Death Eaters in the DoM

[Mike]

No: HPFGUIDX 106297

I first re-read the DE fight scene in the DoM ("Beyond the Veil", 
OotP) to find out what happened to each of them and mainly, who was 
the babyheaded DE?

Well I figured from the pairings they broke off into and the fact 
that 5 rush into the Veil room at the end to clash with the Order 
members would allow me to work backwards to find this all out. It 
didn't and I discovered that based on the pairings they left in, and 
who is left at the end, it really raises some questions if it was 
purposely written like this by JKR.

I'll piece together the entire thing for you from my notes that I 
made last night.

The following 12 Death Eaters were in the Department of Mysteries:

(1) Lucius Malfoy
(2) Mulciber
(3) Bellatrix Lestrange
(4) Rodolphus Lestrange
(5) Anotin Dolohov
(6) Jugson
(7) Crabbe
(8) Rabastan
(9) MacNair
(10) Avery
(11) Algernon (Augustus?) Rookwood
(12) Nott

After the shelves have been smashed to create a diversion, Harry 
grabs Hermione and runs forward. A hand grabs his shoulder, Hermione 
stuns him. Later we can assume this is Nott (12) because Malfoy says 
he is injured.

The DE's then break by pairs, except for Rookwood who is left 
without one. (1 and 2 are together, as are 3 and 4 etc from the list 
provided above).

5 DE's make it to the end of the battle to trap the students in the 
room with the Veil. The people present here are:

Lucius Malfoy (1), Bellatrix Lestrange (3), Anotin Dolohov (5), 
MacNair (9) and Algernon Rookwood (11).

What makes these DE's special is that Harry knows something about 
them, or they have carried more of a plot point. Malfoy is always 
there, Bella is a complete psycho, Dolohov had a big part in the 
fight already as he wounded Hermione, MacNair was Buckbeak's would 
be executor and Rookwood had a seen in one of Harry's visions. I 
believe JKR chose these 5 DE's because like I just said, they have 
had the biggest parts so far in the series out of the original 12.

Notice however, that a full pairing of two people never make it. 
Lucius' partner, Mulciber, is not present, so it is safe to assume 
that he was stunned or otherwise incapacitated. Bellatrix's partner, 
Rodolphus is similarly gone and so on.

Harry, Hermione and Neville's battles go like this:

Death Eater A and Death Eater B enter the room, A is stunned and B 
is the babyhead DE. We do not find out these peoples indentities.

Death Eater C and Death Eater D enter after. C is silenced, and D is 
put into a full body bind. We later find out that C is Anotin 
Dolohov (5) after he wounds Hermione.He is also then put into a full 
body bind by Harry. This means that DE D was Jugson (6). They then 
meet up with Luna, Ron and Ginny.

Luna tells Harry that 4 DE's chased them. These will be DE's E, F, G 
and H. We know that one had a planet blown up in his face... which 
leads me to believe that this DE may have infact died. I don't know 
about you, but having a solid object blown up in my face wouldn't be 
the safest thing I could imagine.

This is the only DE that we learn has been incapacitated, though I 
believe there is one more that they dropped, but it is never 
mentioned.

This leaves 3 DE's that never happened to persue either groups. 
These are DE's I, J and K. It is safe to assume that at least one of 
them is Rookwood (11). 

As for the DE's that chased Luna's group, it is safe to assume that 
Lucius Malfoy (1)'s duo and Bellatrix Lestrange (3)'s duo were the 
two that did this. I believe that had Lucius or Bellatrix been 
fighting Harry, we would have known it. This means that either 
Mulciber (2) or Rodolphus Lestrange (4) had a solid object blown up 
in their faces. Either way both of them had to go down since Lucius 
and Bellatrix both show up at the end without their partners. 

Now THIS is where it gets confusing (Yes, more confusing, it really 
helps if you write it down to follow along).

SITUATION A:

Death Eater's A and B are Crabbe (7) and Rabastan (8). The baby 
headed DE is Crabbe most likely. That DE in question is described as 
quite large and powerful. This suits a description of Crabbe Jr.

This means that DE's J and K who appearently didn't fight anyone are 
MacNair (9) and Avery (10). Ok, it works out fine right? Not quite...

MacNair is present in the final battle, but Avery is not. What 
happened to Avery? In this situation, my guess is that Avery fled. 
We know he's probably one of the biggest cowards from his 
performance in the Graveyard scene of GoF.

SITUATION B:

Death Eater's A and B are MacNair (9) and Avery (10). MacNair gets 
stunned, Avery turns into our pal with a baby's head. Problem: Avery 
is NOT described as being muscular.

What of Crabbe and Rabastan? Well, they don't fight anyone, and are 
sent in the complete wrong direction. They never end up finding 
them, and aren't around for the final battle.

SITUATION C....

I have yet to find one that fully works without someone 'magically 
disappearing' or fleeing. Some other variations included having 
Lucius and Mulciber being A and B, with Mulciber being our baby. 

POINTS TO PONDER:

Dolohov and Jugson are both put into full body binds. Dolohov gets 
out of his, but Jugson doesn't?

Who had a planet blown up in their face? I seriously think that this 
would result in the death or at the very least serious injury for 
whoever it was. (I'm hoping Rodolphus Lestrange personally).

Who exactly is our baby head DE? Crabbe fits the description, and 
Avery fits someone who would vanish. (Situation A)

Did Luna, Ron and Ginny incapacitate anymore DE's than just the one 
Luna mentions? (Planet in the face).

It all really comes down to the final 5 DE's in the veil room. These 
are the most well known out of the 12, and it makes sense to have 
them around at the end. However, did JKR forget she split the people 
up into pairs and really didn't follow around?

I *know* this is confusing... I've tried to make it as clear as 
possible, but I think it's rather important. I'd really like to know 
what happened to whoever got the planet in the face, what happened 
to the baby head DE and so on. If anyone can find an easier way to 
explain this, or a situation that actually works or just some 
incite, I'd appreciate hearing it.

Mike, who realizes this is confusing and wishes that the Death 
Eater's didn't wear masks.