DEs knowing about Pettigrew (was re: too many topics to list)

[darrin_burnett]

No: HPFGUIDX 42511

Marina wrote:
> 
> I think it's even more localized than that.  I think that before
> Voldemort's fall, only he and one other highly-placed DE knew about
> Peter.  Voldemort would've wanted the identity of such an important
> mole kept secret, but he had to have a back-up contact in case Peter
> had urgent information to report and the big boss was busy.  After
> Voldemort disappears, this back-up DE (Mrs. LeStrange, maybe?) ends 
up
> in Azkaban, and bitches to the other inmates about how that little
> traitor Wormtail ruined everything.  So that's how they all know. 
> Snape, never having been in Azkaban, doesn't know.
> 
> Marina
> rusalka at i..

Right, this sounds perfecty plausible. 

But it brings up an interesting side point. Was V-Mort so arrogant 
that he didn't make arrangements for someone to take over in case 
something happened to him? Even Hitler had a second-in-command ready 
to step in if one of those assassination attempts had ever worked.

The obvious choice would be Lucius Malfoy, but then wouldn't V-Mort 
be a LOT more annoyed in the graveyard scene, when he sees Malfoy 
again. "I put YOU in charge, Lucius and then you simper back to the 
Ministry, begging for forgiveness????"

The LeStranges could work, and it would be neat to think of Mrs. 
LeStrange being the more powerful, trusted and loyal to V-Mort of the 
two.

It would be absolutely delicious to think it would have been Snape, 
and the choice makes some sense but then we're left with the problem 
of why didn't V-Mort tell Snape about Wormtail. 

I love the idea if it can be worked out though, because it just makes 
Snape's choice to walk away from V-Mort that more powerful.

Of course, V-Mort could have been so confident that he didn't make 
such plans.

Darrin
-- Doesn't need to make plans if something happens to me, although 
someone probably should feed the cat.