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Slick:
'Tis Romulus Augustus, Basiliscus.

You see, Flavius Basiliscus led a coup against Flavius Zeno Augustus, Emperor of the Easter Roman Empire, but Zeno later came back and reclaimed Constantinople. After promising not to shed his blood, Zeno sealed Basiliscus in a dry cistern to leave him for dead. Unknown to Zeno, Basiliscus was a wizard, taking his Basiliscus to associate with the lizards he loved...

Flavius Romulus Augustus was the figurehead Emperor (and last Emperor) of the Western Roman Empire, but after his father, the real ruler, was killed by the Germanic horde and their Leader Odoacer, Augustus abdicated to save himself...

Later, these two deposed Emperors rallied together under darkness to work their evil spells, to extract revenge on those who wronged them. Zeno robbed Basiliscus of his throne and left him for dead with his family, and Zeno never recognized Augustus' legitimacy as Western Roman Emperor, so they summoned all manner of unholy magicks to use to strike down Zeno...

This comes together in The Half Blood prince, as the magically born love child of Basiliscus and Augustus lived on to have children and on and on, until one Tom Riddle was born of their line, a power they had summoned but not understood. As well, Zeno's line carried on, mingled with Odoacer's, and the last living descendant of both lines is the young Harry Potter! Now, the evil ex-emperors of Rome, alive in a weak, ethereal form, strive to undo that which they wrought on the world in their hell spawn of Lord Voldemort, who even still strives to reclaim his fathers' thrones, and finish their dread mission to end Zeno's line, for they realized the crime they would do unto the world to rob them of such a fine quidditch player.

KharBevNor:

--- Quote from: Lunchbox ---JK herself has said that RAB is not Regulus.
--- End quote ---


When? The interviews I've read she's neither confirmed nor denied, but some have inferred hints that it is him. Indeed, according to the Harry Potter lexicon, she has said he would be a 'Fine Guess'.

The translations leave little doubt in my mind. In Dutch it's 'R.A.Z.' (Regulus Zwarts), in Norwegian 'R.A.S.' (Regulus Svaart), in Finnish 'R.A.M.' (Regulus Musta) and so forth. Not to mention that in the languages where the surname Black is left untranslated (Such as French), it stays 'R.A.B.' Translation also rules out pretty much ever other contender.

Aphi:
For some reason, I seem to remember JKR also saying that RAB is not Regulus Black...but after Khar's post, that seems more likely. As for Dumbledore, I'm pretty certain he's dead. Not from any evidence from the story itself, but because even though JKR is a popular fiction author, and therefore follows something of a 'blueprint', I don't think she'd perform such a huge copout as basically going, 'HAY KIDS, DUMBLEDORE'S ALIVE!'.

Besides, one of the arguments I've heard is that Harry is now completely and totally alone, as it has to be. He lost his parents, he lost Sirius, and now, he's lost his last real 'father' figure. And chances are, at the very end, Ron and Hermione will be either gone or simply not there. For Dumbledore to come back would be...too convenient.

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