Please help with a short Dementor question.

[Berit Jakobsen]

No: HPFGUIDX 85223

Mandy wrote:

Help!
Did I read somewhere in OotP that the Dementors had left Azkaban and 
joined Voldemort?  I do remember the mass breakout of Death Eaters in 
Chapter 25 "The Beetle At Bay", but I can't recall if it was because 
the Dementors had left the prison leaving it open for the prisoners 
to escape? Does anyone remember if the Dementors departure is canon? 
If so can you give me a page quote?

Me:

The dementors getting out of Ministry control is canon. I found these 
two quotes, but noen of them states specifically that the Dementors 
left Azkaban, just that they seem to be less dedicated in keeping 
their prisoners at bay... 

Quote: "I don't believe this," snarled Harry, "Fudge is blaming the 
breakout [of the DE's] on Sirius?"
"What other options does he have?" said Hermione bitterly. "He can 
hardly say, "sorry, everyone, Dumbledore warned me this might happen, 
the Azkaban guards have joined Voldemort... and now Voldemort's worst 
supporters have broken out too." (OoP p.481-482 Brit. Vers.)

And:
Quote: "It's funny, isn't it," said Cho in a low voice, gazing up at 
the pictures of the Death Eaters, "remember when that Sirius Black 
escaped, there were Dementors all over Hogsmeade looking for him? And 
now ten Death Eaters are on the loose and there are no Dementors 
anywhere..." ...Now he [Harry] came to think about it, their absence 
was highly significant. They had not only let ten Death Eaters 
escape, they weren't bothering to look for them ... it looked as 
though they really were outside Ministry control now. (OoP p. 493 
Brit. Vers.)

Berit