Voldemort's

[Danemead]

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No: HPFGUIDX C5489
From: Danemead
Subject: Voldemort's
Date: 7/31/00 11:42 pm  (ET)

I'm wondering just how far Voldemort's 'empire of terror' stretched. We
know he terrorized the British wizarding community, and probably the
European as well, but what about the rest of the world (the Americas,
Africa, the Orient, Australia, Russia, etc)?

If 100,000 people showed up for the Quidditch World Cup, that indicates
to me that there is a very large wizarding community worldwide. Several
countries in South America and Africa have been mentioned as having
Quidditch teams, which also implies communities large enough to support
professional players. I found it pretty pathetic that only about 30 Death
Eaters showed up when Voldemort called. All the ones he called by name
were names I recognized as those in Britain. There's been no indication
that a person couldn't Apparate from another continent, so where were
the foreign representatives?

I know this is a question with no definitive answer, but if JKR is
lurking here, how 'bout an answer in the future? [Yes, I'm convinced
Ms Rowling monitors these boards and re-writes future books in order to
throw monkey wrenches into our brains!].

(Danemead - refusing to send up shower of red sparks and be rescued from
this maze...)