Emeric the Evil

Emeric the Evil
Biographical information
Born	Middle Ages
Died	Middle Ages
Physical information
Species	Human
Gender	Male
Magical characteristics
Wand	Elder, Thestral tail hair core
Affiliation
Loyalty	Dark Arts

"Binns droned on and on while they scribbled down names and dates and got Emeric the Evil and Uric the Oddball mixed up."

— Description

Emeric the Evil was a short-lived but exceptionally aggressive Dark Wizard from the Middle Ages.

Biography

During his lifetime, he was once the master of the Elder Wand. With it, he terrorised the south of England in the early Middle Ages. He was "slaughtered" in a ferocious duel against Egbert the Egregious.

During their History of Magic lessons with Professor Binns at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, first year students often mixed up Emeric the Evil with Uric the Oddball. The seventh year History of Magic curriculum also covered Emeric the Evil, at least in the 1990–1991 school year.

Magical abilities and skills

• Dark Arts: Emeric the Evil was a profilic Dark Wizard who would have been accomplished with dark magic, likely including the casting of dark charms. It is said that he terrorised Southern England in the early Middle Ages, which he likely did using the Dark Arts.
• Duelling: Having gained ownership of the legendary Elder Wand, Emeric was an aggressive wizard with a proclivity for duelling and martial magic; however, he was defeated and killed in a duel with Egbert the Egregious, meaning he was an inferior duellist to him.

Etymology

The name "Emeric" is a Germanic name, in which the second element is ric meaning "power". The first element may be ermen "whole, universal" (making it a relative of Ermenrich), amal "work, labour" (making it a relative of Amalric) or heim "home" (making it a relative of Henry). It is likely that several forms merged into a single name.

Appearances

• Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (First mentioned)
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Mentioned only)
• The Tales of Beedle the Bard (First appearance)
• Pottermore (Mentioned only)
• Wizarding World (Mentioned only)
• Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery (Mentioned only)

Notes and references

Known Owners of the Deathly Hallows