Snape, Peter and Regulus

[colebiancardi]

No: HPFGUIDX 136577

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Hagrid" <aussie_lol at y...>
wrote:
> Snape, Peter and Regulus were all at Hogwarts about the same time
> and all joined the Death Eaters -
>
> - but in what order?
> - Did one introduce the other two?
> - Was Regulus's death about the same time Snape had a change of
> heart about being a Death Eater?
> - A common point of all three were Sirius and the Marauders (rival,
> member and brother of)
>
> POSIBILITIES:
>
> a) Snape was first. He recruited Regulus and Peter. It was a move
> directly against Sirius and James. If Snape was their superior in
> the DE, he may have been responsible for them.
> - So Snape may have been told to kill Regulus.
> - Peter had to go to Godric's Hollow with Voldemort because he was
> the Secret Keeper, but Snape may have gone to keep an eye on Peter.
> (You don't let a Marauder take your dark Lord to an enemy's place
> without added security or guards.)
> - Snape would have known Peter in rat form and kept an eye on
> Scabbers since Percy brought him to school
>
> b) Peter was first. Cornered by DE, he bargained to be spared if he
> was to be a spy and would prove his worth by recruiting other DE.
He
> approached those against Sirius's ideals.
>
>

I think it was most likely option a. As Snape is older than Regulus,
and that the fact that Draco being a *death eater* at such a young age
(16) in book 6 was unusual, I would think that the Death Eaters 
didn't recruit
underage wizards into their camp. Snape left Hogwarts in 1979, so I
would think that is when he joined for good. I believe Lucius
recruited Snape. And since Lucius is referred to as "Snape's friend"
by Narcissa, and since Lucius married Narcissa and Narcissia is the
cousin of Regulus and since Regulus & Snape were in the same house
(whew!!), I believe that Snape probably recruited Regulus - they were
closer in age than Lucius & Regulus.

Peter - since he wasn't in the same house as Snape/Regulus, I don't
think they knew he was a DE - matter of fact, it didn't seem like
anyone thought he was a DE for 13 years(PoA). They thought he was an
innocent who was killed by Sirius - whom they thought was a DE. I
don't know if all the DE's *know* each other, really. Snape was a DE
and he *thought* Sirius was responsible for James/Lily's deaths and
working on LV's side - or maybe he didn't think that....

But I don't think Snape knew about Peter's involvement with the DE's -
PoA makes it seem that way, IMHO


If you are interested in reading about my Snape/Regulus Theory and
why Snape turned to DD back in 1980/1981 timeframe - here are some
links....

> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/135368
> there is a link in it that points to why the reason why Snape turned
> *good* and the key is....Regulus
>
> original theory link:
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/135111

also, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/135710

has more posters responding with thoughts....

colebiancardi