Bartemius Crouch Junior

**Bartemius "Barty" Crouch Junior** was born the son of Bartemius "Barty" Crouch. Sr and Elaine Doge and the half brother of Magnus, Juno and Trajan Crouch. He was sorted into Ravenclaw and later became a Death Eater known as **Mr. January**. at some point he developed seperate personalities through Occlumency, the 2 known identities were the fanatically loyal and ruthless Mr. Januray and the studious and innocent Barty Crouch. Jr. He was eventually arrested and sent to Azkaban, where he secretly escaped at an unknown point through unknown means and was obliviated to believe a muggle named Bartholomew Janowsky who partied on Ibiza until having his memories unblocked and rejoining Lord Voldemort's Inner Circle.

## Biography

### Family Lineage

Barty Crouch Junior is a member of House Crouch, an Ancient and Noble House of the Wizengamot. Cantankerous Nott considered House Crouch to be among the Sacred 28.

According to Tiberius Nott Barty and Narcissa Black were the only ones among the Death Eaters who could boast of blood as pure as his.

### Early Life

Before his birth, his father, Barty Crouch Senior, had been married to a witch named Elaine Doge, to whom he had been engaged from a young age. The two had never gotten along at Hogwarts, and a rare allergy made Crouch Senior unable to take Amortentia. Despite these issues they still did what they felt was their duty, and had four strong children named Magnus, Olympia, Juno, and Trajan. Crouch's first marriage ended when Elaine's life was tragically cut short in February of 1960, after Martha Bracewell set of a bomb at the Marriage Contract Registry Office, where Elaine worked. A few years later Crouch Senior remarried to Melinda Burke, his former school sweetheart, and she gave birth to Barty Crouch Junior.

His older siblings hated him due to seeing him and his mother replacing their own so soon after her passing, a hate that was only exacerbated upon realising that Barty was an academic prodigy.

According to a 1990 article by the Quibbler Barty was well-liked among his peers. He was granted access to Longbottom Manor at some point.

### First Wizarding War

At some point during the War, Barty joined the Death Eaters as Mr. January, quickly rising to become a part of Voldemort's Inner Circle. As a Death Eater Crouch Junior was involved in the deaths of all but one of older half-siblings and their families; Olympia was murdered alongside her husband's family at the 1979 Fawley Christmas Party, which exterminated the entire house in a single night; Juno was personally murdered by Barty Junior alongside her fiancé Lancelot Marchbanks, heir to House Marchbanks; and Trajan was tortured with the Cruciatus Curse before being murdered by Barty. Magnus was the only one not to die at Barty's hands, dying in the line of duty as a Hit Wizard in 1977, before his brother graduated and took the Dark Mark. This left him, his father, and their cousin Augusta Longbottom as the last living members of House Crouch.

On 2 November 1981, a day after news of Voldemort's defeat was revealed, Barty contacted Bellatrix, Rodolphus, and Rabastan Lestrange as Mr. January, revealing that he knew how to bypass the wards of Longbottom Manor, allowing them to avenge the death of Boruslav Lestrange at the hands of Alice Longbottom. Once inside the wards the four Death Eaters entered the house and tortured Frank and Alice Longbottom into insanity using the Cruciatus Curse.

Barty was captured not long after and exposed as a Death Eater, leading to him being given a life sentence in Azkaban by a judicial panel headed by his own father. He was said to have died in Azkaban, but a day before his supposed death he was visited by his parents.

### Post-War

Barty had secretly escaped Azkaban through unknown means and was memory charmed by an unknown individual into believing he was the Muggle Bartholomew Janosky, the orphaned and multimillionare son of the American Richard and Jane Janosky, who went by Johnny Janosky and spent his twenties partying on Ibiza.

In 1990 Minister for Magic Millicent Bagnold announced she would not be running for reelection, leading to a race where Barty Crouch Senior ran virtually unopposed, until Xenophilius Lovegood ran an expose in the Quibbler, framing Crouch Senior as a neglectful father who had damned his own son. In a later interview with the Prophet Crouch Senior stated that when he became Minister he would look into having Lovegood jailed for sedition, leading Cornelius Fudge to surge in popularity and eventually claim the position of Minister.

### Book 3 - The Death Eater Menace

While searching through the mind of Rabastan Lestrange Severus Snape comes across memories that cause him to suspect Barty is still alive.

In December of 1993 Johnny Janosky is visited by Narcissa Black, who sleeps with him and gives the voice command for Mr. January to reawaken from the depths of his mind. Narcissa and Mr. January then visit Nott Hall, where they reveal to Tiberius Nott that both Barty and Lord Voldemort still live. The two stay at Nott Hall for several days as guest of Tiberius before departing for Albania by international portkey. Once there they contact the young witch Yetta Garshi, a recent graduate of Durmstrang who has gotten pregnant out of wedlock, which she only discovered after the death of her fiance Oleg Kryzenko. Posing as the childless couple Cissy and Barty Grey, they promise to take care of Yetta until she gives birth and then adopt the child, but instead kidnap her so her child can be used as a temporary body for Voldemort. During their stay in Albania Mr. January allows himself to be submerged again for two weeks as a prerequisite for some unknown mission for Voldemort.

Mr. January and Narcissa are both in the abandoned Albanian estate taken as a base by the Death Eaters when Peter Pettigrew and Augustus Rookwood arrive, leading Voldemort to declare the official rebirth of his inner circle.

### Book 4 - The Resurrection Game

Mr. January somehow arranges for the Goblet of Fire to be displayed at the Quidditch World Cup. January head to the Devil's Tor in preparation for the Death Eaters' plans, mapping out it's coordinates and arranging a reverse portkey. He also delivers the biomagical signatures of the Death Eaters' targets to Tiberius Nott, who passes it on to his Barghests. He also gives a report on the selection of champions on 31 October, 1994

## Physical Description

As Mr. January, Barty wears a Death Eater decorated with a black-and-red ying-yang design.

## Personality & Traits

Barty appears to have some sort of occlumency-related form of dissociative identity disorder, which may have been put in place on purpose, as according to Erasmus Wilkes Mr. January "wasn't finished cooking" in May of 1980. It is currently unknown which personality is the original

As Barty he is frightened, calling for his father to save him.

As Mr. January he becomes cold and emotionless, and has apparently forgotten how to smile in a way that was inviting rather than terrifying. He is utterly devoted to Lord Voldemort.

## Canon Divergence

In Canon Barty Crouch Junior spends most of his time in Harry's presence masquerading as Alastor Moody, but in POS his characted is expanded upon (though he hasn't met Harry yet). Canon-Barty is never implied to have had any kind of split mind, and is portrayed as being fully culpable for his actions.

## Fan Canon

* Barty eventually began attending Hogwarts, where he was sorted into Ravenclaw.

## References

Book 4 - HP&TRG - Ch. 149 - The Quidditch World Cup (Pt 4),

"Silly really, since out of that illustrious group, only Narcissa, Barty Jr., and the Dark Lord himself could boast blood as pure as his own.".
Book 4 - HP&TRG - Ch. 149 - The Quidditch World Cup (Pt 4),

Barty Crouch Senior opens up to Percy about his feelings towards McAvity.

Artie tells Harry about the 1990 Election between Barty Crouch and Cornelius Fudge.
Book 3 - HP&DEM - Ch. 105 - Chaos in Hogsmeade (Finale),

Snape reveals what he learned from Rabastan Lestrange.
Book 4 - HP&TRG - Chapter not added yet,

Percy travels to Crouch Manor to deliver a report.
Book 3 - HP&DEM - Ch. 132 - Lords of the Wizengamot,

"In 1971, Barty Crouch had five children and two grandchildren. Ten years later, he had no living relatives at all save for his estranged cousin Augusta.".
Book 1 - HP&PoS - Ch. 15 - Meet the Longbottoms (Pt 1),

Algernon Longbottom recalls how he came to be Regent of House Longbottom.
Book 3 - HP&DEM - Ch. 107 - Interlude No.1,

Mr. January is reborn.
Book 3 - HP&DEM - Ch. 114 - The Blackest Day (Pt 3),

Narcissa and Mr. January visit Nott Hall.
Book 3 - HP&DEM - Ch. 117 - The Month of January,

Narcissa and Mr. January travel to Albania.
Book 3 - HP&DEM - Ch. 121 - Conspiracies in Action,

Mr. January is submerged for two weeks.
Book 3 - HP&DEM - Ch. 138 - The Future All Around Us, Waiting to Be Born (Pt 2),

Voldemort meets with his new inner circle.
Book 4 - HP&TRG - Ch. 146 - The Quidditch World Cup (Pt 1),

"The Cup's here, and right on schedule." "I never doubted it. Mr. January hasn't failed us yet.".
Book 4 - HP&TRG - Ch. 148 - The Quidditch World Cup (Pt 3),

"I have conveyed him to the site personally, and he has mapped out its coordinates. He will have a reversible Portkey available well before the moment it is needed.".
Book 4 - HP&TRG - Ch. 149 - The Quidditch World Cup (Pt 4),

Tiberius Nott prepares his Barghests.
Book 4 - HP&TRG - Ch. 145 - Little Hangleton,

"Mr. January might be a possibility, but I'm not sure. As of the last time I was updated, he wasn't finished cooking.".
Book 1 - HP&PoS - Ch. 5 - Introductions on a Train,

"Barty Crouch Jr. was a Ravenclaw,".