Re: Snape & The Unbreakable Vow

> Yes, but if Regalus leaving wasn't enough to bother a personal
> killing, Draco's failing to fix a cabinet he volunteered to do for the
> mission, while still succeeding, is even less bothersome. if
> anything, Voldie would be all, "OK, I'll let you live for failing to
> fix the cabinet. Instead of this shiny reward in this box you'll
> never get to look inside of."

I think that V is a ruthless, cold blooded killer. He doesn't kill
because he's angry, he kills when its useful. For some reason it wasn't
worth V's time to kill Regalus at that time. Why, I have no idea and
not enough information to make a guess.

There's four senarios

1) Draco promised to fix cabinate and succeeds but fails to kill DD
when he gets the chance and DD lives.

Draco dies for failing to kill DD. V isn't going to care that he
fulfilled his promise, the promise was a sideshow.

2) Draco promised to fix the cabinate and failed but succeeds in
killing DD.

V would probably reward Draco for killing DD and ignore that he failed
in the cabinate task. Unless he was planning to kill Draco all along
and Draco's failure gave him an convienent excuse.

3) Draco promised to fix the cabinate, suceeds and kills DD
V is very unlikely to kill Draco and will almost certainly reward him.

4) Draco promised to kill DD. The cabinate is irrelevant,
DD dies, Draco's rewarded unless V is in a really bad mood.
DD lives, Draco dies

If I'm Draco, no matter what I promise V, DD has to be dead at the end
or I'm in a lot of trouble.

If I'm V and I had a choice of who to kill DD, a loyal death eater or
an unproven youth, I'd tell the DE to let Draco get the kill if
possible, so I could see if he has the guts to be a good DE. Draco's
hard to call, is he a killer or a coward, and a possible turncoat if
things get difficult.

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Relevant Pages

  • Re: Snape & The Unbreakable Vow
    ... >> fix the cabinet. ... >worth V's time to kill Regalus at that time. ... >1) Draco promised to fix cabinate and succeeds but fails to kill DD ...
    (alt.fan.harry-potter)
  • Re: Magical Contracts & Dracos Mission
    ... THAT is what Draco offered to do. ... After he was told to kill Dd. ... >would EVER have offered to fix the Cabinets AND kill DD. ...
    (alt.fan.harry-potter)
  • Re: Magical Contracts & Dracos Mission
    ... But if Draco was already told that he had to kill DD he was way ... The cabinet was proving difficult to fix, ... why would Voldemort give Draco a task ...
    (alt.fan.harry-potter)
  • Re: Snape & The Unbreakable Vow
    ... > It seems that Dracos task was to kill DD not to fix the cabinet. ... DD knew that Draco tried to kill him. ... He knew that Draco promised Lord ...
    (alt.fan.harry-potter)
  • Re: Dracos troubles
    ... afraid because he no longer wanted to kill DD. ... parents as well. ... I think it is pivitol that Harry heard that Draco was being pressured ... For being afraid to defy LV? ...
    (alt.fan.harry-potter)