Question about Inferi

[grindieloe]

No: HPFGUIDX 136756

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "fanofminerva" 
<drjuliehoward at y...> wrote:
> Dumbledore's response when Harry asked what are Inferi:
> "They are corpses," said Dumbledore calmly.  "Dead bodies that 
have 
> been bewitched to do a dark wizard's bidding.  Inferi have not 
been 
> seen for a long time, however, not since Voldemort was last 
> powerful...He killed enough people to make an army of them, of 
course."
> 
> So, are inferi controlled only by the wizard who killed them?
> 
> Julie


I believe he means that inferi are controlled by the wizard who 
bewitches them, not necessarily the one who kills them.  Voldemort 
just happens to have an army of them because he killed so many 
people; I assume he collected the bodies to then bewitch and use as 
inferi.

grindieloe