All-time favorite ‘Harry Potter‘ is adapted from the series of novels written by J.K. Rowling. It introduced us to new terms like muggles, Lord Voldemort AKA Dark Lord, and spells like ‘Lumos‘ and ‘Avada Kadarva‘. The seven-part novels were unique and magical, but seeing our beloved characters come alive was splendid. The excitement to watch the Trio walk through the humongous ‘Great hall’ to the darkness of the ‘Death Eater’ truly amazed us. The movie got us all waiting for our letter from Hogwarts.
Harry Potter opens with an orphan Harry living with this awful adoptive family, rescued by Hagrid, the groundkeeper of Hogwarts. He instantly befriends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger and meets his archnemesis Draco Malfoy. The trio, when not brewing potions, go around solving the mystery of Harry’s scar and his connection to The Dark Lord.
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Why And How Voldemort Became The Dark Lord?
‘The one who must not be named’ creates the feeling of fear and twitch whenever spoken about. He is known for being the bravest and greatest wizard of all time, who tapped into the window of Dark Magic.
Dark Magic is something very powerful and disturbing that every Wizard stays away from it. Tom Riddle is no ordinary wizard! But what pushed him into becoming The Dark Lord?
Well, as Potterheads, the tragic history of Tom Riddle is well known. The journey from Tom Riddle to Lord Voldemort is indeed very dark. As feared death, Lord Voldemort created something called the Horcrux – dividing fragments of his soul and hiding them into objects of value. With each Horcrux made, Tom Riddle lost a piece of humanity, hence becoming The Dark Lord. Lord Voldemort is the anagram of his birth name – Tom Marvolo Riddle. The Death Eaters call him, The Dark Lord out of utmost respect.
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Who Are Death Eaters?
The Death-Eaters are the elite group who are the most zealous followers of Lord Voldemort. Initially, the elite group consisted of wizards and Witches who were radical pure-blood supremacists and practiced the Dark Arts without fearing the wizarding laws. They wore black hoods and mask with snake lie eye silt to cover their faces. Lord Voldemort used this elite group in the first and the second Wizarding Wars. The members of the inner circle have a ‘dark mark’ burned on their left forearm. This mark was a direct connection to Lord Voldemort.
Head of the Slytherin House, Professor Severus Snape is one of the loyal followers of Lord Voldemort, making him a Death-Eater. The reason not revealed in the movie- Snape joined the Dark Force because he was promised that Lily Potter- the love of his life can be brought back from death. Not only Snape, but Lucius Malfoy, and Bellatrix Lestrange were also loyal followers of Lord Voldemort. Their sole purpose was to serve their master and make him happy. Draco Malfoy is the youngest recruit during the Second Wizarding War. He was ordered to assassin Albus Dumbledore, which he failed to accomplish twice. On his third attempt, he managed to corner and disarm him before deciding not to kill Dumbledore.
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