Death Eaters at graveyard - GOF

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No: HPFGUIDX 173747

 "claire_elise2003" wrote:

> snip
> At the time, I recall much speculation about whether the "most 
faithful servant" was Crouch Jr or Snape.  But in the light of what 
we now know, it seems to me that Crouch was the "faithful servant" 
and Karkaroff the "one too cowardly to return".  Which leaves Snape 
as the one who has left forever and who would have to be killed.  Do 
we have any canon to suggest how Snape subsequently convinced 
Voldemort that he was indeed still a Death Eater and so avoided being 
killed off (at least until the end, when he was killed no because of 
any treachery but simply to give Voldemort power over the Elder Wand).

Potioncat:
I think there's a quote from JKR that confirms Snape as the 'one who 
left' but I may be wrong. Most list members have worked it out this 
way. The best canon for it is in HBP. Snape explains it all in 
Spinners End. 

>Claire 
> And where does Regulus fall in this?  Given that he dies by 
drinking the poison because of his disgust with the Dark Lord, did he 
really die in his service?


Potioncat;
Regulus has become very interesting, and in my mind, is one of the 
unresolved stories. Here's another example of Sirius getting it 
wrong. Sirius said something along the line that when Regulus got 
cold feet and tried to back out, LV had him killed. 

Well, we know that isn't true. So, what did LV think happened to him? 
Did he think Regulus had been killed by Aurors? LV didn't know the 
locket had been replaced, so he may not have known Regulus had 
turned. And, what was it that made RAB turn?

Oh, this is the other thing I got right. I knew RAB was in Lake 
Inferius.