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birdsofshoreI have so many questions about this. We all know that you can't Apparate into Hogwarts. But what are the ways you CAN get in?
1) If you arrive at the gates unexpectedly, can you get a message to the Castle to ask to be let in (a Patronus?)? Is there a bell or something? Or do you only get in if you're an expected (and welcome) guest?
2) Beauxbatons and Durmstrang were able to fly and sail to Hogwarts - was this because they were expected? Did Dumbledore lower the wards? Or can anyone just fly over the walls and get in? (with a broom, a flying motorbike, a thestral, a dragon?) Could anyone just swim across the Lake and get in?
3) Do the boundary walls go all the way round and enclose the Forbidden Forest? Maps like this seem to suggest they do:
Or are there ways to sneak in via the Forbidden Forest?
4) House-elves can Apparate into Hogwarts - could a house-elf bring a person in by Side-Along Apparition?
5) Are there any other ways in? There are the 3 tunnels Harry knows of (do these all lead to Hogsmeade?) Do we know how long it takes to walk from Hogsmeade to the Whomping Willow? I know Fred and George say there are other tunnels that Filch doesn't know about, too.
This started off as research for a fic, and now I'm just curious. I'd love to know your thoughts - backed up with canon if at all possible :)
Thank you ♥
1) If you arrive at the gates unexpectedly, can you get a message to the Castle to ask to be let in (a Patronus?)? Is there a bell or something? Or do you only get in if you're an expected (and welcome) guest?
2) Beauxbatons and Durmstrang were able to fly and sail to Hogwarts - was this because they were expected? Did Dumbledore lower the wards? Or can anyone just fly over the walls and get in? (with a broom, a flying motorbike, a thestral, a dragon?) Could anyone just swim across the Lake and get in?
3) Do the boundary walls go all the way round and enclose the Forbidden Forest? Maps like this seem to suggest they do:
Or are there ways to sneak in via the Forbidden Forest?
4) House-elves can Apparate into Hogwarts - could a house-elf bring a person in by Side-Along Apparition?
5) Are there any other ways in? There are the 3 tunnels Harry knows of (do these all lead to Hogsmeade?) Do we know how long it takes to walk from Hogsmeade to the Whomping Willow? I know Fred and George say there are other tunnels that Filch doesn't know about, too.
This started off as research for a fic, and now I'm just curious. I'd love to know your thoughts - backed up with canon if at all possible :)
Thank you ♥
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Date: 2014-10-21 12:33 pm (UTC)Hmm. seems sort of simple to get in if you can just FLY in :/ Why do they make a big deal about Apparating? Why does Draco spend forever trying to fix the Vanishing Cabinets?
Who Floos in? (I did read the books, I swear :DDD My memory is for shit).
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Date: 2014-10-21 12:36 pm (UTC)And I would think Death Eaters were warded out of Hogwarts - especially after Voldemort returned.
Now, the other point is that this is all happening outisde of the castle walls. Inside the walls - actually getting INTO the castle would have been difficult.
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Date: 2014-10-21 12:44 pm (UTC)All of your points are really useful, thanks so much!