Three Missing Death Eaters (WAS: don't know if this has been discussed...)

[Tom Wall <thomasmwall@yahoo.com>]

No: HPFGUIDX 52844

I wrote:
Voldemort is not an idiot. He:
A) Went to Hogwarts, so would be 
familiar with the non-apparation 
magics in effect there, and
B) Knows that the Triwizard 
Tournament is currently in 
progress, and therefore
C) Any Death Eater who occupies 
a prominent position either in the 
tournament or at the school can 
not simply up and vanish because of 
the Mark's burn. 

Becky replied: 
Well, I can't quite buy THAT 
particular argument because 
it certainly does not take 
long to simply walk off the 
Hogwart's grounds and unless 
you are actively engaged in 
something at that time, making 
at least an appearance wouldn't 
be that difficult on such a 
momentous occasion as Voldemart's
"rebirth"! 

I reply:
IMO you're completely right, if we're talking about someone that 
we've never heard of being a Death Eater. For instance, Mr. Smith.

But the people I wrote about, i.e. the prominently placed ones, just 
couldn't leave. Bagman's a judge. Fudge is a judge. (Heh-heh, that 
rhymes), McGonagall, Crouch!Moody, Flitwick and Hagrid are all 
patrolling the outskirts of the maze, Snape, Sprout, and Amos Diggory 
are there right after Harry portkeys back. 

In other words, none of those people could get away in time to attend 
the council, if they're Death Eaters.

Now, if you want to suggest that, perhaps, I dunno, Fleur's parents 
are Death Eaters, because their daughter was taken out and they could 
get away without attracting too much attention, then I'd buy it, 
although I dunno what they'd do with Gabrielle. The same goes for any 
others that we've never heard of or considered.

But none of the prominent ones. They're the only ones I'm concerned 
with, for now. And IMO, those words from Voldemort could apply to any 
of them, still, or even to people that we've never met before, 
although to say that the 'coward' is actually Mr. Smith would IMO 
completely lack Bang.

-Tom