[HPforGrownups] What are Death Eaters?

[the.gremlin at verizon.net]

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dizzygurl1234 wrote:

"<snip>after a long (and confusing, for my part) discussion about HP which lead to the discovery that I had no clue about anything, my friend forced me to read the entire series and watch the first movie...although it took some convincing since I'm not really into fantasy stuff."

Hi there. Just so you know, we don't discuss the Cinema That Must Not Be Named (CTMNBN for short) on this list. You may want to search around a little at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/.

"How does the whole Death Eater thing work (especially with Snape and Lucius) and how come Lucius isn't in trouble or anything for still being a DE?" 

Death-Eaters (or DEs) were servants and supporters of Voldemort. They were all marked by Voldemort with the Dark Mark: 
"Snape strode forward, past Dumbledore, pulling the up left sleeve of his robes as he went. He stuck out his forearm and showed it to Fudge, who recoiled.
'There,' said Snape harshly. 'There. The Dark Mark. It is not as clear as it was an hour or so ago, when it burned black, but you can still see it. Every Death Eater had the sign burned into him by the Dark Lord. It was a means of summoning us to him. When he touched the Mark of any Death Eater, we were to Disapparate, and Apparate, instantly, at his side.'"

It has been speculated by this group that the individual DEs had areas in which they specialized in, i.e. Macnair (who is currently working for the Ministry of Magic in the Committe for Disposal of Dangerous Creatures or something like that) doing torture, Malfoy torturing Muggles, things like that.

Malfoy got away with being a DE because a lot of former DEs plead the Imperius Curse. Of course, we all know that's not true. 

DD gave evidence for Snape, and he got off because he changed sides (for reasons unknown) and worked as a spy, "at great personal risk."

For furthur info, you may want to go to the site I pasted above and go to 'Messsages,' then do a search using the word DE or Death Eater.

You can also go to 'Fantastic Posts and Where to Find Them,' but I don't know what the URL is. Hopefully someone else can help you there.

-Acire, who once again used the Book That Is Not Hers for the quote above.



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