More on Sirius's Gang of Slytherins

[dungrollin]

Neri:
> The only problem I see with this little scenario is that Sirius 
didn't
> mention Lucius in the gang, something I always took as hinting that
> Bella was younger than Lucius, but it might simply be JKR 
overlooking
> his name. It won't be the first time, and GoF is full with worse
> mistakes. Anyway, this Scenario would work just as well without 
Lucius. 
> 

Dungrollin:
Actually, based on what Sirius and the rest of the wizarding world 
knows/knew at the time, Lucius Malfoy did not turn out to be a Death 
Eater. DD and lots of others undoubtedly suspected him of it, 
but Lucius wasn't caught and captured and sent to Azkaban as a DE, 
he wormed his way out by claiming he'd been under the Imperius 
Curse. So Sirius may have included him in the gang, but only been 
counting off those members who turned out to be Death Eaters for 
certain. At this point, Sirius still doesn't know that Snape 
actually was a DE, does he?

Dung