fans of harry potter,any idea what r.a.b is?

Answer 1

i think it's regulus black. they kind-of introduced his character for no apparent reason before.

Answer 2

R.A.B == Really Annoying Book. Who cares? Harry potter is yesterday's news.

Answer 3

RAB are the initials of a character mentioned towards the end of book 6, Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince. The initials are found in a message which is in a locket which is, initially at least, thought to be a Horcrux

Answer 4

I think that it's initials of a TEACHER harry met once.
Perhaps someone from the ministry of magic.

Regulus
Aryana
Black

i know random, but maybe it can be a group, 3 intilans for 3 people, or a group name like the D.A. Perhaps it's a female and not male.
We'll find out in 2007 when the 7th book comes out?

Answer 5

Rapid Action Battalion

Answer 6

Regulus A. Black

(=..sirius' younger brother..=)



remember, he was a death eater who turned his back against the dark lord....


he stole one of the horcrux and fled..


but voldemort was able to find him and killed him...

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When Regulus realized what was expected of him as a Death Eater, he wanted to quit. However, it is not a simple matter to quit such an organisation.[HP5] Shortly after this point, Regulus was allegedly killed.

"... he was murdered by Voldemort. Or on Voldemort's orders, more likely, I doubt Regulus was ever important enough to be killed by Voldemort in person." -- Sirius Black

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The search for R.A.B.
Near the end of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Dumbledore attempts to recover a locket believed to be a Horcrux created by Voldemort. Instead, he finds a different locket containing a message signed with the initials R.A.B. Some have interpreted this as Regulus A. Black. Rowling was asked in an interview whether Regulus was R.A.B., and called this theory "a fine guess". However, she did not intend her reply either to confirm or deny the guess.

Support for the theory that Regulus Black is R.A.B. has been gathered from the translation of Half-Blood Prince to other languages. In the Dutch translation of the novel, Regulus Black is called Regulus Zwarts and the initials in the locket are R.A.Z. In the Norwegian edition, Regulus Black is called Regulus Svaart, and the initials R.A.S. are in the locket, while in the Finnish translation, Regulus Black is called Regulus Musta, and the initials are R.A.M. These make the theory that R.A.B. is Sirius's brother quite plausible. However, it is neither confirmed nor denied whether Rowling had any communications with the translators regarding either the initials or Regulus's surname.

During the attempt to retrieve the locket with Harry's assistance, Dumbledore points out that the task could not be achieved by one person alone. Presuming Regulus is indeed R.A.B., he would have needed assistance to replace the Horcrux with the fake locket, after turning against Voldemort for any number of possible reasons. Readers have suggested that Regulus could have had the services of the Black family house-elf Kreacher. It is stated earlier in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince that Regulus only survived a few days after Voldemort realised he had turned against him.

The note suggests that the original locket would have been either destroyed or hidden away. Chapter 6 of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix mentions a heavy, unopenable, gold locket in a glass case in the drawing room of 12 Grimmauld Place, the Black family home. Sirius Black was at that time clearing the house, and the locket was consigned to be thrown away. However, Kreacher was rescuing items for himself, and Mundungus Fletcher was taking items to sell. In Half-Blood Prince, Mundungus is seen with articles taken from the house, and in the company of the barman from the Hog's Head. J.K. Rowling confirmed that the barman is Dumbledore's brother Aberforth. Aberforth was described as drawing his cloak about his throat as he walked away from the scene. It is possible that he now has the locket.


Middle name
In August 2005, the Harry Potter Lexicon claimed to have been informed by a reliable source that Regulus' middle name is Arcturus.

The Lexicon claim that Regulus's second name is Arcturus has since been withdrawn, but without any explanation of the incident. However, one of the editors of that fansite has stated that he stands behind this information. He posted the following on another site (The Leaky Cauldron):

Obviously, Jo is the source of this information. When have you ever known me to post rumors as facts? It's from Jo. That doesn't mean she talked to me directly, of course, but I do know that it came from Jo.
I honestly think that Jo figures she's already told us that it's Regulus. Read the Melissa/Emerson interview. I think she would be surprised that this is even an issue.
I have asked permission to reveal who told me. If they say I can, I'll let you all know. Otherwise, feel free to take this with whatever grain of salt you need to.


Subsequently, in January 2006, the name Arcturus indeed appeared as that of one of Sirius and Regulus's ancestors in a hand-drawn sketch of the Black family tree made by J.K. Rowling herself. Therefore, it is plausible, although not confirmed in any way, that Regulus could have had Arcturus as a middle name. However, it has also been noted in the books (and the aforementioned family tree) that Regulus had an uncle whose name was Alphard, after whom some speculate that Regulus may have instead been named.

The astronomical associations of Regulus are also worth considering. Regulus is a bright star in the constellation of Leo; another bright star in that constellation, close to Regulus, is Algieba. There is a less bright star, Aldhafera in the same constellation. Notably, Algieba and Regulus are two of five stars in Leo which can be seen even during bad light pollution: light amid the darkness (and if Regulus was a 'good' person in the midst of evil death eaters, he would be 'light amid the darkness').

Answer 7

Rapid Action Battalion!

Answer 8

Ralph Andrew Biacum

Answer 9

I think it's a name that will surely be said in book 7 and i think that whoever or whatever that is....it'll help Harry in finding the other Horcruzes

Answer 10

Regulus Black, Sirius Black's brother.

Answer 11

Regulus A black, Sirius Black's brother....