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Comment author: malthrin 23 October 2011 05:19:52PM *  0 points [-]

Beneath the moonlight glints a tiny fragment of silver, a fraction of a line...

(black robes, falling)

...blood spills out in liters, and someone screams a word.

There aren't many spells notable for causing prodigious bleeding. In fact, I can only think of one - and one person who could cast it. "Black robes" narrows down the targets.

Comment author: pedanterrific 23 October 2011 10:37:40PM *  16 points [-]

"Black robes" narrows down the targets.

Specifically, it narrows down the targets to everyone other than uniformed Aurors and Dumbledore in an unserious mood.

I don't know if you've noticed, but black robes are the new black.

Comment author: [deleted] 23 October 2011 06:40:49PM 3 points [-]

What spell is that?

If the word being screamed is the spell, then it can't have been the cause of the blood spilling out in liters. Either the spell was in response to the massive blood loss, or the blood was a necessary component of a ritual.

Comment author: pedanterrific 23 October 2011 10:40:58PM 7 points [-]

What spell is that?

malthrin is almost certainly referring to Sectumsempra, a spell invented by Snape in his school years.

Comment author: malthrin 24 October 2011 05:16:31AM 1 point [-]

Yep.

Comment author: fubarobfusco 23 October 2011 09:18:01PM *  5 points [-]

Evidence against it being the Killing Curse:

  • The Killing Curse doesn't shed blood; the target simply drops dead.
  • The Killing Curse is characterized by a flare of green light of a very particular frequency, which consistently appears in descriptions of its use.
  • The Killing Curse is two words, not one.

That said, we don't know what incantation or ritual is involved in making a horcrux. It may very well be blood magic, and use merely the word "Horcrux!"

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