Dementors kiss

[Ersatz Harry]

No: HPFGUIDX 58967

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<heavenlee_spice at d...> wrote:
> Soooooooo, this makes me wonder, does someone perhaps become a 
> dementor once they have been kissed by one? Will we see Barty Crouch 
> Jr. back as a dementor in later books? Is it that they turn into 
> something "like" a dementor or actually become one?

I have the distinct impression that dementors are a different and
specific species of Dark Creature, in line with boggarts, grindylows,
and the like, but the worst of the bunch, and with greater senses of
intention.  They are at least apparently employable as Azkaban guards.

Ersatz Harry