I dont think it is Regulas Black but i do agree that it was most likely someone close to Voldemort or maybe someone pretending to be close to voldemort. But if they got the real horcruex then they would have to know how to reset the charm. If you think about it the bowl of liquid wouldnt refil itself and even if it did, with nothing to protect anymore it would have no reason to refil.

I belive that JK is going to introduce a new character.... Most likely a DADA teacher because they are always the ones who are new in the books, and unless Slughorn stays around for potions then Hogwarts will also need a new Potions Master....And i dont think that McGonagall will be able to be Head Master and a teacher at the same time....can she? Anyway if she cant they someone will have to teach Transfiguration....

I'm just saying that its possible that we are going to meet quite a few new poeple in the last book, but they will have to either be really important or just be introduced as "the new guy" and then not really mentioned much through out the book or killed for no apparent reason except for emotional stuff.

I think I agree that Regulus is the most obvious person that people would think is 'RAB'....and that it might not be him...but I STILL think that it is Regulus Black. All the points lead to him...
But i've been thinking about something lately. Does anyone know Professor Binn's first name? I know that 'the story is' that he just woke up one morning to teach class and that he left his body behind...but is that how he really became a ghost? Maybe he got killed...???
Hmmm...Professor Binns the mysterious 'RAB'...I think I'm over-analyzing hp too much!

I thought a lot about this too. I don't think it's Regulus Black. That's just..no, not him. OR... He's in fact Sirius's brother, but is he clever enough? (he could have used Kreacher!) It'll have to be a great wizard... maybe it's a new one! That's my final answer.

Omg... MagicalGlam i LOVE your idea about Binns!! It would fit... wow that is so cool... I was so willing to believe it was Regulus but... Binns fits too!! and it's a lot less obvious... awesome..... lol maybe i'm just eager to latch onto any theory that possibly fits but.... i like it.

lol^ u r crazy

gd theory tho MagicalGlam

I am thinking the Bones' myself..... In some of the interviews for the movies they take out some of the subplots and unimportant characters..... we saw Susan Bones get sorted....so maybe there could be something with that! They only leave the important stuff......

Well I noticed a quote in the Half-Blood Prince I've missed every other time i've re-read it. It concerns Regulus Black and could be the reason that he was killed.
So as I have interpretted what Lupin said, it seems like Regulus had deserted the Death Eaters and was killed a few days later. In the Order of the Phoenix Sirius had said that he had tried to back out of an order or something like that.
Like I have said before, I think that 'RAB' could be Regulus Black and he could've taken the horcux (or tried) in attempts to get back at Voldemort for something. Obviously, he knew he was going to be killed since he left the Death Eaters.

I still like my Binns theory though! Thanks Merope and James_Sirius_Lupin_Lilly for the...compliments?

I like the fact that you thought of that theory with Professor Binns. I looked on mugglenet.com for information on him, and i found this: Binns, Professor - A bin is what the British call a garbage can. Many students consider boring Professor Binn's information to be rubbish.

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Now with the Bones begin brought up in this theory I think its good. I looked for information and Susan Bones in my "MUGGLE AND MAGIC" book by George Beahm and it says: Susan Bones: A hufflepuff student: Her aunt is Amelia Bones. Now maybe she had a real first name and just took her middle name as her first. Maybe it could start with a R.

Hmm...very good presumptions- you all have the same guesses as I do. I can't wait to find out for sure!!

I was just looking and researching some names that begin with R's, A's and B's, and I came across this name on mugglenet.com under the newest characters:

Aubrey, Bertram : Hexed by James Potter and Sirius Black while at Hogwarts

^ Could be a possibly person, since he was once hexed by Harry's father and godfather. Maybe he knew about the Horcruxes and wanted Harry not to find them.


* Dont forget people, that it R.A.B. could be backwards with B.A.R.

^ Now with that theory I was thinking about the Barkeeper at Hog's Head that never had a name or J.K. just didnt want us to know it. Now in the other thread about Dumbledore and his brother Aberforth , maybe he could be the one. Who knows.

ok, my first guess was that it was regulus, but now that i think of it, it could be the nicknames, or the first names of 3 people. i think that, because, JKR made the point of havin two people there to get the durn horcrux. it would have been practically impossible, look at what happened to dumbledore. he didn't even get past the 4th downing of the goblet. so that is my opinion.

I also think, like most of you, that R.A.B. stands for Regulus A. Black. Now, of course, we don't have a middle name for him, but so far, it works!
I was standing in the kitchen a couple days after I had finished the book, thinking about nothing, really, then it hit me like a ton of bricks! Ow! That would hurt, but you get my point... anyway, nobodody knows why he was killed, just that he was killed by Voldemort. Voldemort could've found out that he destroyed a Horcrux, then killing him afterward for betraying him... Sirius said that he was killed because he did something stupid, that's the only part that doesn't make sense because something stupid to a person on the good side is completely different than something stupid to a person on the evil side. But Sirius hated his family so, maybe he wanted Regulus to do something stupid on the evil side, to get him killed. I don't know... *ponders*
It had to be one of the Death Eaters, though, because nobody, except for the Death Eaters call Voldemort, "The Dark Lord"... That's why I think it's Regulus Black; I have a theory!

I just can't wait 'till Sarha (yes, Sarha), my best friend, finishes her book so, we can talk about each other's theories and such.

I don't think that J.K. Rowling is going to write much more about Hogwarts since Harry, Ron and Hermione aren't going back there. Plus, with all the deaths that have happened since the beginning of the series, Hogwarts might be shut down, for good... *wipes tear*

Yeah Hogwrats is going to shut down!!!!!

I dissagree. I think it will still be going on but there will be less students in it.

Regulus Black could be RAB as he is the most obvious answer but I think it is too obvious...if you know what I mean. I think there must be someone else who fits the initials of RAB, someone we haven't been introduced to yet.
I really hope Hogwarts doesn't close, where are all the students going to get a proper education from then??? Does this mean they have to go to Durmstrang or the other school in France??
Who will be the new DADA teacher??

I have a feeling that R.A.B. is a member from the black family to. It's just a little to obvious though.

how about

Remus

Arthur

Bill

I was also thinking that it could be three people...but if it were it couldn't be three full-grown wizards. That would be too much 'magical weight' for the boat that gets across the lake wouldn't it?
I guess there could be some kind of spell to put on the boat...or on themselves to 'temporarily' desert their magic or something...

ok, i think that this R.A.B. person died before harry was attacked by voldemort, so, i think that it had to have been from after voldemort went to go sign up as a teacher again, up until the point when harry was attacked. and we should put into consideration that regulus was killed before voldemort attacked harry. but that is kinda contradicting my theory as said earlier. i just don't want to go with regulus cause it's just so obvious....well, i think it is anyway

That could happen. But I do think that there are going to be less students, but I feel like if it opens, that even parents will go there for protection. I think many will go to Hogwrats, to help Harry and help all the wizards in the world.

Yeah thats why I dont go with Regulus cause its to obvious. i know J.K. is hiding something in the other books. Its just she isnt like that, she is going to try to throw us off with this R.A.B. person or persons.

erm... I don't really think that obious or not Regulus should be thrown away. What about Dumbledore? Everybody who thought knew what was about to happen. He was the head of the Anti-Voldemort organisation and without the head even armies were defeated. That was obious. I personally think that Regulus could have been a secret double agent or something like that...
By the way, R.A.B. can be a fake name of a person. Like Padfoot or something... This person could have been known videly by the name of R.A.B. but it can be his fake name...

sirius had an uncle called alphard or somthing like that so mabye thats the middle name, the locket might be in the house of black but it might need someone to speak parsletongue to open it

The forum is named "HBP SPOILERS", how can't you be sure...?