[HPforGrownups] Snape, Peter and Regulus

[Madam Marozi]

No: HPFGUIDX 136579



--- Hagrid:


> d) They joined unconnected with each other. Regulus
> came through his 
> aunt. Peter misread the map and turned left instead
> of right. Snape 
> joined to get more frequent flyer points.



Marozi:

Ha! I think it's most likely that they did join
individually.  Snape and Regulus both seem to have
been recruited quite young - possibly while still at
Hogwarts, or soon thereafter.  Snape had a friend
(Avery) and Regulus had relations (the Lestranges) who
were sons/relatives of first-generation DEs.  

Peter is a different story. He didn't just fall into
some general dark wizard/pureblood/malcontent
recruitment net; he was specifically targeted by
Voldemort and given a life-or-death ultimatum.  I
think Voldemort wanted information on the parents of
one of the prophecy babies and identified Peter as the
weak link in the Potters' chain of friends.  He might
have gotten that information from Snape, but that
doesn't mean Snape did the actual recruiting.

Sirius says in POA that Peter had been passing
information "for over a year" before the Secret Keeper
disaster, so that timing would fit with my theory that
Peter's recruitment was linked to the prophecy.  But
it means Peter didn't become a DE until he was 20 or
so, well out of Hogwarts.  

Of course, the possibility exists that he had been a
secret DE for years, but I don't think it's very likely.

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