I believe it will all end at Hogwarts. The last battle will take place there in the Chamber of Secrets where only Voldemort and Harry can go into. Only 3 people will be in the chamber Harry,Voldemort, and Ginny who was taken as bait for Harry to go into the chamber. I'm not sure how Harry will kill Voldemort or if he will but i believe Voldemort will loose in the end and Harry will prevail and live another day.

Gosh, I cant believe its actually almost over.

I dont want Harry to die at the end, but I do think of it as very possible. And Ginny being used as bait, I could definately see that happening. I really hope she doesnt die; Ive grown rather fond of her. I think Ron might die. Hes Harry's best friend, and if Voldemort would use Ginny as bait, its just as possible that he would use Ron. Plus, we know Ron would sacrifice himself if need be. He did it during the chess game in book 1.

I definately think Hagrid is a possibility, seeing as hes been with Harry since day one. Also, I could see Hagrid dying to save Harry, or even Ron or Hermione, if it came down to it.

I really think Dumbledores portrait will play an important role, and I think that Snape will be important. I really believe he is innocent. Maybe he will have to sacrifice himself for Harry or somebody else, which would prove to Harry that he really was on their side all along. I dont know. Im just randomly guessing anything.

I think the last battle will be at Hogwarts, this is where it all started. Where Voldemort learnt about the Horcruxes and about dark magic.This is also where students are split into houses, which in a way I think they are in for the rest of there lives, for example the Slytherins, they are never friends with anyone who think pure-blooded wizards and witches are special. The only house that doesn't split anybody else up, is Hufflepuff. The Sorthing Hat said that she's take the rest and treat them juts the same. I also think that the Giants will choose a side to be on, and I think a lot of the will get killed during the war in book 7. I think that Grindelwald will play a part in it, and I also think that something will happen to Snape because he was a DADA teacher and the job is jinxed. The reason why I think these things will happen is because when asked about them in an interview, just after the Half-Blood Prince had been released, she said she couldn't answer those questions, that makes me think that these things will happen in book 7. I think somehow the Dursleys will become a lot closer to Harry, because deep down they do love Harry, and I think Aunt Petunia may be useful to the Order somehow...

I think it would be great(not likely, and somewhat cliche if you look at Star Wars) if Voldemort was redeemed. Then either Voldemort would die(assuming he would help dispatch some of the other death eaters), or he would live. Technically the prophecy would be fufilled, as Voldemort wouldn't survive anymore, Tom Riddle would. Whatever, it isn't going to happen.
I truly don't believe that Harry will die; it's not only optimism, it's just a feeling I have.
Lupin will probably kill Wormtail, assuming that Wormtail isn't obligated to assist Harry due to the wizard's debt. As for who else will die, I just don't know.

I dont think dumbledore is dead. I think him and Snape set the whole thing up to trick Voldemort, and...to help Draco. He didnt want LV to kill Draco for his failure. I also think Sirius will return. Im not sure what i think about the Ginny dying thing. It sounds like it might happen. I also dont think LV will win, which i think is completely ridiculous, but i have heard it. And i dont think Harry would die. That is just to in-depth for a children's book. I dont think there will be a huge saviour like sacrifice involved. I think Harry will fight LV and with some help from his friends, win. The end.

I completely agree with this. Lets face it JKR writes for children, and the kid in us all wants a happy ending. I think it's all been a dream. In the end Harry will wake up in his bed aged 1 with a wand in his hand and blast LV to kingdom come. (only kidding) I don't really like to second guess whats going to happen but I hope one day JKR writes a book about what Harry did next!!!

I think they arent really childrens books any more, they are getting to the stage where they are so dark they are almost like horrors, and I don't think the sixth book HBP is for small children.

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Lupin will probably kill Wormtail, assuming that Wormtail isn't obligated to assist Harry due to the wizard's debt. As for who else will die, I just don't know.

I think the last battle between Harry and voldemort will be at hogwarts or somewhere really significant to the series. I think Lupin will end up killing the werewolf Fenrir Greyback. I think that Neville will kill/capture Bellatrix because she was the one who tortured his parents.

I don't know if what i am about to say is true. But I read somewhere ( I think it was either conversations with JK Rowling or Muggles and Magic) that she read abook in which the hero dies. And well i think sadly in of she will "kill" harry in the end. But he would have died for someone like one of his best friends or someone really important to him. And in that book that she read the hero had died for someone. That book might have influenced her to well do what we all don't want her to do. I hope she doesn't kill him though.

The werewolf Nicky 92 is looking for is Fenrir Greyback. I really don't want Harry to die in book 7. Like I said before about the kid in us all wanting a happy ending, but I think I remember JKR saying about the hero dying in a book. Hopefully this was just another one of her red herrings.

Hopefully, 'etphonehome', I think the ending of the last book is going to be sad and will make me cry! I'm not sure out of happiness or sadness. I am ashamed to admit I cryed at the ned of the last two books, OOTP and HBP, because Sirius and Dumbledore were dead. It is already going to be a sad time anyway because JKR isn't goign to bring out another Harry Potter book. Noooooo!

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I totally agree, the ending will be sad because it's the last book. I cryed too when Sirius and Dumbledore dies. But I do like to think that the end of book 7 will be happy sad rather than sad sad!!!

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Wouldn't it be interesting to actually know what that curse that Bellatrix hurled at Sirius was before he fell through the arch? That would give us more of a clue as to what happened to him. I wonder if the curse alone would have been enough to kill him, or if she just needed to nudge him into the arch to do the deed? How this plays out for the ending . . . Who knows!?!


Guin

Here's what I think:

- Harry and Voldemort will both die, or Harry will kill Voldemort. This does not mean that JKR will actually do any more HP books though.
- The Death Eaters won't all die, but enough of them will be taken down that those people who still harbor race hatred will be silenced at least for a little while. Think about this for a minute: Hitler is gone, but neo-nazi groups are everywhere (unfortunately). In fact Vladimir Putin just made some hefty statements about how Russia needs to reanalyze its xenophobic tendencies.
- Hermione and Ron will end up together - saw that coming in book one people, is there really any reason to think otherwise?

Anything else, is just conjecture. I would love it if Sirius was still alive, but don't see it happening, I hated the fact that Dumblee-dorre died, but I think he really is dead. The only person who survived Avada kedavra was Harry, right? I definitely will go with the whole Snape was in love with Lily thing, and have this niggling little thought that Harry might really be Snape's son, as abhorrent as that is.

Anyway, I'm sure I'll get some backlash from this, and welcome it wholeheartedly.

Take care all,
Guin

I agree with all the things you have said 'Guin', has JKR actually said that Harry isn't Snape's son I think it will make the books so much more interesting if that did happen. I can't wait ot find out moer about Lily Potter (and James aswell!) But Lily and Petunia's pasts are the things I am really looking forward to hearing about because we don't really know much about them, all we know is that Petunia was kind of left out at home, that might have made her the horrible person she is today! If Harry questions her then I think she could tell him more about Lily. I also want to find out more about Dumbledore, and find the Horcruxes of course! I think the final might be in Hogwarts, Godric's Hollow or in the DOM in the room with the veil. I think the veil plays an enormous part in finding the horcruxes and/or destroying Voldemort. Grindle wald will play a part aswell.

The last words:

"He breathed a sigh of relief, now that the prickling feeling was gone, and the realization hit him, that his scar was now just a scar."

before that::

"He put his arms around Ginny, and felt her sobbing softly on his shoulder. He looked past her, and saw Hermione looking at him as she did the same thing with Ron, who had completely gone to pieces and was blubberring uncontrollably, amidst the carnage. The look on her face mirrored his own, changing from second to second, through relief, horror, revulsion, and finally settling into profound grief."


Anyway, that just came to me and I had to share it, although I hope there is a chapter after that about the survivors living happily ever after. My $0.02.

That is really good 'SiriusB1214', it would be good if she wrote something like that, it would probably make me cry. . JKR said she would do a chapter which would tell us what is going to happen to the rest of the characters, which will be interesting...

i dont really think that it would be able to finish in one book. there is soooo much that has to happen in one book. some things llike the duel between voldemort and harry, bill's wedding, harry finding the last horakutes (spelled that totally wrong), and lots more.

it would be nice if J.K. made some books after the seventh one. it would be hard to think that the series would be finished.

"... Ron, who had completely gone to pieces ..."

When a piece of inspiration like this hits, I usually have no idea where it's going. I know where this came from, though. If the last word is "scar," and that's been planned from before the first book was finished, that implies Harry's scar will be an ordinary scar at the end, washed of all its former magical significance. That implies Harry's survival, and his victory.

But what will he be feeling at the moment of triumph? Certainly not triumph. That's the moment when all of the losses along the way, come back to him in a flood.

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Now that I've worked out the above, consciously, it says something about the scene just before. What's Ron looking at? What has Ginny just turned away from?



Mrs. Weasly's lifeless body.


(This is too sad for me to go on right now.)

JKR said she wouldn't write about Harry after the seventh book, she said that this book would be the last one in the series. But, Jo did say that she might bring out a kind of encyclopedia (I hope I've spelt that right), she didn't use those words exactly but that is the best way to decribe it. She sai there is so much information that she hasn't used it would be nice to put that into a book. Sorry, I can't remember where i read this, but I can assure you that I am not lying!

ah, Nicky_92, that would be so great!

well, i think that the last book will end sad... not entirely sad, just another loss or something like that... i think they will have hope to build up the whole wizarding world again and live normal... but i think harry will have to deal with much and i think that we will cry a lot about people.
book 7 is just bound to end not entirely happy! no real story does and i think it would be to unreal...
the last word 'scar' could mean much... i think the possibility that he has just a normal scar is good, but there are so many more possibilities!

Yes, you are right rainyDay there are so many different possibilities.

I think most of us will probably cry, because there will be more deaths, probably of our favourite characters, and it might even be Harry! That would be so sad. We have known him the longest and the series is written in his point of view. So it would end really different. We might even cry because we feel so happy for the characters, because the magical world seems so real.

I wonder where it will actaully end. It could be Hogwarts. There are so many different places it could end. It is impossoble to know. We can only guess.

I think that Ginny will die since she is close to Harry. Hermione's probably going to be injured really badly or almost dying and in this way Ron and Hermione would get closer together hehe.

hmmm i think that, well either, cho,ginny or the dursleys ( i think i spelt it wrong) are going to die it might end up that harry finds the huroxues and then they are destroyed somehow, i think neville will be the hero in the next book and somehow defeat Lord V.I know many of you think that sirius is dead it was all descriptive but u never know, the veil, it may lead somewhere else.well yeah my theory is pretty crappy but oh well i got to live on some thoughts

Voldemort will obviously die at the end. I think Harry will live along with Hermionie and Ron. The final battle will be at Hogwarts seeing as it is such a meaningful place for both of them. Where in the castle the final battle will take place im not sure. However i would like it to be the chamber of secrets but Voldemort seems like the kind of guy who wants to have people see him kill Harry so possibly the great hall.

I think the final battle will be in Hogwarts or some really significant place which we haven't heard of, or is familiar to us.

I think Ginny might die because I think Voldemort will probably want to punish Harry by killing all the people he cares about. That also means that Hermione and Ron might as well.

I think one of the Weasleys will definetely die anyway, and if one of them doesn't I think it will be a miracle! All of the Death Eaters hate the Weasleys, because they are 'blood traitors.'

I also think some minor characters will die as well, and they will be more mysterious disapearences. I also want to find out what happened to Olivander, the wand maker.

JK Rowling will probably shock us with something that none haev us have even thought about.

I hope all of the magical creatures will turn against the Dark Side, apart from the Demontors.

I can't wait for the last and seventh book to come out!

I like the final battle at Hogwarts idea. It would be cool to have fight in the Great Hall, all the Death Eaters and Order Members forced to watch the final duel. Then Voldemort would have Harry on his knees and say "See Potter, I am all powerful. Not even Albus could succed. I am eternal." Then Harry would be " That's where you're wrong, Tom. You're a Mudblood. Just like me." Then something unbelievably cool will happen ( and I think Quentin Tarintino(?) should direct this during movie 7) Snape's true colors will be revealed (he'll die either way), anyone who's alive will show up and Voldemort will perish. Still don't know if Harry or Ron will die, but if I had to hazard a guess a guess I would say one or both will die.

P.S. I officially(?) hate Rowling.

I just thought of something new. I got while contemplating(?) the 'connection' between book 1 and seven. Here it goes:

"I must not break the link", thought Harry slowly losing touch with reality, "This is our last chance." He could hear screams all around him but he couldn' be bothered by them. He knew his mission. He could feel the snake descending into the void along with him, falling to the point where all things end...
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Harry awoke in a familiar bed. His eyes were shut tight he couldn't muster the will to open them just yet. "Where am I?" he muttered. Who's bed was this? All the lumps seemed to spark some recognition but from where?
Then it hit him. He was in his cupboard underneath the stairs. "Not a dream. Please, don't let it have been all a dream." A vision of a beautiful red haired young woman crossed his mind. "Ginny" he almost sobbed "was she just a dream too?" There as suddenly a tapping at the door. It was very insistent. Harry ignored it trying to relive the most wonderful dream of his life. The tapping just continued, Harry had hoped it would just go away but clearly it wouldn't.
"I'm up!" he spat bitterly at the door, opening his eyes for the first time. Except there wan't a door there. It was another bed. He stood up and looked around the room perplexed. Suddenly he spotted the source of the noise-
"Hedwig!" he cried joyously letting the owl into the room. It had to be St. Mungo's. Yes, there was the view of the muggle street right outside his window. A baloon swelled inside him as he watched the snow white owl fly around the room and stop at his bed.
That's when he noticed who was in the bed next to his. "Snape" he whispered. Severus Snape lay in a very weak state. His body was covered in more scars than Mad-Eye Moody. Harry felt the balloon pop. He grabbed his robes, they were neatly folded in a corner of the room, and rushed out the door.
There they were, asleep, resting on each others' shoulders. With a grin, Harry felt for his wand, turned round and silntly cast muffliato on Snape, backed out of the room and slammed the door shut with all his strength.

The happiest of endings of course. Neville- the real chosen one, brings down LV. Hogwarts will begin a new school year with Dumbledore back as Headmaster. Snape teaching DADA (personality hasn’t changed a bit), McGonagall to retires with Lupin named as new Head of Gryffindor House, Hagrid announces his engagement, Ron working at his brothers’ shop, Draco guiding his father towards better decisions, Harry’s just bewildered by how wrong he was about everything and Hermione not surprised in the least at how all things turned out well.
The End

P.S. If you think I’m just looney as Luna and how some of those things can not be possible I’ll just laugh and say ‘Trust Dumbledore’. It can all happen.

I think the bringing down of Voldemort is going to include the priori incantatem Kinda like this:
harry will cast a spell Voldemort will cast Avada Kadabra. they connect. but i think Ron and Hermione will be there and the power of love the trio have for each other (not romantic of Course) but true friendship and loyalty will push the AK curse back on Voldemort and he dies. If you have read some of JK's website you will see that she points out that the trios wands are connected and it seems important to her. Now there is debate that Voldemort will change wands because of this very fact but i think he is arrogent enough to think that this wont be a problem. I think that the trio will live although i could see all four(the trio and voldemort) die in one big scene at the end but i think that would take from the story and underlying symbolism.I dont think that scene willl happen. In the end Wormtail will die by voldemorts hands because he tried to help Harry, I think Lupin will die and if he dies tonks will go too. they will be in battle and lupin will go down and that distraction will be just enough to take tonks down. But if Lupin lives tonks will too. I think he is overdue some happiness. so maybee he wont die. im torn on the Lupin death thing. I want to seem some happiness in his life but i could see JK killing him. thats a tough one.

As for the one of the Weasleys going. I think it will be Percy and i think he will go down like a hero. I think he will see the errors in his ways and somehow his sacrifice will allow harry to get a Horcux in some big scene. afterall he has alot to make up for. and as for Ginny, they will have her well protected. thats an obvious plan to pull harry out of hiding, a little to obvious, JK likes to hit us blindedsided and i dont think its in her style.

Other characters dying no clue. I could see some of their Hogwarts friends going down but who not sure. I can see moody and McGonagall going down but how not sure.

Snape. not sure. I'm not completely sure yet where his true loyalties lie. OUtwardly it is obvious but when did something that looked so obvious ever really happen. I think Snape deserves some freedom and happiness. That's why i think he may bee good. He's had a major inward struggle and he's done a pretty good job dealing with them, There's some major inner conflict that i would have trouble dealing with.

Dumbledore,dead or not dead that is the question. Ultimalty i know he at least had to appear dead, but is he really? im not fully prepared to answer that im rereading that part of the book a little slower so i can form an opinion but i know we havent heard the last from him
so there you have it thats what i think

I, personally, am most looking forward to Severus Snape's portrayal in Book 7. His character has remained a mystery for the entire series. We have known him since the first book which has given us a lot of time to try to work the character out. Yet none have succeded! Sure, we have theories and guesses. He's good, evil, inbetween. He was working for Dumbledore, or for the Dark Lord. He will die, or rise as a new leader. We just don't know. In the final installment, I think Severus will come out. We all will finally see him as he truely is (even if Harry doesn't believe it). Snape will be a MAJOR character and perhaps the "Final Battle" will dim in comparison to the revelation of Severus's true self!

Hi everyone! Im a newbie BUT I LOOOOOVE harry potter and Emma Watson
as much as i dont want to admit it I think you guys are right in some ways that jkr would kill harry but i really dont think that is likely that it would happen does anyone remember the phrophecy?!

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One can not live while the other survives!?

i agree this could end up being harry but the only beneficial part of killling harry would be to see what effect it has on his loved ones I just dont think it makes sense I think Ron will die though i love him because I think hermione wil be faced with the choice of saving ron or harry and we will find out that she has always loved harry therefore save him instead of ron (just an idea!) P.s I also agree with missmugglebethany

I think LV ewill die Harry will die too or he will lose his powers
Ron will be a traitor to impress Hermione, but he will come back
Snape who is innocent will die by HP
As for the others (Order Members and DeathEaters)we will have enough killings from the 2 parts like JKR said

Oh boy, which theory do you want first? haha. Well, I have several thoughts on this subject, but the one I favor the most is yes, Harry will end up dead as does Voldemort. My theory on why Harry dies is where my opinion differs from most. I think Harry will end up having to die to completely kill Voldemort. Indulge me here, okay? Say that when Voldemort killed Lily Potter and attempted to kill Harry his spell did not backfire because Lily died to save Harry. Say, instead, that Harry was an accidental horcrux Voldemort never intended. Which would explain a couple of things. One, why Harry did not die, because if a piece of Voldemorts soul was transferred to Harry and Voldemort can not truly be killed until all of his horcruxes are gone, ergo, Harry can not die. Which incedentally explains how Harry has magically(forgive the pun) escaped Voldemort killing him so many times.Two, why exactly Harry has some of Voldemorts abilities and such a strong connection with him, which I thought was not fully explained when the whole thing came out. Three, why Voldemort can not posess Harry, which is yes, explained by the love thing, but imagine trying to posess your self? It could be played as like an evil twin scenario, if you get my drift? Another theory is that Harry will die because he can not live with himself after commiting murder(feeble, but effective theory). And another is that Voldemort has a child somewhere and the end of the book is with her(in my mind Voldemort has a daughter)exacting revenge. Crazy huh?( even crazier is, that in my mind the daughter's name is Hermione) Well, these are my thought theories and such on book 7. Also I don't think Dumbledore is really dead, but who knows?

I completely agree with ypur theorie MDAL although I don't think Harry is an accidental horcrux but I think LV wanted Harry to be an Horcrux....

I think also that the other in the prophecy is Nevil Longbottom....
What do you think about this???

I really don't think Neville was the real chosen one, or the other meaning he and harry could not survive at the same time, but I do believe Neville has not yet served his purpose, which I believe to be Bellatrix LeStrange. Neville and Bella will have a battle, I feel certain of it, because in case no one else noticed this, Neville showed some of his better magical ability and bravery when he thought he would get to face her in OOTP. He wanted to face her, because of his parents. This may cause a rift between him and Harry, because of course Harry wants revenge for Sirius, but in the end Harry will see that Neville has much more right to face Bella than he has. Just a thought.

I just happen to think about this a few days ago and it is still in my mind. I was just thinking that what if Harry could not destroy Voldermort. Why would I say that? Because he already has. Think about the prophecy stated in the fifth book. It was written before Harry was born. So, when he was one, he destroyed Voldermort. It never said he would kill him, just destroy him. Technically, yes Harry did destroy him when he was one. So my thought is: What if the prophecy has already been fulfilled. What now? My guess is that they would both die. Anyway, what do you think?

I think Harry will return to Hogwarts after his Godrics Hollow Journey, wheither he likes it or not. Hogwarts is the main setting, and i don't think JK will give it up that easily. I have a feeling that Lupin will be back, with extensive treatment from Professor Slughorn. Many of the Order Members will be assigned teaching jobs at Hogwarts, I garantee. I know that Harry will be forced back into Hogwarts. The final battle might cause Hogwarts to be distroyed, i don't know, but that is a big possibility. He will find something of GREAT importance at Godrics Hollow, whether at a store, or the ruins of his house. I know that Ginny, Ron and Hermione will die, they are the main characters apart from Harry ofcourse. Harry cannot live without them. I think Ginny will be a bait, captured/lured into Voldemorts hands for Harry to follow into. Ron will probably die from saving his sister, or hermione, his future girlfriend to be. Not Harry because he is much mroe stronger and probably doesn't need saving. As we know from Ron's great attempt (which worked) to be a hero in the first book by sacrificing himself for Harry and Hermione, he will do anything for them. Hermione will die, she is the worst fighter out of Harry, Ron and Ginny, and probably will be the first to die durring the final battle (if she lasts that long). I thought that Dumbledore was alive, but i changed my mind after reading Veritaserum's point of view. I have to say I agree. I know Dumbledore knew that there was something bad beyond the black lake, but i don't think he was prepared for the potion. I think the potion lowered his strengh greatly. He was close to death and the fake Avada Kadavra spell might have killed him, even though it was just a little sting for a person without the poison inside them. Professor Mcgonagal will die, she will be one of the lasts to die at the final battle, that might as well be at Hogwarts, where she is now began to be a Headmistress. Slughorn will die, Voldemort, with his great power of Legimency, will get the fact of him helping dumbledore and harry. Lupin will die, he will ofcourse avenge his friends at the risk of killing wormtail, who will die by either Harry or Lupin. Bellatrix will die from Nevile, Harry wont have a change because Nevile will kick her ass. We know from the 5th book that Nevile does not quite that easily. He is deturmind, and I know he is deturmind to avenge his parents healthy lives. I know one of the most important aspects of the book will be the veil, probably a whole chapter describing more about it, whether or not Sirius is really dead, or just waiting patiently for someone to open the viel.

You know, Jo wants to continue living after book 7 is out...

Do you really think that she will kill ALL those characters???

This is a CHILDREN's book, after all...

Enough good people have died though the series... it's time for the bad guys to die.

By the way, i have the feeling that the elves will play a big role in the war, just like eagles in Tolkien's books.

Diego

I know that Jo is, she has a Life...and no i don't think she will, but thats just my opinion. I know that half might die. And yeah, the bad guys are gonna die, thats one of the main points of the book, to see if Voldemort and the Death Eaters die or not.

do you really think these are childrens books now. look what they've turned into. even if they are under the genre of children reading they're still for the older group as well. and no i don't think she'll kill all the characters. maybe some minor ones and a few major ones. maybe you are right about the elves having a big role in the war but we'll just have to wait. it will be cool though if they did. we'll get to see maybe the darker and more powerful side of the elves.

^ Lol I agree...you know that the book turned over at book five...when Cho kinda seduced Harry o_O. The elves are going to fight, the bad thing is, their are way more elves on the bad side, they will comand to their masters, even if they don't want too, we know that a lot of the bad guys are rich like the Malfoys, and have 1 or more house elves to do their simple tasks. But, then there is Hogwarts Elves, which is more than one hundred, they will comand to Mcgonagal, and she's with the order. And, they have hidden powers, like the power to apperate on school grounds, and hide well.

I don't know, but their might be another creature released into the book, I mean, in each book their is a creature. Book 1: Goblins/Cenitaurs, Book 2: Elves, Book 3: Hippogriff, Book 4: Merpeople. Book 5: Threstrals, Book 6: Giants. I have a feeling we will learn more about the Phoenix, they are becoming one of the main creatures.

WEll basically a lot of people are going to die, most of them we won't really know, but a bunch of characters we have gotten to learn about will probably die too. Voldemort will die. Harry might die. Hermione and Ron will probably live. The death eaters, not all of them will die I think most of them will get sent to Azkaban. If Harry lives I am sure Ginny will live too. Lupin and Tonks will probably live. And mostly everyone else has a really good chance of dying.

ooohhh. phoenix's will be interesting to learn more about or to elaborate more on the subject. you are right they are becoming key creatures. i think maybe jk was hinting at that in book5




staying on the positive side are we. just kidding. i agree many people will die. but it'd funny how everyone think that hermione and ron will live. i think so too.

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Wow! Many thoughts have been discussed here! I hate to say it, but I have a gut feeling that I am going to be disappointed at the end of book 7. I would love all of the main characters to survive the final battle, but I don't think JKR will let that happen.....especially now that she has made her announcement about 2 main characters being killed off in book 7.

Who for sure is going to die? Of course LV. That is a given. As for Harry.....I honestly don't want to guess. My hope is that he will live, but the reality is, a lot depends on whether or not JKR does indeed have Harry be a living Horcrux.

I also feel that Ron, Hermoine and Ginny all have a chance as being "the" character/s to die in the end. LV knows who is important to Harry, those are the people he will want to take down.

Harry having a dream? Not a chance that JKR wll have her books turn into "Dallas" the TV series! I really think that would be a betrayal to her loyal fans.These books and characters are her babies. She will do with them as she pleases....not with what her fans will like or not like. I don't think that she ever would have killed off DD if she really cared what her fans thought. I mean she does care, but folks, she is the author and she will do what she needs to and end the book the way that she has wanted to from the beginning.

I really like many of your ideas of having the final battle take place at Hogwarts. Where it would happen? I think someone mentioned it could happen somewhere in the castle that no one has ever been before. LV probably knows many things about that old castle that some of the teachers don't even know.

I'm not trying to be a pessimist about this book ending on a happy note, I am just trying to think realistically.......is that possible in a fantasy book? I would love it all to end "Happily Ever After", but this is not a Disney Movie. Well, those are just my thoughts on my first post.

JKR said that a lots of goodies and badies will die...

Ok Definitely LV
Wormtail I think too...
Also other DE like Mknair, Goyle etc...

About the Order maybe MCgonnagal and Kingsly...
Remus ant Tonks definitely no.
Arthur and Moly maybe
Moody I think he will die...
And I am curius about Hagrid...Robbie Coltraine knows the end of his haracter only (JKR spoke with him...)

So I made my death list...Now I am going to kill them all.. haha

As for the phoenixes I think the trew connection between DD and Fawkes is going to be revealed in book 7..I think something with the souls is going on...Maybe DD separated his soul not with a murder but with love and put it to Fawkes(maybe that's what he says about how strong love is...)

Wow. Been a lot of action on here since my last visit. Basically, though, that one person is right. We won't know until we read it. But, I honestly believe Harry might die. He's too good a charecter not to kill off. I know that sounds harsh, but it's true. Think about it, if she didn't kill Harry, there would probab;y be more pressure on JK to write more Potter books. And then eventually we would end up with stupid titles like "Harry Potter and the trip to Norway". No, in my opinion, Harry will go, that way no one can say, JK you were on a roll with that Potter thing, why not write just one more book? She's going to stop while she still has a popular series, and she's smart to do so. I can't wait to see how it all ends.

here's my completely insane theory, I just know something completely unexpected will happen ... so here are my thoughts:

I think Harry will destroy Voldemort, but then realise he has an obsession for power like Voldemort, and take voldemort's place as the dark Lord, killing all who he cares about.

either this or Voldemort will simply succeed and kill Harry,

I just can't see the last of the books having a happy or heroic ending.

I think if Ginny was to be taken by Voldemort and she died, Harry might in the end as well. I really Hope that doesn't happen. I wonder were the final battle will be. At Hogwarts? The grave yard? Where?

After reading a few different articles on JKR's interview and listening to audios of said interview I am going to prepare myself for a bad ending. What she said may not be what she plans to do but it does make sense to her and myself as well. If she leaves Harry alive she runs the risk of future authors trying to take up the mantle and writing more Harry Potter novels and running the high risk of ruining a series that so many people around the world love. I honestly couldn't blame her if she killed off Harry to preserve her mark on literary history.

I also find it intersting that so many people are focusing just on Hermoine and Ron. There are other characters that are dear to the legions of fans. Hagrid for one has been a favortite since the first book. I think he may be one of the main characters that are killed off. It would be a tremendous blow to all. Though in tribute to how noble and loyal he is I think if she does kill him off it will be with Hagrid fighting to the end to save Harry.

Ginny....I don't really think of her as a main character though I know many others do. I think that she will survive, though I have no idea why I have that feeling. I dread to think what may happen to Remus but I don't have much optimism. I think he may go down as well...or in following how bad his life has been Tonks may be the one to go leaving Remus to have to go on living with the knowledge that Tonks, Sirius and Harry are all gone for good. Hmmm...I think I may be depressing myself here . Anyways....that's my thoughts as haphazard as they may be.

I can see only that there is not much optimisme about the main and the secondary characteres....



I agree with you kyp...that probably the main charactere who are playing a big role in HP will probably die, because JKR doesn't want anyone else to continue or ruine her lifework...

look people if someone wants to continue with Rowling work he/she could do it no matter what there are many unexplored areas

the adventures of the merourders
Idem when they grow up
the story of Dumbledore
if harry dies, they can create a paralel universe where he doesnt
if he doesnt the life after....

and i tought of this plots in like a second, they kinda suck i know but im no publisher nor writter, so imagine if someone who is a profesional thinks it trough, no matter what she does, story like harrys will appear, the same happened with tolkien