Theodore Nott Senior was once a highly respected Death Eater. His glory days, however, were long behind him. Why he thought that he would be a viable replacement to their leader was confusing. No one trusted him. Not even his own son wanted anything to do with him. The Dark Lord only kept him around because of a sense of nostalgia. Apparently the decaying of his body also robbed him of his memories of the other wizard's frequent failures. He stepped up after Macnair mysteriously disappeared years earlier to aid their master in whatever was required to keep his rotting shell functioning. That used to count for something. No longer.