But if there was a Fidelius on James, Lily and Harry, wouldn't they be missed? They would be as good as invisible to the world. Does a Fidelius hide a person or a house? Grimmauld Place seemed appear out of nothing to Harry, the location was invisible but not the people in it. Couldn't JK have meant the house wouldn't show the Potters to Voldemort instead of the Potters themselves being invisible? For instance, if Sirius would have been present in Godric's Hollow would he have been visible and James not? Wouldn't that give away their location?
True, Albus didn't know about the horcuxes yet, but I came to this because it seems as if Voldemort sends Snape to the job interview with the task to spy on Albus. Maybe there's more than that. Why wanted Voldemort the D.A.D.A. job himself? He was already making horcruxes and he needed something from Hogwarts (probably the sword but it could be something to do with the chambers of secrets too) which he couldn't get himself after Albus refused him. At this moment Albus must have realised Voldemort was after more than just the job and he must have thought of keeping some things as safe as possible.
But if there was a Fidelius on James, Lily and Harry, wouldn't they be missed?
Yep. But that is the whole point of being in hiding. The secret keeper would only have told those who needed to know where to find the Potters (Sirius, Dumbledore, others from the Order).
And it is specifically stated in canon that the Order Headquarters are under the Fidelius Charm, which is Grimmauld Place. But in case of the Potters it was the people under the charm, not their house. This way, they can still move about and aren't restricted to staying in their house for months. And Sirius being there wouldn't give anything away, because no one would see the Potters, and thus no one would be able to hurt them.
And here is the post I did on James' invisibility cloak. There are some interesting suggestions in the comments as to why Dumbledore had it.
True, Albus didn't know about the horcuxes yet, but I came to this because it seems as if Voldemort sends Snape to the job interview with the task to spy on Albus. Maybe there's more than that. Why wanted Voldemort the D.A.D.A. job himself? He was already making horcruxes and he needed something from Hogwarts (probably the sword but it could be something to do with the chambers of secrets too) which he couldn't get himself after Albus refused him. At this moment Albus must have realised Voldemort was after more than just the job and he must have thought of keeping some things as safe as possible.
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Yep. But that is the whole point of being in hiding. The secret keeper would only have told those who needed to know where to find the Potters (Sirius, Dumbledore, others from the Order).
And it is specifically stated in canon that the Order Headquarters are under the Fidelius Charm, which is Grimmauld Place. But in case of the Potters it was the people under the charm, not their house. This way, they can still move about and aren't restricted to staying in their house for months. And Sirius being there wouldn't give anything away, because no one would see the Potters, and thus no one would be able to hurt them.
And here is the post I did on James' invisibility cloak. There are some interesting suggestions in the comments as to why Dumbledore had it.
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