Here's some questions I've been wondering about lately. How does one become a Deatheater? Assuming one is already fixated on the supremacy of purebloods and wants to take an active role in purging the wizarding world of muggle-borns, muggles and other beings deemed by some as unworthy of magic, how does one go about obtaining the Mark?( questions and thoughts )

Written for honeycakehorse, who requested A look at group or family dynamics. I chose “group” with the intention of comparing and contrasting the Death Eaters with the Order of the Phoenix. Beta’d by the wonderfully thorough metallic_sweet.

All page numbers referenced come from the Scholastic hardcover editions.

The Group Dynamics of the Death Eaters & the Order of the ( Read more... )