Nel giugno di 2007 avevo scritto un post riguardo a Kreacher: la fine di Harry Potter: Kreacher!
HP6 si chiudeva sul mistero di RAB. Poco tempo dopo, Wikipedia pubblicava un articolo che riconosceva in RAB Regulus Black, e il medaglione- Horcrux nel pesante medaglione Black found at home, that locket that no one could open. Regulus had taken him there. I explained that there was an error in Italian translation: "locket" was translated lock, which made the sign unreadable for the Italian reader.
Obviously, the medallion had been brought there by Regulus. But how Regulus had to overcome the protections that prevent access to the cave?
A year ago it seemed that Kreacher was the only one that could have accompanied Regulus in the cave. Just like a minor Harry, a house-elf would not be counted as a magician adult when crossing the lake on the boat. In this way, it would not be taken to prevent the protection to cross the lake in two. I assumed that he could have Kreacher drink the potion on command of Regulus.
We had also discussed thoroughly. The chapter "Kreacher's Tale" in HP7 is therefore not come as a surprise for us. Indeed, Kreacher went with Regulus to the cave to help you take the medallion.
There are also some things we did not anticipate.
The first is that Kreacher had been in the cave with Voldemort. The reason is stated as follows: "This, then, how Voldemort Was HAD tested the Defences surrounding the Horcrux: by borrowing a disposable creature, a house-elf" (HP7, p. 160 ed. Bloomsbury).
The reason some of us an excuse not to have discovered that Kreacher had been in the cave with Voldemort: it was a test of a control. Since no control is absolutely necessary to Voldemort, no one could predict.
This does not mean that the plot of HP7, the first trip Kreacher is pointless. For the purposes of the plot, the fact that Voldemort is made to explain how Kreacher from Regulus Regulus came to know the location of Horcrux. It also explains how he could think of to bring out the medallion: having heard from Kreacher Kreacher as he returned, he thought the company could be repeated.
And here, as usual, Rowling has improved since our predictions. Instead of sacrificing Kreacher, as I supposed, Regulus has wanted from the beginning to sacrifice himself, he knew that Kreacher would have been able to split himself out of the cave, while the same Regulus would remain a prisoner.
In this way the figure of Regulus comes out better, and explains the attachment of Kreacher to him, which would have been less clearly motivated if Regulus had forced to drink the potion.
It seems to me that this would open a gap: I can not explain how Regulus is able to drink the potion that Dumbledore can not drink alone. Dumbledore needed Harry to compel him to continue drinking. Regulus stand it alone.
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