Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-5583089-20150319125326/@comment-26184308-20150319220534

Hmcooper4 wrote: What if....

What if the Hat was made by the original Dark One? The sorcerer is the one that trapped his soul in the Dagger, and the DO created the hat as a means to release his soul from the dagger. When the Sorcerer found out, he had the apprentice steal the hat, and then the Sorcerer placed the protection enchantment over the hat, with a built in way to break the enchantment should there ever come a dark one that actually turned away from his dark ways.

Now, the key is that for it to work, the Dagger is what has to be sucked into the hat. Once the dagger is absorbed, the Hat can release the dark one's soul, trap it in the hat, and destroy the dagger. This would leave the former Dark One free from the Dagger, but also without the power of the dark one.

Pretty good theory