Barty Crouch, Jr and Mystery Death Eaters

[lucky_kari]

No: HPFGUIDX 36352

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Jamie Lipton" <j-lipton at n...> wrote:

> Upon his conviction, Crouch Jr. cries out to his parents that he 
didn't do
> it, and we assume that he is lying.  

Actually, that part still gets at my emotions so successfully, that I 
start wondering if he's telling the truth every time I read. 

>At the end of GoF, we find out for
> certain (unless the Veritaserum is faulty, but let's not go there) 
that
> Crouch Jr. was and is still a Death Eater, but he is not asked 
about whether
> or not he really tortured the Longbottoms.

Yes! Interesting ommission, isn't it?

> Does anyone else think that, while Crouch Jr. was certainly guilty 
of being
> a Death Eater, he may not have been guilty of using an 
Unforgiveable Curse?

He saved Neville's life too. Of course, he did. It's not in canon. 
But it's obvious. :-) Life-debts and everything......

> Who
> is the last man?  Anyone we know?  Whoever he is, we can presume he 
is still
> in Azkaban.  

/me calls to Cindy, Elkins, and Avery (still dripping wet and 
cowering under Cindy's tough gaze) 

"Let's row the Fourth Man kayak over here to talk with Jamie, OK?"

Are you familiar with Fourth Man Avery? Here he is. 

Fourth Man Avery went to Azkaban with Crouch Jr., Mrs. and Mr. 
Lestrange. However, he's out now, and feeling guilty about how 
he "wormed" his way out of trouble (to quote Sirius), while Mr. and 
Mrs. Lestrange stayed faithful to the Dark Lord. 

>When Voldemort is resurrected, he only accounts for the
> Lestranges being in Azkaban. 

Yes, why doesn't he mention his fourth faithful DE?

Because Avery wasn't faithful. You can see in the graveyard scene 
that Avery feels he's done something very big. Disowned Voldemort.

Avery comes with sidehelpings of Imperius, Remorse, and whatever else 
you want to add. Relevant posts are #35062 and follow-ups. But 
remember that the crew of the Avery kayak: Elkins, Cindy, Eileen (and 
anyone else?) are rather bloodyminded people, and are also into 
bloody ambushes. 

Eileen, still smarting from being called a SYNCHOPHANT by Elkins, but 
not sure how to deny it. (I'm the person who belongs to LOLLIPOPS, 
calls herself a Georgian, takes turns steering the Big Bang 
destroyer, flirts with TEWWW EWWWW TEWWW be TREWWWW, has sympathies 
with Faith, and kept rushing between Elkins and Cindy on timeline 
issues - until they made their peace.)