A Small Dementor Puzzle

[Steve Vander Ark]

No: HPFGUIDX 18978

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> Steve, is there something in your timeline that addresses this?

There is nothing given in the books about this. However, the 
Dementors are more or less neutral as far as allegiences go. They 
will side with whomever gives them the most of what they want, which 
is human prey. They are currently on "our side" simply because ours 
is the only side there is. One might assume that during the Voldemort 
years from 1971-1981, the Dementors were in some way allied with the 
Dark Side, but there is nothing to tell us for sure. And it's not 
because they're "bad" -- they are what they are and they like what 
they like, rather like a tiger isn't "bad" because he eats people. I 
get the sense that they're version of intelligence is somewhat like 
an animal rather than human.

Steve Vander Ark
The Harry Potter Lexicon
which has a Dementor page with a wonderfully horrible picture
http://www.i2k.com/~svderark/lexicon