[HPforGrownups] DEs recognising one another? (was Re: Who's Afraid Of The

[Amanda]

No: HPFGUIDX 36819

Naama said, about whether the DEs could recognize each other via the Dark
mark:

> No. Voldemort would never allow a mechanism that would enable one DE
> to recognise another. Remember we're talking about a secret
> organisation - for one member to potentially be able to point out ALL
> other members means that one traitor can bring down the whole
> organisation.
> At the graveyard scence, we saw how Voldemort used the mark - as a
> means to call his followers to his side. I don't remember his exact
> words, but I did get the impression that he is the only one who can
> make use of the mark.

"Every Death Eater had the sign burned into him by the Dark Lord. It was a
means of distinguishing one another, and his means of summoning us to him."
(GoF, p. 710 [US])

Snape is the speaker, but I think he is a trustworthy source on this
particular subject.

--Amanda