On the Numbers and Werewolves (again :-<)

[Goddlefrood]

No: HPFGUIDX 168094

> > Goddlefrood:
 
> > <snippity snip snip snip> (A little more snippage of my own ;))

> > If correct the total number of crew with Draco would be a 
> > total of 7

> Mike:
 
> 8, you forgot to count Gibbon, the dead DE.

Goddlefrood:

Whoops, must be overlooking the dead again :)), still 7 DEs 
though ;), if Greyback is excluded from being one as Mike goes 
on to suggest ;)

> Mike:

<Small Snip>

> I tend to think that Greyback was captured, and if he wasn't 
> he should have been. 

Goddlefrood:

He may have been captured, but one thought that does occur is 
that perhaps werewolves recover from being hit by spells a little
more quickly than your average bear ;). I do, however, hope he
was captured, otherwise it would be a very poor night's work for
all those fighting LV.

Although if he did escape I'm sure Remus was pleased ;)

> Mike:

> You would think these 5 could have subdued and captured these 
> remaining 2 DEs. 

Goddlefrood:

It would seem likely, but they are mysterious figures, my thoughts
on that are in my earlier post.
 
> Mike:

> **************************

> For my own perspective, I don't think Greyback was a wizard and 
> therefore not formally a DE. 

Goddlefrood:

This is a viewpoint I now share having had some support from 
Nymphadora, as set out in the original post on this matter. An
ally, yes, but a DE, no, so essentially I agree.

I do also think Greyback was either a full muggle originally or
a muggle-born and would add that many of the werewolves in the
WW as we know it are not only fictional but also created by Fenrir.
This would increase the bond of loyalty between the subordinates 
and the leader, somewhat like a twisting of the various versions
of the vampire legend, who do exist in our world ;). They are a
constant nuisance.

One other point to add, but unrelated to the above is that Snape
when nearly killed by the rampaging and totally under control of
himself Remus during the prank was clearly labouring under the
misapprehension that somehow he had been wronged. Sirius would,
quite sensibly, have a little to say on this matter:

"He deserved it"

Goddlefrood, who once hung a friend by his legs over a bridge for
the terrible crime of sneaking ;)