An old, powerful magical artifact. And for the entire school year, Barty had been brewing the Polyjuice Potion without raising too much suspicion and accurately enough for it to work every time he used it. One thing led to another and Peter Pettigrew found her, delivered her to Voldemort, and got information about Barty and the proposed Triwizard Tournament. Due to his resounding loyalty, Barty knew that Voldemort also had a disappointing father and took great joy in killing him. The books are less so.
After being given the Veritaserum potion, he admits everything to Dumbledore. The plan was to then have him testify before the Wizengamot, but of course, Cornelius Fudge managed to really fudge it up. Fudge brought a Dementor with him to apprehend Barty Crouch Jr. Fudge dismissed Barty as a lunatic and refused to believe Voldemort had returned.
The whole Crouch family story is downright tragic. After breaking Barty Crouch Jr. Due to his prolonged exposure, Barty figured out how to successfully fight the curse and break out of it. What goes around comes around. After meeting with Voldemort, Barty placed his father under the Imperius curse to have him continue working at the Ministry like normal.
Crouch is so ambitious — and so obsessed with fighting the Dark Arts — that he has authorized the use of Unforgivable Curses against suspects and he has sent people, including innocent Sirius, to Azkaban without a trial. The only thing that stopped him from becoming Minister of Magic was the arrest and trial of his son: "Once the boy died [in Azkaban], people started [ We know a lot about what makes Mr.
Crouch bad. He's power-hungry, and he's willing to sacrifice his own family to achieve his professional goals. He's also so intense about finding Dark wizards that he's willing to use pretty Dark magic himself to do it.
But what's much more interesting is the hidden core of emotion underneath the "bank manager" shell. We know that Mr. Crouch is willing to swap his dying wife for his son in Azkaban as a last request to his wife. We also know that, once he has been taken prisoner by Voldemort, he has the strength of mind to break free and try to warn Dumbledore.
Very interesting, indeed. After a long "illness" in which Mr. Crouch has in fact been kept a prisoner in his own house by Wormtail and Voldemort while Barty Crouch, Jr. Crouch suddenly appears at the edge of the Forbidden Forest. He gasps at Harry, "I need But before Harry can bring Dumbledore back in time, Mr. Crouch disappears. His son later admits that, while Harry was away, he spotted his father, murdered him, and transformed him into a bone to keep him from spoiling Voldemort's plan.
This respect was destroyed when she learned how he sent Winky to the Top Box despite her acrophobia, and this was further complicated when Crouch attacked Hermione, Harry and Ron and accused them of casting the Dark Mark before discovering it was his son. When he dismissed Winky despite knowing she didn't conjure the Dark Mark, Hermione was absolutely disgusted and lashed out at Crouch in Winky's defence, although Crouch coldly responded that he had no use for a house elf who disobeyed him.
When Harry told her about how he kept saying stuff was his fault and mentioned his son she simply stated "Well that was his fault. However, two years after Crouch Snr's death, Hermione was visibly horrified when Harry brought up the transfiguration of Crouch Snr's body when they were discussing the manner of Alastor Moody 's death and the disappearance of his body, showing that although she severely disliked Crouch, she didn't actually hate him either and found the idea of such a cruel way of disposal undeserving even for him.
Harry Potter , who disliked his actions. Harry Potter had a somewhat mixed relationship with Crouch, initially respecting him due to his position in the Ministry and due to him being one of the Triwizard Tournament judges and organisers, and appeared more tolerant of Crouch than his friends. However, he gradually lost respect for Crouch after witnessing his treatment of Winky, after learning he imprisoned Harry's godfather Sirius Black without a trial, and when he learnt about his son Crouch Jnr They also briefly came to blows when Crouch attacked him, Hermione and Ron and accused them of casting the Dark Mark before discovering his son did it.
When he saw Crouch up close after his name was selected from the Goblet of Fire, Harry noted that Crouch appeared ill, unaware that he was under Voldemort's Imperius Curse, and partially agreed with the rumours and reports that Crouch was ill although he was suspicious over the time Crouch was off work and his apparent appearance in Snape's office which was actually his son disguised as Alastor Moody.
Crouch also appeared indifferent and mildly surprised by Harry's name appearing out of the Goblet of Fire, stating that while it was unexpected, he and the other Hogwarts staff members should just stick to the rules and allow Harry to participate in the tournament as Harry had entered a binding, unbreakable magical contract despite Harry being underage and not putting his own name in the first place.
Crouch also gave Harry a high score during the first task of the Triwizard Tournament, being impressed at the skills Harry displayed despite his relative indifference towards Harry's position in the tournament.
Harry was notably the last person Crouch spoke to before his death, even though he was in a delusional state at the time due to fighting Voldemort's Imperius Curse, with Crouch in one of his sane moments expressing remorse over his mistakes and begging Harry to warn Dumbledore that Voldemort was getting stronger, although Harry was irritated by Crouch's repeated attempts to warn him by physically grabbing him.
Regardless of Harry having lost much of his respect for Crouch, however, he was still somewhat concerned when he disappeared and expressed nothing but utter shock and disgust after learning about Crouch's death at the hands of his own son, although Crouch's information about Voldemort ensured that he would fight against him after Voldemort returned to power.
After his death, Crouch was indirectly one of the reasons why Harry refused Rufus Scrimgeour 's attempt to recruit him into the Ministry of Magic as a mascot to raise public morale, citing that Scrimgeour was making the same mistakes as Crouch by arresting and imprisoning innocent people like Stan Shunpike. After Alastor Moody was killed by Voldemort, Harry again referenced Crouch after they were unable to locate Moody's body, suggesting that the Death Eaters transfigured Moody's body and disposed of it in their own way, similar to how Crouch's body was transfigured and buried in Hagrid's Hut.
Unlike his friends and older brother Percy, Ron Weasley did not have much respect for Crouch since his brother would not stop pestering him constantly about him, and because of Crouch's strict rule-abiding policy and lack of humour as Ron was a polar opposite of Crouch. Due to this, Ron once made a sarcastic remark that Percy and Crouch would one day announce their engagement, and stated that he would rather work for Ludo Bagman rather than Crouch as Bagman was more humorous and less strict.
Despite not having as much respect for Crouch as his friends, Ron was more defensive of Crouch compared to Hermione and even Harry in regard to Crouch's treatment of Winky. When he, Harry, and Hermione were present when the Dark Mark was cast by Crouch's son, Crouch attacked them and accused them of casting the Dark Mark before discovering his son did it, with Ron demanding Crouch why he attacked them.
However, when Sirius revealed that Crouch imprisoned him in Azkaban without a trial, and what he had done to Barty Crouch Jnr, Ron was horrified to the point where he began referring to such actions as "doing a Crouch" and stopped trusting Percy as a result. This eventually resulted in the brothers estranged relationship when Percy disowned his family due to his loyalty to the Ministry until they reconciled after the Second Wizarding War ended.
Sirius Black had a strong grudge and hatred against Barty. This was mostly because Crouch was the one responsible for sentencing him to a life imprisonment in Azkaban without a trial, denying him the opportunity to appeal his frame-up, and because of his disgust about Barty Crouch Jnr.
However, his hatred of Crouch didn't stop Sirius from taking Crouch seriously for when Harry told him about Crouch's ramblings and him vanishing afterwards he instantly realised that Crouch was trying to warn Dumbledore and that the reason he vanished is because someone wanted to stop him from seeing Dumbledore. He also was knowledgeable of Crouch's tactics to catch Death Eaters and other enemies while he was Head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, including using the Unforgivable Curses against them.
Sirius stated that despite his disdain towards him, Crouch's principles may have been right to start off with as they were fellow opponents against Voldemort at the time, although he also said that Crouch became just as cruel and ruthless as the forces he was fighting against. Sirius also knew Crouch's demeanour well enough to be suspicious over Crouch's disappearance and the rumours of Crouch's illness, knowing that Crouch would never miss a day of work for any simple reason such as sickness.
Even after Crouch's death, Sirius was still resentful of Crouch's decision to sentence him in Azkaban without a trial, commenting that he was unsure he would accept an apology from the Ministry of Magic even if they acknowledged Voldemort's return.
Amos Diggory , his colleague. Not much is known about Crouch's relationship with Amos Diggory , but it obviously happened to be a rather strict one. When Amos thought Crouch's house-elf Winky had conjured the Dark Mark, Crouch was offended by this and reprimanded Amos, especially since Crouch had proved and demonstrated throughout his long career that he detested and despised the Dark Arts and those who practise them.
Arthur Weasley , his colleague. Not much is known about Crouch's relationship with Arthur Weasley , but it seemed they must have been on civil terms somewhat as Crouch was seemingly polite to him. During the First Wizarding War , Crouch was the Head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement and he fought violence with violence: he authorised Aurors the usage of the Unforgivable Curses , to kill suspects rather than capture, attack first and question later and imprisoned many without trials.
It was a time when the Death Eaters were terrorising the entire community and what Barty did was seen as the only way they could be victorious. Due to his effectiveness, he was incredibly popular, rising within the Ministry to the point he almost secured the post of Minister for Magic. Even when he sentenced his own son for life in prison, the community cheered him on for giving the impression of progress. Sirius Black , on the other hand, held a personal grudge against Crouch for sentencing him to Azkaban without a trial, losing an opportunity to appeal to the frame-up he had been caught up in.
Crouch also attracted political opposition from Cornelius Fudge , who was his rival for the Minister for Magic post and was jealous of Crouch's popularity. However, after Voldemort's first downfall and sometime after Barty's son was labelled deceased in prison, his popularity within the community dropped critically, as citizens and colleagues alike were able to calm down from their savage approvals after the terror ended and they accused Crouch for being too neglectful as a father and was the reason his own son managed to fall so low.
As such, Crouch's declining reputation led him to be reassigned to the Department of International Magical Co-operation once Fudge became the new Minister for Magic.
By the — school year , Barty Crouch received much less applause from the students than Ludo Bagman , mostly due to his appearance of a strict rule-follower, as opposed to the more cheerful Bagman.
After Winky failed to prevent his son from firing the Dark Mark into the sky during the Quidditch World Cup and was in the scene of the crime along with his reputation being nearly tarnished due to his connections with the elf, he publicly fired her, causing Hermione Granger to lash out at him with disgust for his seemingly unreasonable firing of Winky.
Ron Weasley, who had the least respect for Crouch among his friends, also fully lost his respect for Crouch when he learned about Barty Crouch Jnr and stopped trusting his older brother Percy as a result. Harry Potter, who was more tolerant of Crouch than his friends, also lost respect for Crouch due to these reasons and when he learnt about Crouch imprisoning Sirius Black who was his godfather. Near the end of his life, Barty's mental stability was damaged from Voldemort's subjugation and the Ministry simply classified him as insane and refused to believe the true circumstances of Crouch's disappearance and death until there was evidence of Voldemort's return the following year, showing how much Crouch's status had fallen within the society's standing.
While he disapproved some of Crouch's methods to catch Death Eaters along with his use of Dementors in the Ministry, Dumbledore was one of the few people who maintained trust in Crouch after his popularity in the Wizarding community fell as he believed Crouch's claims that Voldemort was gradually regaining his former strength and eventually used that as a platform to reform the Order of the Phoenix to fight against Voldemort after he regained power.
It is unknown how the Wizarding community reacted when learning of Crouch's secret and his death after there was evidence of Voldemort's return, although given how much his status had already fallen due to the community accusing him of being a neglectful father, it is likely that while the community was shocked when learning of his death, Crouch's reputation was permanently tarnished once his past came to light, especially as it was Crouch's act in rescuing his son from Azkaban which eventually caused both Voldemort's return and the Second Wizarding War.
Despite this, the Ministry still did not learn any lessons from Crouch's or Fudge's mistakes once they acknowledged Voldemort's return, with some of Crouch's misguided decisions being adopted by the Ministry under Rufus Scrimgeour 's tenure as Minister for Magic, which included arresting and imprisoning innocent people like Stan Shunpike.
Crouch's lifeless body in the Forbidden Forest. Harry Potter Wiki Explore. Rowling Story. Explore Wikis Community Central. Register Don't have an account? Bartemius Crouch Senior. View source. History Talk Do you like this video? Play Sound. He's a great wizard, Barty Crouch, powerfully magical — and power-hungry.
Oh never a Voldemort supporter. No, Barty Crouch was always very outspoken against the Dark Side. I would say he became as ruthless and cruel as many on the Dark Side. Ought to have left the office early once in a while One moment, a hero, poised to become the Minister for Magic After a while he began to fight the Imperius Curse just as I had done.
There were periods when he knew what was happening. My master decided it was no longer safe for my father to leave the house. He forced him to send letters to the Ministry instead. He made him write and say he was ill. But Wormtail neglected his duty. He was not watchful enough. My father escaped. My master guessed that he was heading for Hogwarts.
My father was going to tell Dumbledore everything, to confess. He was going to admit that he had smuggled me from Azkaban. Barty Crouch Jnr : " I'm your son! I'm your son! I have no son!
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