Most of Tom's followers had stood with the Peverell family over the last two years. They had been discreet and had appeared "convinced" of the new Lord's ideas over months. Still, the Peverell family was considered "dark', and since Tom now held the most allegiances, he could suggest a new chief warlock. The light and neutral families had dreaded that day since Lucius Malfoy, as Chief warlock, would hold both the power of his family's seats, as well as considerable influence over their jurisdiction. Though the Chief Warlock's position was a formal one and came with no voting rights, it still meant influence and power.