Rosier, Rookwood, Snape's gang of Slytherins

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> "ellecain" <ellecain at y...> wrote:
> 
> >  In the scene in HBP, Voldemort is around 35 years old  by my 
> > calculations and Snape is eighteen years into the future.
> > So Rosier is at least 18 years older than Snape...  The more I
look at those two passages I think Snape did not have 
> any 
> > friends in school. He was not in contact with future DEs anyway.
> > He could not have hung around with Lucius since he is 6 years older 
> > than Snape. That leaves Bella and Cissy.Highly unlikely IMO.
> > Anyway I'm confused. Help!

With respect to the issue of Rosier et al, easy: they had children.
They're presumably the families with a reputation for Dark Arts and
pureblood supremacist ideology, just like the Blacks, the Malfoys, and
the Gaunts. The Voldemort supporters "Malfoy, Crabbe, and Goyle" could
be Draco, Vincent, and Gregory, or it could be Lucius, Crabbe Sr, and
Goyle Sr, just as a power-mad Crouch could be Barty Jr or Barty Sr.
For that matter, Tom Riddle could be Muggle or Dark Lord. Azkaban had
its effect on Sirius, of course, but he wouldn't confuse
Death Eaters 40 years his senior (cf. Leaky Cauldron's timeline) for
school fellows. 

Bellatrix would seem too old for the "Gang of Slytherins," but then
again, Charlie Weasley is two years older than Percy by JKR's own
conception but 8-10 years older by the indications of PS/SS. We're
also not sure of Bella's age relative to the Lestrange brothers, one
of whom she married. Narcissa could easily be the same age as Snape et
al, as could Crabbe and Goyle Srs - they might not have merited
Sirius' note because they weren't caught the first time, and seem to
dim-witted to attract much anyone's attention.

Granted, all this is from someone who didn't make the Grim/Sirius
Black connection until it became explicit. ;)

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