Death Eaters and the Dark Mark

[bookraptor11 at yahoo.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 29346

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Cindy C." <cindysphynx at h...> wrote:
> > Catherine wrote:
> > 
> > > Hmmm.  I think it was visible all the time.  Part of the danger 
> associated
> > > with being a DE.

> Having the Dark Mark be visible to anyone who glances at a DE's 
> forearm creates all sorts of problems.  . <*Snips problems*>
> Actually, I think an idea that makes a lot of sense is that only 
the 
> DE can see his or her own Dark Mark.  But that idea is inconsistent 
> with canon, as Snape shows his mark to Fudge, and Karkarov shows 
his 
> mark to Snape.  So that leaves me with the idea that the DE has 
some 
> control over the circumstances under which his mark is visible.
> 
> It is an interesting question, though, no matter where we all come 
> out on it.
> 
> Cindy

I agree with Cindy, but would add that while the DE has control, I 
think it can be superseded by Voldemort's will. Though they can hide 
it, when V calls them, he makes the mark appear and darken. By the 
yule ball in GOF Karkarov is telling Snape the mark has been getting 
clearer for months. He's panicking because this is probably the first 
evidence of V's return available to him, while Snape has known since 
the events of PS/SS (assuming Dumbledore shared the full story with 
him).

Donna