On Sunday, August 7, 2005 at 12:36:30 AM UTC-7, Dave wrote:   
   > Also sprach Tim Bruening  :   
   > :In Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Nicholas Flamel and Dumbledore   
   > :decide to store the Sorcerer's Stone (which can be used to make gold and   
   > :a life extending elixir) at Hogwarts for safekeeping.  To protect it,   
   > :Dumbledore and several teachers set up several magical challenges   
   > :(Fluffy the 3 headed dog, Devil's Snare, flying keys (along with the   
   > :broomsticks needed to catch them), a chess game involving life size,   
   > :moving pieces, a troll, a potions riddle, and the Mirror of Erised.  Any   
   > :wizard or witch who is clever enough can get past the challenges   
   > :(although almost anyone would have trouble convincing the mirror that   
   > :they only want to FIND the stone, not use it).   
   > :   
   > :Why didn't Dumbledore and Flamel use a Findelius (sp?) Charm to hide the   
   > :stone?  That way, no one would have been able to find the stone unless   
   > :the Secret Keeper (Dumbledore or Flamel) told him/her, not even Lord   
   > :Voldemort!   
   > :   
   > :Why in fact did Dumbledore and the teachers set up challenges that   
   > :anyone who's clever enough can pass?   
   > :   
   > :Before asking Dumbledore to protect the Sorcerer's Stone, why didn't   
   > :Nicholas Flamel use it to make a century's worth of Youth Elixir?  This   
   > :would give him time to make a new Stone if the old one got destroyed or   
   > :captured.   
   >    
   > I believe DD explained that Flamel and his wife felt they had lived long    
   > enough at that point, and were in fact ready to die.  They didn't make   
   > a large batch of potion because they didn't need it.   
      
   This explanation came at the very end, AFTER the attempt to steal the Stone   
   convinced Dumbledore and Flamel that the Stone had to be destroyed for the   
   safety of the world.  I had assumed that the Flamels' readiness to die was   
   caused by the near loss of    
   the Stone to Voldemort.  I had assume that before Voldemort almost took the   
   Stone, the Flamels had still intended to live indefinitely, so logically have   
   stored up a lot of Ellixir!   
      
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