Peter

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 118729


Catlady wrote:
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> << 4. [Peter] found Voldemort in Albania without help. >>
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> If Peter already had the Dark Mark, perhaps it led him there.
 imagine.

Carol responds:
Although we can't be certain, I think the Dark Mark on Peter's arm
that LV touches to summon the DEs to the graveyard is red and painful
because it's new. Being a spy and traitor before Godric's Holow
doesn't make him a DE at that time. It would certainly be easier to
lie to Dumbledore and his friends if he wasn't one, and guilty
thoughts about his Dark Mark would be hard to hide from a Legilimens.

In any case, Snape's and Karkaroff's Dark Marks didn't start darkening
until after Peter had found Voldemort and helped him assume a shape as
Babymort, so I don't think it was his Dark Mark that led him to LV.
Unlike the other DEs (and the ex-DE Snape), he was motivated to find
Voldemort. He also had the important advantage of being an animagus:
he could converse with other small animals along the way and hear
their tales of terror about animals that had been possessed and
killed. By following the latest rumors, he could find where Voldemort
was rumored to be. He could also spy on wizards in his animagus form
to see if the same rumors were circulating among humans.

I don't know whether Peter's finding Voldemort says anything about his
powers as a wizard, other than the ability to turn into a rat, but it
does seem to suggest a level of intelligence (or cunning) beyond what
he's usually credited with, the ability to use his animagus ability to
accomplish his own ends--the same ability we see when he vanishes into
the sewers after blowing up the Muggle street.

Carol