buffoon...or something like that...it just seems to easy to me.

RAB... Still can't figure out who. Regulus Black huh? Hmm... This is a big mystery for the last book to solve right?

I has to be Regulus, I mean come on! He was a death eater, and killed by voldemort. Voldemort wouldn't kill someone personally unless it was important. And think about it, Sirius says "from what he has scraped up", well, voldemort wouldn't go and tell everyone that one of his horcruxes were gone, now would he? And besides, if you read a little past Harry talking with sirius about the family tree, it says they found a heavy locket that none of them could open. Now is it just me or does that sound a little suspicious? It was in his house, they couldn't open it, it was heavy, so maybe Regulus brought it back to house because it was unplottable. Now, it still has Dumbeldore's protection on it.\
And I have a question, why don't people just ask dumbledore? I mean Dumbledore could talk to the other portraits when he was headmaster, so why can't Harry?

If it is Regulus I don't think it means he's still alive or anything, though. He said quite clearly he would probably be killed afterwards, but it's what fits the most.

In that case, then, is it possible that Regulus turned good?

I agree. Maybe it was two persones. I think that on of them wrote the letter as "I" so that Voldy woudn't think it was two people! I mean, If it's Regulus and Bellatrix, Regulus would have written the letter letting Bellatrix out of the problem!

well i too think that Regulus Black is R.A.B. it makes sense

MA: R.A.B.

JKR: Ohhh, good.

[All laugh.]

JKR: No, I'm glad! Yes?

MA: Can we figure out who he is, from what we know so far?

[Note: JKR has adopted slightly evil look here]

JKR: Do you have a theory?

MA: We've come up with Regulus Black.

JKR: Have you now?

MA: Uh-oh.

[Laughter.]

JKR: Well, I think that would be, um, a fine guess.

I think it was Regulus. That was in a interview with Emerson(mugglenet) Jk Rowling and Melissa(the LEaky Cauldron)

No offense but everything about the books is really suspicious...LOL. But here again it might be and I think people should leave open room for misdirection...IF that is THE locket, and it is at Grimmauld Place *smirks evilly* that could be to lead US to think it was Regulus but that might not be so...it could have been someone else...we don't know when it got there or how...a family friend? Hold this for me would you...that kind of thing. The only reason I doubt, is because JKR has hardly ever made anything that easy to figure out...seriously...did you see this whole horcrux thing coming? I honestly didn't.

Plotting revenge on someone who wants to kill you doesn't make you a hero. Granted an evil person doing something good, is good, the action not the person. The only way to really judge would be to understand the motivation behind his actions...quick let's open an ethics thread...interesting topic.

I have no clue in the world who it is, but he went through some bad stuff to get it. He cant have continued on after drinking the potion-even if he was a powerful wizard, Dumbledore is and was a powerful wizard and he needed help!! So whoever it was obviously had a companion(thats what i think).

Actually he was murdered on voldemorts orders, according to Sirius.

How was he conected with Siris?? Brother? So that means they were at hogwarts together one was in griffindor and the other in slytherin......must have been tough. I can only imagine though. And why was he murded?