don't know if this has been discussed...

[srsiriusblack at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 48570

In GoF Voldemort states,
"And here we have six missing Death Eaters.... three dead in my service. One 
too cowardly to return...he will pay. One who I believe has left me 
forever...he will be killed, of course...and one who remains my most faithful 
servant, and who has already reentered my service."
- GoB paperback edition, pg. 651
last paragraph.

The one too cowardly to return, I believe is Karkaroff. He fled as soon as 
the Dark Mark tattooed or branded- I am not sure which- on his arm became 
completely clear. The one already back in service is CrouchJr!Moody. The only 
other death eater unaccounted for by name is Severus Snape. 

(Please forgive me if this has already been discussed... I ran a search in 
the archive, but it only would allow me to look at recent messages)

I know that many have theorised on who will die in book five and as there is 
so much speculation lately, I would like to add my thoughts....]

"One who I believe has left me forever...he will be killed, of course."

This statement alludes to Snape's death. Presumably as Dumbledore asks Snape 
if he is ready for what he must do at the end of GoB, Snape will return to 
his spy role for the side of the  Good. But, what if when Bertha Jorkins was 
broken by Voldemort, she revealed that Snape had spied. Certainly she would 
have known from the trials that Dumbledore gave his word that Snape had 
worked on their side after realising that a Death Eater was not who he wanted 
to be, and Voldemort would have wanted every bit of information on his 
followers he could obtain... to know when he was reborn who were still loyal 
to him. 

So, what if Snape is the big death? We know that JKR has said it would be 
difficult to write the Death. Snape's death could have been difficult for 
her. He has been an important character with whom many of us have connected. 
( I being somewhat weirdly attracted to Snape, Black, and Lupin for different 
aspects of each) Killing off one of her characters who she as a writer shares 
an intimate bond would be difficult. 

It isn't that I want Snape to die. Hardly! I would be very upset by it... as 
I would if it were DD, Hagrid, Sirius or Remus. But, is this a possibility 
anyone has explored here?

-Snuffles.


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