Half Blood Prince - Verified Information
- There will be a new character called McClaggan.
- The link between Chamber of Secrets and Half-Blood Prince relates to a discovery Harry made in 'Chamber' that foreshadows something that he finds out in 'Prince'.
- The Half-Blood Prince is not:
- Harry
- Voldermort
- Dudley Dursley
- Neither Harry or Voldermort are the half-blood prince.
- Crucial information in The Half-Blood Prince was originally planned to be placed in Chamber of Secrets, the second book.
- There will be chapters called:
- "Spinners End" (Chap. 2)
- "Draco's Detour" (Chap. 6)
- "Felix Felicis" (Chap. 14)
- There will not be two chapters in book six titled "Lupin's Papers" and "The Lovegoods in Court."
- An excerpt from HBP: "He looked rather like an old lion. There were streaks of grey in his mane of tawny hair and his bushy eyebrows; he had keen yellowish eyes behind a pair of wire-rimmed spectacles and a certain rangy, loping grace even though he walked with a slight limp."
- More characters will die in book six.
- There will be a new Minister of Magic.
- Arthur Weasley will not be the Minister of Magic.
- Relationships that do not happen:
- Hermione and Draco
- Nevill and Luna
- Harry and Cho
- Harry's shortened stay at the Dursley's will not result from another court case - rather, he will be leaving for "a much pleasanter reason."
- Grawp will become more controllable in the sixth book.
- We will see a bit more of Rita Skeeter.
- Petunia Dursley is not a Squib, as she is a muggle, but there is more to Petunia than what meets the eye - we will find out what that is.
- Life gets "quite tough" for most of the characters, especially Harry.
- We will see more of Blaise Zabini, who was recently confirmed as male.
- Professor Lockhart will not appear in future books.
- We'll find out more about Peter Pettigrew and what happened to him.
- Harry will tell his nearest and dearest about the propechy when he's ready.
- The wizarding world is really at war again, and Harry has to master his own feelings to make himself useful.
- Muggles are noticing more and more odd happenings now that Voldemort has returned.
- We will find out more about the circumstances of Voldemort's birth.
- Tonks and Moaning Myrtle will be back.
- Harry won't stay with the Dursleys all summer; in fact, he will have his shortest stay yet.
- We'll see more of Narcissa Malfoy.
- We'll find out more about the relationship between Snape and Sirius in their Hogwarts days.
- Winky will never be in the same state she was prior to the events of Goblet of Fire.
- We will find out more about Grawp, the giant (Hagrid's half-brother).
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