[HPforGrownups] The one who has left me forever...

[heiditandy]

No: HPFGUIDX 49278



> -----Original Message-----
> From: amy_marblefeet <amy_marblefeet at yahoo.co.uk> 
> 
> I'm new here so I am not sure if this has been discussed before.  

Things close to it have been discussed (see the wonderful Snape FAQ
(http://www.hpfgu.org.uk/faq/snape.html) for a discussion of whether he
is the one who is "too cowerdly" or who has left Voldemort forever) but
I think you've brought a new facet to the discussion - or at least one
that hasn't been covered in a while. 

> 
> [Arthur] says to Hermione "...it was only death eaters who ever knew
how to 
> conjure it.  I'd be very surprised if the person who did it hadn't 
> been a Death Eater once, even if they're not now..."
> 
> It is made quite clear all through the four books that the Weasly's 
> in particular do not believe many of the redemption, 
> devil-made-me-do- it stories told by ex-death eaters trying 
> to save their own skin, 
> especially the Malfoys.  If this is true why would Arthur even 
> consider that at least one of them was not a death eater now?
> 
> Could he be talking about Severus Snape?  If he is not, could 
> Voldemort have been talking about someone else in the graveyard scene?

It's possible that Arthur thinks that while people who claimed they were
under Imperio were likely lying, there are others who were Death Eaters
- admitted Death Eaters - who later renounced Voldemort without claiming
that they hadn't been acting of their own free will. 

Karkaroff is one such possibility - we see him in his hearing making it
clear that he's stepping away from his fellow Death Eaters when he names
them in hopes of reducing his own sentence. In other words, he might
feel that Karkaroff likely can't still be a Death Eater after exposing
the others. There may have been others who passed information to the
Ministry or to Dumbledore as well - and Arthur may be suggesting that
such people might've created the Dark Mark at the World Cup to upset,
scare or anger the Death Eaters - much in the way that Barty actually
did. 

Good question - looking forward to seeing other comments on this!

heidi