Re: The Mark Darkening
Harry's scar doesn't hurt again in Quirrell's presence (and you cannot persuade me Tom never clapped eyes again on Potter) until Tom allows it to at the reveal.
The scar hurts before the reveal - when Harry sees Quirrellmort in the forest and then during the following days on occasion. But we can explain that away as Tom losing control as he (or Quirrell) becomes weaker from repeated attempts at the obstacles.
But the Mark, while alerting Severus to something Voldemort-related, doesn't indicate where exactly Voldemort is.
How well Did Severus know Quirrell before the sabbatical? How did he interpret the personality change?
Were Albus' Albananian 'sources' already in place? Did he know Tom had left Albania?
The scar hurts before the reveal - when Harry sees Quirrellmort in the forest and then during the following days on occasion. But we can explain that away as Tom losing control as he (or Quirrell) becomes weaker from repeated attempts at the obstacles.
But the Mark, while alerting Severus to something Voldemort-related, doesn't indicate where exactly Voldemort is.
How well Did Severus know Quirrell before the sabbatical? How did he interpret the personality change?
Were Albus' Albananian 'sources' already in place? Did he know Tom had left Albania?