Pettigrew/Wormtail (was Transitions, etc Will the Real...)

[jmwcfo]

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> AmanitaMuscaria now - 
> I'm interested in how Peter became Voldemort's servant though - do 
> you think he sought Voldemort out after maybe one too many put-down, 
> or that he was befriended and recruited subtly, without knowing who 
> it was he was telling secrets to until it was too late?
> Or do you think Voldemort just threatened him and he collapsed and 
> told all?
> Cheers, AmanitaMuscaria


JW:
While we do not know how WT first became a DE/servant, in PoA WT tells 
Sirius that he gave the Potters hideout info to LV under extreme threat.
To paraphrase:
WT: You do not know what LV is capable of.  What was I to do?
Sirius: You were supposed to die, as we would have done for you.  But 
you spied for LV for a year before you gave the Potters to LV.

I fully expect this story to be fleshed out in the course of WT 
repaying his life debt to HP.