Spoiler Alert: Unanswered Harry Potter Questions

This was originally posted as a “main” page. Before Deathly Hallows was released and as I was reading the previous six books, I decided to create a list of unanswered questions hopefully answered in Deathly Hallows. Now that Deathly Hallows is here, I decided to post the questions as a regular post so I could answer the questions.

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone

1. Why is it so important that Harry has his mother’s eyes? We find out that Harry’s eyes are so important because of Snape. With Snape being in love with Lily, detesting James, and Harry looking and acting just like James (therefore, detesting Harry as well), Harry having Lily’s eyes allowed Snape to remember Lily and remember his vow to Dumbledore to help keep Harry alive.
2. How did the Bloody Baron get covered in blood? Seamus asked Nearly Headless Nick at the start-of-term banquet, but Nick answered delicately, “I’ve never asked.” We find out the Bloody Baron is covered in the Grey Lady’s blood because he murdered her and then killed himself.

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

1. Harry asked Dumbledore, “What made you think [Snape had] really stopped supporting Voldemort, Professor?” Dumbledore replied, “That, Harry, is a matter between Professor Snape and myself.” I guess I’m going to ask the same question as Harry. Why does Dumbledore trust Snape so much? Because Snape loved Lily and wanted to avenge her death, he made a promise to Dumbledore that he’d help protect “Lily’s son” or Harry.

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

1. Dumbledore tells Harry there is a room in the Department of Mysteries that is always locked and that it “contains a force that is at once more wonderful and terrible than death, than human intelligence, than forces of nature.” Dumbledore also says, “It is the power held within that room that you possess in such quantities and which Voldemort has not at all.” What force is this? We never find out. JK Rowling may include it in the encyclopedia she plans to write.

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

1. What were Snape and Dumbledore arguing about when Hagrid overheard them? Snape was angry with Dumbledore because Dumbledore asked Snape to help protect Harry just to sacrifice him for the greater good when the time came.
2. Who is RAB and why did he take the locket? RAB was, indeed, Regulus Black. He took the locket because he stopped admiring Voldemort after what he did to Kreacher in order to get the locket to where it was hid.
3. We know Tom Riddle’s diary and Gaunt’s ring were Horcruxes and that they were destroyed. We know Slytherin’s locket and Hufflepuff’s cup are as well. Dumbledore thinks Nagini is one. So, what is the last Horcrux? Where are the other three Horcruxes hidden, other than Nagini being with Voldemort? Nagini was a Horcrux and was always by Voldemort’s side. Ravenclaw’s Diadem was a Horcrux and was hidden in the Room of Requirement at Hogwarts. As a surprise, the final Horcrux was Harry.  Slytherin’s locket was taken by Regulus Black and then later stolen by Mundungus Fletcher.  Its final hiding place was around Dolores Umbridge’s neck.  Hufflepuff’s cup was hidden in Bellatrix’s vault in Gringott’s.