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i know were all buzzing about this new chapter, but I found a gem in our newly placed 76 with this ""Grindelwald possessed an ancient and terrible device," said Dumbledore. "While he held it, I could not break his defense. In our duel I could not win, only fight him for long hours until he fell in exhaustion; and I would have died of it afterward, if not for Fawkes. But while his Muggle allies yet made blood sacrifice to sustain him, Grindelwald would not have fallen. He was, during that time, truly invincible. Of that grim device which Grindelwald held, none must know, none must suspect, there must be not a single hint. And therefore you must not speak of it, and I will say no more for now. That is all, Harry. There is no moral to it, and no wisdom. That is all there is."" Definitely Gur erfheerpgvba fgbar and we know this is probably not canonical.
For this chapter, V guvax vg jnf boivbhf nf fbba nf fur jnf natel ng Qenpb gung U&P jbhyq ghea ure ntnvafg uvz. Ur NPGHNYYL yvxrq Urezvabar naq ur pnag svtug ure pbeerpgyl juvyr urf fgvyy uheg bire ybfvat ure cfrhqb-sevraqfuvc. Can't believe were hitting the trial subgenre though, keep up the good work eleizer.
A rather strange conclusion, since what Dumbledore says about a "an ancient and terrible device" in this altered paragraph fits much better to the canonical Ryqre Jnaq.
That would also fall well into HPMOR style ideas of what ryqre means in terms of requiring human sacrifices, cthulu style.
I don't mind it being the death stick, but for some reason resurrection stone seemed to be quite possible to me when I read it last night. I cant wait to see what happens nonetheless :)
Voted down for rot13-ing non-spoilers. Doing so wastes the readers time and makes people more likely to accidentally read actual spoilers they expected to be similarly harmless.
Since you brought it up, just thought I'd mention for anyone who might benefit: I recently realized there's a rot13 extension for Chrome that saves a lot of time (relative to using rot13.com).
Leetkey is handy for firefox.
I like rot13-ing my predictions, but if its bothering you I apologize.