Amycus Carrow

Professor Amycus Carrow was a wizard, brother of Alecto Carrow and a Death Eater. Amycus fought in the First Wizarding War along with his sister. They did not search for Lord Voldemort after his first downfall but were forgiven after Voldemort's return in 1995. Amycus fought in several battles of the Second Wizarding War, including the Battle of the Astronomy Tower. In 1997, he beblllllllllllllaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaacame Defence Against the Dark Arts professor, which for all intents and purposes simply became "Dark Arts." He liked to punish and torture the students who opposed them. He was eventually hit with the Cruciatus Curse by Harry Potter when he spat on Professor McGonagall's face. He was also Imperiused and tied up in Ravenclaw Tower by Professor McGonagall before the Battle of Hogwarts. After the battle, he was likely sent to Azkaban.

First Wizarding War
Amycus Carrow was a supporter of Lord Voldemort during the First Wizarding War, but managed to avoid being imprisoned in Azkaban. Like many other Death Eaters, he did not search for his master, believing that Voldemort was gone forever. Although he believed that the Dark Lord would not return, he and his sister returned to Voldemort in 1995 and took part in the Second Wizarding War.

Second Wizarding War
Amycus and his sister were most likely among the Death Eaters that witnessed Lord Voldemort's return in June 1995.

Battle of the Astronomy Tower
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 witnessed the murder of Dumbledore at the hands of Severus Snape atop the Astronomy Tower. It is known that he duelled Ginny Weasley sending multiple Cruciatus Curses at her. He and Alecto withdrew from battle on the orders of Snape. He retreated with his sister after being hit by Impediment Jinxes by Harry Potter.

Appointment at Hogwarts
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 a class in the Dark Arts during his reign. He and his sister, as Deputy Headmaster and Headmistress respectively, discharged punishment to rule breakers. Their punishments included the torture and physical beating of students. Amycus even had the students in his class use the Cruciatus Curse on students who broke the rules.

Battle of Hogwarts
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 demanded Minerva McGonagall let him into the Ravenclaw Common room, where he noticed his sister was stunned and could find no sign of Harry Potter. He planned to pass it off on the students, and when Professor McGonagall objected calling Amycus a coward in the process, he spat in her face. This caused Harry to use the Cruciatus Curse on him, which knocked him out; he was subsequently tied up.

Post-War
After the Battle of Hogwarts and Voldemort's defeat, Amycus and his sister were presumably sent to Azkaban or killed.

Physical description
He is described as being squat and lumpy, with a lopsided leer and a wheezy giggle, much like his sister. He also had black hair.

Personality and traits
Amycus was a sadistic man who enjoyed punishing and torturing students, and ordering them to perform the Cruciatus Curse on students given detention. He was also a coward, as he planned to blame the Ravenclaw students for allegedly forcing Alecto to press her Dark Mark so that they would be punished by Voldemort instead of himself, and demanded that McGonagall support him. He was rude and offensive, banging hard on the door to Ravenclaw Tower when he failed to solve the riddle to open it, putting his face close to Minerva to command her support, and ended up spitting in her face.

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.
 * Amycus is also genus of South American spiders.
 * Amycus may come from the Latin amicus, meaning "friend" (however this is ironic, because Amycus is obviously not a 'friend').
 * Amycus Carrow is played by Ralph Ineson in the film adaptation of the Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.

Appearances

 * Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
 * Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)
 * Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
 * Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 
 * Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2