More importantly, little pockets of Death Eaters still existed—pureblood families that had privately thought the Dark Lord’s quest had been a noble, if ill-fated one. And among those fringes, there were still others who blamed the wretched halfbloods and muggleborns who had brought about the Dark Lord’s supposed demise. If only the Dark Lord had not trusted muggleborns and halfbloods, these families mourned privately, he would not have failed.