Karkaroff as Headmaster (WAS: Snape&Lucius)

[Ronin_47]

No: HPFGUIDX 164767

--Carol wrote--

>>>It's only Draco, after all, who tells us that the Dark Arts are
actually taught at Durmstrang, and Krum Crucios Cedric under the
influence of a very powerful Imperius Curse (which may give him powers
he wouldn't ordinarily have, as well as controlling his will). I don't
think we can conclude that Krum, a self-effacing person who seems
genuinely to care about Hermione and to regret what happened to
Cedric, had mastered the Cruciatus Curse as part of the Hogwarts
curriculum. If Durmstrang were a DE training ground, we'd have a lot
more Antonin Dolohovs and fewer Averys and CrabbenGoyles to worry
about (or not).
<<<



--Ronin's comments--
Your post is excellent. 
Just to add a couple of observations;  Draco's tales don't mean much. Draco has a habit of boasting about these types of things and it turns out to be completely false. For example, during OWLs, he bragged that his father was great friends with Griselda Marchbanks and that she'd see to it he pulled through his OWLs alright. But it turned out that Neville's grandmother was actually friends with Marchbanks and she was not associated with the Malfoys. (Thankfully)

My other comment goes to the type of students attended the other schools. It's been a while since I've read GOF, so I hope my recollection isn't too clouded by the movie which I've seen recently. I thought that the Durmstrang students may have been portrayed as barbarians (speaking of their manners). I wondered if this was to magnify the differences between the cultures at Durmstrang and Beuxbatons and show how Hogwarts was a sort of middle ground where all were welcome and treated equally. By the end of the TWT, we see dramatic changes in all of the students. I.E. Fleur, who was so untouchable at the beginning, is now a friend of Harry and Ron because of her "little seester". And Krum, who was a dumb jock was now a charming gentleman asking Hermione to write him.

We know that Beubatons is now allied with Hogwarts, but I wonder who is the new headmaster of Durmstrang and what is their position on this? I got the feeling that the Durmstrang students left on good terms with the other schools and made friends, but a new headmaster could make or break the whole effort. 

I'm going to have to get a new copy of GOF and read it again soon. The movie has definitely clouded my memory where Karkarof is concerned. I remember that in the book, he was not the DE who was on trial in the pensieve. He only pretended to reform out of self preservation. He was even more dispicable than Wormtail. If that's possible.

Anyway, I thoroughly enjoyed your post.

Cheers,
Ronin

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