How did Crabb and Goyle get to be Death Eaters?

[babelfisherperson]

No: HPFGUIDX 33228

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "pbeider" <pbeider at y...> wrote:
> This is the second of two questions I (a newbie) did not find 
> addressed in the "Mysteries and Inconsistencies FAQ":
> 
> Near the end of Book 4, Crabb and Goyle are among the Death Eaters 
> Voldemort talks to individually; he says something about them doing 
> better "next time."  But if they're close to Harry's age, they 
> couldn't have done any work for Voldemort before his disappearance.
> Is it plausible that they would have had enough knowledge of 
> Voldemort's revival to have signed on as Death Eaters since then??

That's simple enough. The Death Eaters Crabbe & Goyle are the fathers 
of Malfoy's goons. Vincent Crabbe & Gregory Goyle were still at 
Hogwarts, being their usual stupid selves & presumably doing whatever 
Malfoy told them to do, while their fathers were at the Death Eater 
convention getting called out for their incompetence (perhaps 
stupidity runs in the families).

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