A queima da Marca Negra não parece durar.
Snape descreve como a Marca Negra queimou preto, então "desbotou" um pouco. Quando queimava preto parece provável que seja quando o Lorde das Trevas estava convocando os Comensais da Morte para o cemitério.
“The Dark Mark. It is not as clear as it was, an hour or so ago, when it burnt black, but you can still see it.”
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 36 (The Parting of the Ways)
Bellatrix descreve a convocação da Marca Negra como um aviso para ir ao Lord das Trevas de uma vez - ela não menciona nenhuma punição "automática" causada por ignorá-la.
“But you didn’t return when he came back, you didn’t fly back to him at once when you felt the Dark Mark burn –”
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 2 (Spinner’s End)
O perigo em ignorar a queima da Marca Negra é que o Lorde das Trevas ficará zangado, sabendo que sua convocação está sendo ignorada, especialmente se ele acreditar que a razão seja deslealdade ou uma tentativa de desertar.
“The scar on Harry’s forehead seared with a sharp pain again, and Wormtail let out a fresh howl: Voldemort removed his fingers from Wormtail’s Mark, and Harry saw that it had turned jet black.
A look of cruel satisfaction on his face, Voldemort straightened up, threw back his head, and stared around at the dark graveyard.
‘How many will be brave enough to return when they feel it?’ he whispered, his gleaming red eyes fixed upon the stars. ‘And how many will be foolish enough to stay away?”
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 33 (The Death Eaters)
Snape ignorou a convocação da Marca Negra, e depois de convencer o Lorde das Trevas, ele tinha uma boa razão, ficou impune.
“The Dark Lord’s initial displeasure at my lateness vanished entirely, I assure you, when I explained that I remained faithful, although Dumbledore thought I was his man. Yes, the Dark Lord thought that I had left him for ever, but he was wrong.”
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 2 (Spinner’s End)
Comensais da morte que haviam desertado do Lorde das Trevas foram punidos, mas isso não teve nada a ver com a Marca Negra convocando-os.
“And they’ve found Igor Karkaroff’s body in a shack up north. The Dark Mark had been set over it – well, frankly, I’m surprised he stayed alive for even a year after deserting the Death Eaters; Sirius’s brother Regulus only managed a few days as far as I can remember.”
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 6 (Draco’s Detour)
Eles ignorando a convocação da Marca Negra não teriam causado isso diretamente - a deserção deles seria.