Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Spoilers)

[Ryan Dognaux]

Originally Posted by ali_rockon22

And just to throw out a question, who in the world is R.A.B?

Unless Rowling is introducing a new character (which I would hate if she did that so late in the books), then it's a good chance that it is in fact Sirius's brother Regulus Black. He was mentioned in Order of the Phoenix and apparently was killed for trying to switch sides (from evil to good).

That's my theory on R.A.B. - I think it's really cool how Rowling is tying in the founders of the school again with the Horcruxes.

I wonder if Hogwarts will even reopen next year. But even if it does, Harry said he wouldn't return (at least not for schooling). I bet he'd still come back to converse with Dumbledore's painting though. Becoming an Auror is too obvious, so who knows what's going to happen in the end.