I have a couple of theories myself, mostly based on what I know about the historical witch hunts. One of them being that the witch hunts stopped being useless after the 14th century when the books say they were useless. In fact I believe that starting with the late 15th century, the witch hunts started to be really effective, hunting magic people to near extinction over the course of the next 300 years, and they choose to hide and disguise themselves in order to avoid being wiped out. That's also why there was so much muggle hate and so much fear from muggleborns. I think that "The Dark Arts" was actually a term from anti-magic muggle propaganda, imported via muggleborns and the muggle parts of mixed marriages, but "Dark Witch/Wizard" was a very honorable title to have until about the 1720s, when the muggle influence on magical culture lead to disrespect and distrust towards people who used such a title, or any magic seen as "Dark". I also believe that magic folks celebrated Walpurgis Night and Yule up until some point, where in order to appear more friendly to muggles and muggleborns entering magic society, they replaced Yule with Christmas and Walpurgis Night was done away with...
We still celebrate Walpurgis Night here in Sweden! It's called Valborg and is mainly an excuse for students and young people to get drunk from 9 am to 3 am.
The first Death Eaters were: Nagini, Antonin Dolohov, Lestrange, Avery, Mulciber, Rosier, Nott. Why do I say Nagini? Because they knew each other, even before he became Lord Voldemort. This makes sense that she would join his organization, and the rest are his 6 original "friends". I am sure there were some more from the same time, there are also private names published about the 5, but they are not cannon to the books. I sure hope one day, we get to learn more about them, because until now they are shrouded in mystery.
I wonder if there is ANY chance at all of books or movies that may be made about the rise of Voldemort? I wish that we could see more of his early years and his rise until the night he was dispatched.
Well incase you haven't read the Harry Potter books, The Half Blood Prince is about Harry learning about Voldemort's past so he knows how to protect himself against Voldemort and Voldemort's Death Eaters.
Considering the timeliness of the fantastic beats films we might get to here about Tom Riddle as a mention or cameo. They could use that after the fantastic beast films are over to launch Tom Riddle to Voldemort rise movie or something.
Interesting question: from the time he died due to hes curse backfired from baby harry till the gobled of fire he had no body. Can you count those bodyless years to ad to hes age or not. Considering he had no ageing body at that time?
So why didn't Dumbledore reveal Tom Riddle's heritage to the world? That he was a half blood? Even though he would have kept his main death eaters, but he would lose support off the greater wizards that don't want a half blood leader.
During his time at Hogwarts, Voldemort had a gang of fellow Slytherin students, which acted as a precursor to the Death Eaters. This gang included members such as Avery I and Lestrange, and possibly included Rosier, Mulciber I, and Nott as well.
The history of Walpurgis has a bit more to it than just "witches communing with the devil" that was a catholic addition to discard the original pagan holiday. Also Walpurgis was a saint, making the holiday and its name just another one stolen from pagans.
So the knights of walpurgis were instated to protect wizards from muggle persecution, whereas the death eaters were there to oppress wizard kind. Really kind of anti knights of walpurgis situation don’t you think?
@@byronrush9802 yes and no. Yes he wanted to protect the people of the magical world. But his learned hate and suspiciousness of muggles led him to discriminate against those that mixed with them and by extension his own kind. That’s what the chamber of secrets was for after all, to purge muggleborns not just because he saw them as unworthy of learning magic but because he thought they may betray their fellow magic folk to muggle kind.
so basically a more extreme Malcolm x if he hadn't turned back at Mecca and let hate for the white man rule him which in turn caused him to harm his own people who he wished to protect
It would be interesting for the Death Eaters showing their dark mark on a brick wall and have it move just to let the Wizarding community know they were there.
I love you HP vids but also enjoyed your vampire vids. I hope you still do those as well and will consider doing one on my favorite vampire Angel/Angelus
Huh, I didn't know Slytherin created them originally. Must be from the background info, because I'm sure I'd remember it if it was in the books themselves.
They would be the army.. until the army turns into death eaters, which creates the need for aurors policing the police. I wonder if these do exist or are they an extinguished breed of super..highly, desperately needed super humans.. everywhere arround the planet to protect humanity against serial rapists and black mailers
If JK Rowling really has all of this material worked out, than the thing to may be to release it on Pottermore at some chosen time in the future. At some point, when fans are eager for some new material and the social controversy over Rowling's views hs subsided, it may be a good series of articles for the site, much like the material she provided about Ilvermorny, just before "Fantastic Beasts."
Agreed I remember before that the gays were mad at her because there were no gay characters in Harry Potter so she retroactively confirmed Dumbledore is gay, now trans people are angry with her because she says gender is a fact
Definitely not. Grindelwald got locked up in Nurmengard, beaten, in the year Tom Riddle graduated from Hogwarts. When Grindelwald was still at his peak, he would have no business with a bunch of high school students, learning in the building where Albus Dumbledore, his only real foe, lived. When Tom graduated, the Knights Of Walpurgis probably dissolved, as he went to work at Borgin and Burkes, then he officially was considered a missing person. He may have stayed in contact with the former Knights, but the order in its original form (as for what we know) didn't exist, until Voldemort returned over two decades later. By that time, they wouldn't have wanted anything from a fallen icon like Grindelwald, who ended up defeated.
I believe dumbledore saw himself in Tom if he didn't have love..without family and the grief dumbledore let himself feel saved him going dark...that's why he always refused the minister job but always advised...if only I could scare you with a burning wardrobe Tom..if only
Hold on somewhere in the Halfblood Prince book it mentions that Malfoy sr was in his last few years at Hogwarts when Tom Riddle Started in year 1.🤷🏻♂️
Well I wouldn't compare them with us Freemasons. Remember....we let people of all religions into our lodge. That's pretty "Un Voldemortish". True some of the older lodges don't take in women, but there's always a lodge willing to break this old stigma and take in a woman if they ask around. ;)
It always made me laugh that his followers conveniently overlooked that, but he could have glossed over the fact, or played it that his father was magical but lived among muggles, or perhaps he played the way his father was date raped by his mother as an example of the weakness of muggles and how his father abandoned them as an example of their cold heartedness. Who knows? I'd love to find out though.
@@michellewilt4479 he Said his father was a muggle on Little Hangleton graveyard. They knew he was a half blood but they didnt Care because of his ancestor, agenda and Power
He is descended from both Salazar Slytherin and Cadmus Peverell through his mother's family. It was only his father's family that were muggles. I think his power and his maternal heritage and his worldviews and his cruelty and his intimidation, cunning, and powers kept his followers very interested in going along with him.
Not enough pure bloods so in their view half blood was ok to. In the trails they held in half blood prince you read in the books they focussed on muggle born and blood traiters and let half bloods be. At least for the moment it could be that later on they focus on half blood to with the exception on those who show great magic abilities such as snape and only let those be. Voldemort hated spilling wizard blood as seen in deadly hollows he told neville and gave him a change to join him
I have a couple of theories myself, mostly based on what I know about the historical witch hunts. One of them being that the witch hunts stopped being useless after the 14th century when the books say they were useless. In fact I believe that starting with the late 15th century, the witch hunts started to be really effective, hunting magic people to near extinction over the course of the next 300 years, and they choose to hide and disguise themselves in order to avoid being wiped out. That's also why there was so much muggle hate and so much fear from muggleborns. I think that "The Dark Arts" was actually a term from anti-magic muggle propaganda, imported via muggleborns and the muggle parts of mixed marriages, but "Dark Witch/Wizard" was a very honorable title to have until about the 1720s, when the muggle influence on magical culture lead to disrespect and distrust towards people who used such a title, or any magic seen as "Dark". I also believe that magic folks celebrated Walpurgis Night and Yule up until some point, where in order to appear more friendly to muggles and muggleborns entering magic society, they replaced Yule with Christmas and Walpurgis Night was done away with...
We still celebrate Walpurgis Night here in Sweden! It's called Valborg and is mainly an excuse for students and young people to get drunk from 9 am to 3 am.
i’ve been binge watching these videos, keep up the good work man
The first Death Eaters were: Nagini, Antonin Dolohov, Lestrange, Avery, Mulciber, Rosier, Nott. Why do I say Nagini? Because they knew each other, even before he became Lord Voldemort. This makes sense that she would join his organization, and the rest are his 6 original "friends". I am sure there were some more from the same time, there are also private names published about the 5, but they are not cannon to the books. I sure hope one day, we get to learn more about them, because until now they are shrouded in mystery.
Good conclusion
Dnt forget the Father of the black sister's father I believe he himself was a death eater or a knight of walpurgis
Nagini wasn’t
Not Avery and Mulciber. They were at school with Snape. Those three and Malfoy were too young to be original followers.
How would Nagini have known him before? By the time he went to Hogwarts she may have already permanently been a snake.
I wonder if there is ANY chance at all of books or movies that may be made about the rise of Voldemort? I wish that we could see more of his early years and his rise until the night he was dispatched.
Well incase you haven't read the Harry Potter books, The Half Blood Prince is about Harry learning about Voldemort's past so he knows how to protect himself against Voldemort and Voldemort's Death Eaters.
Considering the timeliness of the fantastic beats films we might get to here about Tom Riddle as a mention or cameo.
They could use that after the fantastic beast films are over to launch Tom Riddle to Voldemort rise movie or something.
@@Xedornox I like your theory. It's very accurate. Thanks for sharing. 😊
I want a series about the founders before and during their time at Hogwarts.
@@AWindy94 I second that.
Interesting question: from the time he died due to hes curse backfired from baby harry till the gobled of fire he had no body. Can you count those bodyless years to ad to hes age or not. Considering he had no ageing body at that time?
So why didn't Dumbledore reveal Tom Riddle's heritage to the world? That he was a half blood? Even though he would have kept his main death eaters, but he would lose support off the greater wizards that don't want a half blood leader.
Dumbledore couldn’t even hire competent staff for the school much less deal with his ex, how could you expect him to dispose of Riddle
During his time at Hogwarts, Voldemort had a gang of fellow Slytherin students, which acted as a precursor to the Death Eaters. This gang included members such as Avery I and Lestrange, and possibly included Rosier, Mulciber I, and Nott as well.
Humans have the bad habit of falling for and following narcissistic sociopaths. That's sufficient.
As usual another great video Harry Potter Folklore..thanks for it!!
How did the Death Eaters and their supporters react to an infant Harry being responsible for Voldemort's downfall and disappearance?
The history of Walpurgis has a bit more to it than just "witches communing with the devil" that was a catholic addition to discard the original pagan holiday. Also Walpurgis was a saint, making the holiday and its name just another one stolen from pagans.
I think HRH Princess Michael of Kent is a Death-Eater, and indeed was a key player in assisting the Dark Lord in her native Eastern Europe.
So the knights of walpurgis were instated to protect wizards from muggle persecution, whereas the death eaters were there to oppress wizard kind. Really kind of anti knights of walpurgis situation don’t you think?
Damn that means Salazar Slytherin has been misunderstood this whole time he wasn't a racist he was trying to protect the magical race who knew
@@byronrush9802 yes and no. Yes he wanted to protect the people of the magical world. But his learned hate and suspiciousness of muggles led him to discriminate against those that mixed with them and by extension his own kind. That’s what the chamber of secrets was for after all, to purge muggleborns not just because he saw them as unworthy of learning magic but because he thought they may betray their fellow magic folk to muggle kind.
so basically a more extreme Malcolm x if he hadn't turned back at Mecca and let hate for the white man rule him which in turn caused him to harm his own people who he wished to protect
@@byronrush9802 I do not know a lot about Malcom X myself but that just about sums it up.
The Knights of Walpurgis!
It would be interesting for the Death Eaters showing their dark mark on a brick wall and have it move just to let the Wizarding community know they were there.
I bought a Slytherin colouring book today. Slytherin FTW
I love you HP vids but also enjoyed your vampire vids. I hope you still do those as well and will consider doing one on my favorite vampire Angel/Angelus
I wonder if Herpo the Foul ever accumulated any disciples during his time🤔
Huh, I didn't know Slytherin created them originally. Must be from the background info, because I'm sure I'd remember it if it was in the books themselves.
I said the theory was that they were followers of slytherin
They would be the army.. until the army turns into death eaters, which creates the need for aurors policing the police. I wonder if these do exist or are they an extinguished breed of super..highly, desperately needed super humans.. everywhere arround the planet to protect humanity against serial rapists and black mailers
Great content! New SUB!
If JK Rowling really has all of this material worked out, than the thing to may be to release it on Pottermore at some chosen time in the future. At some point, when fans are eager for some new material and the social controversy over Rowling's views hs subsided, it may be a good series of articles for the site, much like the material she provided about Ilvermorny, just before "Fantastic Beasts."
I never cared about the"scandal". I'd like to read Auror Potter's Casebook, from his job.
Agreed I remember before that the gays were mad at her because there were no gay characters in Harry Potter so she retroactively confirmed Dumbledore is gay, now trans people are angry with her because she says gender is a fact
I need a Series about Voldy
I have an idea to remedy the backlash from the trans community will just retroactively say Voldemort is transspecies he identifies as a snake 🐍
Love 😍❤️This video !
great video!
Lovely video!!! =]
Holy magic!
Any association between Grindlewald and the Knights of Walpurgis?
That would be epic for the fantastic beasts movies
Grindlewald didn't Join Voldemort. Because he choose not to
Definitely not. Grindelwald got locked up in Nurmengard, beaten, in the year Tom Riddle graduated from Hogwarts. When Grindelwald was still at his peak, he would have no business with a bunch of high school students, learning in the building where Albus Dumbledore, his only real foe, lived.
When Tom graduated, the Knights Of Walpurgis probably dissolved, as he went to work at Borgin and Burkes, then he officially was considered a missing person. He may have stayed in contact with the former Knights, but the order in its original form (as for what we know) didn't exist, until Voldemort returned over two decades later. By that time, they wouldn't have wanted anything from a fallen icon like Grindelwald, who ended up defeated.
Can you do a video for Ludo Bagman please?
I always though it a shame that Bagman never made it to the movies. I liked the character in the book as its a bit of comedy relief character
I believe dumbledore saw himself in Tom if he didn't have love..without family and the grief dumbledore let himself feel saved him going dark...that's why he always refused the minister job but always advised...if only I could scare you with a burning wardrobe Tom..if only
Then he should have done more to control tom
@@benjaminacuna8013 the prophecy.he knew he couldn't kill Tom himself.and he did do quiet alot..forming a gang of his own order
When and how'd they get the name/title "death eaters"?
So I love ur content but I just wondering where are u finding this info. I read all the. Books and u comin out the gate with Voldemort's social #
Hold on somewhere in the Halfblood Prince book it mentions that Malfoy sr was in his last few years at Hogwarts when Tom Riddle Started in year 1.🤷🏻♂️
Guys do you know if there is any rumor about upcoming wizarding world films??except fantastic beasts series.
Does he age between godric hallow and the graveyard
Great 👍 job
The fact that Voldemort was born when one of his parents was under the effect of a love potion Didn’t help his attitude much either
I never read the HP books (don’t attack me pls) and I learned about the name “The Knights Of Walpurgis” when I started read Tom Riddle fanfics 😁
What about his father side of the family who were what were they like
Any are you ok, are you ok any
Interesting
What was he like younger
Very interesting 🤨
So you basically told us nothing
Hello brothers and sisters
I have a dark mark tattoo needless to say in the correct spot (inside of arm)
I'm thinking about Getting a Dark mark tattoo, did it hurt a little bit?
@@laevateintechnology5634 getting a tattoo feels like if you take the end of a paperclip and drag it across your skin, it did not hurt at all
@@DavidNovak13 okay
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but toms half muggle
i dont understand
Didn't seem to slow him down any.
Noooo!!!! IAM 3RD!!!!!!!!
you’re wrong he was 72 not 71
Wow! Sixth commenter! It's rare that I'm early! 😄
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Well I wouldn't compare them with us Freemasons. Remember....we let people of all religions into our lodge. That's pretty "Un Voldemortish". True some of the older lodges don't take in women, but there's always a lodge willing to break this old stigma and take in a woman if they ask around. ;)
How can he be the rightful heir when Voldemort when he himself is a half blood
It always made me laugh that his followers conveniently overlooked that, but he could have glossed over the fact, or played it that his father was magical but lived among muggles, or perhaps he played the way his father was date raped by his mother as an example of the weakness of muggles and how his father abandoned them as an example of their cold heartedness. Who knows? I'd love to find out though.
Because his mom was a Gaunt
@@michellewilt4479 he Said his father was a muggle on Little Hangleton graveyard. They knew he was a half blood but they didnt Care because of his ancestor, agenda and Power
He is descended from both Salazar Slytherin and Cadmus Peverell through his mother's family. It was only his father's family that were muggles.
I think his power and his maternal heritage and his worldviews and his cruelty and his intimidation, cunning, and powers kept his followers very interested in going along with him.
Not enough pure bloods so in their view half blood was ok to. In the trails they held in half blood prince you read in the books they focussed on muggle born and blood traiters and let half bloods be. At least for the moment it could be that later on they focus on half blood to with the exception on those who show great magic abilities such as snape and only let those be. Voldemort hated spilling wizard blood as seen in deadly hollows he told neville and gave him a change to join him