(un)masking the DEs

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No: HPFGUIDX 120684


Magda:

I agree that Voldemort would have to take care that losing one DE to
the authorities didn't unravel the entire group. "Need to know" is a
good policy. Also, from his megamaniacal POV, it means no one knows
more than he does, which is not a bad thing when you're trying to
keep control.

Voldemort's relationship with Lucius is different from the others'.
For one thing, he needs Lucius and his wealth a lot more than he
needs some of the others, which gives Lucius some small advantage in
dealing with the Boss. However it's also an additional danger
because Voldemort doesn't like having to need someone else.

I'm not sure that there was any reason why Voldemort named names in
the graveyard in GOF. I'm more curious to know why he passed by
others without naming them.


Snow:

Why does Voldemort treat Lucius differently? I doubt that it is for 
Lucius's wealth because what does Voldemort need money for? If he did 
perchance need money he could always curse someone of wealth to do 
his bidding for him. I think there is more to Lucius and all that he 
seems to know about Riddle/Voldemort. 

I do think Lucius knows things about Voldemort that no one else in 
the death-eater clan does. For instance, when the death-eaters 
confronted Harry and Co. at the DOM, Bella was shocked and dismayed 
at the revelation that Voldemort was not a pureblood wizard but 
Lucius was very calm as if he had been privy to that information all 
along. It doesn't seem to bother Lucius that Voldemort is half muggle 
and yet that is what the death-eaters have been told they are 
supposedly fighting against.  

Lucius also knew, and was in possession, of the diary that Riddle 
left behind and more importantly its contents. This still remains a 
mystery to me as to why Lucius was attempting to revive the young Tom 
Riddle via the diary (who had been known to his closest friends as 
Voldemort by then) when only two years later he ran from the Dark 
Mark at the Quidditch World Cup. It just doesn't add up. Does Lucius 
want his Master back or not? Is Voldemort Master over Lucius, it 
doesn't appear so in the Graveyard, all Lucius received as punishment 
was a stern talking to, which didn't appear to affect Lucius much. In 
fact, Arthur Weasley gets more of a reaction out of Lucius than 
Voldemort did.