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Welcome to another installment of Harry Potter Theory. In today’s video, we’re going
to be discussing Lord Voldemort as well as a whole bunch of other characters. More specifically-
we’re going to be looking at Voldemort’s unique relationship to these characters- for
you see, it was Voldemort that killed them.
Voldemort is the primary antagonist in the Harry Potter story- taking over from Grindelwald
who tyrannized the wizarding world for decades prior. He was a misguided young boy turned
notorious dark wizard, who had a very specific agenda: re-establish pure-blood rule over
the wizarding world. Interestingly enough, Voldemort wasn’t a pure-blood himself, but
that didn’t stop him- and he did unthinkable things in his efforts to achieve power. He
was willing to do whatever it took, and this meant that he was even willing to kill. Actually,
he was more than eager to kill if any kind of opportunity presented itself.
What I want to look at today is just how many people Voldemort killed. In addition to his
enemies, Voldemort killed a lot of his own allies- and even muggles who had no concept
or notion of the wizarding world. Many of the deaths that Voldemort was responsible
for, however, were not acts committed by Voldemort himself- they were acts committed in Voldemort’s
NAME by his followers- the death eaters. Without further ado, let’s get in to it, and see
which people Voldemort killed with his own wand. Please bear in mind that while constructing
this list I’m going to do my best to balance the events of the books and films.
Inferi: I’m going to start off with all of the witches, wizards and muggles that Voldemort
killed and later turned in to Inferi. Killing people and turning them in to inferi wasn’t
a one-off occasion- he murdered people for years to build his army, and so it’s hard
to pinpoint on the timeline. He must have been killing for years to acquire the hordes
of corpses that attacked Harry in the cave.
The Riddle Family When he was just 16 years old, Tom Riddle
returned to the Riddle house in Little Hangleton and exacted his revenge upon his family. His
father, who had abandoned him and his mother, was his first victim. Shortly thereafter,
he killed the remaining muggles in his heritage- his grandparents Mary and Thomas Riddle. At
this time, Tom covered up his crimes by altering Morfin's memory, causing him to believe that
HE murdered the Riddles. This resulted in Morfin Gaunt being sent to Azkaban.
Hepzibah Smith
One of Voldemort’s first proper murders was Hepzibah Smith, a witch that claimed to
be a descendant of Hogwarts Founder Helga Hufflepuff. After discovering that Hepzibah
was in possession of Helga Hufflepuff’s cup and Salazar Slytherin’s locket, Riddle
killed Hepzibah in order to obtain these valuable artefacts. Riddle framed Smith’s house-elf,
Hokey, who was extremely old and forgetful.
Muggle tramp
Around the age of 31, 1 year or less after obtaining Salazar Slytherin’s locket, Voldemort
killed an unnamed ‘muggle tramp’ in order to turn the locket in to a horcrux.
Albanian peasant
The next murder on record was when Voldemort killed an unnamed Albanian Peasant in order
to turn Rowena Ravenclaw’s Diadem in to a horcrux. There’s a substantial 10 year
gap between Voldemort killing the muggle tramp and the albanian peasant, and I suspect that
Voldemort killed many unnamed people between those years.
Goblin family: Sometime in the 70’s, Voldemort killed an
unnamed Nottingham-based Goblin family during the First Wizarding war:
"I'm sure they'd never go to You-Know-Who. They've suffered losses too. Remember that
goblin family he murdered last time, somewhere near Nottingham?"
Marlene McKinnon
In the year 1981, Voldemort killed witch Marlene McKinnon- a member of the original Order of
the Phoenix. The Mckinnon family was one that was eventually completely wiped out by Voldemort
and the Death Eaters.
Dorcas Meadowes Another member of the original order of the
Phoenix, Dorcas Meadowes was a very talented witch that suffered her fate at the hands
of Voldemort.
Parents of Amelia Bones
1981 was a ruthless year for Voldemort when it came to murders, and it was in this same
year that he murdered Mr. and Mrs. Bones- the parents of Amelia Bones who would later
become head of the department of magical law enforcement.
Lily & James Potter
Lily and James Potter were two of Lord Voldemort's most notable victims- the parents of Harry
Potter. Their deaths were also two of the most significant ones, as it was Lily’s
sacrificial protection that temporarily stopped Voldemort-putting an end to the first wizarding
war. When the prophecy declared that their son Harry was in danger, they went in to hiding,
but on Halloween in 1981 Voldemort found them and ended their lives.
Bertha Jorkins
Bertha Jorkins, ministry employee, was Voldemort’s first significant murder after he was defeated
in the first Wizarding War. In 1994, Jorkins went on holiday to Albania- a holiday that
she would never return home from. Lord Voldemort savagely killed her with the killing curse.
It was Jorkins’ death that allowed Voldemort to turn Nagini in to a Horcrux.
Frank Bryce
Frank Bryce was a muggle that lived in Little Hangleton. He was the groundskeeper for the
Riddle house, and was murdered by Voldemort after overhearing his plan to kill Harry Potter.
Florean Fortescue
Florean Fortescue was a British wizard and the owner of Florean Fortescue's Ice Cream
Parlour in Diagon Alley. Unfortunately, In the summer of 1996 he was abducted and later
murdered by Lord Voldemort. Harry once questioned what had happened to him:
Harry Potter: "Florean used to give me free ice creams. What's happened to him?"
Bill Weasley: "Dragged off, by the look of his place."
Amelia Bones
In July of 1996, during the summer holidays, Amelia Bones was murdered in her own home
for anti-Voldemort activities. This was 15 years after her parents had been murdered
by him.
German Family
In September of 1997, Voldemort killed an unnamed and unsuspecting German family who
lived in the former home of wandmaker Mykew Gregorovitch. When he arrived at the home,
expecting to find Gregorovitch, the family explained to him that he no longer lived there.
However, this answer was not satisfactory to Voldemort, and he killed them with the
killing curse. Harry saw this happen via his telepathic connection with Voldemort.
Alastor Moody
Alastor Mad-Eye Moody died during the battle of the seven Potters. During this battle,
the Order of the Phoenix attempted to transport
Harry from Privet Drive to the Burrow. This was a dangerous mission as Death Eaters were
waiting for them. After taking polyjuice potion, they used the buddy system to break the group
apart- hoping that it would make it more difficult to target the real Harry. Moody was partnered
with Mundungus Fletcher, and, when faced with Voldemort, Mundungus disapparated- causing
Voldemort’s killing curse to hit Moody in the face.
Charity Burbage
Charity Burbage was the Professor of Muggle Studies at Hogwarts, and she was killed by
Voldemort in 1997 after writing an article defending mudbloods that was subsequently
published in the daily prophet.
"Not content with corrupting and polluting the minds of Wizarding children, last week
Professor Burbage wrote an impassioned defence of Mudbloods in the Daily Prophet.”
Rufus Scrimgeour
Rufus Scrimgeour was an Auror and, for a short period, Minister for magic. He was eventually
captured by Voldemort and questioned- when Scrimgeour gave him no answers, he was killed
by the dark lord.
Mykew Gregorovitch
Mykew Gregorovitch was a famous wandmaker that purportedly possessed the elder wand.
Voldemort eventually tracked him down and demanded he give him the wand. When Gregorovitch
explained that the wand had been stolen from him years ago, Voldemort killed him with the
killing curse.
Goblins and Guards of Gringotts Shortly after Harry broke in to Gringott’s
bank, employees of the bank including Griphook, Ricbert and Teffington were summoned to Malfoy
Manor where Voldemort killed them.
Gellert Grindelwald
Gellert Grindelwald, the preeminent dark figure in the wizarding world before Voldemort, was
imprisoned in Nurmengard. In 1998, Voldemort visited Grindelwald in the prison, and when
Grindelwald refused to give him information regarding the Elder Wand, Voldemort ended
his life with the killing curse.
Voldemort:
Last but not least on the list of people Voldemort killed, we have Voldemort himself. As we know,
in the final battle between Harry and Voldemort, Voldemort’s killing curse ends up rebounding
back at him- resulting in his own death.
I know what you’re thinking now- some names are missing on this list. That’s because,
though Voldemort was responsible for some other major deaths, he didn’t actually pull
the trigger himself. These deaths include:
Myrtle Warren who was killed by the Basilisk
Quirrell who was killed by Harry after being possessed by Voldemort
Bathilda Bagshot who was likely killed by Nagini
Cedric Diggory, whose death came after Voldemort ordered Pettigrew to kill him
Peter Pettigrew who was killed by the silver hand Voldemort had given to him
And lastly, Severus Snape, who was killed by Nagini on Voldemort’s command.
And that’s it for this video! Who did I miss? I tried my best to get them all, but
I’m sure I still may have missed a few. Let me know in the comment section below.
Until next time
Remember
YER A WIZARD ARRY