[HPforGrownups] Patronus

[No Limberger]

No: HPFGUIDX 187182

>randmath23 wrote:
>I was wondering if the Ministry of Magic also keeps a record of
>what a person's patronus is? I have wondered why Voldemort did
>not check his death eaters, especially his "inner circle" if
>they were able to perform the patronus charm. Dumbledore knew
>for certain that Snape could not be a true death eater, since
>he was able to perform the Patronus Charm

No.Limberger responds:
I am not aware that ability to perform a Patronus Charm means
that someone is not a death eater.  Presuming that casting
of a Patronus Charm is something that would be taught at
Hogwarts, anyone who graduates from Hogwarts (whether
death eater or not) would be able to do this.  Now, given
that the Patronus Charm requires a very happy memory to
be successfully cast, if a particular death eater has no happy
thoughts, then, no, that particular death eater would be
unable to cast one; but that would be true for anyone that
was unable to recall a happy memory.

I am also not aware of the Ministry of Magic tracking what
shape each individual's Patronus Charm takes, nor whether
LV tested whether any death eater could perform the charm.

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