OOP: Dementors (was : Re: OOP: Petunia and Azkaban)

[Doriane]

No: HPFGUIDX 66371

> > Thet dementors were allready guarding Azkaban in the first war 
> > for Petunia knows they do and she heared James tell this Lilly so 
> > it could only be possibly while the first war.
> > 
> > Yous Finchen

Ah yes, right, I forgot about that.

> But we don't actually know that it is James and Lily Petunia is 
> referring to when she says "that awful boy" and "her."  She never 
> says their names, Harry only assumes she is speaking of his 
> parents.   
>
> KathyK

Could be that.
Could also be that the Dementors were created during the first war. I 
can picture James being so excited by the news of their creation (it 
would have been quite a shock IMO, the creation of something so 
monstruous) that he would forget to be cautious and discuss it with 
Lily within earshot of a Muggle (Petunia).
Oh, and maybe they weren't created, maybe they were just recruited by 
the MoM during the first war, with the promise of dozens of souls to 
suck on forever. But I seem to remember that someone said that the 
Dementors are never mentioned in Fantastic Beasts, neither as beasts, 
beings nor spirits, which would support the theory of them having 
been created. Also the way they are talked about in the books seems a 
bit stange to me : the Dementors are the guardians of Azkaban. But 
guarding Azkaban is their job, no more. Or is it ? Is it in fact 
their very reason to exist, the only thing they've been created to 
do ? By the way, does someone know if Azkaban existed before the 
first war ? I guess it did, but does it say so anywhere in canon ?

Huh, I guess I'm getting a bit delirious :-)

Doriane