When we talk about the Dark Witches and Wizards in the Harry Potter Universe, the most popular ones we can think of are Voldemort, Grindelwald and Bellatrix.
But besides them, there are many other lesser-known dark witches and wizards who are equally dangerous and evil, if not more.
The Harry Potter Universe extends way beyond the main novels and movies. This fictional Wizarding World has existed for centuries and hence, there has been a huge amount of time for dark magic to be experimented with.
In this article, I am counting down the top 10 most evil witches and wizards in Harry Potter Lore. Bear in mind that my list is based on how sinister or cruel these wizards are; it is not based on their strength or power.
10Gellert Grindelwald
Grindelwald was a dark wizard, born in 1883, who became one of the biggest threats to the Wizarding World during his time. He was extremely dangerous and powerful and even oppressive at times to people unlike his kind.
Now you might be wondering why I have ranked him so low. The reason is that he genuinely believed that what he was doing was for “the greater good” and his intentions behind establishing a New World Order were not actually bad.
He was evil for sure, just not as much as the others on this list.
9Bellatrix Lestrange
Bellatrix was a dark witch who would visibly take pleasure in torturing others and found it amusing to watch them suffer. Her most-used spell was the Cruciatus or Torture Curse.
Bellatrix attended Hogwarts around the 1960s and was probably the most loyal follower of Voldemort. She was known for the wide range of Unforgivable Curses she would inflict on her unsuspecting victims.
8Loxias
Loxias was an owner of the Elder Wand. He was responsible for giving it the name “The Death Stick” because he used it to mercilessly kill several people during his time.
Owing to his evil deeds, he was wanted dead by almost everyone. According to Dumbledore, Loxias’ own mother was one of the people who claimed to have killed him.
7Emeric the Evil
This dark wizard was so evil that the word itself is in his name. Emeric is said to have tormented the South of England in the early Middle Ages.
Historically Emeric may not have been the first person to hold the Elder Wand but on record, he was the first to officially possess it. Although his life was short-lived, he was known to be exceptionally aggressive.
6Gormlaith Gaunt
Gormlaith Gaunt was an Irish dark witch who strongly believed in pure blood supremacy. Her hatred for anyone who opposed her went so deep that she ended up murdering her own sister and brother-in-law.
Gormlaith was the founder of Ilvermony School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. She also attended Hogwarts where she was sorted into Slytherin. Like Voldemort, she was incapable of love and affection.
5Salazar Slytherin
Salazar Slytherin, believed to have been born before 976 AD, was the one who created the Chamber of Secrets in which he hid a Basilisk, or the Serpent of Slytherin. He did this for the purpose of ridding Hogwarts of all muggle students.
This dark wizard is famously known for being the founder of Slytherin House at Hogwarts. He was against muggle-born students joining Hogwarts and wanted only pure bloods to be admitted, a philosophy that was passed on to other Slytherins.
4Herpo the Foul
Herpo the Foul, an ancient dark wizard from Greece, is commonly referred to as one of the earliest dark wizards in the Wizarding World. During his time, he created the worst forms of magic imaginable.
He produced the first Basilisk and could speak Parseltongue. These are also reasons why he could possibly be a distant relative of Salazar Slytherin. Herpo was finally immortalized on a Chocolate Frog Card.
3 Lord Voldemort
Voldemort devoted his life to creating an army of the strongest pure blood witches and wizards so that they could eliminate all the muggle-born and non-pure blood wizards and reign supreme. He had a warped perception of the world and sought immortality.
Voldemort had a troubling childhood and was incapable of feeling love.
Some of the most horrific things he did include murdering his family and creating horcruxes. What makes him so evil is that he never once experienced grief or regret for any of his wrongdoings.
This might be surprising but Voldemort was not the most evil wizard in Harry Potter. He was certainly the most feared during his existence but there were wizards with much crueler intentions that came before him.
2Raczidian
Raczidian was a very talented dark wizard who existed during an ancient period. He could cast all kinds of curses and produce several types of evil potions. However, the one thing he struggled with was the Patronus Charm.
Instead of seeing his spirit animal, Raczidian was met with evil maggots when he cast the Patronus spell. These maggots then devoured his entire body.
Anyone pure of heart would easily be able to perform the Charm. This incident proves that he was not just impure of heart; he was pure evil and his heart was black.
1Ekrizdis
Ekrizdis is the most evil wizard in the Harry Potter Universe. He was the first person to inhabit the island fortress of Azkaban. While doing Dark Arts experiments there, he would place concealment charms on the island and then lure muggle sailors to torture and eventually murder them.
Ekrizdis isn’t very well known but he marked his place in wizarding history by becoming a practitioner of the worst kinds of dark magic known to the Wizarding World. His magic makes Voldemort’s horcruxes almost seem like nothing.
Ekrizdis went completely insane after spending all that time doing experiments on the island. In his madness, whether intentionally or not, he created Dementors, which are now known to be the most evil creatures in the Wizarding World. He truly earns the top spot on this list.
About Harry Potter
Harry Potter is a film series based on the eponymous novel series by J. K. Rowling. The series is distributed by Warner Bros. and consists of eight fantasy films, beginning with Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone and culminating with Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2.
The film series follows Harry Potter, the Boy Who Lived, and his journey to take down the evil wizard Lord Voldemort and save Hogwarts, the Wizarding School he attended, with his best friends Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley.
The series was mainly produced by David Heyman, and stars Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, and Emma Watson as the three leading characters: Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, and Hermione Granger.
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