Bernadette

Bernadette
Biographical information
Born	Before 1909 (most likely)
Nationality	American
Title(s)	Executioner
Physical information
Species	Human
Gender	Female
Magical characteristics
Wand	Unknown length, wood and core
Affiliation
Occupation	Executioner for the Magical Congress of the United States of America
Loyalty	Magical Congress of the United States of America

"Don't that look good. You wanna get in? Huh?"

— Bernadette encouraging Tina Goldstein to enter the death potion

Bernadette was an American witch who worked for the Magical Congress of the United States of America as an Executioner in 1926.

Biography

After Gellert Grindelwald (disguised as Percival Graves) sentenced Newt Scamander and Tina Goldstein to death, Bernadette helped lead them to the Death cell. She extracted Tina's memories and cast them in the death potion and encouraged her to get in. Just as her fellow executioner was about to do the same to Newt, he broke free (his pet Bowtruckle having picked the lock on his handcuffs) and unleashed his Swooping Evil which knocked out the third executioner. The second executioner tried to use her wand on Newt, but he redirected her aim so that she hit Bernadette with a Stunning Spell instead, rendering Bernadette unconcious. With no backup, the second executioner was then knocked out and Newt managed to save Tina from her execution, leaving Bernadette and her fellow executioners alone at the Death Cell.

In the 2010s, Bernadette appeared during the Calamity in the 2010s as a Confoundable, attempting to extract the memories of both Percival Graves and Newt Scamander. Volunteer members of the Statute of Secrecy Task Force could repel her by casting the Ebublio Jinx on her, returning both wizards to their original timelines.

Magical abilities and skills

• Nonverbal magic: Bernadette was capable of extracting memories from someone's mind without saying an incantation.

Possessions

• Wand: Bernadette's wand was of unknown length, wood, and core materials. It featured a carving of a head on the handle. The wand was destroyed in the Death Cell's Death potion.

Behind the scenes

• Bernadette was portrayed by Miquel Brown in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, but was credited in the end credits as "Executioner #2".

Appearances

• Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay (First appearance)
• Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (film)
• LEGO Dimensions
• Harry Potter: Wizards Unite

Notes and references

Magical Congress of the United States of America