Is being a Death Eater illegal?

Being a Death Eater was very much illegal, so I wonder what excuses they sometimes had to come up with to cover for the fact they had to disappear right away when Lord Voldemort was calling. Safe to say, he wasn't a super considerate boss.
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Can you leave the Death Eaters?

19 Death Eaters Can't Leave: Blood In, Blood Out

Even Severus Snape, who defected from the Death Eaters in spirit and hadn't been part of them in truth in years, couldn't actually, publicly leave because that would have sealed his fate and condemned him to death.
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Do Death Eaters have to be pure-blood?

“The Death Eaters can't all be pure-blood, there aren't enough pure-blood wizards left,' said Hermione stubbornly. 'I expect most of them are half-bloods pretending to be pure. It's only Muggle-borns they hate, they'd be quite happy to let you and Ron join up.”
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How do you become a Death Eater?

Only people with the Dark Mark can call themselves Death Eaters, they are Voldemort's inner circle - his most loyal, trusted followers. They are people he chose. The Mark is a connection with him, he can be summoned by his DE if they touch it, and he can call upon them by touching a Dark Mark.
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Are there any Ravenclaw Death Eaters?

All the Death Eaters besides Peter Pettigrew are either mentioned as being in Slytherin House, or not mentioned as being in a house at all, as indicated in this list of Death Eaters. That said, Quirrell was in Ravenclaw, though he was probably not formally a Death Eater.
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Did Snape Ever Murder Anyone as a Death Eater? - Harry Potter Theory



Is Voldemort a virgin?

By the time he was Lord Voldemort (despite what I said earlier about the graveyard scene), Tom Riddle had become fully and completely asexual. So my answer to the question is yes, Lord Voldemort was a virgin.
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Are the sacred 28 all related?

Behind the scenes

It is therefore very likely that all the families listed in the Sacred Twenty-Eight are related to each other.
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Why did Bellatrix call Harry a half-blood?

Harry is a half-blood, like the half-blood prince, because his mother was a muggleborn (aka a mud-blood). In the wizarding world there are: purebloods: those with wizard parents and grandparents. muggleborns: those with muggle parents and grandparents.
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Does getting the Dark Mark hurt?

On the arm

This was done by pressing his finger to any Death Eater's Mark, which turned it jet black and delivered a burning sensation to any person with the Dark Mark, including traitors such as Igor Karkaroff.
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Why do Death Eaters wear masks?

7 Love To Break: Don't Know One Another. During the First Wizarding War, the Death Eaters were required to wear masks that concealed their identities. This allowed them to infiltrate various organizations that still trusted them.
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Were any Death Eaters not Slytherin?

Peter Pettigrew, (a.k.a Wormtail), is the only Death Eater known to have been in a House other than Slytherin (Gryffindor) while at Hogwarts.
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Is Harry's dad a pure-blood?

Print. Harry James Potter holds half-blood status in Rowling's imagined wizarding world because his mother is Muggle-born and his father is pure-blood. There are three main blood statuses; pure-blood, half-blood, and Muggle-born, which are all methods of determining a witch or wizard's magical lineage.
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What happens if a half-blood marries a pureblood?

If a halfblood marries a pureblood will their children be pureblood or halfblood | Fandom. An individual is Pure-blood if they have no Muggle or Muggle-born parents or grandparents.
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Was Sirius a Death Eater?

Sirius was never a Death Eater and, in this last moment before the big reveal, the audience is being clued in.
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Who is the oldest wizarding family?

Ollivander – Makers of fine wands since 382 BC, the Ollivanders could make quite a claim to being among the oldest wizarding families.
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Do you have to be pure-blood to be in Slytherin?

Possible pure-bloods

Due to their affiliation to Slytherin and Lord Voldemort, many wizards and witches might be considered pure-bloods. Others had openly expressed their prejudice toward half-bloods and Muggle-borns, which is another reason to believe they were pure-blood supremacists. Some even became Death Eaters.
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Are the Scamander pure-blood?

We know that during events in Paris, Leta Lestrange attended the pure-bloods ball with Theseus Scamander, Newt's older brother, where they met Yaxley. This ball was only for pure-blood wizards.
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Was Bellatrix pregnant in the Half-Blood Prince?

Helena Bonham Carter, who portrays Bellatrix in the films, was pregnant during the filming of the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. Her pregnancy seems noticeable (but not too far along) during the scene at Spinner's End.
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Was Dumbledore a virgin?

Now, even after the show finished airing, people are still talking about his virginity. Similarly, it's been nearly 12 years since J.K. Rowling declared in 2007, that Hogwarts headmaster Albus Dumbledore, was gay.
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Who did Voldemort love?

Voldemort was said to have been incapable of love, in the Harry Potter series. His own birth was the result of a love potion that Merope had used on his father, Tom Riddle Senior. So, it is surprising that the Dark Lord had a child with Bellatrix willingly.
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Are there any evil hufflepuffs?

Yes, Hufflepuff dark wizards likely exist. In an interview, JKR confirms that there are people connected with Death Eaters in the houses other than Slytherin, and does not in any way attempt to specifically exclude Hufflepuff.
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Why can Death Eaters fly?

In the Order of the Phoenix film, Death Eaters and Order members Apparate and Disapparate in clouds of black and white smoke respectively. In the film, both sides also appear to be able to "half-apparate" in which their bodies were made out of smoke, giving them the ability to fly.
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Is every Slytherin a Death Eater?

History. According to Sirius Black, they were all in Slytherin House and most, if not all, became Death Eaters during the First Wizarding War. This group appeared to occasionally bully other students such as Mary Macdonald. They likely targeted Muggle-born students and blood traitors.
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Is there a real wizarding world?

The Wizarding World (previously known as J. K. Rowling's Wizarding World) is a fantasy media franchise and shared fictional universe centred on the Harry Potter novel series by J. K. Rowling.
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