Amycus Carrow

Amycus Carrow is a Death Eater, and the brother of Alecto Carrow. He is described as being squat and lumpy, with a lopsided leer and a wheezy giggle, much like his sister.

The Carrows were supporters of Lord Voldemort during the First Wizarding War, but managed to avoid being imprisoned in Azkaban. Although they believed that the Dark Lord would not return, they returned to him once he did and took part in the Second Wizarding War.

Amycus participated in the assault on Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry orchestrated by Draco Malfoy, that resulted in the death of Albus Dumbledore. He retreated with his sister after being hit by Impediment Jinxes by Harry Potter.

After the fall of the Ministry of Magic in 1997, Amycus was appointed the new Defence Against the Dark Arts Professor at Hogwarts. However, it simply became the Dark Arts during his reign. He and his sister were the ones to hand out punishment to rule breakers, which involved beating up and torturing the students. Amycus even had the students in his class use the Cruciatus Curse on students who broke the rules.

By 1998, Amycus and Alecto were instructed by Lord Voldemort to keep watch in the Ravenclaw Common room where Harry Potter might go during his Horcrux hunt. His sister kept watch but was stunned by Luna Lovegood. Amycus got Minerva McGonagall to let him into the Ravenclaw Common room, where he noticed his sister was stunned and no Harry Potter. He planned to pass it off on the students, and when Professor McGonagall objected, he spat in her face. This caused Harry to use the Cruciatus Curse on him, which knocked him out; he was subsequently tied up.

Amycus and his sister were sent to Azkaban after the Battle of Hogwarts and Voldemort's defeat.

Behind the scenes

 * In Greek mythology, Amycus was the son of the sea god Poseidon and the nymph Melia. He was a boxer as well as a soldier in the Trojan War. Also, amycus is a genus of South American spiders.

Appearances

 * Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
 * Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Notes and references
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