Necratoid Wrote:We know that the ministry has a global enchantment that effects the entire British Isles... the entire say 'Voldemorte' and get a strike team preceded on an antimagic shock wave of doom. If they set it to the words for the Unforgivables... it would have nuked the Death Eaters from existance in a month. Thus I'm guessing the use of this enchantment was 'legally' considered 'Dark' for dubious reasons. That and the bit about the ones using said Unforgivables were the people regulating such things.where are you getting the 'antimagic shockwave of doom' bit from? I recall that the Ministry (and for book 7, Tommy Boy and the Douche-Eaters) could make a word 'Taboo' (I believe that was the word Ron used), so that the ministry could pinpoint where someone said it. The DEs set 'Voldemort' as a taboo, then waited for the good guys to say it and drop an hit team on them.
I agree that the ministry would have been more effective during Moldyshorts first rise if they had set the unforgivables (and maybe the spell to create the DE's symbol in the sky) as taboos. detect one of them, send an auror team, set up anti apperadtion/port key wards and go in after the baddies.
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As for Hedwig being human level intelligence, I can see a lot of animals bred for use as familiars (or post Owls) being far more intelligent that most expect. A combination of magic influenced breeding and wizards/witches tending to ignore things that don't directly impact them. The Post owls have no trouble taking directions on who/where to deliver and find their way there.
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