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- "They were a motley collection; a mixture of the weak seeking protection, the ambitious seeking some shared glory, and the thuggish gravitating towards a leader who could show them more refined forms of cruelty."
- — Albus Dumbledore on the Death Eaters[src]
Death Eaters (possibly known in their earliest years as the Knights of Walpurgis) were a group of Dark wizards and witches that followed Lord Voldemort. They often wore black hoods with snake-like eye slits to cover their faces. Every Death Eater had a Dark Mark burned into his or her left forearm. When Voldemort touched one of them, every Death Eater felt it, allowing them to Apparate to their leader's side.
Ideology
- "Many of our oldest family trees become a little diseased over time. You must prune yours, must you not, to keep it healthy? Cut away those parts that threaten the health of the rest... And in your family, so in the world...we shall cut away the canker that infects us until only those of the true blood remain..."
- — Lord Voldemort on his goals in Malfoy Manor[src]
Ideologically, the Death Eaters sought to destroy Muggles and wizards of Muggle lineage, and gain complete power and control over the entire world as well as restore the magical community to pure-bloods. The Death Eaters idealized pure-blood wizards, which is ironic considering that their leader, Lord Voldemort, was a half-blood with a Muggle father.
Not all of them could claim to be pure-bloods, and in fact true pure-bloods probably did not exist, as the claim is based on selective genealogy; possibly many of them were half-bloods clinging to their pure-blood ancestors. One such was Severus Snape. A half-blood, Snape called himself "The Half Blood Prince" while a student at Hogwarts school, a reference to his mother's wizarding family, the Princes. Judging by Bellatrix Lestrange's reaction to being told that Voldemort was a half-blood by Harry Potter, the Dark Lord lied to his followers about being pure-blood.
The Death Eaters also attacked purebloods who opposed them, such as Gideon and Fabian Prewett, who were members of the Order of the Phoenix. It is thought that their main targets were Muggle-borns.
It is also assumed that as Voldemort was trying to find ways to conquer death, Death Eaters sought similar goals, hoping that by following the Dark Lord, he would share his found secrets with them.
History
A masked Death Eater.
Origins and the First War
- Remus Lupin: "The last time Voldemort had power he almost destroyed everything we hold most dear..."
- Sirius Black: "Fourteen years ago he had huge numbers at his command -- not just witches and wizards but all manner of Dark creatures..."
- — Remus Lupin and Sirius Black on the First War in 1995[src]
By 1970, the Death Eaters were an organization formed from people Tom Riddle, now Lord Voldemort, knew from his time at Hogwarts as well as their relations. Nearly all of those recruited were from Slytherin House as students. Actively recruiting an army of Dark Wizards and creatures, with the belief that his hidden horcruxes granted him immortality, Voldemort and the Death Eaters planned to overthrow the Ministry of Magic and rule their way.
Death Eater activity during the First Wizarding War consisted of attacks on wizards, witches, and large numbers of Muggles. These were initiated by the Death Eaters often, but not always, on the orders of Voldemort. When the Ministry did not suffer an ostensible collapse in the eleven years of Voldemort's reign, the Death Eaters began to attack prominent wizarding families. As a result, fear gripped the wider wizard community.
Severus Snape reported to Lord Voldemort the part of the prophecy he had heard while listening in on a conversation between Albus Dumbledore and Sybill Trelawney which predicted that either Harry Potter, the son of Order of the Phoenix members James and Lily Potter, or Neville Longbottom, son of Order members Alice and Frank Longbottom, would be the one to destroy Voldemort. Voldemort went to the Potters personally, seeing them as a greater danger to him. Despite being under the protection of the Fidelius Charm, Voldemort was able to get into their home because James entrusted his old friend Peter Pettigrew as Secret-Keeper, and Pettigrew subsequently betrayed the secret to Voldemort.
Snape failed to overhear the entire prophecy, including the announcement that Voldemort himself would mark his own equal. Although Voldemort killed James and, despite Snape's pleas that she be spared, Lily, the Killing Curse rebounded off Harry and hit Voldemort, destroying his living body. However, due to his extensive performance of Dark Magic, Voldemort's soul survived and escaped.
Bellatrix, Rodolphus and Rabastan Lestrange, as well as Barty Crouch Jr., tortured the Longbottoms into insanity, but did not apparently attack Neville. They were captured and sentenced to Azkaban.
Death Eaters at the Quidditch World Cup.
Between The First and Second Wars
With the disappearance of their leader, the Death Eaters largely fell into chaos. The Ministry arrested and imprisoned many Death Eaters in Azkaban, though some eluded justice by claiming the Imperius Curse had been used on them, like Lucius Malfoy, or by turning in other Death Eaters, as Igor Karkaroff did. Most followers hid their allegiance to Voldemort and therefore did not try to find him. Although a handful of Death Eaters, such as the Lestranges and Barty Crouch jr., remained fiercely loyal to their fallen master and sought him out. They were supposedly rewarded by Voldemort for their loyalty.
Outbreaks of Death Eater activity did occur, although rarely, during the thirteen years of Voldemort's absence. Perhaps the most notable event being the riots at the four hundred and twenty-second Quidditch World Cup in 1994, during which a group of Death Eaters attacked the camp of Wizards and Witches as well as a nearby Muggle family.
The Second Wizarding War
Lord Voldemort returned to power.
In June of 1995, Lord Voldemort finally returned to a physical body through a dark potion created by Peter Pettigrew. The body was human-shaped, though hairless and with many serpentine features.
Moments after Lord Voldemort finally regained his body, he summoned his followers to him by touching Peter Pettigrew's Dark Mark. Some proved too afraid to return to him, such as Igor Karkaroff, while others who were dead or imprisoned remained absent. Severus Snape did not return on the guise that he had to appear more loyal to Dumbledore and the Order of the Phoenix; Snape returned two hours later. Despite several absences, there were several who returned the call, including Lucius Malfoy, and Crabbe and Goyle, who had sons at Hogwarts.
Harry Potter was present for Voldemort's return to power, and even dueled against Lord Voldemort and defeated him in a spectacular display of Priori Incantatem, revealing that the cores of Voldemort's and Harry's wands were related. Harry managed to escape and tell Headmaster Dumbledore of Voldemort's return.
The Minister for Magic (Cornelius Fudge) and most of the Ministry of Magic originally refused to believe that Lord Voldemort returned. Though Harry Potter and Albus Dumbledore served as dissenting voices, the majority of the public chose to believe in the Ministry, as well as its wider propaganda and smear campaign against Potter and Dumbledore.
Bellatrix Lestrange escapes from Azkaban.
Armed with this advantage, the Death Eaters keep a low profile in order to maintain their standing in the wizarding world. Due in part to the Ministry's refusal to remove the Dementors from Azkaban, a proposition Dumbledore supported immediately following Voldemort's return, the Death Eaters informally recruited the Dementors to the cause. Similar progress was made with giants. The quiet revolt of the Dementors fostered a mass breakout of imprisoned Death Eaters from Azkaban in early 1996.
In late spring of 1996, Voldemort sent a group of twelve Death Eaters, led by Lucius Malfoy, into the Department of Mysteries in order to steal the prophecy concerning himself and Harry Potter. Having originally attacked Harry Potter based upon a partial recounting of it, Voldemort now desired to hear the full version in order to understand entirely the nature of the connection between himself and Potter. Harry was lured there, along with five other members of Dumbledore's Army, when Voldemort used their connection to give Harry a vision of his godfather being tortured.
Lucius Malfoy accidentally smashes the prophecy.
However, Harry and his friends managed to elude the Death Eaters and the prophecy was eventually destroyed. A battle ensued between the Death Eaters and several members of the Order of the Phoenix. Eleven of the twelve Death Eaters were captured; Voldemort and Bellatrix Lestrange fled, but not before Ministry officials witnessed the returned Dark Lord.
The raid was a failure for the Death Eaters because their reactivation was no longer a secret and several members were deported to Azkaban, and the return of Voldemort was proved to the skeptical Ministry. Revealed at last to the wizard community, the Death Eaters proceeded to resume their earlier lifestyle and behavior. Kidnapping, torturing, and assasinations of wizards, witches, and Muggles began anew as the Second War began.
The Final Year
Plottings and Tactics
- "Not content with corrupting and polluting the minds of Wizarding children, last week Professor Burbage wrote an impassioned defense of Mudbloods in the Daily Prophet. Wizards, she says, must accept these thieves of their knowledge and magic. The dwindling of the purebloods is, says Professor Burbage, a most desirable circumstances... She would have us all mate with Muggles..."
- — Lord Voldemort ridiculing Charity Burbage to his followers before killing her[src]
Voldemort began to understand more about his failures in killing Harry Potter, and with his Death Eaters, planned several courses of action. One was the overthrowing of the Ministry of Magic. Another was capturing Harry Potter and killing him. While Voldemort went on his own personal quests and stayed out of sight of the wizarding community's eye, he worked through others, including Yaxley at the Ministry, and Severus Snape and the Carrows at Hogwarts.
The meeting place for the Death Eaters was the Malfoy Manor. At this place, the Death Eaters would make reports and the Dark Lord would give them orders. On one occasion, Voldemort took reports on goings on at the Ministry of Magic by Yaxley, though was more impressed with reports by Snape regarding the Order of the Phoenix's plans to move Harry Potter. Voldemort also ridiculed Bellatrix Lestrange and the Malfoys for the marriage of Remus Lupin, a known werewolf, to Nymphadora Tonks, a relative of theirs. At this meeting, Charity Burbage, a professor of Muggle Studies at Hogwarts, was murdered by Voldemort and then fed to Nagini. Voldemort also took Lucius Malfoy's wand to fight against Harry Potter, believing his own to be inferior to Harry's.
Attempt on Harry Potter
A masked Death Eater.
- "That's him, it's him, it's the real one!"
- — Death Eater after Harry Potter cast Expelliarmus, his "trademark" spell[src]
Still opposed by the Order of the Phoenix, who knew it wasn't safe to trust the Ministry of Magic, Voldemort knew through Snape that Harry Potter would be moved from the house of his aunt and uncle a few days before his seventeenth birthday, which is when spells protecting him would have broken. The exact details of this move were unknown to the Death Eaters at large, though Snape manipulated Mundungus Fletcher with magic and knew the plans, only telling the Dark Lord enough to display loyalty.
As a congregation of members of the Order of the Phoenix including Alastor Moody, Arthur Weasley, Kingsley Shacklebolt, Nymphadora Tonks, Remus Lupin, Rubeus Hagrid, Bill Weasley, Fleur Delacour, Fred Weasley, George Weasley, Mundungus Fletcher, Ron Weasley, and Hermione Granger, along with Harry Potter himself, left the home of the Dursleys, the Death Eaters attacked immediately. They could not tell right away which pair included the real Harry Potter, because six of the congregation had used Polyjuice Potion. It was assumed that Harry would be with the strongest members, so Moody and Shacklebolt were attacked most fervently at first.
During the ensuing battle, Snape used Sectumsempra to attack the Death Eater in front of him, but missed and slashed the ear off George Weasley. Bellatrix Lestrange tried very hard to kill Tonks, but she did not succeed in while Tonks herself injured Rodolphus Lestrange. Alastor Moody was killed by Voldemort himself. However, numerous Death Eaters were injured, and one was supposedly killed.
When Harry Potter used Expelliarmus, which they had come to consider Potter's trademark spell, against Stan Shunpike, who was under the Imperius Curse, they knew the real Harry to be with Hagrid. Voldemort himself was present, flying without the aid of a broomstick, and led the charge against Harry. Despite their attempts to capture the boy, they were thwarted by Harry's spellwork, Hagrid's selfless courage, and finally, when Harry crossed into a protective spell over the home of Ted Tonks. Lucius' wand was snapped by a spell cast by Harry's wand, infuriating Voldemort even more.
The Fall of the Ministry
Voldemort with his followers.
- "The Ministry has fallen. Scrimgeour is dead. They are coming"
- — Kingsley Shacklebolt through his lynx patronus[src]
During the wedding of Fleur Delacour to Bill Weasley, the Ministry of Magic was overthrown and Rufus Scrimgeour was killed, and Pius Thicknesse was installed in his place, though controlled by the Imperius Curse. The wedding was attacked by a squad of Death Eaters, and at the same time several other locations of Order of the Phoenix members were attacked by Death Eaters.
Under the control of the Death Eaters, such acts as the Muggle-born Registration Act were put in place, a reward was set for Harry Potter, marking him as Undesirable Number One, and a Taboo was put in place for audibly saying the word "Voldemort."
Headmaster Snape
Severus Snape was hired as Headmaster of Hogwarts for what would have been Harry Potter's seventh year at Hogwarts. There, he faced fierce opposition from Minerva McGonagall and other professors, as well as the remaining members of Dumbledore's Army, including Neville Longbottom and Ginny Weasley.
The Carrows were also there at the school, with Amycus Carrow teaching Defence Against the Dark Arts, though in reality he taught the Dark Arts. His sister, Alecto Carrow, took over Muggle Studies, though the course became a brainwashing of the superiority of wizard kind over Muggles.
The Elder Wand
Voldemort holding the Elder Wand.
Though Voldemort did not place a lot value in the tale of the Deathly Hallows, he was obsessed with finding a wand that would defeat Harry Potter's, and believed his own would not do it. At the advice of Ollivander, Voldemort used a different wand against Harry Potter (Lucius'), but that, too, failed, to the surprise of Voldemort and Ollivander.
Voldemort decided to go on a quest to find the powerful wand of legend, the Elder Wand. First, he sought and found Gregorovitch, who he killed when it was found out he no longer had the wand. He then sought and found Gellert Grindelwald, who, like Gregorovich, gave the Dark Lord very little useful information.
- "Kill me then! You will not win, you cannot win! That wand will never, ever be yours!"
- — Gellert Grindlewald to Lord Voldermort, moments before his death at the hands of the latter.[src]
Voldemort then, remembering that Albus Dumbledore defeated Grindelwald decades before, decided to travel to Hogwarts, unearth the body of the deceased Headmaster, and take the wand from it. That mission, he assumed, was completed, and he now believed that he had the wand that would win any duel.
Escape from Malfoy Manor
Bellatrix Lestrange casting the Killing Curse.
- "The Dark Lord is coming, Harry Potter! Your death approaches! Now…Cissy, I think we ought to tie these little heroes up again, while Greyback takes care of Miss Mudblood. I am sure the Dark Lord will not begrudge you the girl, Greyback, after what you have done tonight."
- — Bellatrix Lestrange[src]
During Harry Potter's time hidden from the Death Eaters, he accidentally said Voldemort's name and thus triggered the Taboo placed upon the name. He, Ron and Hermione were captured by a group of Snatchers led by Fenrir Greyback and brought to Malfoy Manor, where they were confronted by Bellatrix Lestrange and the Malfoys. Before either Lucius or Bellatrix could summon the Dark Lord, Bellatrix spotted Godric Gryffindor's Sword among the trio's possessions and interrogated Hermione using the Cruciatus Curse to find out where they got the item. She lied, claiming it was only a copy, a story Harry convinced the goblin Griphook to support. In the meantime, Dobby the house elf came and rescued Harry, Ron, Ollivander, and Luna Lovegood from the basement. He, Harry and Ron saved Hermione and Griphook and took various wands from the house's occupants before fleeing; Dobby was killed by Bellatrix in the process.
As punishment for summoning him without successfully holding Potter, Voldemort punished all present and forbade them to leave the manor.
Destruction of Voldemort's Horcruxes
Unknown to Voldemort or his Death Eaters — except Severus Snape who was secretly betraying the Dark Lord — Harry, along with Ron and Hermione, was out seeking the Horcruxes of Voldemort. Regulus Black had already removed Salazar Slytherin's Locket from its hiding place, though had been unable to destroy it. Albus Dumbledore destroyed Gaunt's Ring with Godric Gryffindor's sword and Tom Riddle's Diary had been destroyed by Harry in his second year with a basilisk fang. Thanks to Snape's help through his doe Patronus, Ron Weasley was able to find the sword of Gryffindor and destroy the locket horcrux.
Harry Potter concluded from Bellatrix's behaviour at Malfoy Manor that a horcrux was in her safe at Gringotts Wizarding Bank. With the help of Griphook, Harry, Ron, and Hermione entered the bank and took Helga Hufflepuff's Cup, escaping on a dragon. The Cup was later destroyed by Hermione Granger using a basilisk fang when she and Ron entered the Chamber of Secrets.
Though the three companions were successful, Voldemort learned from hearing about Harry's venture into the bank that they were seeking his horcruxes. In panic, he went to the places the horcruxes were hidden, leaving Hogwarts last, but in the process revealing to Harry Potter that Hogwarts was indeed the last place to go.
The Battle of Hogwarts
- "If you continue to resist me, you will all die, one by one. I do not wish this to happen. Every drop of magical blood spilled is a loss and a waste... I command my forces to retreat immediately. You have one hour... I speak now, Harry Potter, directly to you... I shall wait for one hour in the Forbidden Forest. If, at the end of that hour, you have not come to me, have not given yourself up, then battle recommences. This time, I shall enter the fray myself, Harry Potter, and I shall find you, and I shall punish every last man, woman, and child who has tried to conceal you from me. One hour."
- — Voldemort's ultimatum during the final battle[src]
Lord Voldemort during the final battle.
Voldemort, along with his Death Eaters and other allies, attacked Hogwarts and those defending it in May 1998. During this battle, Harry, Hermione and Ron managed to find the final horcrux, Rowena Ravenclaw's Diadem, in the Room of Hidden Things. It was accidentally destroyed by Vincent Crabbe's out of control fiendfyre curse. In the meantime, Death Eaters and their allies were storming the castle; Fred Weasley died in an explosion caused by Augustus Rookwood, and Remus Lupin and Nymphadora Tonks were killed in duels with Antonin Dolohov and Bellatrix Lestrange, respectively. Voldemort had Nagini kill Severus Snape, believing it would make him the true master of the Elder Wand, and then issued an ultimatum to the other side: Harry turns himself over within an hour, or everyone in Hogwarts would be killed.
It was then revealed to Harry that he himself had accidentally been turned into a horcrux. He willingly took a Killing Curse from Lord Voldemort in order to destroy it, but because his mother's sacrifice lived on in his blood, the blood Voldemort took in himself in order to regain a body, Harry was not killed. Because he was the true master of the Elder Wand, Harry won the final duel, killing Voldemort once and for all.
After the battle was lost by the Death Eaters, many of those who survived were arrested, while others went into hiding. After Voldemort's death, the Dark Marks on the Death Eaters' forearms faded into scars.
Known Death Eaters
| Name | Gender | Information | Current Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Avery, Sr. | Male | One of the earliest Death Eaters of Tom Riddle father of Avery, Jr. | Presumed deceased |
| Avery, Jr. | Male | Participated in the illegal break-in at the Department of Mysteries | Presumed Imprisoned |
| Regulus Black | Male | Volunteered Kreacher to help Voldemort hide Salazar Slytherin's locket. Changed sides and later attempted to destroy it. | Deceased (Reformed) |
| Alecto Carrow | Female | She escaped a term in Azkaban following the First Wizarding War. During the Second Wizarding War she was appointed Muggle Studies Professor, and assaulted persons within Hogwarts during her tenure. Placed under the Imperius Curse by Minerva McGonagall. | Presumed Imprisoned |
| Amycus Carrow | Male | He escaped a term in Azkaban following the First Wizarding War. During the Second Wizarding War he was appointed Defence Against the Dark Arts Professor, during his tenure he tortured students and assaulted persons within Hogwarts. Additionaally he taught the Dark Arts to students. | Imprisoned |
| Mr. Crabbe | Male | Participated in the illegal break in at the Department of Mysteries. | Presumed Imprisoned |
| Barty Crouch Jr. | Male | Participated in the torture and the permanent incapacitation of the Longbottoms; delivered Harry Potter to Lord Voldemort; impersonated Mad-Eye Moody using Polyjuice Potion; killed his own father; performed the Imperius Curse on Viktor Krum, and through him, performed the Cruciatus Curse on Cedric Diggory and stunned Fleur Delacour; suffered the Dementor's Kiss | Soul Destroyed |
| Antonin Dolohov | Male | Helped kill Gideon and Fabian Prewett, participated in the illegal break-in of the Department of Mysteries, seriously injured Hermione Granger and Alastor Moody with unknown curses, killed Remus Lupin during the Battle of Hogwarts. Igor Karkaroff states he also "tortured countless Muggles and non-supporters of Voldemort" during the First War. Attempted to ambush Harry and friends on Tottenham Court Road. Defeated, perhaps killed, by Filius Flitwick in the Battle of Hogwarts. | Deceased or Imprisoned |
| Gibbon | Male | Assaulted persons within Hogwarts. Accidentally killed by Thorfinn Rowle in the process. | Deceased |
| Mr. Goyle | Male | Unspecified crimes. | Presumed Imprisoned |
| Jugson | Male | Participated in the illegal break-in at the Department of Mysteries. | Presumed Imprisoned |
| Igor Karkaroff | Male | Tortured Muggles. Betrayed several Death Eaters at the end of the First War to avoid Azkaban. Was killed by Death Eaters for his actions. | Deceased (Reformed?) |
| Bellatrix Lestrange | Female | Participated in the torture and the permanent incapacitation of Frank and Alice Longbottom with the Cruciatus Curse. Participated in the illegal break in at the Department of Mysteries. Caused the death of Sirius Black at the Department of Mysteries. Tortured Hermione Granger and killed Dobby at Malfoy Manor. Killed Nymphadora Tonks nearly killed Ginny Weasley during the Battle of Hogwarts . Killed by Molly Weasley in the same battle. | Deceased |
| Rabastan Lestrange | Male | Participated in the torture and the permanent incapacitation of Frank and Alice Longbottom using the Cruciatus Curse. Participated at the illegal break-in at the Department of Mysteries. | Imprisoned |
| Rodolphus Lestrange | Male | Participated in the torture and the permanent incapacitation of Frank and Alice Longbottom via the Cruciatus Curse. Participated in the Battle of the Department of Mysteries and the attempt on Harry Potter's life during the flight from Little Whinging. | Presumed Imprisoned |
| Walden Macnair | Male | Recruited Giants to join Lord Voldemort's side in the Second War. Participated at an illegal break-in at the Department of Mysteries. Was seen at the revival of Lord Voldemort in 1995. Participated in the Battle of Hogwarts and was slammed into a wall by Rubeus Hagrid. | Presumed Imprisoned |
| Draco Malfoy | Male | Two failed assassination attempts on Albus Dumbledore. Placed the Imperius Curse on Madam Rosmerta. Unintentionally poisoned Ron Weasley and cursed Katie Bell. Forced to commit crimes under direct threat from Voldemort. Tried to capture Harry Potter during the Battle of Hogwarts but otherwise did not participate. | Reformed |
| Lucius Malfoy | Male | Gave Voldemort's school diary to Ginny Weasley in an attempt to sabotage Arthur Weasley; threatened school governors; numerous counts of bribery. Participated in a violent riot and torturing a Muggle family at the Quidditch World Cup in 1994. Placed Department of Mysteries employee Broderick Bode and possibly Sturgis Podmore under the Imperius Curse in an attempt to commit theft on Voldemort's behalf. Led the break-in of the Department of Mysteries. Spent brief time in Azkaban afterwards. After escape, his home was used as Death Eater headquarters. Did not fight in the Battle of Hogwarts. | Reformed |
| Nott | Male | Participated in the illegal break-in at the Department of Mysteries, where he was captured. | Presumed Imprisoned |
| Mulciber | Male | Participated in the illegal break-in at the Department of Mysteries, where he was captured.(There might be two Mulcibers, father and son: one a Death Eater since the 1950s and the other around the same age as Severus Snape). | Presumed Imprisoned |
| Peter Pettigrew | Male | Betrayed James and Lily Potter to Voldemort; framed Sirius Black for the crime, killing twelve Muggles in the process and faking his own death; murdered Cedric Diggory, led Bertha Jorkins to her death at the hands of Lord Voldemort; assisted Voldemort in procuring a new body. Killed by his own enchanted hand. | Deceased |
| Augustus Rookwood | Male | Spied for Lord Voldemort within the Ministry of Magic. Specialized in the use of the Imperius Curse on Ministry employees. Participated in the illegal break-in at the Department of Mysteries. Murdered Fred Weasley. Was stunned by Aberforth in the Battle of Hogwarts. | Presumed Imprisoned |
| Rosier | Male | One of the earliest Death Eaters of Tom Riddle, father of Evan Rosier. | Presumed Imprisoned |
| Evan Rosier | Male | Cursed Alastor Moody. Killed by Alastor Moody. Mentioned by Igor Karkaroff in his trial. | Deceased |
| Thorfinn Rowle | Male | Assaulted persons within Hogwarts and accidentally killed the Death Eater Gibbon. Tried to ambush Harry Potter, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger at Tottenham Court Road. Tortured in punishment for failure by Draco Malfoy under Voldemort's orders. | Presumed Imprisoned |
| Selwyn | Male | Participated in the Battle over Little Whinging. Came to the home of Xenophilius Lovegood to collect Harry Potter and tortured Mr. Lovegood when suspicious that he was lying. | Presumed Imprisoned |
| Severus Snape | Male | Gave information to Voldemort about the prophecy leading to the death of James and Lily Potter. He then reformed out of remorse for Lily's death and worked as a double agent for the Order of the Phoenix against the Death Eaters. Participated in a plan of Dumbledore's resulting in his death and Snape becoming Headmaster of Hogwarts, a position he used to covertly assist Harry Potter and his friends. Was killed by Nagini under the command of Voldemort. | Deceased (Reformed) |
| Travers | Male | Participated in the murder of the McKinnons during the First Wizarding War and in the Battle over Little Whinging. Intimidated employees of Gringotts bank. | Presumed Imprisoned |
| Wilkes | Male | Fought and died in the First Wizarding War. Was a friend of Severus Snape. | Deceased |
| Yaxley | Male | Assaulted persons within Hogwarts. Placed Imperius Curse on Pius Thicknesse. Participated in the persecution of Muggle-borns with the Muggle-Born Registration Commission. Participated in the second battle of Hogwarts and was defeated by George Weasley and Lee Jordan. | Presumed Imprisoned |
Deaths, Disappearances and Injuries
Deaths caused by Death Eaters
| Victim(s) | Killer(s) | Cause of Death | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| James and Lily Potter | Lord Voldemort | Killing Curse (Avada Kedavra) | Resulted in the first defeat of Voldemort on October 31, 1981 |
| Edgar Bones and his family | Unknown Death Eaters | Unknown | During the First Wizarding War |
| Benjy Fenwick | Unknown Death Eaters | A curse that blasted him to pieces | During the First Wizarding War |
| Gideon and Fabian Prewett | Antonin Dolohov and four other Death Eaters | Unknown | During the First Wizarding War |
| Marlene McKinnon and her family | Multiple Death Eaters, including Travers | Unknown | During the First Wizarding War |
| Dean Thomas's father | Unknown Death Eaters | Unknown | Killed for refusing to join the Death Eaters |
| Twelve Muggles | Peter Pettigrew | Explosion | Caused while Pettigrew was fleeing Sirius Black and faked his own death |
| Bertha Jorkins | Lord Voldemort | Killing Curse (Avada Kedavra) | Used to turn Nagini into a Horcrux |
| Frank Bryce | Lord Voldemort | Killing Curse | For supposedly trespassing on the Riddle House. |
| Barty Crouch Sr | Barty Crouch Jr | Unknown | Killed before he could expose his son and Voldemort’s plans |
| Cedric Diggory | Peter Pettigrew | Killing Curse | Accompanied Harry Potter to the graveyard in Little Hangleton |
| Broderick Bode | Unknown Death Eaters | Strangled by Devil's Snare | Killed to prevent him from talking about the Death Eaters’ planned break-in of the Department of Mysteries |
| Sirius Black | Bellatrix Lestrange | Curse pushed him through the Veil in the Death Chamber | Battle of the Department of Mysteries |
| Emmeline Vance | Unknown Death Eaters | Unknown | Killed for membership in the Order of the Phoenix in 1996 |
| Amelia Bones | Lord Voldemort | Unknown | Killed in the summer of 1996 |
| Mrs. Abbott | Unknown Death Eaters | Unknown | Found dead in her home. |
| Florean Fortescue | Unknown Death Eaters | Unknown | After “disappearing” along with Mr. Ollivander |
| Igor Karkaroff | Unknown Death Eaters | Unknown | Killed for betraying the Death Eaters at the end of the First Wizarding War |
| Gibbon | Thorfinn Rowle | Killing Curse | Rowle was aiming at Remus Lupin during the Battle of the Astronomy Tower |
| Albus Dumbledore | Severus Snape | Killing Curse | Killed as part of his own plan |
| Charity Burbage | Lord Voldemort | Killing Curse | Killed for promoting pro-Muggle values; fed to Nagini |
| Alastor Moody | Lord Voldemort | Unknown | Battle over Little Whinging |
| Hedwig | Unknown Death Eaters | Killing Curse | Battle over Little Whinging |
| Rufus Scrimgeour | Unknown Death Eaters | Unknown | As part of the coup of the Ministry of Magic |
| Bathilda Bagshot | Most likely Lord Voldemort | Unknown | To place Nagini inside her body as a trap for Harry Potter in Godric's Hollow. |
| German family | Lord Voldemort | Killing Curse | For not having information on Gregorovitch's location. |
| Gregorovitch | Lord Voldemort | Killing Curse | During his search for the Elder Wand. |
| Gellert Grindelwald | Lord Voldemort | Killing Curse | After interrogation about the location of the Elder Wand. |
| Dobby | Bellatrix Lestrange | Stabbed through the chest with a thrown dagger | Battle of Malfoy Manor |
| Fred Weasley | Most likely Augustus Rookwood | An explosion in Hogwarts | Battle of Hogwarts |
| Remus Lupin | Antonin Dolohov | Unknown | Battle of Hogwarts |
| Nymphadora Tonks | Bellatrix Lestrange | Unknown | Battle of Hogwarts |
| Colin Creevey | Unknown Death Eater | Unknown | Battle of Hogwarts |
Permanent Injuries caused by Death Eaters
| Victim | Death Eater(s) | Description of Injury | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frank and Alice Longbottom | Bellatrix, Rodolphus and Rabastan Lestrange, and Barty Crouch Jr | Insanity caused by repeated and prolonged infliction of the Cruciatus Curse | Resulted in the Longbottoms remaining in St Mungo's for the rest of their lives |
| Remus Lupin | Fenrir Greyback | Bitten as a child and infected with lycanthropy | |
| Bill Weasley | Fenrir Greyback | Bitted by an untransformed Greyback; acquired some werewolf tendencies | Battle of the Astronomy Tower |
| George Weasley | Severus Snape | A Sectumsempra Snape was actually aiming at another Death Eater cut off George’s ear. | Battle over Little Whinging |
Non-permanent injuries caused by Death Eaters
| Victim | Death Eater(s) | Description of Injury | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr. Roberts and his family | Unknown Death Eaters | Levitated and humiliated publicly. | At the Quidditch World Cup in 1994. |
| Harry Potter | Lord Voldemort | Briefly tortured with the Cruciatus Curse; attempted murder. | In the graveyard of Little Hangleton in 1995. |
| Ginny Weasley | Unknown Death Eater | Broken ankle. | Battle of the Department of Mysteries |
| Hermione Granger | Antonin Dolohov | Severe internal injury caused by an unnamed curse. | Battle of the Department of Mysteries |
| Neville Longbottom | Antonin Dolohov | Broken nose and wand. | Battle of the Department of Mysteries |
| Neville Longbottom | Bellatrix Lestrange | Briefly tortured with the Cruciatus Curse. | Battle of the Department of Mysteries |
| Katie Bell | Draco Malfoy | Placed under the Imperius Curse; cursed when she touched a Dark magic opal necklace. | Collateral damage of Draco Malfoy's attempts to assassinate Albus Dumbledore. |
| Ron Weasley | Draco Malfoy | Poisoned by drinking mead intended for Albus Dumbledore. | Harry Potter saved his life by feeding Ron a bezoar. |
| Harry Potter | Nagini | Received venomous bite on his arm. | Attack at Godric's Hollow |
| Hermione Granger | Bellatrix Lestrange | Tortured with the Cruciatus Curse for information; threatened with a short knife. | Battle of Malfoy Manor |
| Various Hogwarts students, including Neville Longbottom and Michael Corner | Amycus and Alecto Carrow | Subjected to assault and the Cruciatus Curse | Occurred while Voldemort was in control of Hogwarts for the 1997-1998 school year. |
Disappearances caused by Death Eaters
- Caradoc Dearborn
- Mr. Ollivander, later escaped along with Harry, Ron, Hermione, Luna, Dean and Griphook
- Octavius Pepper
Behind The Scenes
- Despite his allegiance with Lord Voldemort, Fenrir Greyback was not an official Death Eater due to the fact that he was a werewolf.
- Narcissa Malfoy was not officialy a Death Eater, never having been branded with the Dark Mark, even though she was married to Lucius Malfoy and was the sister of Bellatrix Lestrange. However, she is usually regarded as de facto Death Eater as she may have participated in the tormenting of Muggles the night of the 1994 Quidditch World Cup, relayed information to Voldemort which led to the Battle of the Department of Mysteries and the murder of Sirius Black, sat in on Death Eater meetings (though this may simply have been because they were held in her home at the time, much to her discomfort), and was given the duty of finding out whether or not Harry Potter was truly dead. However, she was not known to have participated in any battles, and she ultimately lied to Voldemort about Harry's death and thus helped bring about his fall.
- Quirinus Quirrell was loyal to Lord Voldemort but he was not a Death Eater.
- Several Death Eaters with the same last name have been mentioned in the series (e.g. Lestrange, Avery, Mulciber), which suggests that fealty to Voldemort may not end with the person themselves, and extends to their children. It is equally possible, however, that the children have similar ideological views to their parents.
- Dolores Umbridge was never explicitly mentioned to be a Death Eater; however, she was a sympathizer who committed crimes against Muggle-borns at the Ministry of Magic while it was under Voldemort's control
- While the majority of the group were males, two explicitly mentioned female Death Eaters were Bellatrix Lestrange and Alecto Carrow. Another unnamed woman was described in the first chapter of the Deathly Hallows, but it is possible she was Alecto.