Imperious Curse:Re: Couple of Questions regarding Death Eaters and the Dark Mark

[s_luhtanen at hotmail.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 29284


> > (and this was then used to locate and call them), would this have 
> > included those under the imperious curse? And if so why were they 

> Hi Eire, welcome to the group. I haven't read GoF for a while, but I 
> think it says that Voldemort addressed some DEs and skipped over 
> other DEs. In PS/SS, Hagrid tells Harry that some of the DEs 
appeared 
> to have come out of trances when Voldemort fell. It makes sense to 
me 
> that some of Voldemort's followers were Imperious Cursed rather than 
> joining willingly.

Yes.
 
> But what you said is making me think about the Imperious Curse (IC). 
> If some DEs were legitimately under the IC and came out of it when 
> Voldemort's power was decimated, then I have a question about 
> Neville's parents. IF Crouch Jr. was the one who put the Longbottoms 
> under the IC, then would the Longbottoms be "cured"? Okay, even if 
> the all DEs present (The Lestranges, Nott and Crouch Jr.) IC'd them 
> (sort of like how Harry, Ron and Hermione de-wanded Snape in PoA), 
> then with the demise of Crouch, Jr's powers the Longbottoms' 
> condition should improve somewhat.

Neville's parents were not under IC - it was Crucio Curse. They suffer 
from after effects now... though hopefully they'll be helped. (BTW - 
was Snape involved in the act of cruciating Neville's parents - under 
IC or not? That would explain why he's Neville's worst fear...