Dark Wizard

> "*But when a wizard goes over ter the Dark Side, there’s nothin’ and no one that matters to em anymore...*"
> ― Rubeus Hagrid about the nature of Dark Wizards[source]
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A **Dark Wizard** or **Witch** was any magical person who primarily studies and/or practises the Dark Arts, otherwise known as Dark Magic. They often partook in the illegal breeding of Dark creatures, the usage or creation of dark objects and artefacts, or inflict injury or death on others often using dangerous curses, and other dark charms.

In recent history, two dark wizards of particular notoriety were Gellert Grindelwald and Lord Voldemort, the latter considered to be the most powerful dark wizard of all time. Grindelwald sought the Deathly Hallows to become the Master of Death and to establish a global wizarding order that would dominate Muggles all "For the Greater Good", while Voldemort sought to gain unmatched power, immortality and to impose pure-blood supremacy on the wizarding world.

## Overview

> "*A wizard who’s about to put an illegal curse on you isn’t going to tell you what he’s about to do. He’s not going to do it nice and polite to your face. You need to be prepared.*"
> ― Bartemius Crouch Junior to fourth year Defence Against the Dark Arts students about Dark Wizards[source]
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Some of the magic Dark wizards had been known to practise includes the use of the three Unforgivable Curses and other dark charms, creating or brewing dark or poisonous potions, utilising and creating dark or cursed objects, animating Inferi, attracting all kinds of Dark and dangerous creatures to make huge armies and command them to attack their enemies, along with the breeding of them, such as Basilisks. Noted Dark wizards and witches include Herpo the Foul, Raczidian, Morgan le Fay, Emeric the Evil, Salazar Slytherin, Merwyn the Malicious, Ekrizdis, Barnabas Deverill, Loxias, Gellert Grindelwald, and Lord Voldemort, as well as the latter's followers, known as Death Eaters. According to the wizarding journalist Rita Skeeter, in a list of Most Dangerous Dark Wizards of All Time, Grindelwald would miss out on the top spot only because Voldemort arrived, a generation later, to take his crown.

## Types of wizards

> "*Dobby could tell Harry Potter that his old masters were — were — bad Dark wizards!*"
> ― Dobby telling Harry Potter about the nature of Malfoy family[source]
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Others who might be considered Dark wizards were the owners and customers of shops such as Borgin and Burkes, and arguably students of Durmstrang Institute, as the curriculum there taught much of the Dark Arts. Many Dark wizards and witches appeared to believe in the importance of blood purity and to hate Muggles and Muggle-borns, though there is not necessarily a connection. Many historical dark wizards, such as Gellert Grindelwald and his followers and acolytes, supported the ideology of Wizarding supremacy, as opposed to Pure-blood supremacy.

In Great Britain, many well-known Dark wizards and witches came out of Slytherin house at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, though this was not universal to this house. For example, Peter Pettigrew was in Gryffindor, yet he betrayed the Order of the Phoenix and joined Voldemort; Quirinus Quirrell, a Ravenclaw also allied himself with the Dark Lord; and whereas Slytherins such as Horace Slughorn, Regulus Black, Andromeda Tonks and later Severus Snape opposed the Death Eaters and fought against them.

## Known Dark Wizards and Witches

> "*Did I know that I had just met the most dangerous Dark wizard of all time?*"
> ― Albus Dumbledore regarding Tom Riddle[source]
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### Dark Wizards and Witches

* Abernathy
* Avery II
* Regulus Black
* Walburga Black
* Borgin
* Owle Bullock
* Caractacus Burke
* Carrow
* Alecto Carrow
* Amycus Carrow
* Barnaby Lee's father
* Barnaby Lee's grandmother
* Barnaby Lee's mother
* Crabbe
* Vincent Crabbe
* Corrine Cribb
* Bartemius Crouch Junior
* Dark Witch in Knockturn Alley
* Dark Wizard in Knockturn Alley
* Antonin Dolohov
* Ekrizdis
* Emeric the Evil
* Ethelred the Ever-Ready
* Gormlaith Gaunt
* Gibbon
* Godelot
* Goyle
* Gregory Goyle
* Fenrir Greyback
* Gunnar Grimmson
* Gellert Grindelwald
* Herpo the Foul
* Igor Karkaroff
* Krafft
* Krall
* Nagel
* Jugson
* Loxias
* Bellatrix Lestrange
* Corvus Lestrange (IV)
* Rabastan Lestrange
* Rodolphus Lestrange
* MacDuff
* Walden Macnair
* Merwyn the Malicious
* Morgan le Fay
* Mulciber I
* Mulciber II
* Merula Snyde's father
* Merula Snyde's mother
* Draco Malfoy
* Lucius Malfoy
* Narcissa Malfoy
* Niko Nenad
* Nott
* Peter Pettigrew
* Quirinus Quirrell
* Raczidian
* Patricia Rakepick
* Tom Riddle (commonly known as Lord Voldemort)
* Augustus Rookwood
* Evan Rosier
* Vinda Rosier
* Thorfinn Rowle
* Selwyn
* Salazar Slytherin
* Scabior
* Severus Snape
* Travers
* Dolores Umbridge
* Corban Yaxley
* Wilkes
* Wizard in white robes

### Fictional Dark Wizards and Witches

* The Warlock from *The Warlock's Hairy Heart*.
* The Evil Sorcerer from *The Fountain of Fair Fortune*.

### Possible Dark Wizards and Witches

* Members of the Black Family
* Members of the Carrow family
* Members of the Crabbe Family
* Members of the Crouch family
* Members of the Gaunt Family
* Members of the Goyle Family
* Members of the Lestrange family
* Members of the Malfoy family
* Members of the Nott Family
* Members of the Rosier family
* Members of the Selwyn family
* Members of the Travers Family
* Members of the Yaxley Family

## See also

* Dark Arts
* Unforgivable Curses
* Death Eaters
* Gellert Grindelwald's army
* Elder Wand