|
MENU
|
|
|
|
| Type your title here. |
 In the fictional Harry Potter series, a Death Eater is a follower of Lord Voldemort. The Death Eaters serve as Voldemort's troops in his wars on the British Ministry of Magic and are his most trusted allies - insofar as he trusts anyone.
Their tasks include doing battle against the Ministry of Magic and the Order of the Phoenix, and conducting psychological warfare against those who oppose Voldemort by threatening their families. After joining, Death Eaters are required to exhibit loyalty and obedience until death. Failure to do so results in punishment, including death.
All Death Eaters are branded with the Dark Mark on their left forearm. The Dark Mark, Voldemort's sign (a skull with a snake protruding from its mouth) is used to summon the Death Eaters - when Voldemort touches any Death Eater's mark, the others' marks would burn black, and the Death Eaters were expected to apparate next to their Master. The standard Death Eater attire is a black, hooded cape.
When Voldemort vanished after failing to kill Harry Potter, the Death Eaters lost their ability to function effectively. The Ministry rounded them up and imprisoned them in Azkaban, with some eluding justice by claiming innocence or by turning in other Death Eaters.
As Voldemort regains a full-strength corporeal existence at the end of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, he summons his followers to him. Some of them have betrayed him and are too afraid to return to him, and others are dead or imprisoned, but many return to his service as Voldemort begins his second attempt to claim power. |
|
|
; |
