[HPforGrownups] Will the DEs die if Voldy does?

[Kathryn Jones]

No: HPFGUIDX 139210

cubfanbudwoman wrote:
> KJ writes:
>  > If, as I suspect, the Dark Mark will kill the DEs on Voldemort's
>  > true death (can you see him allowing them to survive if he does
>  > not?) Snape must in turn make the choice to die rather than allow
>  > Voldemort to survive....
> 
> 
> SSSusan:
> I am pulling out this tiny snippet of the post because it intrigues
> me.  I'm curious what others think about this issue.  HAS Voldy set
> things up such that (via the Dark Mark for instance), upon his death,
> all the DEs will die, too?  It certainly sounds like the *kind* of
> thing Voldy might go for.
> 
> OTOH, I can't get past Lucius & the diary.  If Lucius and all the DEs
> knew about this, then they'd all have known Voldy did NOT die at
> Godric's Hollow, right?  I mean, they're all still standing!  So,
> then, how could Lucius have claimed to have not known that Voldy was
> still alive?  (His excuse in the graveyard for not having come
> looking for Voldy over the years, IIRC.) 
> 
> Are you thinking that Voldy has set up this death connection... but
> that the DEs aren't aware of it?

KJ writes:
   When Voldemort became Vapormort, the Mark faded. To me this suggests 
that the Mark is directly tied to Voldemort's health and/or magical 
status. In the pensieve scene in GoF, Bellatrix said that Voldemort 
would rise again and that they would be rewarded for trying to find him.
In the Flesh, Blood, and Bone chapter, Voldemort accuses them of 
believing that he is "broken" and "gone" but dead is not mentioned. He 
obviously believes that all of them would have known that he was not 
dead. Lucius actually said that he had been waiting for word, or any 
sign of his whereabouts. Basically his excuse was that he didn't know 
where to look. That would have made V. even more furious with Lucius 
using the diary because he knew V. wasn't dead.
   I don't think that the DEs are told that if V. dies, they do as well, 
although it would certainly encourage them to look after him with 
considerably more devotion if they did know.
   It would allow JKR to tie up a lot of loose ends in a hurry.
KJ