Barty Junior's role may also have originally been as a spy (and possible future assassin), given who his father was. But this wasn't ever confirmed.
You really have to wonder what kind of sloppy organization Voldemort was running that Karkaroff knew the identities of two Death Eater spies. Okay, he maybe stood next to Severus during the (presumably infrequent) meetings of the full circle, and could have recognized him if he ran into him elsewhere. Or if Severus ever served as a DE Healer and treated Karkaroff. But Rookwood?
Did Karkaroff's cell report to Rookwood for some reason, maybe to carry out assignments Rookwood devised based on his spying? (Blackmail this guy to do X, kill that guy...) This doesn't seem like a great plan, and Voldemort also seems like he would prefer to get the information and give the assignments rather than delegating, so it doesn't seem likely.
Maybe it has to do with whatever position Karkaroff held? We don't even know whether he was British-raised, an immigrant, or only went to Britain to hang out with Voldemort after being recruited on the Continent, so that's no help. Maybe he was some kind of diplomat who mostly hung out with the International Wizarding Cooperation employees but met Rookwood at Ministry events. If he had been in proximity to Rookwood while masked and hooded and was an observant person, maybe he could have recognized him that way. (Height, stance, body language, choice of cologne...)
ETA: But still, the question about other spies in the Order is something we'll probably never know. Maybe Voldemort wanted a backup spy in the Order and just failed to manage it. Or he had one who successfully went undetected but also maybe didn't uncover much that was useful. Could be anything!
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Date: 2021-04-03 07:55 pm (UTC)You really have to wonder what kind of sloppy organization Voldemort was running that Karkaroff knew the identities of two Death Eater spies. Okay, he maybe stood next to Severus during the (presumably infrequent) meetings of the full circle, and could have recognized him if he ran into him elsewhere. Or if Severus ever served as a DE Healer and treated Karkaroff. But Rookwood?
Did Karkaroff's cell report to Rookwood for some reason, maybe to carry out assignments Rookwood devised based on his spying? (Blackmail this guy to do X, kill that guy...) This doesn't seem like a great plan, and Voldemort also seems like he would prefer to get the information and give the assignments rather than delegating, so it doesn't seem likely.
Maybe it has to do with whatever position Karkaroff held? We don't even know whether he was British-raised, an immigrant, or only went to Britain to hang out with Voldemort after being recruited on the Continent, so that's no help. Maybe he was some kind of diplomat who mostly hung out with the International Wizarding Cooperation employees but met Rookwood at Ministry events. If he had been in proximity to Rookwood while masked and hooded and was an observant person, maybe he could have recognized him that way. (Height, stance, body language, choice of cologne...)
ETA: But still, the question about other spies in the Order is something we'll probably never know. Maybe Voldemort wanted a backup spy in the Order and just failed to manage it. Or he had one who successfully went undetected but also maybe didn't uncover much that was useful. Could be anything!