Dark Mark (Was: Voldemort's Vulnerability and Snape as Crouch Jr. )

[Cindy C.]

No: HPFGUIDX 30376

Bree wrote:

<snip interesting comments about the dark mark>

> Questions I want to raise:
> Does the mark's spell FORCE the DEs to appear, or is it still 
CHOICE? 
> Snape may be making a potion that overrides that spell, and he may 
> have provided it to Karkaroff, too. But then what about 
Moody/Crouch, 
> JR. Maybe he was given special dispensation as he was a little 
busy. 
> 

I think it *has* to be by choice.  Surely Karkaroff wasn't 
involuntarily apparated to the graveyard, or there would have been a 
lot more "Crucio" going on.  :-)

As for Crouch/Moody, I don't think he has the dark mark on his arm at 
all while he is transformed to look like Moody.  If he did, there 
would be no reason to take Harry away and interrogate him about 
whether Voldemort had returned(other than to have a good gloat, I 
suppose).  


> Will LV be able to recruit new DEs, either from the current 
Hogwarts 
> crew, or from the older post hogwarts crew (Charlie & Bill 
Weasley's 
> generation)? What would attract a young wizard who has a vague idea 
> of what LV is capable of?
> 

I suppose that Voldemort will have to replenish the ranks of his 
supporters, as it seems his forces have taken some nasty hits so 
far.  Several DEs were killed, Karkaroff has fled, Crouch Jr. is soul-
less (although Voldemort doesn't know that), and the giants have been 
pretty much run out of Britain.  Maybe Stan Shunpike and Ernie would 
like to make a career change?  Seriously, though, JKR hasn't 
established that many wizard characters in between the Sirius/Lupin 
generation and the Harry/Ron generation, so she may have to invent a 
lot of DEs for OoP.

Cindy