Spies and traitors,

[cmtorres67 at yahoo.com]

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> Hi! Actually I got the impression that the dark mark disappears 
> totally unless the D.E. are being summomed, as Voldemort 
says, "It's 
> back,...they will all have noticed it..." (G of F p.560) It would 
be 
> quite easy for the ministry to find Death Eaters if all they had to 
do 
> was pull up a suspects robes. I think they can feel it start to 
burn 
> before it appears (hence Karkaroff's apprehension). However, I 
don't 
> think it becomes visible unless Voldie wants it to, unlike Harry's 
> scar, which is strangly connected to the dark marks (remember how 
> Harry's scar burned strongly as Voldie turned Peter's black?), but 
not 
> in V's control.
> 
> -Cornflower O'Shea


I understand your point about how easy it might be for the MoM to 
identify DE if the mark was always visible, and people would then 
know who they could trust for the most part if all one had to do was 
look for the mark on a wizard's arm. But then why would Karkaroff 
come to Snape's class and show him something on his arm if it wsan't 
the dark mark becoming visible  "...Harry...saw Karkaroff pull up the 
left-hand sleeve of his robe and show Snape something on his inner 
forearm. 'Well?' said Karkaroff...'Do you see? It's never been this 
clear, never since - " (GoF p 519 US). And why would it be becoming 
clearer all year - UNLESS the mark showing for so long was unusual. 
Maybe, because V's powers had been destroyed and he had been gone for 
so long, as he was regaining his strength/power the mark started to 
burn and become visible but under normal circumstances maybe the mark 
would only burn and become visible for a short time before V called 
the DE. OK, so it burns and starts to become visible (when V is 
planning something for his DE to do?), then appears when V touches a 
DE dark mark, and once they are all together with V all he needs to 
do is check their arms for the dark mark, then it fades away later on.

Celeste