Sirius and the Dark Mark

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No: HPFGUIDX 35588

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "jrober4211" <midwife34 at a...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at y..., "hollygolightly95" 
> <miss_hollygolightly at h...> wrote:
> > Greetings from London, England.
> > Apologies if this has been discussed before (couldn't find it in 
> the 
> > archives...)
> > 
> > If all Death Eaters have the Dark Mark on their arm, it should be 
> > easy enough to identify them. If Sirius never was a Death Eater, 
he 
> > doesn't carry the mark, so why was that not enough to prove his 
> > innocence? Why was he sent to Azkaban without even a trial?
> > 
> >Hi there, I asked more or less the same thing when I put out a 
> possible theory of Sirius being a traitor in the future.One of the 
> key things was whether all deatheaters had the dark mark or not,and 
> did Sirius have one? Evidently he does not have the mark as someone 
> from the lists reminded me of the scene in the cave where Harry 
tells 
> him about the marks, and Sirius is puzzled by it. I personally, 
think 
> it would be stupid to brand every single one of your followers, 
like 
> the DE's, if you ever hope to have an inside person at Hogwarts to 
> gather information. 
> 
I got the impression the Dark Mark only became visible when called by 
LV. Karkaroff showed his to Snape that it was becoming darker. I 
deduce from his statement that the dark mark would have faded in the 
14 years since his defeat.

BTW, could Dumbledore use Snape's Dark Mark as a weapon against the 
DE's? Maybe a feedback spell with some transfiguration... At a 
crucial point in the iltimate battle Malfoy, Crabbe, Goyle, etc. 
raise their wands and become... FLUFFY WHITE RABBITS!!!

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