Do u have any theroy as 2 who is RAB in Harry Potter?

Answer 1

I think this theory is really intresting : Please do give it a reading

At the end of the sixth Harry Potter book, Harry and Dumbledore went to Voldemort's cave in search of one of Voldemort's Horcruxes: a locket that belonged to Salazar Slytherin. They managed to get the locket and get out of the cave alive, though Dumbledore died soon after from the potion he had drunk to reach the locket. Then, Harry opened the locket and found a note inside that said:


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. (U.S. Ed. HBP: pg. 609)
I think I know who R.A.B. is-Caractacus Burke. Okay…so there's not a letter C in R.A.B. But I've found evidence that Burke had something to do with the theft of the locket.

Burke was the guy who helped found Borgin and Burkes, the shop that sells valuable magic items, such as the opal necklace that nearly kills Katie in book six, in Knockturn Ally. In the second book, Harry accidentally ends up in Borgin and Burkes, after using floo powder for the first time in an attempt to go to Diagon Alley for school supplies. Then, he sees Lucius and Draco Malfoy coming, so he hides in a cabinet and eavesdrops on them. Lucius tells Mr. Borgin:

I have a few-ah-items at home that might embarrass me, if the Ministry were to call..

Further down he says:

"I have not been visited yet. The name Malfoy still commands a certain respect, yet the Ministry grows ever more meddlesome. There are rumors about a new Muggle Protection Act-no doubt that flea-bitten, Muggle-loving fool Arthur Weasley is behind it-"

Harry felt a hot surge of anger.

"-and as you see, certain of these poisons might make it appear-" (U.S. Ed. CoS: pg. 51)

Appear to do what? He never said. Or maybe he did say, but Harry didn't listen because he was thinking about how mad he was at Lucius for bad-mouthing Arthur. Judging by what Harry did hear, I suppose the poisons made people blame themselves for things they didn't do. They made people scapegoats, so real criminals wouldn't get caught.

In the sixth book, Dumbledore drinks a potion (which happens to be poisonous) in order to get the locket. This potion makes him think he did something wrong.

Dumbledore began to cower as though invisible torturers surrounded him. His flailing hand almost knocked the refilled goblet from Harry's trembling hands as he moaned, "Don't hurt them, don't hurt them, please, please, it's my fault, hurt me instead." (HBP: pg. 572)

The poison over the fake locket may have been one of the poisons that Lucius sold Borgin, in the second book. Mr. Burke wasn't at Borgin and Burkes during Lucius' and Mr. Borgin's discussion about the poisons. Burke wasn't there in the sixth book either, when Draco came to talk Borgin into repairing the opal necklace that almost killed Katie. So where was Borgin? I suppose people thought he was dead (you know, like people thought Sirius was dead?). Maybe they still think Burke is dead. Burke was supposed to have been dead, since Harry was about eleven years old. Because that's when Burke stole Voldemort's locket. In fact, Harry passed Burke while he was stealing the locket. In the London Underground beneath Gringotts, Harry was going to his vault to get money for school supplies, and he passed Voldemort's cave.

Once [Harry] thought he saw a burst of fire at the end of a passage and twisted around to see if it was a dragon, but too late-they plunged even deeper, passing an underground lake where huge stalactites and stalagmites grew from the ceiling and floor. (SS: pg. 74)

In the sixth book, Harry and Dumbledore go to Voldemort's cave, where there is a lake and, well, stalactites and stalagmites. Dumbledore uses fire to fend off Inferi.

Before Harry and Dumbledore go inside this cave however, Dumbledore finds the entrance by stroking the cave's walls.

Dumbledore approached the wall of the cave and caressed it with his blackened fingertips.. Twice Dumbledore walked right around the cave, touching as much of the rough rock as he could.running his fingers backward and forward over a particular spot, until finally he stopped.. (HBP: pg. 558)

In the first book, the goblin who took Harry to his vault in the London Underground also stroked the entrance.

Vault seven hundred and thirteen had no keyhole. "Stand back," said Griphook importantly. He stroked the door gently with one of his long fingers and it simply melted away. (SS: pg. 75)

In the second book, at Borgin and Burkes, there is an item Harry notices called the Hand of Glory. Borgin is interested in selling this to Draco.

"Ah, the Hand of Glory!" said Mr. Borgin, abandoning Mr. Malfoy's list and scurrying over to Draco. "Insert a candle and it gives light only to the holder! Best friend of thieves and plunderers! Your son has fine taste, sir." (CoS: pg. 52)

According to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hand_of_Glory, the Hand of Glory is made from the left hand of a hanged person and unlocks any door. Burke might have used this Hand to get into the cave-I think Voldemort knew.

In fact, I think the Hand may be a Horcrux. After all, someone has to die in order for the Hand to exist. And someone has to die in order for a Horcrux to exist. Also, like Borgin said, if a candle is inserted into the Hand of Glory, it would give light only to the holder.

There was light that came from the stone basin that the fake locket was in.

Harry squinted at [the greenish light]; at first, he thought it was a lamp of some kind, but then he saw that the light was coming from a stone basin rather like the Pensieve, which was set on top of a pedestal. (HBP: pg. 567)

Perhaps there is a lit candle resting on the Hand of Glory inside that pedestal.

Burke may have been Voldemort's confidant, because Voldemort used to work at Borgin and Burkes, after he graduated from Hogwarts. Burke knew Voldemort when he was Tom Riddle, and so may have known how to destroy him, like Dumbledore. Dumbledore saw Tom Riddle change into Lord Voldemort, and so he had insight of the way Voldemort thinks.

In the sixth book, Dumbledore says:

"Polite and handsome and clever, [Voldemort] was soon given particular jobs of the type that only exist in a place like Borgin and Burkes.. Voldemort was sent to persuade people to part with their treasures for sale by partners, and he was, by all accounts, unusually gifted at doing this." (HBP: pg. 432-433)

Then Dumbledore and Harry see a memory that belonged to Hokey the house-elf. In this memory Hokey helps her master, Hepzibah Smith, prepare to meet Voldemort (Tom Riddle at the time), who tells her:

"Mr. Burke would like to make an improved offer for the goblin-made armor." (HBP: pg. 435)

Disappointed that Voldemort didn't come to see her, Hepzibah tries to impress him by showing him Helga Hufflepuff's cup and Salazar Slytherin's locket.

"I think you'll like [the locket] even more, Tom," she whispered. "Lean in a little, dear boy, so you can see.. Of course, Burke knows I've got this one, I bought it from him, and I daresay he'd love to get it back when I'm gone.." (HBP: pg. 437)

After the memory is finished, Dumbledore tells Harry that Hepzibah died two days after that visit, and that:

"Hokey the house-elf was convicted by the Ministry of poisoning her mistress's evening cocoa by accident." (HBP: pg. 438)

Voldemort modified Hokey's memory, so she would think she murdered Hepzibah. Hokey blamed herself for something she didn't do, like Dumbledore blamed himself for something he didn't do, while drinking the potion in the cave.

By the way if Voldemort did let Burke use the Hand of Glory to enter his cave, then Burke had a free pass, unlike Dumbledore who had to shed blood to enter the cave.

There was a flash of silver, and a spurt of scarlet; the rock face was peppered with dark, glistening drops. (HBP: pg. 560)

Burke should be long gone by now for stealing Voldemort's locket. But maybe he's still alive, because the note in the fake locket was meant for Voldemort, which Voldemort never read. So he doesn't know that his real locket is gone. Since it is gone, I expect that Burke will still be alive in the seventh book and will play a major role in helping Harry to destroy all the Horcruxes.

Answer 2

Sirius' younger brother, Regulus Black.

He was a Death Eater for a while, then turned his back on Voldemort, and was killed a few days later. Plus, a locket was found in the Black mansion in Book 5 when they were cleaning up the house, which sounds remarkably like the Slytherin locket which should have been in the green liquid in the cave. Sirius just threw it away with all the other junk - but Kreacher the revolting house elf may have stolen it.

Answer 3

Regulus Arcturus Black, Sirius's brother. They discover this in the Deathly Hollows, yet this is the excerpt: there have been deep scratch marks in the paintwork decrease than a small sign that he had no longer observed at nighttime. He handed on the suited of the stairs to study it. It became a pompous little sign, well lettered by way of hand this sort of undertaking that Percy Weasley might have caught on his mattress room door. do no longer enter with out the specific Permission of Regulus Arcturus Black excitement trickled by way of Harry, yet he became no longer right this moment particular why. He study the sign returned. Hermione became already a flight of stairs decrease than him. “Hermione,” he suggested, and he became shocked that his voice became so calm. “come decrease back up here.” “What’s the issue?” “R.A.B. i think of I’ve discovered him.”

Answer 4

At this point I think the only candidate is Sirius Black's younger brother, Regulus. Various middle names have been proposed, I'm not sure which, if any are right.

While it makes sense, I'm not sure. JKR is very adept at throwing us curve balls. We will know in about two months!

Answer 5

I think it is Regulas Black, Sirius' brother. In book 5 he is mentioned while looking at the tapestry and Sirius says that it is rumored that Voldemort killed him himself. Now, why would Voldemort kill a pion if for no other reason. It had to be something big or someone else would have killed him, don't you think?

Answer 6

Someone related to Harry that no one knows about yet.

Answer 7

Yes I do. It's Sirius' brother. But we'll all know soon enough...

Answer 8

I also think it is Regulus Black.