Divination and Questions from the GoF Pensieve Matters

[Caius Marcius]

No: HPFGUIDX 169686

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Goddlefrood" <gav_fiji at ...> 
wrote:

> Ludovic Bagman comes next.
> 
> Fwiw I am of the opinion that he is a Death Eater and will 
> play a part, however short, in DH while being revealed as the 
> enormous blond Death Eater from the amusement at Hogwarts.

Then why didn't Harry recognize him? In GoF it's frequently implied 
that Bagman is well past his prime as an athlete. For all his 
ineptitude, the unnamed blonde DE from HBP does not seem to be 
physically decrepit.

> Question 4 - Why is Barty Crouch Senior so upset that Bagman 
> escapes imprisonment?

I've never heard of a prosecuting attorney who *didn't* get upset 
when the accused escaped imprisonment. 

> 
> Question 5 -  I have a notion that Barty Crouch Jnr. may appear as 
a Dementor due to a theory I hold that Demenetors initially came 
> about from being soulless wraith type creatures, very much akin 
> to the ringwraiths in LOTR but able to breed.

In Snape's first DADA class, he has on display several banner-sized 
photos, one of which is a dementor victim, in an inert zombie-like 
condition.  There's no implication that the victim is transitioning 
into Dementor-hood.

> 
> Question 6 - Where did Dementors originate and why have they 
> left the service of the MoM other than inducements from LV? 

I've no clue as to how they originate, but since Dumbledore and 
Lupin both describe them as innately vile beings, in seems natural 
that they would gravitate toward LV. DD implies to Fudge that Voldy 
will allow them much greater scope to indulge their peculiar 
pleasures.

  - CMC