It's a fascinating and subtle filmmaking decision, one that makes you immediately want to rewatch the film while you're at it, why not rewatch all of the Harry Potter movies? In the scene in which Bellatrix tortures Hermione and interrogates her about Godric Gryffindor's sword, she carves " mudblood " into Hermione's arm with a knife.
Bellatrix comes from a proud pure-blood family that hates all non-pure-bloods. This is a way for her to taunt and shame Hermione for her muggle-born heritage.
This moment wasn't in the script. The carving of " mudblood " is the final step in Bellatrix's torture, and it's what gets to Hermione the most. In the film, we see her lying on the floor. When she looks at her arm with a drop of blood trickling down, she starts to cry. Filming Hermione's torture was so intense for the two actresses involved that Helena Bonham Carter approached Emma Watson after it to make sure their relationship was still okay.
Occlumency is the art of magically closing your mind against Legilimency, or mind-reading. It's a rare and difficult skill. Snape calls it "An obscure branch of magic, but a highly useful one" in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. She trains him in using non-verbal spells and the Unforgivable Curses as well. She was a great teacher: Draco successfully prevents Snape from learning his thoughts.
In Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix , Snape teaches Harry Occlumency, and we learn that in consists of making your mind blank so as to hide all thoughts from an Legilimens. One can also suppress only some thoughts, leaving others so that the Legilimens doesn't suspect the use of Occlumency. Wands with dragon heartstring produce the most flamboyant spells and easily are turned to the Dark Arts.
Harry shows it to Mr. Ollivander, who remembers every wand he's ever sold, and the wandmaker identifies it as Bellatrix's, calling it "unyielding. Hermione reluctantly used the wand after Bellatrix lost it because her own had been confiscated by Snatchers after Harry accidentally broke the Taboo curse by saying Voldemort's name and they were exposed. Hermione doesn't like using the wand because of the evil associated with it.
However, it came in handy when she impersonated Bellatrix using a Polyjuice Potion. Bellatrix was then forced to get a second wand, which we don't know much about.
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child dropped a major revelation: Bellatrix and Voldemort have a secret illegitimate daughter together. That means Bellatrix cheated on her husband Rodolphus. Delphini also known as Delphi was conceived sometime after the Battle of the Department of Mysteries, but before Bellatrix and Voldemort's death at the Battle of Hogwarts. She was born at Malfoy Manor. Delphini is a half-blood, since Bellatrix is a pure-blood and Voldemort is a half-blood.
And she was an orphan, just like her father. Bellatrix was probably ecstatic about having a child with Voldemort, since she was in love with him.
Voldemort, however, doesn't feel the need for love and doesn't like to be emotionally attached to anyone. Delphini was raised by Euphemia Rowle. Rodolphus is the one who informed her of her heritage. Esther Smith played Delphini in the original West End production. In the play, she meets Albus Potter and Scorpius Malfoy. Do you have any little known facts to share about Harry Potter 's maddest and baddest witch? Drop them in the comments! Her first name rhymes with "rain or shine.
Along with the rest of her family who held pureblood supremacy beliefs, Bellatrix cut off contact with Andromeda when she married Muggle-born wizard Ted Tonks , causing her to be disowned from the House of Black. Neither she or Narcissa had " set eyes on Andromeda since she married the Mudblood Tonks ". Bellatrix eventually married Rodolphus Lestrange, a fellow wealthy pure-blood and Slytherin, marrying out of obligation of fulfilling her family's pro pure-blood mentality and tradition, Unlike her sisters, she never displayed any affection for her husband whatsoever, never even mentioning him in conversations nor bearing him any children.
At some point, she received training in the Dark Arts from Voldemort himself. However, he never returned her feelings as he was incapable of understanding love and disliked the idea of being emotionally attached to anyone. The pair remained loyal to the Dark Lord throughout the war, even after he was "defeated" by the infant Harry Potter.
Bellatrix is tried before the Council of Magical Law , along with her husband, her brother-in-law, and Barty Crouch Jnr. After the Dark Lord's fall on 31 October , , Bellatrix and a group of Voldemort's followers, including Rodolphus, her brother-in-law Rabastan , and Barty Crouch Jnr , managed to avoid capture or execution by Aurors.
Seeking to find and revive their master, the group kidnapped Aurors and Order of the Phoenix members Alice and Frank Longbottom , just new parents to Neville Longbottom. She and her partners used the Cruciatus Curse to torture the couple for information on Voldemort's whereabouts, until the two captives were driven into insanity when they refused to divulge anything. This happened when Neville was only a baby. Frank and Alice were placed in the Janus Thickey Ward for irrevocable spell damage at St Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries and, due to them undergoing extreme torture, were rendered unaware that they had a son together.
Bellatrix while imprisoned in Azkaban. This crime caused a wave of fury upon the wizard community of such ferocity that the Ministry of Magic were critically pressured to find the culprits. When the four were captured, they were tried before the Council of Magical Law and sentenced to life imprisonment in Azkaban. Unlike many other Death Eaters , Bellatrix didn't lie about her loyalty — she proudly claimed that she was loyal to Voldemort and that she would wait for his return.
Marked as Prisoner 93, Bellatrix was sentenced to life in Azkaban with no chance of release. For her actions, she later described herself as the Dark Lord's most loyal follower and even Lord Voldemort, whom she admired the most, gained a considerable amount of respect for her. Her fifteen years in a maximum security cell took a toll on her mentally, as it did with so many, as well as hollowing out her appearance until only the faintest traces of her familial beauty remained.
Harry Potter later witnessed Bellatrix's trial in in a memory of Professor Dumbledore's. When Voldemort returned to power in June , he said that Bellatrix, Rodolphus, and Rabastan Lestrange were faithful members of his inner circle and should be rewarded, as they didn't denounce him after they were captured and tried.
In January , a mass breakout from Azkaban set ten long-imprisoned Death Eaters loose. Bellatrix was one of the ten who escaped in the mass breakout and rejoined Voldemort, as well as the Dementors whom Albus Dumbledore correctly predicted would side with Voldemort.
The Daily Prophet probably with encouragement from the Ministry of Magic reported that the escaped criminal Sirius Black must be responsible for the incident. These ten were considered to be some of the most dangerous and highly guarded convicts due to their crimes being brutal and legendary.
As a result, Bellatrix and her allies became wanted witches and wizards, living in hiding to avoid being captured by the Ministry. Neville Longbottom threatening Bellatrix in the Hall of Prophecy. She was enraged when Harry spoke Voldemort's given name and mentioned his true status as a half-blood. This enraged her so much that she actually tried to stun him before Lucius deflected her spell with a Shield Charm , not wanting to inadvertently harm the prophecy they were sent to retrieve.
She was very condescending when dealing with the six D. Bellatrix tried unsuccessfully to retrieve the prophecy from Harry Potter via a Summoning Charm , as her efforts were stopped by Harry's quick use of his own Shield Charm. However, she was willing to do whatever it took to get the prophecy from Harry, including gleefully and sadistically threatening to torture fourteen year old Ginny Weasley with the Cruciatus Curse while he was forced to watch.
When the Order of the Phoenix members arrived, Bellatrix duelled and defeated her niece, Nymphadora Tonks. She then began fighting her cousin Sirius Black who proceeded to taunt her during the course of their duel but she then struck him with a spell that sent him through the veil in the Death Chamber, killing him.
After Sirius's death, Bellatrix defeated Kingsley Shacklebolt before deciding to flee. Driven into a rage at the loss of his godfather, Harry pursued her all the way to the Atrium in an attempt to avenge him. After hideously mocking his relationship with Sirius, Harry attempted to use the Cruciatus Curse on her but only knocked her over causing her a few seconds of pain.
Dropping her jeering manner, Bellatrix disdainfully lectured him on his failure to execute the curse effectively inadvertently teaching him how to do it properly in the future before resolving to torture him herself with it in order to demonstrate the full potency of the curse.
After unsuccessfully attempting to attack Harry, she discovered to her horror that the prophecy had been destroyed and proceeded to panic, repeatedly attempting to summon it in vain from Harry who laughed at her efforts and dismissed her pleadings for leniency from her master due to being unaware that the latter had just arrived at the Ministry.
Once Harry realised that Voldemort was indeed present, Bellatrix pleaded with her master not to be punished and tried to warn him that Dumbledore was nearby, but he ignored her and concentrated on attempting to kill Harry.
As the Killing Curse blasted from the end of his wand towards Harry, Dumbledore arrived and enchanted the statues of the Fountain of Magical Brethren to protect Harry, act as reinforcements, and to ensure that Bellatrix couldn't intervene as she was then pinned to the ground by the newly sentient witch statue. However, she was the sole Death Eater to escape being captured by effectively blocking the spell that he had attempted to cast upon her. Before duelling Voldemort, Dumbledore summoned Cornelius Fudge and several Aurors to the Ministry using the statues as messengers via the fireplaces along the Atrium wall.
After a failed attempt at possessing Harry, Voldemort grabbed Bellatrix before Apparating away but not before being seen by Fudge and the Aurors. With the rest of the Death Eaters immobilised and caught by the Ministry only moments later, Bellatrix was the only Death Eater not to be apprehended due to Voldemort intervening on her behalf, a testament to his acknowledgement of her loyalty to him.
Once there, Bellatrix interrogated Snape and voiced her distrust of him. Snape's calm, reasonable, and logical answers to her aggressive questioning rendered her dissatisfied, but temporarily without retort. However, Narcissa proceeded to beg Snape to look after her son Draco 's welfare while he attended Hogwarts and tried to fulfil Voldemort's orders to kill Dumbledore.
Snape shocked Bellatrix by asking her to bind him and Narcissa with an Unbreakable Vow to assist Draco. Furthermore, Bellatrix assisted her nephew in his task by teaching him Occlumency , a tool he used against Snape in order to conceal the details of his mission. By the next year, Bellatrix was living with Narcissa at Malfoy Manor. She was the only resident of the manor who was actually pleased that Voldemort was staying there, telling him that there was " no higher pleasure ".
Despite her unwavering loyalty, her master humiliated her and the Malfoys by mentioning the marriage of Nymphadora Tonks , the daughter of their sister, to the werewolf Remus Lupin. However, Bellatrix insisted that she and Narcissa didn't consider Nymphadora to be their niece, as they had disowned their sister for marrying a Muggle-born.
Voldemort eventually stopped the teasing and advised Bellatrix to continue to "prune" her "family tree", which she eagerly agreed to do as soon as possible. Despite her proclaimed loyalty towards her master, even Bellatrix hesitated when Voldemort said that he would need to borrow a wand from them in order to circumvent the problem of his own wand refusing to kill Harry, looking much like her colleagues " as though he had asked to borrow one of their arms ".
When the Death Eaters subsequently attacked the Order of the Phoenix while they were moving Harry Potter from 4 Privet Drive , Bellatrix and her husband pursued a disguised Ronald Weasley and Tonks, whom Bellatrix tried very hard to kill.
However, Rodolphus was injured in the pursuit and Tonks escaped. Soon afterwards, a copy of Godric Gryffindor's Sword was secured in Bellatrix's family vault at Gringotts Wizarding Bank with Bellatrix and the Death Eaters unaware that it was merely a copy. The goblins who ran the bank noticed at once that it was not the genuine article, but neglected to mention it to Bellatrix owing to their disdain at the new wizard control of their bank.
Bellatrix sees the Sword of Gryffindor and retaliates against the Snatchers who possess it. In March , when Harry Potter , Ron Weasley , and Hermione Granger were captured by a group of Snatchers and brought to the manor, Bellatrix was at first eager to make sure that Voldemort was informed right away and she and Lucius briefly argued over who would summon him.
When she spotted Godric Gryffindor's Sword amongst the trio's captured possessions, however, she at once flew into a panic because the sword as far as she knew was hidden in her vault. This led Harry to deduce that there could be something of great importance in her vault which ended up being one of Voldemort's Horcruxes: Helga Hufflepuff's Cup. Bellatrix, coming out of her panicked state, ordered the Snatcher holding the sword to hand it over to her and stunned the man when he refused.
The other Snatchers turned on her at once, but even though it was four on one, they were no match for her and she quickly stunned three of them and forced Greyback to his knees, demanding to know where he had found the sword.
He then informed her that the sword had been found in the Trio's tent. She then took charge of the situation by resorting to torturing Hermione into revealing how the sword was in the Trio's possession and demanded that the rest of the prisoners be taken into the cellar temporarily, while ordering the Stunned Snatchers to be placed in the courtyard to be disposed of by her personally at a later time.
Bellatrix brutally torturing Hermione Granger with the Cruciatus Curse. Bellatrix proceeded to brutally torture Hermione with the Cruciatus Curse , asking her again and again about the Sword and if they had taken anything else from their vault.
Even in extreme pain, Hermione managed to lie, claiming the real sword was only a copy. Griphook also managed to lie, obeying Harry's request to not tell Bellatrix the truth, keeping the trio's secret safe. After Peter Pettigrew who had been sent to check on the prisoners after hearing a suspicious noise was strangled to death in the cellar with his own silver hand given to him by Voldemort after showing mercy to Harry and Ron escaped the cellar and proceeded up the stairs to aid Hermione.
Bellatrix threatened Hermione with her knife, after Harry stunned Greyback and Lucius and Ron disarmed her. While holding the knife to an unconscious Hermione's throat, Bellatrix demanded that the prisoners drop their wands, and then pressed her Dark Mark , calling Voldemort.
However, Dobby who had been sent by Aberforth Dumbledore to rescue Harry and his friends created a diversion by causing the chandelier to fall from above Bellatrix's head, making her release Hermione and jump out of the way. She lashed out at the house-elf in complete disbelief of his rebellious action to his "former masters".
Dobby claimed he was a "free elf" and Disapparated. As the house-elf Disapparated with Harry, Bellatrix threw a silver knife at them in a desperate attempt to prevent their escape, and the Apparition sucked up the knife with it, wounding Dobby in his chest, who then died.
She also lost her wand in the skirmish. Bellatrix and her relatives were severely punished by Voldemort for allowing Harry to escape. After the incident at Malfoy Manor , Hermione used a hair of Bellatrix that had fallen on her while she was torturing her to change herself into Bellatrix using Polyjuice Potion , therefore letting her sneak into Gringotts , as Diagon Alley was infested with Death Eaters.
During the Battle of Hogwarts on 2 May , Bellatrix finally succeeded in murdering Nymphadora Tonks , her estranged sister 's daughter. Bellatrix eagerly asked Voldemort if she could check Harry for signs of life, but was refused again and he instead sent her younger sister to confirm his death.
When Narcissa had lied and told Voldemort that Harry was dead, Bellatrix and the other Death Eaters followed Voldemort to Hogwarts to announce Harry's "death", gloating at the despair of the survivors. When the battle resumed, Bellatrix fought Hermione Granger , Ginny Weasley , and Luna Lovegood all at once, having become the last Death Eater standing aside from Voldemort, who was also fighting three opponents. It was said that despite all three young witches being skilled and working in tandem, together they did not outclass her.
She cast a Killing Curse at Ginny, which narrowly missed its mark by an inch; the act was witnessed by both an invisible Harry, who was infuriated enough to actually target Bellatrix over Voldemort, and Molly Weasley.
The Weasley matriarch, having already lost one child that night and distraught at the prospect of losing her only daughter, promptly threw off her cloak and shouted a vocal challenge to the Death Eater as she charged forward, causing Bellatrix to cackle with laughter at her. However, Bellatrix's reckless, arrogant laughter quickly turned to rage as Molly began to attack, making her realise her opponent was more formidable than she had expected.
The two began to duel with the intensity of their powers being stated as causing the ground beneath them to become hot and cracked due to their intent to finish the other off once and for all. Despite this, Bellatrix continued to laugh and mock her opponent with sadistic glee even as Molly's powerful curses missed her by inches, eventually providing an opening for Molly to strike her in the chest with a curse which proved fatal.
As her body toppled to the ground, an outraged Voldemort turned on Molly, which prompted Harry who had watched the battle unfold beneath his Invisibility Cloak to reveal himself. The final showdown between him and Voldemort ensued, but Bellatrix didn't live to find out that her mistrust of Snape had been valid or see her master's final defeat moments later.
During the Calamity which occurred in s across the wizarding world , a portrait of Bellatrix escaped Malfoy Manor as one of the many Foundables , for unknown and mysterious reasons. Bellatrix had the classic "great good looks" and arrogant bearing common for members of the House of Black : She was a tall woman with long, thick, shiny dark hair.
Her face had a strong jaw, [5] a thin mouth, [4] and heavily lidded eyes with long eyelashes. However like her cousin Sirius Black , her lengthy imprisonment in Azkaban took a toll on her appearance - her face became gaunt and skull-like, but she still managed to retain vestiges of her great beauty. There was a remarkable resemblance between Bellatrix and her sisters - at first glance, Harry mistook Andromeda Tonks for Bellatrix, being was only upon closer observation did he notice the differences Andromeda had lighter brown hair, a kinder face, and wider eyes.
Besides this, Narcissa Malfoy was as fair as Bellatrix was dark. Bellatrix was an intensely sadistic witch with brutal, violent tendencies.
Bellatrix was one of Voldemort 's cruellest Death Eaters , always eager to inflict the Cruciatus Curse on enemies. Harry Potter noted that she was as " mad as her master. She believed to have proven her loyalty by her time in Azkaban , an event which had seemingly furthered her mental decline. She did not trust Severus Snape , and believed that Voldemort was mistaken in doing so, though she showed shame and fear when expressing this. Bellatrix sadistically laughing at the announcement of Harry Potter 's "death".
Overall, Bellatrix was obsessed with blood purity and took immense pride in the aristocracy of her family since a young age. Like all the rest of Lord Voldemort's followers, she was vehemently against all half-bloods , Muggle-borns , Muggles , and half-breeds. She had a particular disdain for blood traitors , not being above killing members of her own family who displeased her, including her cousin Sirius and her younger sister's daughter Nymphadora , whom she sought to kill with great determination.
Given her reaction to Harry's words that Voldemort is a half-blood, it is likely that she didn't know that her master wasn't a pure-blood or at least was in denial.
Bellatrix was intelligent and a natural leader, taking charge in tricky situations. The latter event was a mark of her decisiveness and ruthlessness, as she took no unnecessary prisoners preferring to kill them instead , as she planned to do with a group of Snatchers who attempted to defy her. While holding the knife to an unconscious Hermione's throat, Bellatrix demanded that the boys drop their wands, and then pressed her Dark Mark , calling Voldemort.
However, Dobby reappeared and caused the chandelier to fall from above Bellatrix's head, prompting her to release Hermione and jump out of the way. As the house-elf Disapparated with Harry, Bellatrix threw the knife at Dobby, fatally wounding him in the chest. She and her relatives were severely punished by Voldemort for allowing Harry to escape. Bellatrix also lost her wand in the skirmish.
Not long afterwards, Hermione used some of Bellatrix's hair, which had fallen onto her clothes while Bellatrix held her hostage. Bellatrix pointing her replacment wand during the Battle of Hogwarts. During the Battle of Hogwarts in , Bellatrix finally succeeded in killing Nymphadora Tonks , her estranged sister 's daughter, [7].
When Voldemort called a temporary retreat, waiting for Harry Potter to turn himself in, Bellatrix waited by his side; she offered him help when he was dazed after using the Killing Curse on Harry, but was coldly rebuffed. Bellatrix locked in combat with Molly Weasley using her replacement wand.
When the battle resumed, Bellatrix fought Hermione Granger , Ginny Weasley and Luna Lovegood all at once, just as her master fought three by himself. It was said that despite all three young witches being skilled, combined they did not equal Bellatrix's magical abilities. She shot a Killing Curse at Ginny, which missed by an inch, which enraged Ginny's mother, Molly Weasley , she threw off her cloak and with a swipe of her wand began to duel.
Bellatrix did not take Molly seriously in the least, and even taunted her over the death of her son, Fred. As the duel continued the ground beneath the two witches feet was said to become hot and cracked. Molly then shot a curse at Bellatrix over the heart, killing her.
After she shockingly toppled to the ground, an outraged Voldemort turned on Molly. This prompted Harry to reveal himself, and the final showdown between him and Voldemort ensued. Bellatrix did not live to see her master defeated mere moments later.
Bellatrix was described as a tall woman with long, thick, shining black hair. She had thin lips, dark, heavy-lidded eyes, and a strong jaw. She had the classic 'great good looks' and arrogant bearing common for members of the House of Black , but like her cousin Sirius , time in Azkaban took a toll on her appearance.
After her lengthy imprisonment, she was described as having a gaunt and skull-like face, but managed to retain some vestige of her great beauty. Also, Harry noted that as much as Narcissa is fair as Bellatrix is dark, the two sisters still resembled each other. Bellatrix was an intensely sadistic witch with primitive, animalistic tendencies. Bellatrix was slavishly devoted to Lord Voldemort, believing that she proved her loyalty by her time in Azkaban , which seems to have furthered her mental decline.
She was Voldemort's most trusted and loyal follower, as well as one of his cruelest Death Eaters , always eager to inflict the Cruciatus Curse on enemies and her family members; Harry Potter noted that Bellatrix was as "mad as her master.
Bellatrix was extremely narcissistic and imperiously arrogant. She was obsessed with blood purity and took immense pride in the aristocracy and pure blood of her family. Like all the rest of Lord Voldemort's followers, she was vehemently against all " blood traitors ," half-bloods , Muggle-borns , and Muggles but was not above killing members of her own family who displeased her.
Bellatrix was a natural leader and took charge in tricky situations, such as during the Battle of the Department of Mysteries and the Skirmish at Malfoy Manor. Another mark of her decisiveness and ruthlessness, Bellatrix took no unnecessary prisoners, preferring to kill them instead, as she planned to do with a group of Snatchers who attempted to defy her in Malfoy Manor in Despite her cruel personality, Bellatrix was not incapable of feeling affection for others and appeared to care about her younger sister Narcissa , following her to Severus Snape 's house, when Narcissa went to beg Snape to help her son.
She was also genuinely in love with her master, Lord Voldemort, though he, being incapable of love, did not return her feelings. Bellatrix as she uses the Killing Curse. Bellatrix Lestrange was an extremely powerful and dangerous witch. She was a master of the Dark Arts , an incredibly skilled duellist , and an Occlumens.
Her prodigious skill was proven by her many victories over other talented wizards and witches, including several Aurors. Nymphadora Tonks , the niece and murder victim of Bellatrix Lestrange. Bellatrix took the pure-blood values of her family very seriously, as indicated by her marriage into a known pure-blood wizarding family and her zealous belief in Death Eater ideology. She had no feelings of affection for those in her family deemed blood traitors by disgracing and dishonoring her family by not fanatically honoring the prejudiced values she did, and readily attacked and killed them on many occasions.
She seems to have had a fairly close and affectionate relationship with her younger sister Narcissa , whom she called "Cissy. Bellatrix with younger sister Narcissa Malfoy and Wormtail. After Snape agreed to make the Unbreakable Vow , Bellatrix acted as Bonder , ensuring that Snape would fulfil his promises to Narcissa.
Narcissa and Bellatrix occasionally clashed over the former's protectiveness towards her son; Bellatrix argued that Narcissa should be proud that her son was a Death Eater, while Narcissa consistently demonstrated that the safety of her son and husband were her first priorities.
Still, the two seemed close, and, at some point, Bellatrix trained Draco in Occlumency to aid him in his mission. Andromeda Tonks 's burned image and Bellatrix's image on the family Tree. On the other hand, Bellatrix hated her " blood traitor " relatives.
After her sister Andromeda married a muggle-born and was disowned, Bellatrix never saw her again [6]. She shared a mutual loathing with her "dear cousin" Sirius Black , and the two taunted each other as they duelled during the Battle of the Department of Mysteries. After killing Sirius, Bellatrix jeered at Harry about the death of his godfather on multiple occasions. Sirius Black , a cousin and murder victim of Bellatrix.
Bellatrix also eagerly attacked her niece, Nymphadora Tonks , on at least three occasions — this was likely for a combination of reasons, including Tonks' being a half-blood , an Auror , and member of the Order of the Phoenix , the fact that she had married a werewolf and Voldemort's comments to her about "pruning her family tree". Bellatrix eventually killed Tonks during the Battle of Hogwarts in Regulus initially espoused the pure-blood supremacist line associated with his family, and like Bellatrix, was sorted into the Slytherin house during his time at Hogwarts.
It is unlikely that he revealed his change of heart to Bellatrix, or anyone else, prior to his death in Her relationship with Draco seemed to have some affection; though she seemed to disapprove of his inability to kill and dislike for torture.
She taught him Occlumency and possibly non-verbal spells. His blood relationship with her is probably the only reason he is still alive; due to his father's failure and his failure of his task.
Seeing Lucius's extreme failure and the confiscation of his wand , Bellatrix saw her brother-in-law with disdain and contempt, showing him little to no respect during their argument of summoning Voldemort for capturing Harry. In marrying Rodolphus Lestrange , Bellatrix made a "respectable pure-blood marriage" [3] , as was expected of her. There is no indication that her relationship with her husband went beyond this, as Bellatrix loved Voldemort and never expressed any affection or concern for her husband.
They were both Death Eaters and seemed to work together in this role, as Rodolphus tortured Alice and Frank Longbottom with his wife, as well as his brother and Barty Crouch Jr. He was also by her side during the Battle of the Seven Potters , as Nymphadora Tonks mentioned cursing him and being pursued by Bellatrix [6]. Quite the opposite of her sister, Narcissa, Bellatrix showed virtually no affection towards or otherwise acknowledged her husband, and Rodolphus's feelings for his wife are unknown.
Other than marrying for the purpose of entering a "pure-blood marriage," it is likely that Bellatrix and Rodolphus did not love, or were not particularly attracted to, each other. Bellatrix felt that Narcissa ought be proud that Draco was called into service as a Death Eater; she once told her sister that if she had sons, she would "be glad to give them up to the service of the Dark Lord", once again showing her fanatical devotion towards Lord Voldemort.
Bellatrix was perhaps the only person who was genuinely loyal to Lord Voldemort [7]. Unlike nearly all the other Death Eaters, Bellatrix never attempted to deny her loyalties when Voldemort fell in Instead she proudly claimed that she was his most loyal and trusted servant and that he would rise again, and willingly endured the horrors of Azkaban prison for him [2].
More than just being a fanatic, Bellatrix was obsessed with Voldemort's ideals of blood purity and fascination with the Dark Arts. She is described as being slavishly devoted to her master, regarding him with "worshipful fascination" and speaking to him in a sexual way, as if to a lover [6].
Voldemort did not reciprocate, as he did not know love at all. It was Voldemort's cold reactions that seemed to make Bellatrix even more determined to kill her niece, Nymphadora Tonks and "prune" her family tree. For her, satisfying Voldemort was of the utmost importance, and therefore the thought of disappointing him was Bellatrix's deepest fear. Voldemort considered Bellatrix his most valuable and loyal Death Eater. He trained her in the Dark Arts and when she was killed in a duel with Molly Weasley in the final battle , Voldemort's fury was said to "explode like a bomb" and hers was the only death that he attempted to avenge before Harry Potter intervened.
However, it is unlikely that he was angry because he truly cared about Bellatrix as a person. He regarded her only in terms of how useful she was to him. Despite Bellatrix being fanatically devoted to the ideology of blood purity, she did not seem to mind that Voldemort was a half-blood, even though she flew into a rage when Harry spoke of this heritage.
This may be due to Voldemort lying to his subordinates about being pure-blood, and that Bellatrix fully chose to believe her master's lie over the truth from the enemy.
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