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Over the form of the chronicle ofHarry Potter , a act of authentically piquant heroes were created . Alongside those heroes , though , were every bit compelling villains that we simply love to hate . Some of those villains were prototypal , while others came in more unexpected molds — and several even became some of thebest baddie in movie history .
Each one of them was terrifying in their own way , though , and Harry had to face up each of them at least once over the course of his journey . While there are more than seven villains in the worldly concern ofHarry Potter , we ’ve narrowed this lean down to the most sinister , at least from our view .
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7. The Dursleys
The only non - charming entrant on this inclination , the Dursleys were not just to Harry . They never treated him as anything even vaguely resemble a Word , and their behavior toward him frame in on abusive , peculiarly in comparison to their own tike . On top of all that , they did n’t want him to have it off that he was wizard , and so he was dumbfounded by everything that happened in the first book .
Still , for as much psychological harm as they did to Harry , they did n’t actively endeavor to harm him . The Dursleys were bad , for certain , but they did n’t start a wizarding war or anything .
6. Barty Crouch Jr.
A die - hard Voldemort lover if ever there was one , Barty Crouch Jr. does n’t get a whole band of characterization , but he essentially only does bad thing . He ’s implemental in Voldemort ’s ultimate return , he assist in the torture of Neville ’s parents , and he kidnaps Mad - Eye Moody and circumscribe him to a bureau for an entire year so he can assume his identity .
As despicable as Barty Crouch Jr. is , though , he was also just a partisan to a higher power . He believed so wholeheartedly in what Voldemort was trying to achieve that he was unforced to do anything to make it happen .
5. Gellert Grindelwald
Albus Dumbledore ’s oldest friend would probably be high on this tilt if he was more fully educate . As it stands , though , we know that Grindelwald was the most brawny dark wizard in history until Voldemort came along , and that his destination was to bring the wizarding wash out of hiding and allow them to overtop the muggles . Dumbledore initially aligned himself with that goal before ultimately changing his line , and it was Dumbledore who in the end kill Grindelwald and lock him away , never to be seen again until Voldemort came look for the Elder Wand .
4. Peter Pettigrew
A snide snitch who is attracted to world power , Peter Pettigrew was implemental in both Harry ’s ( abbreviated ) death and Voldemort ’s return , and he did it all out of veneration . He betrayed his best friends in the world and then fuel the issue of an ultimate evil , all because he did n’t seem to have any mind what else to do .
Of naturally , he never got the respect or love that he seemed to so desperately lust , in tumid part because he never deserved anyone ’s time or respect . He died in an effort to show mercy , the one good human action he commits in the books , and the one that at long last take to his death .
3. Dolores Umbridge
A character many hate more than Voldemort himself , Dolores Umbridge is horrid in every way . A stickler for the principle who believe in both corporal penalization and use , she easy assumes control of Hogwarts and spends an full twelvemonth denying the return of Lord Voldemort on behalf of the Minister of Magic .
The only good matter about Umbridge is that , in the closing , she gets what ’s come to her . She may have been fascistic about the rule , but the wildness of the existence around her , in particular a group of wild centaurs , advance out .
2. Bellatrix Lestrange
Voldemort ’s most loyal right hand , and his most wicked servant , Bellatrix was not just evil because she believed in what her master was doing . She was a genuine sadist who enjoyed visit bother on her enemies , and took every opportunity she could to do so .
She was also instrumental in Neville ’s parents torturing , and on top of that , she killed Sirius Black , a eminence that will allow her to live in infamy forever . It ’s fitting , then , that Molly Weasley was in the end the one to defeat her . A mother who screw all about love overcome someone who only loved the painful sensation of others was expecially poetic .
1. Lord Voldemort
You knew this was coming , right ? Voldemort is the ultimate bad badness , not just because he is the one who motivate the warfare between maven , but also because he believed so firmly in the political theory of pure blood . On top of that , he did n’t wish at all about human life , and his ignorance about erotic love and benignity were at long last the affair that top to his ruination .
Voldemort was , after all , just a man , and like any man , he was capable of impuissance and nonstarter . He may have been a skilled ace , but it was the things he never cared to infer that finally brought him to his end .
