[HPforGrownups] Number of Death Eaters

[Danette Schardt-Cordova]

No: HPFGUIDX 20702


--- Eric Oppen <oppen at cnsinternet.com> wrote:
> 
> It could also easily be a case that Death-Eater-ism
> (is that a word?) is a
> matter of several different levels, like a lodge,
> and only the
> highest-ranking DEs were actually summoned by
> Voldemort.  The low-ranking
> Death-Eater-wannabes might only get orders like "go
> to _this_ house, kill
> _these_ people," while the higher-ranking ones get
> to do more of the
> planning.  This would minimize the chances of
> infiltration by Aurors and of
> betrayal by people who thought, at first, they could
> gain power, only to be
> horrified to find what they had to do for that
> power.
> 
> I don't know how many wizards there are in UK/the
> world in the Potterverse,
> and I'm new to this list (be gentle with me,
> please!) but someone as
> power-hungry as Voldemort certainly wouldn't limit
> his ambitions to Great
> Britain.  Karakoff's the only non-British (ex-)DE we
> know about for certain,
> but I wouldn't be surprised to find that Voldemort's
> got Death Eaters from
> all over.  At the Quidditch Championship match,
> there are wizards and
> witches from all over (even the US!) and that's
> where we first find out
> about _what_ Death Eaters are/were, and about the
> Dark Mark.
> 
> 

You mean kind of like some sort of cell
system?(Members of one cell don't know members of
other cells)  That would explain why Karakoff couldn't
give the ministry any real names when he was trying to
get out of Azkaban.  I can just see the 6th and 7th
year Slytherins being in some sort of Junior Death
Eater Club(secret handshake anyone?)

Danette

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