[HPforGrownups] The Scale of Things/ Death Eater's children

[Richelle Votaw]

No: HPFGUIDX 43312


Chris writes:

> Am I the only one who has been having doubts about the scale of the
> Potterverse?  The size of the Wizarding World and the threat of Voldemort
> are both contradictory.

Well, first let me say the numbers of Wizards versus Muggles always confuses
me, so I won't get into that here.  I'll leave it to the math wizzes.
However, this sort of fits in, so I'll add this.  I remember reading in a
JKR interview where someone asked her about Voldemort's goals in the
Wizarding World.  She said his initial goal was European dominance, followed
by world wide dominance.  Whatever that amounts to, I see Europe as sort of
the "heart" of the entire Wizard World, where it's origins are.

Chris again:

> People in the books were talking about him wanting to take over the
Wizarding World, but > can he do that.  If there are 0.2 million wizards,
he's out numbered heavily and all they
> have to do is gather together at a safe place and crush him

Well, keep in mind there are a lot of Voldemort supporters out there who
aren't necessarily Death Eaters.  Still, when I sat down to calculate
numbers of death eaters I came up with a lot more than I expected to.  And
those are the elite.  I expect the supporters outnumber the death eaters 10
to 1.  We just don't see much of them in Harry's world.

Besides, there's always the Imperius curse, highly used by Voldemort and
company.

Jodel writes:

> We don't actually know anything beyond that.
> Harry *assumes* that the elder Crabbe and Goyle are "his" Crabbe and
Goyle's
> fathers. But we don't know that he was right about that. There is nothing
> written in the rule book that says that Slytherin families are limited to
one
> son per generation. The elder Crabbe, Goyle and Nott could be uncles.

True, though they did "bow clumsily, muttering dully."  Sound familiar?
Like father like son???

Student Nott could be not a son/daughter of the DE Nott, though the name
cropping up in both places sounds a little suspicious.  What got me was DE
Nott was hanging out with DE's Crabbe/Goyle/Malfoy in the circle.

Richelle