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- In Harry Potter and the Order of the Pheonix, Bellatrix taunts Harry for his inability to cast the curse: Hatred rose in Harry such as he had never known before; he flung himself out from behind the fountain and bellowed, "Crucio!"
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May 21, 2019 · In the Harry Potter and The Order of the Phoenix, when Harry used the Cruciatus curse on Bellatrix after she killed Sirius Black, is there any specific reason why she remained almost completely unaffected by it?
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The pain caused by the Cruciatus Curse was described by Harry Potter as being worse than "one thousand white-hot knives, boring into the skin" and beyond what most people would ever experience. The sensation of the curse was so intense that the person under the effects wished for unconsciousness and even death, as a means of escaping the searing pa...
Middle Ages
The Cruciatus Curse was invented during the early Middle Ages. According to Barty Crouch Jnr, the curse was once very popular. After the Wizards' Council was reformed into the Ministry of Magic, tighter restrictions were placed on the use of certain kinds of magic. The Cruciatus Curse was deemed by the Ministry to be dark magic, and, along with the Imperius and Killing Curses, were declared "unforgivable" throughout the UK in 1717. The use of any of these three curses on a fellow human being...
19th Century
During the 19th century, Noctua Gaunt opposed and attempted to change the family's use of the Dark Arts and wished to uncover more about Salazar Slytherin's legacy. While attending Hogwarts, she heard about and discovered the secret entrance to Slytherin's Scriptorium, and this was the last time that both her brother and anybody else in the wizarding world heard from her. Noctua embarked on a journey through the Scriptorium's convoluted puzzles but died in front of the final door that require...
First Wizarding War
During the First Wizarding War, when Barty Crouch Snr was in charge of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, he fought violence with violence and legalised the three Unforgivable Curses for Aurors against the Death Eaters in order to win the war.This was repealed once the war was over, as it was no longer necessary. Shortly after Voldemort's first downfall, four Death Eaters — three Lestranges: Bellatrix, Rodolphus and Rabastan; along with Barty Crouch Jnr — captured the Aurors Frank and...
Crucio means 'I torture'. Cruciatustakes its name from the Latin word for 'pain' or 'torture', the root of which can be seen in other words such as 'excruciating' and 'crucifixion'.
In the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, when Harry Potter casts this spell on Bellatrix Lestrange, a ball of scarlet red light is fired from the tip of his wand, most l...In the console versions of the Order of the Phoenix video game, the cutscene where Umbridge is taken into the Forbidden Forest, she uses this curse instead of the Incarcerous Spell on a Centaur, an...Severus Snape once asserted Harry Potter had neither the nerves nor the skill to perform Unforgivable Curses. However, less than a year later, Harry succeeded in cursing Amycus Carrow.This move was...In the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, instead of using three spiders to demonstrate the Unforgivable Curses, Barty Crouch Jnr uses one Amblypygi.Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire(film)Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire(video game)Nov 11, 2023 · It's explained in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire that Neville's parents were tortured to the point of madness by Bellatrix Lestrange's liberal use of the Cruciatus Curse. Neville is raised by his grandmother, and never really knew his parents before they went insane.
Harry Potter attempted to cast the Cruciatus Curse on Bellatrix Lestrange without success in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, and attempted to do the same to Severus Snape in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.
- Legilimency ('Legilimens') An unpleasantly intrusive spell, any witch or wizard adept at Legilimency has the means to access another person’s thoughts and memories.
- Imperius Curse ('Imperio') The first of the three Unforgivable Curses, Imperius gives the spell-caster total control over their subject. As fake-Moody explains as he demonstrates on a spider
- Cruciatus Curse ('Crucio') The second Unforgiveable Curse, Cruciatus causes such excruciating pain that when Voldemort used it on Harry, it was ‘so intense, so all-consuming, that he no longer knew where he was…’
- The Killing Curse ('Avada Kedavra') Obviously there’s no coming back from this spell, and according to the Ministry of Magic’s classifications (and, again, fake-Moody) this is the worst Unforgivable Curse.
Harry was edging around the fountain on the other side when she screamed, “Crucio!” and he was forced to duck down again as the centaur’s arm, holding its bow, span off and landed with a crash on the floor a short distance from the golden wizard’s head.
During OoTP Harry uses (or attempts to use) Crucio on Bellatrix Lestrange, and also again during DH, and we also see him use Imperio in DH too. Both of these are Unforgivable Curses and anyone who uses them is usually sentenced to time in Azkaban.
