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

[naamagatus]

No: HPFGUIDX 36898

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Amanda" <editor at t...> wrote:
> 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

Yikes! I really missed that one, didn't I? I totally forgot about 
this scene. I stand humbly corrected. )-:

<bouncing back> However,  WHY would Voldemort allow his followers to 
be so easily exposed? I would have thought that a secret organisation 
such as the DEs would be much more careful about keeping the members' 
identity secret, wouldn't you? Maybe it works as a mechanism for 
identification only if both DEs activate it (meaning that the 
revelation has to be voluntary - one DE can't force another DE to be 
revealed to him, unless the other wills it also. Does that make 
sense?)
   

Naama