History Characters / HarryPotterDeathEaters

** This ''might'' be because, as a Muggle-born, he sees magic and power as the solution to any problem.

* CompleteMonster: Bellatrix is one of the most repulsive {{Complete Monster}}s in the whole series, only rivalled by Umbridge and Voldemort himself.

* Self-MadeOrphan

* HeelFaceTurn: Narcissa's is a major example. When Voldemort casts a Killing Curse on Harry during the Battle Of Hogwarts, he asks Narcissa to check Harry's vital signs. She uses this opportunity, when she sees that he is alive, to covertly ask him if he knows of Draco's well-being. When Harry replies quietly that he is, Narcissa betrays the Dark Lord, saying that Harry is dead.

** And in the ''DeathlyHallows'' movie, the scene where Bellatrix [[spoiler:pins Hermione to the floor]] and carves the word '[[spoiler:Mudblood]]' into the poor girl's arm while she's screaming. And to top it all off, it looks like Bella's ''[[CrossedTheLineTwice raping her]]''. [[NoJustNo Dear God]].

* TallDarkAndBishoujo: Pre-Azkaban. Though in the movie, she retains this.

** And in the ''DeathlyHallows'' movie, the scene where Bellatrix [[spoiler:pins Hermione to the floor]]? She carves the word '[[spoiler:Mudblood]]' into the poor girls arm while she's screaming, and to top it all off, it looks like Bella's ''raping her''. [[NoJustNo Dear God]].

* TallDarkAndBishoujo: Pre-Azkaban.

** How about in the first part of the ''DeathlyHallows'' movie, during the scene where Bellatrix [[spoiler:pins Hermione to the floor]]? She carves the word '[[spoiler:Mudblood]]' into the poor girls arm while she's screaming, and to top it all off, it looks like Bella's ''raping her''. [[NoJustNo Dear God]].
** When I watched the movie with my sister we were both squirming in our seats at that scene. Creepy.

** Related to this: An additional example of AlternativeCharacterInterpretation for Bellatrix is for fans to point out the UnfortunateImplications in saying that "good" women focus on their family, while "bad" women focus on themselves or their beliefs (even if Bellatrix's beliefs are sick, twisted ones). Feminist fans, however, should take heart in the fact that Rowling sets up the same {{Aesop}} for the male characters, in contrasting the heartless Voldemort with Harry and the various other members of the Order of the Phoenix/Dumbledore's Army.

** Some fans have pointed out the UnfortunateImplications in all this, in the potentially anti-feminist message that good (or semi-good, in Narcissa's case) female characters put their family first, while Bellatrix is evil for pursuing her ideas (even if they are wicked, wrong ones) over a family life. It would make sense, if Rowling didn't set up the same {{Aesop}} for the men.

* CompleteMonster: Rowling calls him a "raging psychopath" and "pure evil," and he is indeed a nasty piece of work. Voldemort is a ruthless, bigoted mass murderer and child-killing megalomaniac, and an egotistical, emotionally unstable lunatic prone to fits of homicidal outrage. Besides that, he commited patricide, killed his uncle, murdered various innocent women (and had Nagini possess one of them), tried to kill a baby, robs an old man's grave, tortures old men, and various other psychotic rampages of senseless violence. His POV sections from his childhood reveal an amoral, self-centred JerkAss with a smug sense of self-worth and a coldly indifferent attitude to other people. About the only thing to be said in his defense is a bad childhood and particularly warped genetics, with the implication that he really was born bad and had no real choice.

*** While the Gaunts were a particular extreme case of pureblood inbreeding, the fact that all the pureblood families are closely related could explain why the majority of the most powerful wizards and witches in the books tend to be half-bloods or Muggle-borns - Voldemort himself included.

** On his mothers side, the Gaunt/Slytherin bloodline has been affected by generations, even centuries, of incenstuous inbreeding, which both diluted the magical potential of the family and produced a bunch of batshit insane nutcases. His grandfather and uncle were both terribly messed up and his mother, physically and verbally abused by both of them, had her own serious issues. That Voldemort's father was a muggle, [[BoomerangBigot ironically enough]], was the reason his own phenomenal magical potential, but it is heavily implied it was his genes that made him into a psychopath.

* [[spoiler:ChildByRape: His mother drugged his father with a LovePotion.]]

* GreenEyedMonster: By ''HalfBloodPrince'', Snape has replaced Bella as Voldemort's favorite.
[[{{Understatement}} She doesn't take this well]]. Heavy emphasis on the "monster" part.

* ColdBloodedTorture: Bellatrix Lestrange [[Understatement|loves this.]]

* ManipulativeBastard: He's good at this if he wants to. Just look at what happened with Ginny.

* YouHaveFailedMe: If you're lucky, after you've ticked off Voldemort, he'll kill you without putting you through the Cruciatus Curse first.

* GreenEyedMonster: By ''HalfBloodPrince'', Snape has replaced Bella as Voldemort's favorite. [[{{Understatement}} She doesn't take this well]]. Heavy emphasis on the "monster" part.

* CompleteMonster: He kills his own father. (as with Voldemort himself)

!'''Voldemort (RalphFiennes)'''

Real name Tom Marvolo Riddle. The EvilOverlord of the wizarding world in Britain, he fears no one but Albus Dumbledore. Before his downfall, some ten years before the main plot of the first book, he killed hundreds, if not thousands of people, and gathered a huge band of followers, known as "Death Eaters". He tried to kill the one-year old Harry after murdering both of his parents, but failed due to ThePowerOfLove. The rebounding curse hit him instead, but he remained alive due to [[spoiler:the [[SoulJar horcruxes]], which contained parts of his soul]]. After rising again and seizing power, [[spoiler:he is killed by Harry (and another rebounding curse) in a [[ShowdownAtHighNoon Showdown at Sunrise]].]] Has something of a snake fetish, and can talk to snakes. Furthermore, he's outright insane and creepy. If you haven't noticed, drawing tatooes of skulls vomiting a snake isn't a sign of optimal mental health.

19 years later, [[spoiler:he's still dead.]]

* BadBoss: It is very clear that most of his underlings -- including even those who joined Death Eaters to satisfy their sadism -- obey him out of abject terror. As punishment for failure, he is not above sending their children to what he thinks is certain death, even having a fit and killing whoever happens to be nearby. He has a nasty habit of holding onto grudges. If you upset him thirteen years ago, expect him to find and kill you.

* BlackCloak (Although it's more of a really dark green colour in the fifth and seventh movies)
* BondVillainStupidity: Tom, the EvilOverlordList is an enumeration of things you are supposed to ''avoid doing'', not a bloody to-do checklist!Especially take a look at the "This cannot be! I AM INVINCIBLE!" bit of the list. You need some serious help with assessing your strengths and weaknesses in a realistic manner.
** ''Harry Potter'' is unique in this regard, as it [[YourMileageMayVary successfully]] justifies its villain's Bond Villain Stupidity. Voldemort is one of the most knowledgable wizards of all time (perhaps apart from Dumbledore), but he's not particularly wise with the magic he wields, particularly the older branches of magic.
* BoomerangBigot: One of the goals of the Death Eaters was the elimination of any wizard who wasn't pure blooded, specially if they were muggleborn, but Voldemort himself was a half-blood.

* CompleteMonster: Rowling calls him a "raging psychopath" and "pure evil", and he is indeed a nasty piece of work. Voledemort is a ruthless, bigoted, mass murderer and child killing megalomaniac, and an egotistical, emotionally unstable lunatic prone to fits of homicidal outrage. Besides that, he commited patricide, killed his uncle, murdered various innocent women (and had Nagini possess one of them),tried to kill a baby, robs an old man's grave, tortures old men, and various other psychotic rampages of senseless violence. His POV sections from his childhood reveal an amoral, self-centred JerkAss with a smug sense of self worth and a coldly indifferent attitude to other people. About the only thing to be said in his defence is a bad childhood and particularly warped genetics, with the implication that he really was born bad and had no real choice.
* CreepyChild: As a kid, he was a creepy orphan who often tormented the other kids at the orphanage. Two of them even went permanently mute after what he did to them. He went around toturing little kids, killing bunnies, and stealing toys for goodness sakes! He was in dire need of counseling and anger management and even moreso as his maniacal adult self.

* TheDreaded: Lord Voldemort, AKA "You-Know-Who" and "He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named". He is even quite fond of using his own name in all his sentences, "DO NOT LIE TO LORD VOLDEMORT" just to get the message that he's high and mighty across.

** Voldemort is also Harry's in terms of growing environment and personality. While Harry is born from the loving union between his parents, Voldemort is born from the completely loveless (and magically forced) union. Also, Harry's parents, in an ultimate act of love, sacrificed themselves so that Harry may live while Voldemort's father abandoned him and Voldemort's mother died due to despair, leaving her son all alone in the world (which explains Voldemort's inability to understand love). Personality-wise, Harry and Voldemort are courageous and smart; however, while Harry goes out of his way to help his friends, Voldemort uses people for his own ends and throws them away when they are no longer useful.

* EvilMakesYouUgly: Snake eyes, flat face, no nose....in the movies he has long, rotting fingernails, disgusting teeth, and looks like a corpse.

* FateWorseThanDeath: A trope beyond his comprehension; for him, nothing could be worse than death. Turns out [[spoiler:not to save him from death. Or what comes after it, which really is worse.]]

* FreudianExcuse: He was conceived [[spoiler:under the effects of a Love Potion. When his mother released his father from its effects, his father left the both of them, making his mother lose the will to live.]] However, Voldemort himself doesn't seem too concerned about this.
** On his mothers side the Gaunt/ Slytherin bloodline has been affected by generations, even centuries of incenstuous inbreeding, which both diluted the magical potential of the family and produced a bunch of batshit insane nutcases. His grandfather and uncle were both terribly messed up and his mother, physically and verbally abused by both of them, had her own serious issues. That Voldemorts father was a muggle, [[BoomerangBigot ironically enough]], was the reason his own phenomenal magical potential, but it is heavily implied it was his genes that made him into a psychopath.

* [=~It's All About Me~=]

* LeaveHimToMe: Every time he comes across Harry. Although he's proven himself quite incompetent when it comes to Harry, he MUST be the one to kill Harry Potter. (As he even says in Deathly Hallows Part One).

* MeaningfulName: "Vol de mort" is approximately French for "flight of death/from death". Alternatively "voleur de mort" would be "thief of death.

* NiceJobBreakingItHerod: His attempt to kill Harry backfired on him and left him bodiless and powerless. And every time he seems to get a good plan, none of them come out successful.

* OnlyMostlyDead: What he is in the first few books [[spoiler: before his revival at the end of ''Goblet of Fire''.]]

* StupidEvil: He'll kill anyone who impedes or irritates him in any way at the drop of a hat. ''Anyone.'' Even his own men.
* TallDarkAndHandsome: In his teenage years. His beauty is more remarked on than that of any other character -- including love interests and Veelas.

* VillainDecay: YourMileageMayVary. But many argue that he was much scarier as a menace in the shadows who's known for killing people, than he is after his backstory is revealed and he's shown to be a StupidEvil homicidal maniac, who may do some Hitler-esque things to reinforce his status as a CompleteMonster.

!'''Bellatrix Lestrange (HelenaBonhamCarter)'''

A Death Eater who was fanatically loyal to Lord Voldemort. She was one of the few females in the group, as well as among the most dangerous and sadistic of Voldemort's followers. At the end of the First Wizarding War, Bellatrix and her husband, Rodolphus Lestrange, his brother Rabastan, and Barty Crouch Jr. tortured Aurors Alice and Frank Longbottom to the point of insanity searching for information on Lord Voldemort after his first downfall. Bellatrix was sentenced to life imprisonment in Azkaban for the crime, but escaped in the 1996 mass break-out, along with nine other Death Eaters. She participated in several battles of the Second Wizarding War, making it a particular goal to kill any relatives who were members of the Order of the Phoenix, including [[spoiler:her cousin Sirius Black and niece Nymphadora Tonks]]. She was [[spoiler:the last Death Eater standing during the final battle before being killed by Molly Weasley]].

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: FanFiction is divided as portraying her either as a BrokenBird {{Woobie}} who was forced into a life she didn't want, or as a DepravedBisexual arguably even [[BeyondTheImpossible more sadistic]] that her literary counterpart. And then there's Helena Bonham Carter's [[PsychopathicManchild Psychopathic Womanchild]] take on the character.

** Especially in the movies where there are more physical similarities between Emma Watson and Helena Bonham Carter than the book versions.

* {{Foil}}: To Molly Weasley, according to [[WordOfGod Rowling]]. [[spoiler: Their battle in ''Deathly Hallows'' was supposed to illustrate the differences between the two women: Bellatrix puts her ideas before the people in her life, whereas caring for and loving others is what is most important to Molly - and what drives her to kill Bellatrix.]] Narcissa could also be seen as her foil; they share the same cause, but Narcissa's devotion to her husband and son and desire to protect them above all else are what keep her from going as far as her sister does. It's even lampshaded in some scenes where Narcissa is reluctant to let Draco take on certain tasks and Bellatrix can't understand why.

* GreenEyedMonster: By ''HalfBloodPrince'', Snape has replaced Bella as Voldemort's favorite. [[{{Understatement}} She doesn't take this well.]] Heavy emphasis on the "monster" part.

* KarmicDeath: Bellatrix might have lived a little longer, had she not tried to kill Ginny ''and'' mocked her very pissed-off mother as she jumped to her defense. Which doubles as DeathByIrony, considering Bellatrix killed Sirius when he underestimated her abilities. Later, Bellatrix is killed when she [[spoiler:[[UnderestimatingBadassery underestimates]] [[MamaBear Molly]].]]

* LargeHam: Helena Bonham Carter [[ChewingTheScenery devours the scenery]] during all of her scenes. It's ''delicious''.

* MisaimedFandom: Helena Bonham Carter has noted that many of the books' fans are revolted by Bellatrix, yet partly want to ''be'' her.
* MoralEventHorizon: Crossed when she, her husband, brother, [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg and Barty Jr.]] subject poor Alice and Frank Longbottom (Neville's parents) to a FateWorseThanDeath - prolonged torture by Crucio curse until they became insane, unrecognizable vegetables. It's even worse that they did it after Voldemort was gone. Bellatrix then crossed it again when she [[spoiler:killed Sirius]] and yet ''again'' when she [[spoiler:stabbed Dobby to death]], and for a last time when [[spoiler:she mocked Molly Weasley for freaking out after her son Fred is killed and her daughter Ginny almost meets the same end ''by her hand''. Enjoy your KarmicDeath dealt by THE MamaBear of the series, sweetie!]].
** How about in the first part of the ''Deathly Hallows'' movie, during the scene where Bellatrix [[spoiler:pins Hermione to the floor]]? She carves the word '[[spoiler:Mudblood]]' into the poor girls arm while she's screaming, and to top it all off it looks like Bella's ''raping her''. [[NoJustNo Dear God]].

!'''Lucius Malfoy (JasonIsaacs)'''

* {{Brainwashed}}: Lucius uses this as a ploy to get out of being arrested
* TheDragon: At first; after his failure in Order of the Phoenix he gets replaced by Snape (a Dragon With An Agenda) and Bellatrix (a straight example) for the remainder of the series.

* MoralEventHorizon: [[spoiler: Placing Tom Riddle's diary into Ginny Weasley's cauldron, knowing exacly how powerful it was.]]
* [=~Screw The Rules, I Have Money!~=]: So very much.

!'''Narcissa Malfoy (HelenMcCrory)'''

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: She's either a cold, calculating bitch, or a woman who genuinely cares for her family's well being.

* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Narcissa and Lucius, whose marriage, from the fans' point of view, may simply have been one of convienience until the opening scene of ''Deathly Hallows''.

* BlondesAreEvil: Averted during her HeelFaceTurn, however Narcissa is generally snobbish towards others.

* HotMom: Harry notes her to be a very beautiful woman, however, from what he saw, her beauty is somewhat marred by her donning an expression that suggests that she was sniffing dung whenever she was in the company of those she considered her inferiors.

!'''Peter Pettigrew (TimothySpall)'''

** [[spoiler: The blast was actually an example of his ''lack'' of talent, or at least reckless desperation. When everyone thought it was Sirius they assumed it was extraordinary, powerful magic because oif it was Sirius the blast was direct; since it was Pettigrew, who was facing Sirius, what really happened was he panicked and through around magic with abandon in a bid to escape, killing a dozen people in the process. And the potions he only brewed under Voldemorts direct supervision. Pettigrew is competent, but he is at beast an above-average wizard, compared to the truly powerful ones he associates with in both the good and evil camps.]]

* NotSoHarmless: Wormtail, who was considered to be a bit of a dunder and weak not only managed to become a Animagus at the age of 15, a impressive feat no matter if you had help, but he was skilled enough to be a member of the Order Of The Phoenix, which counted among its membership incredibly powerful wizards such as Moody and Dumbledore. He was cunning and sly enough to be a spy for the Death Eaters and discreet enough to deflect suspicion from everyone, even Dumbledore. After the death of James and Lily and the fall of Voldemort his escape plan to free himself from Sirius borders on MagnificentBastard, as he loudly accused Sirius of betraying James and Lily for all those around them to hear, created a massive explosion that killed 12 innocents, a blast of destructive power as has yet to be equaled in the series and faked his death by slicing one of his finger and transforming to a rat and escaping to the sewers, leaving a thunderstruck and framed Sirius behind while he spent 13 years hidden away in a wizarding family and free. He was skilled enough to cast the powerful Killing Curse to its full effect with a wand that was not his and he was capable of brew several complicated dark potions that give Voldemort his corporal form once again. All in all, NotSoHarmless is he?

* RedRightHand: How Sirius figures out that Peter is still alive and has been hiding as [[spoiler:Scabbers]] for years: [[spoiler:Scabbers is missing the first toe on his left-front paw.]] The largest piece of Pettigrew found by the Ministry was his left index finger.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: So Voldemort makes Peter Snape's assistant in HalfBloodPrince, right? And by this time Snape knows that [[spoiler:Peter betrayed the Potters, leading to the death of the woman he loved, Lily]]. So the first question is, ''what did Peter do to piss off Voldemort that much''? The second one is, ''what did Snape'' do ''to Peter''?

!'''Bartemius Crouch Junior (DavidTennant)'''

He remained there for years until the Quidditch World Cup, where he broke free, casting the Dark Mark. He rejoined Voldemort and, during Harry's fourth year, impersonated Mad-Eye Moody. He rigged the Triwizard Tournament in Voldemort's favor, making the Goblet of Fire accept Harry as a champion, giving Harry tips to win, and making the Triwizard Cup into a Portkey that would take Harry to Voldemort. When his father was becoming suspicious, Bartemius Crouch Junior killed Bartemius Crouch Senior. "Barty Jr" worked perfectly as a mole until after Harry returned from the graveyard, upon which he dragged Harry off for interrogation. He was followed and defeated by Dumbledore, who made him reveal himself and confess his involvement. He was subsequently subjected to the Dementor's Kiss before he could be put on trial.

* MoralEventHorizon: Despite joining the Death Eaters due to neglectful parenting, there's still the fact that he ''willingly'' took part in Bellatrix's MoralEventHorizon; the Longbottom's incurable insanity is on his head just as much as Bellatrix's.

* [[{{ptitle2w5ss59f}} When You Coming Home, Dad?]]

!'''Fenrir Greyback (DaveLegeno)'''

Fenrir Greyback is a massive, dangerous werewolf. He has been around for many years, and is the werewolf who bit and converted Remus Lupin. He is one of the few who not only accepts, but embraces his lycanthropy, and tries to bite and convert people on any occasion. [[spoiler: He participates in the Battle of Hogwarts, where he is knocked out by Hermione and Professor Trelawney while trying to bite Lavender Brown.]]

* BigBadAssWolf

* MeaningfulName: Fenrir was a gargantuan wolf in Norse mythology who ended up eating Odin during Ragnarok.

!'''Scabior (NickMoran)'''

Scabior is a member of the Snatchers, a loose group of mercenaries hired by Voldemort to hunt down those who violate his reign of terror. His particular band of Snatchers captures Harry, Ron, and Hermione. After consulting with Fenrir Greyback, Scabior takes the Trio to the house of Malfoy. He wants to keep the Sword of Gryffindor for himself, so when Bellatrix Lestrange tries to take it from him, he resists, and she knocks him out.

* [[DracoInLeatherPants Scabior In Plaid Pants]]

* CompleteMonster: Rowling calls him a "raging psychopath" and "pure evil", and he is indeed a nasty piece of work. Voledemort is a ruthless, bigoted, mass murderer and child killing megalomaniac, and an egotistical, emotionally unstable lunatic prone to fits of homicidal outrage. Besides that, he commited patricide, killed his uncle, murdered various innocent women (and had Nagini possess one of them),tried to kill a baby, robs an old man's grave, tortures old men, and various other psychotic rampages of senseless violence.
His POV sections from his childhood reveal an amoral, self-centred JerkAss with a smug sense of self worth and a coldly indifferent attitude to other people. About the only thing to be said in his defence is a bad childhood and particularly warped genetics, with the implication that he really was born bad and had no real choice.