Unaccounted DEs

[junediamanti]

No: HPFGUIDX 74895

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "KathyK" <zanelupin at y...> 
wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "lupinwolf2001" 
> <lupinwolf2001 at y...> wrote:
> > GREAT THREAD!!!
> > 
> > Now Harry estimated "at least about 30" death eaters would fill 
the 
> > circle in the cemetary in GOF. 
> > 
> > We have Confirmed in the cicle Crabbe, Goyle, Nott, McNair, 
Malfoy, 
> > Wormtail. He then mentions 3 dead, one is a coward and one is 
gone 
> > forever.
> > 
> > However, my question is this... we know that 10 wizards escaped 
> > azkaban and that at least some of them were death eaters...
> > 
> > That said, WHY DOES VOLDEMORT SEEM TO IMPLY THAT THERE ARE ONLY 
TWO 
> > OF HIS FOLLOWERS IN AZKABAN if there are far more???
> > 
> > IF there are 30 altogether (Harry's judgement by the circle 
around 
> > him) and only 3 are dead that leaves at least 27 more to be 
> accounted 
> > for. 20 are mentioned. That leaves 10 more unaccounted for... 
why 
> > might they be?
> > 
> > but again, why would voldemort mention the lestanges in azkaban 
but 
> > not the rest of the DEs that went there for him?
> 
>
Perhaps because even among DE's there is a heirarchy and some death 
eaters are more equal than others. Perhaps the ones he mentions 
are "officers"and the others merely "troops".

June