R.A.B Confermed

[Lexa Avery]

They finally confermed who R.A.B is ....if you want to know then read this.

www.hp-lexicon.org/wizards/regulus.html

[Alex Sceleris]

Did Rowling confirm it too? Or just the Lexicon? I don't think that it says in there.

[Alex French]

If that is true I guessed it after I finshed reading the letter. I hope it is then I have bragging rights. YES!

It said this was confirmed by a good source, so maybe a represenative or publist or someone said that in a bar just joking around and a reporter caught it or something.

[JInx Black not logged]

You cnat really say they confirmed it, they just publshed their opinion. JK hasnt agreed, has she?

[Paige Mcleod]

but i think it says that would be a good guess for the initials so mabey it is him.

[Doni Avery]

If R.A.B. is Regulus Black what does the A stand for?

[Alex Sceleris]

The 'A' is believed to be his middle initial, although we don't know what it means. I think we might be able to find a clue as to what it stands for by looking back through book five and reading the names on the Black Family tapestry. This is an idea that just occured to me, so I could be wrong.

[Charlene Entreri]

I do it's arcturus. I found it on the hp lexicon and in the mugle net archives, im pretty clver at finding potter related stuff.

[Jinx Black]

Yeha I think it is Regulus, but you cant reallly say its been confirmed, right? Its just a suspicion, right?

[Charlene Entreri]

No the middle name has been confirmed by the hp lexicon by jk they said.

[christine]

Uhm... HP Lexicon says that his initials match, but we're not sure. No one has given any sign of knowing Regulus' middle name and Rowling didn't say anything about it either.
I also think he might be a... fine guess. But I prefer not to be trapped into JK's hide and seak games. It's very difficult to be sure of something when Rowling doesn't say it clearly. And saying Regulus is a fine guess is NOT saying it clearly. Also, I have different reasons to think he is the R.A.B. Remember book five, where they have to clean the house, and Harry find a heavy locket that no one could open? Let's just say that I have a pretty good idea of where exactly is one of Voldemort's souls. But you can't be sure. You can never be sure.

[vampire]

omg. now i know what happens. Well i dont but tome thats a spoiler.lol i would never have though of Sirius' younger brother though.

[christine]

Actually, he was my first guess. RAB? Regulus Awhatever Black! But you can never be sure with these things until you've got the book in your hands. I prefer to wait until I have it, haha.

[vampire]

its gonna take ages................lol

[christine]

Nah, only a year. I can live in fanfiction and RPG until then, HA!

[Bee Cuoco]

it also says on wikipedia... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regulus_Black#R.A.B.

Near the end of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Dumbledore attempts to recover a locket believed to be a Horcrux created by Voldemort. Instead, he finds a different locket containing a message signed with the initials R.A.B. Besides Rosalind Antigone Bungs and Rupert "Axebanger" Brookstanton, two names that Hermione finds while searching for people whose initials might fit, Rudolf Brand, a minor character mentioned once in association with Quidditch in Quidditch Through the Ages and Andromeda Tonks née Black, Regulus is the only character who might match these initials. Rowling was asked in an interview whether Regulus was R.A.B., and, whilst neither confirming nor denying the theory, called it "a fine guess".[1]


[edit] Regulus Black's middle name
In August 2005, the Harry Potter Lexicon fan website claimed to have been informed by a "reliable source" that Regulus' middle name was Arcturus. The Lexicon later withdrew the claim without explanation, but the editor that made the original claim stated that he stands behind the information. He posted the following remarks on The Leaky Cauldron, another fan website: