

In order to preserve his position as a trusted Death Eater, Severus Snape was forced to tell Voldemort the true date at which the Order planned to move Harry, under the orders of Albus Dumbledore's portrait. The seven Potters left to right: Fred, George, Mundungus, Fleur, Ron and Hermione So, Potter - some of your hair, if you please." - Moody explaining the importance of using Polyjuice Potion Even You-Know-Who can't split himself into seven. They might not be able to get at you or this house while your mother's charm holds, but it's about to break and they know the rough position of the place. Harry Potter: " But this is mad, there's no need -" Alastor Moody: " No need! With You-Know-Who out there and half the Ministry on his side? Potter, if we're lucky he'll have swallowed the fake bait and he'll be planning to ambush you on the thirtieth, but he'd be mad not to have a Death Eater or two keeping an eye out, it's what I'd do. By July 1997, there had been another break-out of Death Eaters from Azkaban and Voldemort had enough control over the Ministry of Magic to observe any Apparition, Portkey use, or Floo Network activity from the Dursleys' home, but the Order mistrusted the Ministry and made other plans, thus Voldemort was not privy to the whole plan and only part of it (namely, by using untraceable transport).

Voldemort learned of this protection, and thus sought to find and kill Harry when the Order of the Phoenix removed him as he came of age. ġ997 Death Eater meeting where Voldemort learned part of the Order's plan Harry lived with the Dursleys at 4 Privet Drive in Little Whinging when he was not at Hogwarts. Although she and her husband Vernon were reluctant to take Harry in, doing so sealed powerful blood magic that would protect Harry until his seventeenth birthday. No doubt a Confundus Charm has been placed upon Dawlish… I assure you, Yaxley, the Auror Office will play no further part in the protection of Harry Potter." - Death Eater meeting at Malfoy Manor during the height of the war Īfter the murder of James and Lily Potter at the hands of Lord Voldemort, Harry Potter was left in the care of his maternal aunt, Petunia Dursley. Dawlish, the Auror, let slip that Potter will not be moved until the thirtieth, the night before the boy turns seventeen." Severus Snape: " My source told me that there are plans to lay a false trail this must be it.

Yaxley: " My Lord, I have heard differently.
