A Dark Glamour - Voldemort's Appeal -- Hopefull Immortality

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 179027

---  "Mike" <mcrudele78 at ...> wrote:
> 
> Mike:
> It isn't hard to imagine how Tom Riddle managed to get others
> to follow his lead while he was at Hogwarts. From Dumbledore's 
> words, he managed to charm the staff into believing him 
> Minister of Magic material. It seems the other students would
> hardly be able to resist those same charms. By all accounts,
> Riddle had everything going for him. 
> 
> ...edited...

bboyminn:

One additional point that I don't think has been discussed.
We know Voldemort's goal was to conquer Death, and we also
know he had gone a long way towards achieving that goal. Also,
note that his followers were call 'Death Eaters'. 

I suspect he strung many DE's along under the hope that if
they could get in close enough to Voldemort, get deeply 
enough into his good graces, Voldemort would reveal to them
the secret of immorality. Which by the way, I don't think
Voldemort actually achieved. He set himself up so he could
not be killed, but not so he could live forever. Note the
operative word is 'live'. His time in Albania was existence
is a state of non-dead, but it wasn't living. 

So, I think that is one of the powers Voldemort had over
his Death Eaters, the possibility that if he favored you
enough, he would reveal his secret.

I highly suspect that is exactly what Lucius Malfoy thought.
Until he lost favor, I think he fancied himself as 
Voldemort's number 2; heir to the throne and all it's 
legacies. I suspect, and this is only my speculation, that
deep down Lucius thought he would eventually know the 
secret that guards against death. In knowing the secret,
he would also know the flaw or vulnerability in the magic.

I suspect Lucius then intended to kill Voldemort and take
his place. He would let Voldemort do all the dirty work in
his own name, take all the blame, then later Lucius would
take over and /claim/ a new age of enlightenment. Which
translates into a whole new dictator, but the same old
tyranny.

Condensed version: I think Voldemort held a lot of DE's in
line with the hope of eventual immortality.

Just a thought.

Steve/bboyminn