Hey everyone,
Welcome to another installment of Harry Potter Theory. In today’s video, we’re going to be discussing the Death Eaters and the followers of Lord Voldemort. More specifically, however, we’re going to discussing one follower in particular- notorious mass-murdering werewolf Fenrir Greyback.
Now, not unlike our own world- the wizarding world is broken up in two types of people: the morally righteous and the morally corrupt. This dichotomy is a common theme in literary works- and in Harry Potter the darker side of this spectrum is represented by the death eaters.
It all started in the late 1930’s when a young man by the name of Tom Riddle began attending Hogwarts. On the outside Riddle appeared to be a normal, respectable young man. But on the inside, deep down, he had a lot of demons- demons that pushed him to do unthinkable things. He didn’t have a mother or father figure- he was just left at an orphanage- and so he never had any true concept of love, or family. This rough start to life only made Riddle worse- as if he had been adopted by a loving family things could have potentially been different. He was conceived under a love potion- and this facts suggests that he is incapable of love, but Rowling has also stated that IF Riddles mother were around to care for him- then he would have been able to comprehend love. Love aside, Riddle didn’t even have a concept of friendship, which is why Riddle’s time at Hogwarts was so significant.
When Riddle began at Hogwarts he was sorted in to Slytherin house, and it didn’t take long for him to form a group of ‘friends’- at least that’s what it looked like. Of course- these ‘friends’ were really just his followers- a group once described by Dumbledore as “a mixture of the weak seeking protection, the ambitious seeking glory, and the thuggish seeking a leader who could show them more refined cruelty”. Initially these ‘friends’ were known as the Knights of Walpurgis- but fast forward to 1970, and they were known by a different name: The Death Eaters. At this stage Voldemort had decided to fully act on his dark nature- and he brought other witches and wizards along for the ride.
The Death Eaters were the most loyal followers of Voldemort - obeying his every bidding in an effort to ‘cleanse’ the wizarding world. The goal of the group was simple: establish pure-blood authority. Given that Voldemort’s goal was to basically oppress anyone that wasn’t a pure-blood witch or wizard, you’ll be surprised to hear that some members of the group weren’t actually pure-bloods. In fact, many of their followers were of breeds that Death eaters held considerable stigma towards- people like Fenrir Greyback.
Fenrir Greyback was a large vicious-looking werewolf and follower of Voldemort-notorious for his savagery and brutality when it came to targeting children. He had a bestial appearance with matted grey hair, whiskers, pointed teeth and long yellow nails- he was a nightmare-inducing figure. However, Greyback wasn’t always such a monster, in fact, he had quite a rough start to his life, being bitten by a werewolf very early on and infected with Lycanthropy.
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