Speculation: Who is R.A.B. ????? (Spoiler Alert)

He was there.

NOt at the time he wasn't he was speaking out, then he apperated.

No.

"Can't I, Potter?"
(Harry turns around, sees Voldemort pointing his wand at him)

Voldemort apparated behind Harry, THEN spoke.

Whoops, forgot about that. I've been doing some thinking, and what about Amelia Bones? She was killed by Voldemort, and Amelia could be her middle name.

I doubt Madam Bones would have acted such without informing Dumbledore. She was on his side, remember? But Reg. Black 'backed out' from the Death Eaters. This could be the reason why.

It's still a possibility, people said in the book that she was a strong witch, meaning she could have known where the horcrux was and went after it, and she could have been afraid to tell Dumbledore.

I bet Regulus backed out because he was scared, not because he stole the horcrux.

That's what Sirius thinks. Not knows. And why would she have been afriad to tell Dumbledore? 🤨

But why would R. Black want to destroy he whom must not be names if he worked for him?????

Originally posted by pinkduckie
But why would R. Black want to destroy he whom must not be names if he worked for him?????

because he 'backed out'

I don't remember clearly but i think book six mentions that kinda vaguely,
and plus in CoS Dumbledore say to harry when hes unsure if he really should be in Gryffindor that "Only a true Gryiffindor could have pulled the sword (Godric G.'s) out of the hat.

Originally posted by Elessea
Yes, but there could be some reason that he had to do that we don't know yet, but in the end he's still on their side.

I mean, at the End Harry finally says that now that he doesnt have any adult parent-like figure worrying about him (aka: James, Lily, Dumbledore, Sirius are all gone) he can go off and defeat Voldemort. It gives him a reason to leave school and therefore move on to bigger and more important things. So perhaps Snape knew he had to kill Dumbledore in order to give Harry the strength to defeat Voldemort...

i agree that snape is not on voldys side. i return to a very old theory about snape in love with lily, and i wonder i JK might just pull it off (what other reason would dumbledore have for trusting that snape was really sorry for what he did if that 'personal risk' was not that snape loved lily? maybe he hates harry and james cox he thinks harry should have been his son? (oh, and that means snape must have been acting on dds say so to kill him)

Originally posted by DarkCanadian
That's what Sirius thinks. Not knows. And why would she have been afriad to tell Dumbledore? 🤨

Originally posted by Hermione202
because he 'backed out'

Originally posted by Phoenix
Thats what I've been wondering! I was thinking of all the things we've had, and I think it must be someone new...

RAB could be Regulus A. Black, but hes dead

wow.. i couldnt really thing about it at all.. it prolly is him cuz hes dead... remember that the rab charactor said he'd be dead... but then i thought he supported voldermort.... but i guess didnt want to anymore...

Originally posted by TheSun
I never saw that coming to be honest.

Me as well. I thought it would yet be another character JKR will unveil for us readers. My guess was running from a former classmate of the Marauders to old professors call back to teach at the school. Never thought it was Snape.

Hey ive found another name like that
Bertram Aubrey, It says on pg 497,Chapter 24 (Sectumsempra in HBP)
that James and Sirius got into detention for playing a trick on him,
This is when Harry is doing detention with Snape.
It could be that the Surname came first like Black, Sirius
and his first name/middle name cold start with R, some people write theeir initials mixed up, like TGR instead of RTG

Voldie is very boastfull about his endeavour to his loyal ones, I still think Regalus is R.A.B

Originally posted by GodricaG
I think Dumbledore believed Snape because Snape loved Lily (which gave him another reason to despise James). I think Harry got it wrong that Snape was sorry James and Lily died. He thought Voldemort would kill James and Harry. He didn't expect Lily to die for Harry.

By the way, any rumors yet on how long we'll have to wait for Book 7? I pretty sure all of us have everything wrong, and Book 7 will be full of surprises we never anticipated.

No, Snape didn't love Lily. In the flashback he called her a mudblood and didn't want her help. That's a whole lot of lobing, ain't it?

well he wouldn't want anyone to know how he felt, so maybe the whole mudblood thing was a cover up to hide his love for her...