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This is a short little one, but I like it all the same.

Along the same lines as my Dean/Gary Thomas fact, when Rowling was brainstorming what to name Voldemort's followers, she came up with a name that she thought would work nicely.  No, it was not Death Eaters, but Knights of Walpurgis.

All I can say is, I'm glad she changed her mind

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The clock is ticking...

http://mugglenet.com/ is officially becoming my favourite place for finding these facts, so here is another one to tickle your fancy, This one is a fact evidently disclosed by JK Rowling that she thought of after but never included in the books, It will make all of you not think of Dean Thomas as a tool anymore MARY:

Dean Thomas states that he doesn't know who his father was, although we know he never met him and that his mother was a muggle. What we don't know is his dad was killed by DEATH EATERS when he refused to join them, according to an interview with Rowling.

MIND BLOWN, as a tear roles down your eye in sympathy for little Deanster.