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

[fire_fly107]

No: HPFGUIDX 66527

> 
> > > > 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
> >
> >

   I too have been wondering where Dementors originatated. Could it 
be that Dementors are not really 'beasts' at all, but some kind of 
mutated wizard? Maybe they were created by VM during the first year, 
and after he ws defeated were recruited by the ministry of magic.