Människor panikade på grund av saker de såg.
Barn snurrade som toppar sittio meter över marken. Muggles blev förolämpade. Tält sätts i brand.
Two of the figures were very small. More wizards were joining the marching group, laughing and pointing up at the floating bodies. Tents crumpled and fell as the marching crowd swelled. Once or twice Harry saw one of the marchers blast a tent out of his way with his wand. Several caught fire. The screaming grew louder.
The floating people were suddenly illuminated as they passed over a burning tent and Harry recognized one of them: Mr. Roberts, the campsite manager. The other three looked as though they might be his wife and children. One of the marchers below flipped Mrs. Roberts upside down with his wand; her nightdress fell down to reveal voluminous drawers and she struggled to cover herself up as the crowd below her screeched and hooted with glee.
“That’s sick,” Ron muttered, watching the smallest Muggle child, who had begun to spin like a top, sixty feet above the ground, his head flopping limply from side to side. “That is really sick...”
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 9, The Dark Mark
Och till slut uppenbarades det mörka varumärket, symbolen för Lord Voldemort.
For a split second, Harry thought it was another leprechaun formation. Then he realized that it was a colossal skull, comprised of what looked like emerald stars, with a serpent protruding from its mouth like a tongue. As they watched, it rose higher and higher, blazing in a haze of greenish smoke, etched against the black sky like a new constellation.
Suddenly, the wood all around them erupted with screams. Harry didn’t understand why, but the only possible cause was the sudden appearance of the skull, which had now risen high enough to illuminate the entire wood like some grisly neon sign. He scanned the darkness for the person who had conjured the skull, but he couldn’t see anyone.
“Who’s there?” he called again.
“Harry, come on, move!” Hermione had seized the collar of his jacket and was tugging him backward.
“What’s the matter?” Harry said, startled to see her face so white and terrified.
“It’s the Dark Mark, Harry!” Hermione moaned, pulling him as hard as she could. “You-Know- Who’s sign!”
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 9, The Dark Mark
Mörkmarken menade allmänt att någon mördades!
“And it hasn’t been seen for thirteen years,” said Mr. Weasley quietly. “Of course people panicked... it was almost like seeing You-Know-Who back again.”
“I don’t get it,” said Ron, frowning. “I mean... it’s still only a shape in the sky...”
“Ron, You-Know-Who and his followers sent the Dark Mark into the air whenever they killed,” said Mr. Weasley. “The terror it inspired... you have no idea, you’re too young. Just picture coming home and finding the Dark Mark hovering over your house, and knowing what you’re about to find inside...” Mr. Weasley winced. “Everyone’s worst fear... the very worst.”
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 9, The Dark Mark
När Voldemort faktiskt återvände såg Harry det. Ingen annan såg och ministeriet gick i förnekelse.
“Voldemort doesn’t march up to people’s houses and bang on their front doors, Harry,” said Sirius. “He tricks, jinxes and blackmails them. He’s well-practiced at operating in secret. In any case, gathering followers is only one thing he’s interested in. He’s got other plans too, plans he can put into operation very quietly indeed, and he’s concentrating on those for the moment.’
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 5, The Order of the Phoenix
Folk trodde Voldemort var tillbaka när de såg hans symbol, Death Mark. Men när han faktiskt återvände så visste de flesta inte det och trodde inte Dumbledores ord eftersom det var lättare att vara på förnekelse.