Oh, wait. Nevermind. I found this on JK Rowling's Website:
"In the first draft of 'Chamber of Secrets', Nick sang a self-penned ballad explaining how his head had (nearly) come off. My editor was not very fond of the song and so I cut it. However, for those who are curious, here is the story of Nick's decapitation in his own moving words.
It was a mistake any wizard could make
Who was tired and caught on the hop
One piffling error, and then, to my terror,
I found myself facing the chop.
Alas for the eve when I met Lady Grieve
A-strolling the park in the dusk!
She was of the belief I could straighten her teeth
Next moment she'd sprouted a tusk.
I cried through the night that I'd soon put her right
But the process of justice was lax;
They'd brought out the block, though they'd mislaid the rock
Where they usually sharpened the axe.
Next morning at dawn, with a face most forlorn,
The priest said to try not to cry,
"You can come just like that, no, you won't need a hat,"
And I knew that my end must be nigh.
The man in the mask who would have the sad task
Of cleaving my head from my neck,
Said "Nick, if you please, will you get to your knees,"
And I turned to a gibbering wreck.
"This may sting a bit" said the cack-handed twit
As he swung the axe up in the air,
But oh the blunt blade! No difference it made,
My head was still definitely there.
The axeman he hacked and he whacked and he thwacked,
"Won't be too long", he assured me,
But quick it was not, and the bone-headed clot
Took forty-five goes 'til he floored me.
And so I was dead, but my faithful old head
It never saw fit to desert me,
It still lingers on, that's the end of my song,
And now, please applaud, or you'll hurt me." _________________ You're Slower Than a Herd of Turtles Stampeding Through Peanut Butter!
In the poem it says
"They'd brought out the block, though they'd mislaid the rock
Where they usually sharpened the axe."
So that means that they couldn't find the axe-sharpening rock, right? _________________ You're Slower Than a Herd of Turtles Stampeding Through Peanut Butter!
Nick died around 1450-1500 (Book 2 - stated he hadn't eaten in 400 years)
Around this time, Henry VII was in power (Nick's clothes even suggest this, tights, ruffs) and the executioners axe was always kept sharpen.
So, I bet that Nick sided against Henry (Yorks) as did many and he was closer to the end of the "Killing" line (?), hense blunt axe.
Nick died in 1492 and his 500th "death day" party was in book 2. _________________ "If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals." - Sirius Black
why couldnt they use magic to kill him and did they have askaban with the dementors
I dont think there even was an azkaban back when he was killed...and plus who said witches or wizards killed him? it couldve have been a squib or muggle...also if it was a witch or wizard they didnt kill him using magic because thye wanted him to suffer _________________
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