minor death eaters active during the first wizarding war
I've created a list of my interpretations of the Death Eaters who we know participated in the First Wizarding War, specifically the ones we donβt have much canon info about because theyβre very minor characters. For this reason I wonβt include: Bellatrix, Lucius, Snape, Peter, Regulus, and Barty Crouch jr. (Reg and Barty are arguably minor but thereβs soooo much meta on them, I canβt be fucked to add to it tbh lol)
This is loosely organised by rank or relevance to the story, which may be somewhat subjective. With each Death Eater Iβll start with what we do know or can infer from canon, then add my own personal headcanon and interpretations for each characterβ but Iβll still try to explain how these are based in canon. If you interpret them differently that's obviously fine haha, that's why it's an interpretation.
Quick note about Bellatrix and Lucius: I think itβs telling that they were both entrusted with Horcruxes, this points to them being very highly ranked among Death Eaters during the first war. So if they were included in this list theyβd be at the top over Travers and Dolohov, for the record. Iβve also written about the fact that I think Bellatrixβs rank was unusual among female Death Eaters here.
DEATH EATER LIST -----------------------------------------
(If a first name is small and unbolded, itβs the name Iβve given them and not canon.)
JAGO TRAVERS:
I think since I just ended up liking his character, Iβve given Travers more importance than he may have actually had haha, but it is true that he addresses Bellatrix (or Hermione as Bellatrix) with familiarity and fearlessness, as an equal rather than a subordinate. He's even affronted when Hermione is rude to him, suggesting that this isnβt their typical dynamicβ interesting since Bellatrix usually has no qualms being rude and impatient with other DEs.
We know he was responsible for the murders of the McKinnon family. Karkaroff names him as an important Death Eater, and he was sent to Azkaban at the end of the war.
My version of Travers is first and foremost a pragmatist. In canon he comes across as more composed, more rational than other Death Eaters. He has a "cool" "sharp" voice, he's much less emotional and more practical than Selwyn at the Lovegood house, and he displays moments of ironic, callous humour with 'Bellatrix.'
The way I see him heβs strategically-minded, cold, calculating, and intelligent; and unlike the sadistic Mulciber or self-interested Lucius, he is all about the mission, which he puts strictly before his own personal pleasure or status. Heβs not motivated by passion like Bellatrix either, he simply believes Voldemortβs way is the correct way and seeks the most efficient way to achieve it.
This quality is what leads to his advancement in the ranks and makes him a very competent general. However, this also causes a rift among the higher-ranking Death Eaters; Travers and Rosier believe in a straightforward, warlike approach, whereas Lucius and Mulciber are more partial to subtlety and manipulation.
ANTONIN DOLOHOV:
Dolohov was among those sent to Azkaban after the end of the first war, a loyal supporter who didn't renounce Voldemort. Karkaroff tells the Wizengamot that he witnessed Dolohov torturing βcountless Muggles and non-supportersβ of Voldemort. He was involved in the murders of the Prewett brothers, along with four other Death Eaters. He's the first name given by Karkaroff.
A Dolohov is among the original Death Eaters mentioned as waiting in Hogsmeade when Voldemort interviews for the DADA post, I think itβs probable that this is the same Dolohov, so he was already serving Voldemort around the late 60s to early 70s.
His βtwisted face,β proclivity for torture, glee after hurting Hermione, and particular hatred of Muggles all point to me towards a sadist who is nevertheless intelligent and competent.
βDolohovβ is a Russian name and itβs likely he was named after the character Dolokhov from War and Peaceβ which Iβve never read, but from some brief research, Tolstoyβs Dolokhov delights in causing misery in others, is clever, competent, ruthless, but reckless. I think this fits pretty well if we extrapolate these traits to Antonin Dolohov.
ββ¦the very process of dominating anotherβs will was in itself a pleasure, a habit, and a necessity to Dolokhov.β
The way Iβve used Dolohov is that heβs responsible for bringing in supporters from abroad, one of these being Igor Karkaroffβ in W&P Dolokhov manipulates young men into joining his gambling circle, so I see this as a fitting role for Antonin Dolohov, who I think was of Russian ancestry but born in Britain, though still able to use his connections abroad. Despite Dolohovβs sadistic nature, I also see him as strategic, pragmatic, and dedicated, and so he falls more into Traversβs camp than Luciusβs.
EVAN ROSIER:
Evan Rosier is among the younger generation of Death Eaters, because heβs mentioned by Sirius as having gone to school with Snape. However this could make him either closer to Bellatrix/Lucius in age, or closer to Snape/Avery/Mulciber. Thereβs also a Rosier who was one of the original Death Eaters (Iβll talk about him below) and itβs possible that this is Evanβs father. The Rosiers are part of the Sacred Twenty-eight.
As for Evan himself, heβs the second name given by Karkaroff as an βimportant Death Eater.β We also know that Evan Rosier βpreferred to fight rather than coming quietly,β and managed to blast a chunk of Moodyβs nose off in the struggle before being killed.
Building from the fact that he fought to the death rather than being imprisoned, managing to permanently injure Moody, my version of Rosier is a proud, skilled, merciless fighter. He has a single-minded commitment to his causeβ the supremacy of pureblood wizards. He will stop at nothing to achieve this and is fiercely loyal to the Death Eater cause and Lord Voldemort, even over himself. He is traditionalist and reserved, but violent and remorseless.
Being that Karkaroff names him as important, I think he rose quickly through the ranks after leaving school because of his skill and dedication. His impatience with what he sees as βfrivolity and mind games,β as well as his preference for straightforward violence and direct action put him at odds with Lucius Malfoy, and in allegiance with Travers.
EVELYN MULCIBER (MULCIBER JR.):
My personal favourite Death Eater after Snape, though for very different reasons lol. We know he went to school with and was friends with Snape and Avery. Curiously heβs not named by Sirius in GoF, but I think this can just be put down to Sirius listing names as they occur to him rather than being wholly accurate. Mulciber and Averyβs sense of humour is described by Lily as βevil,β and she describes Mulciber himself as βcreepy.β He attacked Gryffindor Mary MacDonald with unknown dark magic, for βa laugh,β according to Sev.
Personally, I think this is implied to be an attempted Imperius Curse, since Karkaroff tells the Wizengamot that the Imperius Curse was Mulciberβs speciality and that he βforced countless people to do horrific things.β Mulciber is sent to Azkaban at the end of the war.
From this we can conclude that he was either notorious enough not to be given the benefit of the doubt like Avery, or that he was loyal enough to not renounce Voldemort. We also have my favourite quote of all timeβ jkr said in an interview that Snape βwanted Lily, but he also wanted Mulciber.β
The Mulcibers are not part of the Sacred Twenty-eight, but as Iβve said previously, there could be various explanations for this. A Mulciber is part of Voldemortβs original Death Eaters, this is possibly Mulciber jr.βs father.
I think itβs pretty easy to deduce that Mulciber was sadistic and manipulative. Iβve written a lot about my interpretation of Mulciber on hereβ I see him as a narcissist, an opportunist, very skilled at identifying potential assets and manipulating people to his advantage. I think that Mulciber spotted Snapeβs ability and put considerable effort into securing his friendship and loyalty, positioning himself as a sympathetic, understanding figure that Snape would admire and want to be friends with. The Imperius is just a literal form of manipulation, so the fact that this is Mulciberβs speciality leads me to think that he himself was a natural manipulator. He sees people as tools but is nevertheless very adept at preying on their desires and insecurities, heβs clever and has well-developed social skills.
His proclivity for the Imperius was no doubt incredibly useful for the Death Eaters, which is why he was given importance despite his youth, and he would have been more aligned with Luciusβs subtle, diplomatic approach rather than Travers and Rosier.
PRESTON AVERY (AVERY JR.)
My other detestable fave. Along with Mulciber, we know that Avery was friends with Snape in school, and that his sense of humour was βevil.β There are a few things that distinguish Avery from Mulciber: for instance Mulciber was the instigator of the attack on Mary, not Avery, and also Avery escaped Azkaban by saying he was under the Imperius curse and did not attempt to seek Voldemort out.
In the graveyard, Avery flings himself at Voldemortβs feet and begs his forgiveness, specifically in a βshriek,β before Voldemort tortures him. In OotP Avery gives Voldemort incorrect information about the prophecy in the Dept. of Mysteries, and is tortured for this mistake. Haha poor Avery never catches a break (he deserves it tho.)
An Avery is mentioned as being part of Riddle's gang in Slughorn's memory, this is possibly Avery's father. Karkaroff does not name him, meaning he was either unimportant or unknown to Karkaroff, or both.
Sirius says that Avery βwormedβ his way out of Azkaban, and given that Sirius knew him at school I think this is indicative of Averyβs character, as is his shrieking and flinging for Voldemortβs forgiveness. So in my mind heβs sly, devious, and self-serving, since unlike his fellows Mulciber and Rosier, he isnβt willing to die or be sent to Azkaban for Voldemort.
It's unclear why he would have told Voldemort that Bode could steal the prophecy-- perhaps he worked for the Ministry after the war.
Iβve leant quite heavily into the βevil sense of humourβ for Avery, and given him a very twisted, specifically misogynistic humour, as this is common in teenage boys (and I think it's a vague possibility that Maryβs attack might have been sexual in nature.) For Lily to mention him, Avery had to have pulled his own weight in the evil sense of humour department.
Thereβs a pathetic element to him too, heβs not quite as clever nor talented as Mulciber and Snape, though still conniving enough to avoid Azkaban. His begging for forgiveness in the graveyard suggests to me that he thought speaking up would be a strategic way to avoid Voldemortβs displeasure, and he was sadly mistaken. I think his claiming Bode could remove the prophecy was a similar, and similarly misjudged, attempt to gain favour.
AUGUSTUS ROOKWOOD
I actually think Rookwood should go above Avery, but Avery in my heart is a more relevant character, so there you are. But Rookwood is named by Karkaroff, right after Travers and Mulciber, and we know he was a spy based in the Department of Mysteries, a fact which was unknown to the Ministry until Karkaroffβs trial.
Ludo Bagman also describes βold Rookwoodβ as a friend of his dadβs, meaning he was probably an older gent, and Bagman also says βRookwood kept talking about getting me a job in the Ministry later on.β
According to Karkaroff, Rookwood had a network of informants inside the Ministry and outβ since we know one of these was the unwitting Bagman, itβs likely other informants were also unaware of what they were doing. Rookwood uses the promise of a Ministry job to wheedle info from Bagman, meaning he was presumably well-placed enough in the Ministry to be able to offer a job, and also clever and conniving enough to know how to manipulate people into giving him intel. (tbf Bagman was probably an easy mark, but Rookwood was able to spot that.)
Since Rookwoodβs identity was unknown for so long and only given up by Karkaroff post-war, I think itβs safe to assume he was very competent as a spy, intelligent and careful. Itβs likely that not many Death Eaters knew about him (as Karkaroff states, many of them didnβt know about each other) and I doubt the Order would have, either. It probably was just bad luck for Rookwood that Karkaroff somehow did find out at some point, since I think itβs most likely that Snape didnβt knowβ or else Dumbledore and the Wizengamot would have already been aware.
This for me means I canβt really include him much in my fic in anything other than hints and cameos. Since Bagman and his father both like him, I think his outward persona at least was probably charming and friendly. In his mugshot he's leaning against the frame and looking bored, which I think is indicative of his true personality: ruthless, cold, indifferent. The charming persona is a carefully and cleverly constructed mask.
RODOLPHUS LESTRANGE
The reason Rodolphus and his brother arenβt higher up is that I donβt think they were as nearly as important/relevant as Bellatrix. Outside of the Pensieve trial theyβre barely ever mentioned, theyβre present at a few battles but never given any protagonism. Tellingly, Bellatrix herself doesnβt mention or interact with her husband once. We know he was βtall and thickset,β that he and his brother participated in the torture of the Longbottoms, and were among Voldemortβs loyal supporters who didnβt renounce him after the war.
A Lestrange is in Riddle's group at school- this is either the father/other relative of Rabastan and Rodolphus, since Sirius implying Rodolphus was in school with Bellatrix means it can't be Rodolphus himself.
My view of Rodolphus is that he followed his wifeβs lead, as she was the dominant partner. I donβt think he was clever or talented or ambitious enough to distinguish himself as a leader in his own right, and that he was primarily useful to Bellatrix for his wealth and pureblood name. In my opinion Bellatrix didnβt really like her husband, in fact she almost just tolerated him while having affairs not only with Voldemort but other men (when Voldemort didnβt pay her attention) and Rodolphus was largely oblivious to this lol. The Lestrange brothers were decently ranked, but this is owing more to their wealth and pureblood name (and association with Bellatrix) rather than their ability. Β
RABASTAN LESTRANGE
A lot of what Iβve said for Rodolphus goes for Rabastan, but I'll add a few things. First is that I think Rabastan provides an explanation for why Sirius names Bellatrix and Rodolphus as part of Snapeβs group in school, even though this is unlikely given their ages. Rabastan was almost certainly the younger brother since Bellatrix would have married the Lestrange heir, heβs described as thinner and more nervous than his brother in the Pensieve, which also fits with him being younger.
So, my theory is that Sirius was just describing a specific βgroup of Slytherinsβ as a whole throughout the years, and that there was some overlap and changing of members as people entered the school or graduated from it. Bellatrix was perhaps the leader of that group when she was at school, which would have included the younger Rabastanβ then, if either Mulciber or Avery were slightly older than Sev, theyβd have potentially been in Bellatrixβs group but almost certainly in Rabastanβs.
About Rabastan himself, the description of him being thin and his βeyes darting around the roomβ make me think he's slyer and more unassuming than his brother, easily overshadowed by Rodolphus and certainly Bellatrix. Thereβs something more calculating about him too, but his subservience to his brother and sister-in-law means he stays somewhat in the background.
WALDEN MACNAIR
Weβre introduced to Macnair as an executioner working in the Committee for the Disposal of Dangerous Creaturesβ however, itβs mentioned in the graveyard that Macnair wasnβt doing this job during the first war, and Voldemort then offers him βbetter victims.β Itβs possible to interpret that Macnair was younger, since he wasnβt yet established in his career during the first war. This isnβt necessarily the case but Macnair is also described as muscular in PoA which gives the impression of a younger, fitter man.
Macnair is one of the Death Eaters who was sent to liaise with the giants. He didnβt search for Voldemort after the downfall, and the other thing to note is that Macnair is genuinely frustrated about not being able to execute Buckbeak.
So I think we can infer that Macnair is violent and bloodthirsty, with a particular penchant for cruelty towards animals/magical creatures. A connection can be made between Macnair being an animal executioner and the fact that he was sent to the giants. Personally Iβve used Macnair in a similar way, involving him in the recruitment of Fenrir Greyback and other werewolves.
The fact he uses an axe instead of magic to execute Buckbeak is odd; either this is a very outdated, inhumane practice of the Committee itself, or Macnair's choice because idk he just loves violence. I tend to think it's the first, though I'm sure Macnair has no complaints about it.
Iβve characterised Macnair as being generally smooth and swaggering, kind of debonair and very full of himself, literally just because of his muscles and moustache lol. But he has a cruel sense of humour, liking for violence and deep disdain for non-humans especially but also Muggles and Muggleborns.
FULGENCE NOTT
Not(t) much is known about Theodore Nottβs father, who is described as a βstooped man,β and this plus his single line of dialogue (βMy Lord, I prostrate myself before you, I am your most faithful ββ) paint a picture of a sycophantic, obsequious, pretentious but fairly pathetic man haha. He was likely decently ranked, like the Lestrange brothers, due to his family name. He escaped Azkaban.
Not only are the Notts part of the Sacred Twenty-Eight, their ancestor Cantakerus Nott is also believed to be the author of that list. We also know that Nott Sr. was friendly with Slughorn and an old favourite of his, and that heβs a widower, having lost his wife when Theodore was young (this is probably supposed to be the death that Theodore witnessed.)
A Nott is also one of the Death Eaters waiting for Voldemort during his interview with Dumbledore, and in this case itβs likely the same Nott, meaning he was already serving Voldemort by the early 70s.
I donβt have much to add about Nott, his being an old favourite of Slughorn fits with his sycophantic personality, and with the idea that he was in Voldemortβs gang at school and part of the original Death Eaters. I've given him the unfortunate name Fulgence because he's so pathetic in such a pretentious way lol.
CORBAN YAXLEY:
I donβt think Yaxley was particularly high-ranking until around DH, when the power vacuum left by Luciusβs fall from grace provided him an opportunity. Snape names Yaxley in HBP as one of the Death Eaters who avoided Azkaban and never attempted to seek Voldemort out, and he wasnβt at the battle of the Dept. of Mysteries, but he was arrested at Hogwarts after Dumbledoreβs death.
He has a 'heavy, brutal face' and 'blunt' features which I think gives a clue to his personality, but of the DEs in the Astronomy Tower he also seems to be the most sensible and focused on the mission. He also comes across as confident and self-assured when he speaks at Malfoy Manor in DH, while 'determined' to gain Voldemort's approval.
In the Astronomy Tower, he appears to be the senior Death Eater as he gives Greyback ordersβ however, I think itβs worth noting that the Death Eaters present on the Astronomy tower (except Snape) were not high-ranking in general. I think this is purposeful; Voldemort sent in expendable soldiers whose job it was to keep the Order busy while Draco or Snape assassinated Dumbledore, and it's also true that many high-ranking DEs were arrested at the Ministry at the end of OotP.
So, I think during the first war Yaxley was really a foot soldier, though one of the more competent ones. I think he was probably ambitious and sought to rise in the ranks, but it was the fact that he was lower-profile than someone like Mulciber or Bellatrix that allowed him to get close enough to Thicknesse to Imperiuse him in DH, then later become Head of Magical Law Enforcement.
Because of her notoriety the general public might have had a harder time accepting Bellatrix in that post, but since Yaxley was a relative unknown he was a good choice, even more so because he proved himself by Imperiusing Thicknesse. I think the same mostly holds true of the Carrows teaching at Hogwarts but Iβll get to that.
IGOR KARKAROFF
I almost didnβt include Karkaroff in this list because we do see quite a lot of him as a character, but I think there are a few things worth pointing out. First is that Karkaroff flees when the Dark Mark burns in GoF, and he gives up fellow Death Eaters to avoid Azkabanβ inherently he is cowardly and disloyal, and also not wise enough to realise that he would certainly be tracked down in the end.
Second is the fact that Karkaroff is foreign. In DH before the Gringotts break-in, Travers treats βDragomir Despardβ with distaste and obvious xenophobia, so I think the same would have applied to Karkaroff. On the other hand, Travers quite easily accepts the idea that theyβd recruit a foreign wizard, so this is probably something theyβd done in the past.
Like I said in Dolohovβs section, I think Karkaroff was recruited by Dolohov, since both names seem to be Russian. This personal connection also explains for me why Karkaroff would name Dolohov first.
Draco claims that Lucius knows Karkaroff, but this is likely Draco exaggerating his fatherβs importance, plus the fact that as Headmaster of Durmstrang Karkaroff would be of more relevance to Lucius than during the war.
Karkaroff doesn't name Lucius at his hearing; I think we can infer that the Death Eaters that he does name are those that he worked with, or else he would have named more people when he started getting desperate. In fact the order Karkaroff names them in (Dolohov > Rosier > Travers > Mulciber > Rookwood > Snape) might be somewhat indicative of who he knew best and considered most important. Karkaroff's testimony has been much more useful to me than it was to the Ministry haha, thanks Igor.
DEVEREUX WILKES
Pretty much nothing is known about Wilkes, other than the fact that they were a contemporary of Snape and died in the first war. Not even their gender is known.
So weβre free to do literally anything with Wilkes. Iβve chosen to interpret the fact that he died (my version is male, since there are very few female Death Eaters) as being due to incompetence rather than nobly going out fighting the way Rosier did. Heβs sycophantic, entitled, and ambitious but all around rather pathetic, and not as skilled nor clever as he thinks he is. I donβt think heβd ever be more than a foot soldier. Again though, thereβs no canon info to base anything off other than the fact that Wilkes was youngish and diedβ and also arguably the lack of information itself might imply Wilkes just wasnβt ever very important haha.
ALECTO AND AMYCUS CARROW
Lumping these guys together. The Carrows are fairly established characters so I wonβt talk much about Alecto and Amycus themselves. Their speech comes across as more working-class than other Death Eaters, theyβre present in the group that infiltrates Hogwarts in HBP (see Yaxleyβs section for more on this) and theyβre not mentioned in the graveyard despite avoiding Azkaban, so I tend to think that they were very low-ranked during the first war, basically expendable foot soldiers.
Like Yaxley, I think they were given their positions at Hogwarts because of their lack of notoriety, but unlike Yaxley I think they were relegated to a relatively easy job, under the guidance of Snape, because they werenβt useful or talented enough to be needed elsewhere.
It's also possible that Snape asked for the Carrows because they'd be easier to control than other Death Eaters.
Alecto Carrow is the only named female Death Eater apart from Bellatrix. Alecto is one of the Furies from Greek myth, vengeful goddesses who punish mortals, which I think is fitting.
JERVAISE CRABBE / TITUS GOYLE
Iβm putting these together too because Iβve recently written an entire meta about Crabbe and Goyle and their dads and thatβs already way too much for me. Also theyβre basically indistinguishable from each other. Find that post here, the main thing is that I think they were also low-ranking foot soldiers. Beats me why Voldemort decided to specifically call them out in the graveyard.
Crabbe Sr. is present at the Department of Mysteries, Goyle Sr. is not, that's literally the only difference between them, so maybe Crabbe was a bit more important/talented/something than Goyle. Who cares, honestly.
FENRIR GREYBACK
Yes, Greyback is more relevant than many of the above. However, heβs almost certainly the lowest-ranking, as he never has a Dark Mark. In fact, I think that while he was aligned with the Death Eaters during the first war, he wasnβt actually formally recruited until around HBP, and he never had full Death Eater status. In Snapeβs memory, Dumbledore comments that Voldemort has recruited Greyback, implying he hadnβt been recruited before that. Mainly I just wanted to point this out, because we do know quite a lot about Greyback as a character.
The other important thing is that Greyback is treated with contempt and revulsion by other Death Eaters, heβs generally subservient to them, even though some of them seem to fear him. My theory is that the Death Eaters were considering using Greyback during the first war but were not willing to afford him even informal Death Eater status-- they only did this later, when the reduction in ranks following the arrests at the Dept. of Mysteries necessitated more recruits. This is also why the Carrows and Yaxley would have become more important around this time.
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If you made it through all that I am very surprised. Obviously this is how these characters appear in my series The Darkest Days and in fact this list really started off as a way to organise my characters haha. But maybe it can be useful or interesting to someone, i don't know!
OTHER NOTES:
There are also Death Eaters known to have participated in the second wizarding war, but itβs never mentioned whether they participated in the first. Since Iβve already got way too many characters on my hands with the above, Iβve chosen to just not include them or bother fleshing them out lol. They may or may not have been there, in general I think itβs likely that they were.
These are: Thorfinn Rowle, Selwyn, Jugson, Gibbon. I think Jugson, given he was at the Dept. of Mysteries, and Rowle, given that characters recognise him from wanted posters, are the most likely to have participated in the first war. With the possible exception of Selwyn, all seem to be pretty low-ranking.
The Three Dads: so these are the fathers (or other relatives) of Avery, Mulciber, and Rosier, who are all part of Voldemortβs original Death Eaters. They are mentioned in Pensieve memories but never in the context of either war. My view is that in these cases (Rosier, Avery, Mulciber) the sons were more active as Death Eaters during the later years of the war, on the battlefield and otherwise, whereas the fathers acted more as shadowy benefactors/financial backers for Voldemortβs interests, using their money and social influence and sending their sons to fight for them, but also having plausible deniability if their sons got caught.
Even though theyβre not very relevant themselves, I actually have fleshed them out a bit just because their sons are important characters in my fic. None of this is really directly based in canon, since thereβs no info, rather Iβve built their characters around their sons. So this isn't canon, just read if you're interested:
Aymeric Rosier (Rosier Sr.): I see Rosier Sr. as cold, distant, and domineering. He is cruel to his sons and inflicts harsh punishments on them, and is also an avid Nogtail hunting enthusiast. Their house is filled with hunting trophies, dead and stuffed animalsβ many of them exotic animals hunted on holidays abroad, mainly to India and Kenya, where he has business interests. You can see where Iβm going with thisβ an imperialist, basically.
Erastus Mulciber (Mulciber Sr.): I mentioned that the Mulcibers aren't part of the Sacred 28, in my mind this isn't because the Mulcibers aren't a prestigious and wealthy pureblood family, but because a specific relative ruined it for them in recent history by marrying a Muggle-born. All members of this branch of the family mysteriously disappeared on holiday in 1942. Mulciber Sr. himself is for this reason very proud, haughty, defensive of his family's superiority, and he has passed down these traits to his son.
Enoch Avery (Avery Sr.): I mentioned that I characterise Avery jr. as a misogynist, and this comes from his father, who is a known rake and frequently conducts extramarital affairs. He is distant from his family and has high, unreachable expectations of his son, who is eternally trying to please him to no avail. Unlike his son, Avery Sr. is charming, charismatic, competent. Avery jr. simultaneously resents his father and seeks his approval.
Thereβs also a Lestrange mentioned in Slughorn's memory, but personally I think itβs quite possible that heβs dead since Rodolphus and Bellatrix are in possession of the Lestrange vault and fortune by the time Voldemort hides the Horcrux.
