I couldn't find this on the forum, but as I was reading the scene in the Department of Mysteries while the DA members are first in the room with the veil- Harry is entranced. He first thinks that he hears Sirius' voice, and then says, but Ron replies

I think that is this may be evidence that Ron dies in the last book. Harry had heard (as Luna later confirms) dead people whispering from the veil. What do you think?

nomis gamic, i like your idea, i hope you're right!

I think that harry and LV will die.Harry will kill LV but when he does so he'll also kill himself because of the theory that when LV tried to kill harry as a baby he made him a horcrux so harry will destroy all horcruxes but himself(as he doesnt know he is 1)then go after LV and kill him.Harrry will then be killed because LV died OR harry destroys all the horcruxes but himself(as he doesnt know), harry will kill LV but then LV will go into harrys body as he is a horcrux so tht will make harry die but as harry is so full of love LV will die in harrys body.

It would be interesting if the epilogue does not in fact step out of the "Harry-perspective" that has dominated most of the story thus far; and NomisGamic's suggestion is intriguing. The first sentence I could see ending the book with 'scar' that has ever occurred to me does so now considering this notion: "......and with that Harry lovingly but sadly touched his scar" (or something to that effect).

I hope that Ron's proximity to the arch is not a foreshadowing, but I think there have been many such and so it may in fact be true. Ron's loyalty is absolute. Harry's rage and moral clarity in the wake of it would be frightening to behold and may be what does LV in, in the end. To say nothing of Hermoine's rage.

Obviously Voldemort will die, atleast most of us think so. that would be a big suprise if he didnt, but she already killed Dumbledore so who knows. I cant believe you guys think she will kill Harry. I think that Snape is the one that will die. Harry will find him and kill him person and then realize that he just murdered someone.

As long as she doesnt kill the trio its all good. I mean she would really be going out on a limb if she killed Hermione or someone like her. I mean i really dont think there is any way she could die just from her personality.

Ron on the other hand, may die although i highly doubt it. I do think the idea of Nevile dieing is plausible but i dont know. (no one knows after Dumbledore.)

I just think she would completely destroy the book by killing off the characters. I mean killing is bad enough, but you dont have to make your main characters die. Theres to much killing in the world right now (i dont mind any of the evil guys dieing though).

I just cant see how you guys can just say Harry will die and the three crazy people who think Hermione will die. . This is obviously her most anticipated book and for good reason. I'm putting my trust in JK Rowling that she heard her fans speak out about Dumbledore.

-----SITH-----

Regarding what nomis gamic said, I also heard about an interview where Rowling stated that inorder for no one to continue writing the books once she stops, she might kill Harry. I would much rather have nomis gamic's theory be true though. Killing Harry would be such a sad way to end these great books.

For the goodies, I think Severus is least likely to survive. Its a reasonable answer, if you really believe he is good, which I do lol! Severus is a very brilliant man, but now that he's so close to Voldemort for killing Albus its going to put even more pressure on him to make sure he doesn't screw up and reveal where his loyalty really lies. At the final battle I believe he is going to finally show Voldemort whose side he's really on, and then either Voldemort or someone else, likely Bellatrix, is going to kill him in their rage.

For the badies, the obvious answer is Voldemort. I also think Draco has a good chance of being killed, but I don't believe its going to be someone from the Order who does it. I believe its going to be Voldemort or another Death Eater that finishes him off, and I believe if its going to happen it'll be early in the final book. I say that because we all know that Voldemort gave him the task of killing Albus because he was punishing Lucius for his failure in OOTP, and Voldemort was hoping Draco would be killed while trying to accomplish the task. Since Draco neither completed the task nor was killed in his attempt, Voldemort isn't going to be happy.

Plus, Voldemort isn't going to want to keep an underage wizard in his ranks. Now, had Draco accomplished his task and killed Albus himself, Voldemort may have decided to keep him because he is useful, but Voldemort now knows that Draco wasn't 'man' enough to kill Albus and a huge requirement to being a Death Eater is that you have to be able to kill someone without hesitation or remorse, and Draco wasn't capable of doing it. He is useless to Voldemort, and Voldemort cuts loose those that are useless to him and his cause.

JK always throws us for loops and twists throughout her books, so I have a feeling that we are in for one in this book. I think that totally unexpected people will die. For some reason I want to say that Cho will be one. I think that Harry still has feelings for her and knowing that she is dead will create emotional problems ofr him, and possibly between him and Ginny. But other than that its just a guess from here, but like I said I think it will all be really really unexpected people.

From the good side, my moneys on Snape. Even if the whole "dumbledore ordered me" thing pops up, no one will completely trust him. I see some noble sacrifice, something that will slightly redem himself in the eyes of the wizarding community.

On the badies, its gotta be LV. I just don't see J.K ending the series with the bad guy alive. It goes against every story ever written. He probably dies from some soul spell harry uses, or from being pushed into the veil.

Hey, that raises an interesting question (LV going thru the veil)....

Could he and his horcruxes be flung through there, eliminating the need for their magical destruction by Harry?

Madmarauder123 that is interesting what if harry didn't need to kill Voldermort what if harry just pushes him through the veil along with his horcruxes. But do you really need to push him with all his horcruxes. Anyways that's a very good observation. Well to the topic i think that Harry will die for sure ( sighs sadly) and voldermort of course.
And alot of other people here is a list

unsure list Sure list
Harry
Voldermort
Ginny
Mr or Mrs weasley
Aunt petunia
Fred or George
Percy
Neville
Draco
Lucius
Bellatrix
Snape
Ron
And other people

Heh, I was wondering if I'd ever see a topic similar to this but anyhow, to me, it seems most likely for a Main Character to die, such as Harry or one of his friends, I doubt that Miss Rowling would have Voldemort the victor because she'd then be begged for more books about what he did, so I'm going with Voldemort and Harry

I think Harry is going to die. A "and he lived happily ever after"-ending is just not going to work with him.

Or perhaps he's given a very complex task like DADA-teacher or something in the ministery of magic... No, that's not really probable. It's anyway very difficult to imagine that the wizard community can go to back to normal lifes after having lived for decades under the threat of Voldemort or his returning. But that's of topic...

I'm quite sure that Voldemort will "die". How, that's the question. Harry won't kill him with the AK curse. The veil is a good option...

I also think the veil idea would serve some poetic justice (especially if it was Bellatrix who fell through, lol). i have a weird feeling that Harry is going to die because these are NOT kids books, and JK has stated that she doesn't want people writing sequels about Harry, which they couldn't do if he was killed.
I also think that Draco is the person who gets the repreive from JK. So he'll survive; most likely come over to the good side and provide inside info about the Deatheaters.
But then JK also said two people died who she didn't intend to die. I REALLy hope it's no the twins. I love Fred and George. Bella will most likely die sacrificing herself for Voldemort, and then there's the whole Lupin, Tonks, Greyback thing to think about...
At least one in that trio will die, I think.

I had to say Harry and Voldemort. I know that’s probably quite predictable but it’s what’s going to happen!
Voldie will die because Harry will kill him – duh…
Harry will die because in my opinion the prophesy says that if one dies, so does the other.
However, I think there is going to other deaths as well.
One of Weasleys are going to die, most likely Ron or Ginny because they are so close to Harry and Voldie will use them as bait and stuff.
I think an adult will also die. Some one that is close to Harry and that could help him in one way or another for example Lupin or Mr Weasley.
Also, I think something horrid may happen to Snape, just as payback for the awful thing he has done and because he is now not likely to be accepted by either side. The Order doesn’t want him for killing Dumbledore and the most of the Dark side won’t take him because he has been mingling with Order for so long.

i canot posslibly pick just one person that is gunna die. thoguh i think taht it is extremley liley that harry will die. why will harry die?
a) because that way there is no way there can be another hp book
b)because it would just be a great way to end,a really dramatic ending, really depressing

voldermort will deffinatly die. for both the reasons harry will and because its a good over eil story so the evil has to fall.

I also believe snape will die. hes such a sad story. it just dosent seem he has anything to live for. Wormtail may die. he owes harry his life. also a memer of the order. not sure which yet

at this point, I've got my money on Neville...

think about it, JKR, early on, compared him to Pettigrew...but wait, Neville wouldn't turn on his friends...Dumbledore says to remember Diggory when you have to make the choice between what is right and what is easy...Neville will face such a choice and unlike Pettigrew will choose to sacrifice himself to help Harry
further clue...the Sorting Hat took a long time before choosing Neville's house...can we presume that it did the same with Pettigrew??? maybe it got Pettigrew's placement wrong

Neville will be what Pettigrew was not strong enough to be....a true Gryffindor

sorry for the incoherent nature of the post...had a few glasses of oak matured mead

Is that what the new book is called? Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows? hmm... cool.
Anyways, I think the peter is gonna die. I also think that Harry is going to die in the process of killing Voldemort. And maybe Ron is gonna die to. I don't want them to but...
~snitch

Okay, so I really think LV is going to snuff it for sure, but I don't know about the rest. As much as I love Ron's character there are things in the books that make me worry about his ultimate fate. In the first book he sacrifices himself in the Chess game, in the second he gets taken out of action by the collapsing wall/Lockheart, in the third he gets his leg broken by Sirius, in the fourth . . . erm. . . I don't know, in the fifth he gets attacked by brains, and in the sixth he's just not in the picture at the end. I'm worried for our little Ronald Weasley.

Snape would be another obvious choice, but I really don't want anyone to die. Especially not Lupin or Tonks.

I was just reading an interview JKR did a few years ago and I came across this...



Seems like a perfectly normal question and reponse... however...



'"his future"' !?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

From this are we to presume that Harry will live!? I don't think there's really any doubt that Voldemort will die but I had always presumed he would take Harry with him. I know a lot of people say that JKR will kill Harry so it will be impossible for her to write anymore books about him. JKR also says, however, that the central plot has never changed. It has always been the same. So I don't think Harry Potter's (the series) conclusion has anything to do with making life easier for JKR. I don't think she would kill off a character she so obviously loves for such a paltry reason.

If JKR plans for Harry to die then her above quote about his future would be contradictory.

Hah! Thats my theory anyway

Actually I just reread it and have articulated my theory terribly but can't think of another way to put it just now. I hope everyone can understand it lol

I think that luna might dye but i am sure she will not die without a fight and will probably get blindsided by malfoy or something and thats when harry will get his revenge on malfoy.

As Much as i hate to break ti to all you loyal fans who want to see ron and hermioine get together. Im thinking along the lines that Ron or herminione will die saving the other near the end of the book.

They will confuse their feelings the night before and the next day in a battle between voldemort or death eaters one of them will die. It would be a sad ending for one of them but it also is very dramatising if one dies saving the otehr just other they get together.

Sorry to disapoint any loyal fans such as myself about my theory

Well, in context I think Harry's 'future' being referred to here is the future of any given book--his future in the story trajectory. In PS, HBP is his future as far as the plot goes. So I dont think we can read this as an indication that Harry will not die--Harry's future, like anyone's, can include their own death (and whatever death is in itself as a 'future', for as we know death is not the end according to DD).

Having said that, I am inclined to agree that JKR shaping the storyline MAINLY for purposes of shutting down the Potter series is untenable. If Harry is to die, I dont at all think it would be for this reason. If Harry dies, it will be because that is the cost of the evil that human choices bring into the world, and that is the beautiful sacrifice that choices by good people introduce into the world. My main reason for worrying over this ending is that it's the ending we always expect in hero literature. But might there not be other messages to convey about how evil is fought? I really don't know. If Harry lives, it might look like evil was defeated too easily, too cheaply. But not if, as we know she can, JKR writes this with the grace and style we've come to know.

In a way, I agree with your theory. It would be that JKR would have something happen like this, just because that's how it has been in the past 6 books. The thing that should happen, never does. With Sirius and the locket also, things take place and people end up dying, for what seems like no reason. There's always a mix-up, and it's a mistake that has a big consequence.

That being said, Ron and Hermione have been building up this amazing chemistry since book 1. To have that just destroyed in a few pages is just a crime. But then again, that's exactly what makes it probable. Whatever happens, I really hope they do not mix up their feelings. I hope that their feelings are revealed before anything bad happens. To have one of them live the rest of their life saying ' Oh man, they really did love me' and always regretting things, and wondering about what would have happened, that would be terrible.

Ok, this has probably been overdone, but I will state my thoughts anyway:

1) Harry is going to die*sob*:
a.) I would be very disappointed in JK as a writer if he did survive. It is entirely too cliched that the protagonist will survive.
b.) Besides that, she's gonna end the series anyway, so why have all the pressure of fans begging her to continue with the HP series, so if he's dead it ends that.

2) Voldemort will die, obviously:
a.) He's the antagonist so he must die, again cliched, but still.
b.) Again, she is not going to want her loyal fans begging her to find a way to destroy Voldy, now will she?

3.) One of the Weasley's will die:
a.) I feel that the boggart that Mrs. Weasley saw is forshadowing the death of a family member.
b.) Harry will not always be around to save the Weasley's. To date, he has saved; Arthur, Ron, and Ginny. It is inevitable that one of them will die.

Thank you for reading my thoughts.

ShainaPotter

firstly, i would like to ask if there are specific reasons why we have classified such people as draco with the baddies and snape with the goodies... for all we know they could be the other way around... im just wondering if there are some ideas out there about that...
secondly, im wondering what people have said on account for Neville not surviving... personally i think it is highly likely that he will be a sort of sacrifice for this... i read a couple of peoples entries on the liklihood of neville but not too many... fill me in if u can or even point me in the right direction, thx!
then i think there is the death of voldemort which i believe MUST happen but that subject im sure has been more than exhausted...and i HOPE harry will make it... though of course that has also been thouroughly conversed...
i think there are just so many ways that JK can take this novel.... i want that book so bad!!!

I don't think that Neville will die and I think that his parent tie into the DH somehow.....any ideas? But I, as I have said before, Im one of those jumping-to-conclusions-Harry -is-a-Horcrux freaks, and I beleive that LV wants to kill everyone who 'loves' Harry before he actuallly faces him "man-to-man, no excuses." Becasue then he will have Harry raw and with noone to love him. Any supporters of this theory?

I think the problem with the theory that LV is clearing house of all the people who 'love' Harry is that he really doesnt believe in this love. Unless he is killing off those who 'love' Harry because deep down despite his own evil and absence of love, he does know DD was right all along and love does matter--he hates the world because he hates himself, cuz he knows deep down he is a slimeball and has been seeing this slime reflected back to him in DD's disappointed face, the only one who could ever have helped him.

I think that Draco will die. What else is going to happen to him? If he goes back LV will kill him. If he doesn't go back then where else will he go, because a certainly don't think he'll go to the Order for help. Lupin will die. I think he may die in a fight with Fenrir Greyback. Neville won't die. I think Bellatrix will die instead if they ever have their big duel together. Ron won't die. I just can't picture that happening and JKR herself said that she wouldn't kill off Harry's best friend. Ginny won't die. But Harry might. (I'll get back to this in a second) LV will die. Because JKP will have riots outside her door every waking moment if he doesn't. Snape will die, or been severly totured. I think LV will be a little bit mad for killing DD for Malfoy, becuase he wanted Draco's father to pay. One of the Weasleys may die perhaps Percy...I may just be saying this becasue at this point i don't like him. and Peter will die. Because why not just kill off all the marauders? Now Harry..hmmm...I've given this some thought ..actually alot of thought. I still cannot come to a steady conclusion. My toguhts on him constantly change. My thoughts right nowww are telling me he may nto die, but i'm pretty sure they'll change sooner or later. There's the whole prophecy thing, but that all was basically chosen by LV. DD even said so. So this may not even happen with the whole one cannot live while the other survives thing. Oh boy my head is starting to change it's mind again so I better post before it changes.

I've gone with the majority, since I think Voldie and Harry will both die.
I imagine a huge and spectacular final fight, where Voldie tries to kill Ginny, Ron or Hermione and Harry will throw himself between them (he has to, he is the hero ). Whoever was the real target of the curse (probably Avada Kedavra) survives and Voldie tries to kill him/her. Protected by Harry's love, the curse will fall back on Voldie (haven't we heard this before) and since all his Horcruxes have been destroyed by then, he will die, too.

Well Obviously either Harry or Voldy is going to die. Doesn't take rocket science to figure that one out!

Voldomort - It would be predictable to have him die because that would make for a happy ending.

Harry - It wouldn't surprise me if he died in order to kill Voldy but that wouldn't allow for a happy ending.

Voldy and Harry - Quite likely. It would be good to have Voldy die and it would be heroic to have Harry die in order to kill Voldy

Plus, a while back, I read in an interview that JKR wanted to "finish the series herself". So that struck me with the question "So does that mean that she's going to kill Harry?" Because she also said that she didn't want a non-author sequel and that obviously can't happen if Harry is dead. It wouldn't be a series without Harry.

As for other people dying, I'm going to guess that some Death Eaters and some people from Dumbldore's Army are going to die.

Make no mistake anyone, I want Harry to live. I want him to marry Ginny and have a whole passle of potter wizards and witches. However, I see too many parallels with other "epic" adventures.

I was surprized when in the Matrix series, Neo died. But he had to die because he was somehow inextricably connected to the villain, Mr. Smith.

We know that somehow Voldy transferred some of himself to Harry when he attempted to kill him, this is the explanation for the similarities between the two, specifically that Harry can speak parseltongue.

Many epic works in literature are built around what is known as a "Christ Figure". This protagonist eventually has to die, in order that evil may be defeated. The death is always an act of unselfish love on the part of the protagonist.

What we know about Harry is that the ability to love is what sets him apart from Voldemort. The Love of his self sacrificing mother is what stopped Voldy in the old days. Why should that principle change. Assuming that Harry finds and destroys all the Horcuxes, it may be that the only way to destroy Voldy is for them to be destroyed together.

I wonder what the priori incantatem curse would look like if Harry and Voldy both tried to cast the aveda kedavra curse at the same time??

Neo died??

Wow....no wonder my students seem unhappy when I bring up the Matrix...stupid me.

It's really hard to think whether JKR is going to follow the Christ-hero narrative structure, the Joseph Campbell HeroWithAThousandFaces model, or the really happy ending of letting the hero live more typical of children's literature. There's this nagging part of me that asks, "isnt there some other possibility she can come up with that is neither the tragedy of Harry's death nor what could be a saccharine happy ending? She's done so much to make the series her own, and not "just like" any of the legend traditions she has borrowed from for names, patterns, etc.

Given that both Harry's death and Harry's living through the fight could be cheap, maybe both are equally possible in the undoubtedly not-cheap world that JKR creates here. That's what I cling to when I find my thoughts drifting toward the obviousness that Harry must die.

Well what do you think of Voldy surviving? Harry can't live while voldemort lives right? Well why would she kill Harry off unless Voldemort lives. I know the tragic sacrafice etc etc but why would she bother Killing off Harry . I think that either HP lives or Voldy does. I know which one I prefer.A epic series of books and the bad guy wins? Even If Voldy dies but Harry still gets killed in the proces; don't you feel that the bad guy one anyway in that case? I don't think that she would end this epic series that way.

J.K. Rowling was asked which five of her characters she would like to invite to dinner, she chose Harry, Hermione and Ron, but then hesitated before choosing her last characters, saying "See... I know who's actually dead", unsure whether she was permitted to invite those who are 'dead'.

If you search for harry potter and the deathly hallows on wikipedia, the website shows a bunch of things JK has said over the years. What I just wrote was one of them. I don't think Harry, Ron, or Hermoine will die; but JK could be leading us off the trail.

mm..

Well I dont think it likely she'll keep all 3 of the trio alive.. I mean..wouldn't that be kinda..dry? And...we're all used to Rowling 'leading us off the trail' like you said michelle! So that would be my best explanation...not very new huh?

I voted for Harry and Draco..or was it Voldy? (my memorys' gone down to zilch). Well even if i cant remember, i think they're both going to die. And heres why!
Draco: Firstly, he has no point in living. I mean, we've found out hes too much of a coward to kill or hurt people himself. So whats the point of him being a DE and joining the 'baddies'. Secondly, now that Dumbledore is dead, whose going to be so sympathetic and welcome him? they'll just think he's trying to be undercover. pretending to side with them and then going joining Voldy's side. He's got no chance, now that DD is dead. Unless Harry softens down.

Voldy and Harry: I've always had this kinda idea that in order to kill voldy, harry must die too. and that he'll use up all his strength when killing voldemort, which causes him to die..you know, something along those lines. imho, if harry doesnt die..i really wouldnt like it. i mean, i like harry, but im getting bored of those 'and they lived happily ever after' books where everything ends up good and all the bad side die or end up in prison. its really dry and..harry potter is a unique book right? also, an amazing series which dont want to be spoiled...and if voldemort doesnt die, well then harry fails his mission, theres no peace, and it would be pointless! so looking at my view, both need to die. Poor Potter.

There!
~ Butterfly Girl

i think, of course that more then one person will die. but i do have my opinions on j.k killing off wormtail.
in a way i think that wormtail will be killed in the last big battle.
but i also think that wormtail could be the only one left of the death eaters and will try to re-create what voldemort started.
i know for a fact(or hope anyway) that harry will not die.because "for neither one can live while the other survives"
so if harry dies then voldemort WILL survive, and that just cant happen!
i also think that lucius will die, possibly draco as well.
i hope that snape dies, but i dont think its going to happen.
and i have a wierd feeling that ron will die. i dont want him too, but i do think that the trio will come to an end in the deathly hallows.
and of course, it is likely that members of the order will die as well.
but i am pretty confident that lupin will survive.

Luna could die. The way she was not a main character would both be able to get rid of her and keep her. But, JK said a main character would be killed. Like I said Luna is not really main.

If people will consider Ginny as a main character then I don't see why Luna cannot appear as one. She was just recently introduced to us in the fifth book yet she did play a sort of big role and ever since has always been mentioned occasionally. I love her character and would hate to see her die, and am pretty confident that she won't though. She is a strong and unique character that can hold her own in a duel, unlike others..... . If she were to die, it would be heroically fighting a battle against the death eaters and Voldemort rather than getting the life sucked out of her by a stupid diary.

Just to build off of that, I believe that it is not possible for harry to die for the simple fact that the stories are written in 3rd person limmited point of view. meaning that while it refers to harry in 3rd person he is the only perspective really given. when reading you see it through his eyes, if he is dead the book will stop and not continue at all past his death. Normally that would still work except the fact that J.K. said the last chapter will rap up life after hogwarts for all the main charecters (including Harry). Harry Lives!!!!!!!!!!! This also comes with good news as the prophecy mandates that his survival means the ultimate death of lord voldemort. However I think that Ron will die, if i were to gues it would be to save hermionee.

I know that voldy wont survive just because that would defeat the purpose of the series!
I really think that harry will also die from the goodies because Jo would just keep getting offers to write other books and so if Harry does die, it will be really over!
If he stays alive, it wont really be over...
She might as well go out with a bang

I think that Snape has to die, whether he be good or bad. If he is truly evil, Harry will not rest until he is dead, just as he will not rest until Voldemort is dead. If he is really good, then I feel he will prove himself by sacrificing his life to save Harry or some other good character. Voldemort must die, because if he does not, then the books will be finished without resolve: how can the wizarding world ever feel safe as long as Voldemort is alive? How can Harry rest if he has not completed his part of the prophecy? And if (though I doubt it) Harry is killed, it would be like the ultimate reverse of a happy ending: The Hero dead, the Villain alive: what good would come of that? I believe JK will resolve the series with Voldemorts death and possibly Harry's, and as I said I feel Snape must die either way.

As far as character death I believe first and foremost that Ginny needs to die. Yeah sure she was somewhat likeable in HBP, but i think its inevitable. Harry broke up with her to save her and in doing so kills her. It's a classic plot device, and I wouldn't mind seeing it. It would drive Harry to the edge. She should probably die trying to help him, or even better he tells her to stay behind and then she is killed because she does he asks.

Next in line to die I say Snape. Firstly I would like to point out that even though I believe that Snape is going to die, I do believe he is on the Light side. Anyway, Snape's been through so much that I think in some aspects death is his reward. Shunned by both sides, the wizarding world post-war will have nothing for him. While he and Harry may resolve their differences, Dumbledore was his biggest advocate, and the fact that he killed him has forever marked him in the eyes of the population, regardless of what he may do to try and redeem himself.

Lastly I think that as a plot device, having Harry die would be both interesting and gripping. The hero who risked it all for the entire wizarding race, dies to save them all. It would be, at least for me, more impacting and meaningful if that happened. That said, I do not believe that that is the route JKR will take. Harry is a beloved character world-round, to both kids and adults and I dont believe, especially because of the kids, she'll kill him off.
Guess we'll see...

I think that the prophecy will end up being about Neville. I know that in HBP Dumbledore clarifies that it is Harry, but what if there's some loophole in there that none of the other people, even dumbledore, knew about (except Trelawney, who made the prophecy)? Voldemort will die, whether it's Harry or Neville. Aunt Petunia will end up being a Squib and the other two Dursleys will be scared of her too and she will blame Harry for being kicked out of her home. A Death Eater in disguise will convince her to join Voldemort and become a Death Eater herself, but when she's in a position of about-to-kill-Harry, she'll realize it's her sister's son and she should never want to hurt him. That would make a minor character come to life in a surprising twist! As for Ron and Hermione, they will get together, but Ron will get seriously injured in battle and Hermione will sacrifice herself to save him (how romantic ) Ron will die of a broken heart later on (I really hope Ron doesn't die ) Snape's position will be too confusing as to who's side he's on, so he should just DIE. Ginny, I disagree with you guys(in a way). I really don't care if Ginny dies or lives. She never really appealed to me, although she was better than some.

Draco will be killed by LV due to a flaw in one of his plans.

I hate to admit it, but I kind of like how JKR has killed off Dumbledore. It gives the readers a chance to look at life as a challenge the characters have to face. Not all problems will be solved by Dumbledore. It's kinda hard to explain.

Cho really annoys me. She sould kill herself to put her out of her misery. She's always crying nowadays about how her love life is shattered because of Voldy. Well, Chang, these things have happened to loads of people.

I think that a fair amount of people from both sides will end up dying in HPDH.

Voldemort has to die. It would just be screwed up if he didn't. The whole series would be completely useless if he didn't.

But, to the theory that Harry dies, I have to disagree. I think that JK may just be playing with our minds, making us think the worst is going to happen, but in reality he ends up living. Or at least I hope so. :-/

Ginny will die. I think she kind of has to, to put even more impetus behind the final fight for Harry. Not only will he have to revenge the deaths of his parents, Sirius, and Dumbledore, but also the death of his one true love.

Other inklings of mine:
I don't think McGonagall will die.
One of the Weasleys (other than Ginny) will.
Snape will die, even though he turns out to be good.
Bellatrix will die a gruesome death. I can only hope.
Professor Sprout will die. (It makes sense to me - "One of Harry's classmates will become a teacher"; Neville)
Most of the Death Eaters &
Quite a chunk of the Order will die also.


This is all going out on a limb. The only thing I know about the end result of Book 7 is that I'm going to be in tears. :'( Then again, I think everyone will.

I too think there will be many who meet their demise. Quite a few on the bad side, I mean this is a white hat story after it's all said and done, On the good side is where the speculation is raging. The order will have to lose some, Lupin, Mcgonigal, a weasly - any weasly (except the twins I like the idea of jokes continuing on for many years). Fluer, Fudge insert just about any A- or lower character. I think harry, hermione, neville, hagrid make it. ron?....maybe maybe not. Draco i always figured was going to go, but when i think about it, i bet his papa was just like him as a youth. so maybe they both get it.

Characters that I think will die:
1) Voldemort 2) Snape 3) Wormtail 4) Lupin 5) Mad-Eye Moody 6) One of the Weasley's (preferably Percy, not to be mean) 7) As much as I regret to think, Harry.

'If' Harry is killed I think it wil be Ron who finally finishes Voldemort off. It would show that he was not second best or unequill to harry in any way and that in the long run he was just as heroic and awesome.

To be honest I don't really think that JK Rowling will make the final installment a 'blood bath' just because that a large group of people that read her books are kids. I know that the novels aren't just for children but I know that I started reading them when they first came out and I was 8. From the looks of it I would guess that JK Rowling will probably kill off several minor good characters that we care about quite a bit... but not as much as the trio and then towards the end a very beloved character will die. Though I hate to say it the person that I"m suggesting will die is Hagrid I'm not really sure why but I think that if Voldemort kills him then Harry will become super super ****ed off and then become angry enough to kill Voldemort. Of course I'm not sure about all of this... just my two cents.

i like that idea because harry broke up with ginny( i think there getting back together) because he was scared voldemort was gonna hurt her if she was close to him. I also think that luna will NOt die because i have 2 people i think are going to die. But you kinda convinced me!