"Potter, you cannot win against me! I was and am the
Dark Lord's most loyal servant. I learned the Dark Arts from him, and I know
spells of such power that you, pathetic little boy, can never hope to compete!"
~ Bellatrix to Harry Potter during the Battle
of the Department of Mysteries.
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| Bellatrix Lestrange (portrayed by Helena Bonham Carter) |
Bellatrix Lestrange
Bellatrix Lestrange (1951—2 May, 1998) was a pure-blood witch,
the daughter of Cygnus III and Druella Black and elder
sister of Andromeda Tonks and Narcissa
Malfoy. She started her education at Hogwarts in 1962 and was sorted into Slytherin
house. After graduating from Hogwarts, she became one of the Death Eaters,
fanatically loyal to Lord Voldemort. She was one of the few known females in
the group, as well as among the most dangerous and sadistic of Voldemort's
followers. While Bellatrix and Narcissa married pure-bloodwizards, Andromeda married Ted Tonks and was disowned by the family. At the end
of the First Wizarding War, Bellatrix, her husband,Rodolphus Lestrange, his brother Rabastan, and Barty Crouch Jr. took part in the torture of Aurors, Frank and Alice Longbottom to the point of insanity,
while searching for information on Lord
Voldemort after his first downfall.
They were caught, and sentenced to life imprisonment in Azkaban for
torturing the two Aurors, 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 her cousin Sirius
Black and niece Nymphadora Tonks. She also killed the Malfoy
family's former house-elf, Dobby, who had
become a firm ally of Harry Potter, with her knife. During the battle that ended the war, she was the last Death
Eater standing, apart from Voldemort,
but was eventually killed in a duel by Molly
Weasley.
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