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|blood=[[Pure-blood]] or [[half-blood]]<ref name="blood">On ''[[Pottermore]]'' - [http://www.pottermore.com/en/book2/chapter7/moment1/pure-blood "New from J.K. Rowling: Pure-Blood"].</ref>
|blood=[[Half-blood]] or [[Pure-blood]]<ref name="blood">Given that he was one of Lord Voldemort's Death Eaters, it is unlikely he was of Muggle origin. Also, the fact that he was not arrested by the Ministry of Magic's Muggle-Born Registration Commission in 1997-1998 seems to confirm he was either Pure or [[Half-blood]].</ref>
 
 
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|patronus=None<ref>See [http://www.accio-quote.org/articles/2007/0730-bloomsbury-chat.html this interview]; “Samantha: Was snape the only death eater who could produce a full patronus
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J.K. Rowling: Yes, because a Patronus is used against things that the Death Eaters generally generate, or fight alongside. They would not need Patronuses.”</ref>
 
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|job=*[[Professor]] of [[Dark Arts (class)|Dark Arts]] at [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry|Hogwarts]] ([[1997]] - [[1998]]) <ref name="DH12" />
*[[Headmaster|Deputy Headmaster]] ([[1997]][[1998]]) <ref name="DH28">''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]'' - Chapter 28 (''The Missing Mirror'')</ref>
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*[[Headmaster|Deputy Headmaster]] ([[1997]] - [[1998]]) <ref name="DH28">''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]'' - Chapter 28 (''The Missing Mirror'')</ref>
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*[[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]] <ref name="DH12" />
 
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[[File:05amycus wp degd.png|thumb|left|250px|A wanted poster of Amycus Carrow.]]
 
[[File:05amycus wp degd.png|thumb|left|250px|A wanted poster of Amycus Carrow.]]
 
===Early life===
 
===Early life===
Amycus Carrow was born sometime before [[1981]]<ref name="HBP2">''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]'' - Chapter 2 (''Spinner's End'')</ref> into the [[Pure-blood]] or [[Half-blood]] [[Carrow family]],<ref name="blood"/> somewhere in the [[Great Britain|British Isles]]. At some point before his instruction in the [[magic]]al arts, he acquired a wand.<ref name="HBP27"/>
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Amycus Carrow was born sometime before [[1981]]<ref name="HBP2">''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]'' - Chapter 2 (''Spinner's End'')</ref> into the [[Pure-blood]] or [[Half-blood]] [[Carrow family]],<ref name="blood" /> somewhere in the [[Great Britain|British Isles]]. At some point before his instruction in the [[magic]]al arts, he acquired a wand.<ref name="HBP27" />
   
Given that he seemed to have been acquainted with [[Albus Dumbledore]],<ref name="HBP27"/> it is possible he attended [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]] in his youth.
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Given that he seemed to have been acquainted with [[Albus Dumbledore]],<ref name="HBP27" /> it is possible he attended [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]] in his youth.
   
 
===First Wizarding War===
 
===First Wizarding War===
Amycus and [[Alecto Carrow|his sister]] supported [[Tom Riddle|Lord Voldemort]], and became [[Death Eaters]] during the [[First Wizarding War]]. After [[Attack at Godric's Hollow (1981)|Voldemort's downfall]] in [[1981]], they did not search for their master, believing that Voldemort was gone forever, and managed to avoid imprisonment in [[Azkaban]].<ref name="HBP2"/><ref name="carrowsjkr">[http://www.jkrowling.com/textonly/en/faq_view.cfm?id=62 "Are Alecto and Amycus (the two sibling Death Eaters) the Carrows mentioned by Snape in Spinner's End?"] on [[J.K.Rowling Official Site]]</ref>
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Amycus and [[Alecto Carrow|his sister]] supported [[Tom Riddle|Lord Voldemort]], and became [[Death Eaters]] during the [[First Wizarding War]]. After [[Attack at Godric's Hollow (1981)|Voldemort's downfall]] in [[1981]], they did not search for their master, believing that Voldemort was gone forever, and managed to avoid imprisonment in [[Azkaban]].<ref name="HBP2" /><ref name="carrowsjkr">[http://www.jkrowling.com/textonly/en/faq_view.cfm?id=62 "Are Alecto and Amycus (the two sibling Death Eaters) the Carrows mentioned by Snape in Spinner's End?"] on [[J.K.Rowling Official Site]]</ref>
   
Despite all this, the Carrows were among those who, after [[Tom Riddle|Voldemort's]] [[Rebirth of Lord Voldemort|return]], resumed their [[Death Eaters|Death Eater]] activities.<ref name="HBP2"/> The two siblings were fairly active during the [[Second Wizarding War]].<ref name="HBP27"/><ref name="DH30"/>
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Despite all this, the Carrows were among those who, after [[Tom Riddle|Voldemort's]] [[Rebirth of Lord Voldemort|return]], resumed their [[Death Eaters|Death Eater]] activities.<ref name="HBP2" /> The two siblings were fairly active during the [[Second Wizarding War]].<ref name="HBP27" /><ref name="DH30" />
   
 
===Second Wizarding War===
 
===Second Wizarding War===
 
====Rebirth of the Dark Lord====
 
====Rebirth of the Dark Lord====
Amycus and his sister were, most likely, among the [[Death Eaters]] that were summoned by [[Tom Riddle|Lord Voldemort]] to the [[Little Hangleton graveyard|churchyard]] at [[Little Hangleton]] on [[24 June]], [[1995]], as their absence was not noted by Voldemort himself.<ref name="GF33">''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire]]'' - Chapter 33 (''The Death Eaters'')</ref>
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Amycus and his sister were, most likely, among the [[Death Eaters]] that were summoned by [[Tom Riddle|Lord Voldemort]] to the [[Little Hangleton graveyard|churchyard]] at [[Little Hangleton]] on [[24 June]], [[1995]], as their absence wasn't noted by Voldemort himself.<ref name="GF33">''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire]]'' - Chapter 33 (''The Death Eaters'')</ref>
 
[[File:Muyc.jpg|thumb|170px|Amycus atop the [[Astronomy Tower]] with [[Fenrir Greyback]].]]
 
[[File:Muyc.jpg|thumb|170px|Amycus atop the [[Astronomy Tower]] with [[Fenrir Greyback]].]]
   
 
====Battle of the Astronomy Tower====
 
====Battle of the Astronomy Tower====
 
{{Dialogue a-b-c-b|Yaxley|No. We've got orders. Draco's got to do it. Now, Draco, and quickly.|Amycus Carrow|He's not long for this world anyway, if you ask me! Look at him — what's happened to you, then, Dumby?|Albus Dumbledore|Oh, weaker resistance, slower reflexes, Amycus. Old age, in short… one day, perhaps, it will happen to you… if you are lucky…|What's that mean, then, what's that mean? Always the same, weren't yeh, Dumby, talking and doing nothing, nothing, I don't even know why the Dark Lord's bothering to kill yeh! Come on, Draco, do it!|[[Albus Dumbledore]] and Amycus Carrow moments before the former's death.|Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince}}
 
{{Dialogue a-b-c-b|Yaxley|No. We've got orders. Draco's got to do it. Now, Draco, and quickly.|Amycus Carrow|He's not long for this world anyway, if you ask me! Look at him — what's happened to you, then, Dumby?|Albus Dumbledore|Oh, weaker resistance, slower reflexes, Amycus. Old age, in short… one day, perhaps, it will happen to you… if you are lucky…|What's that mean, then, what's that mean? Always the same, weren't yeh, Dumby, talking and doing nothing, nothing, I don't even know why the Dark Lord's bothering to kill yeh! Come on, Draco, do it!|[[Albus Dumbledore]] and Amycus Carrow moments before the former's death.|Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince}}
In the evening of [[30 June]], [[1997]], Amycus and his sister participated in the [[Battle of the Astronomy Tower|assault]] on [[Hogwarts Castle]], orchestrated by [[Draco Malfoy]], that resulted in the death of [[Albus Dumbledore]]. When the [[Death Eaters]] arrived at the top of the [[Astronomy Tower]], where Dumbledore was trapped, Amycus tried to make fun of the [[Headmaster]] and turned suddenly violent when Dumbledore hypothesised that he, Amycus, might not reach his old age. When [[Severus Snape]] arrived at the scene, Amycus hurriedly said that [[Draco Malfoy|Draco]] was not able to kill Dumbledore, and Snape cast [[Killing Curse|the curse]] that ended the [[Headmaster]]'s life.<ref name="HBP27"/>
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In the evening of [[30 June]], [[1997]], Amycus and his sister participated in the [[Battle of the Astronomy Tower|assault]] on [[Hogwarts Castle]], orchestrated by [[Draco Malfoy]], that resulted in the death of [[Albus Dumbledore]]. When the [[Death Eaters]] arrived at the top of the [[Astronomy Tower]], where Dumbledore was trapped, Amycus tried to make fun of the [[Headmaster]] and turned suddenly violent when Dumbledore hypothesised that he, Amycus, might not reach his old age. When [[Severus Snape]] arrived at the scene, Amycus hurriedly said that [[Draco Malfoy|Draco]] was not able to kill Dumbledore, and Snape cast [[Killing Curse|the curse]] that ended the [[Headmaster]]'s life.<ref name="HBP27" />
   
 
On Snape's orders, he and his sister quickly left the Tower panting excitedly. On the corridors below, Amycus [[duel]]led [[Ginevra Weasley|Ginny Weasley]], sending multiple [[Cruciatus Curse]]s at her. [[Harry Potter]] shot an [[Impediment Jinx]] that made him slam into the opposite wall. Amycus and [[Alecto Carrow|Alecto]] retreated after Snape with their arms over her head, under blasts by [[Minerva McGonagall]]. As brother and sister descended the [[Marble Staircase]], [[Harry Potter|Harry]] took a shortcut and arrived at the grounds before them.<ref name="HBP28">''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]'' - Chapter 28 (''Flight of the Prince'')</ref>
 
On Snape's orders, he and his sister quickly left the Tower panting excitedly. On the corridors below, Amycus [[duel]]led [[Ginevra Weasley|Ginny Weasley]], sending multiple [[Cruciatus Curse]]s at her. [[Harry Potter]] shot an [[Impediment Jinx]] that made him slam into the opposite wall. Amycus and [[Alecto Carrow|Alecto]] retreated after Snape with their arms over her head, under blasts by [[Minerva McGonagall]]. As brother and sister descended the [[Marble Staircase]], [[Harry Potter|Harry]] took a shortcut and arrived at the grounds before them.<ref name="HBP28">''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]'' - Chapter 28 (''Flight of the Prince'')</ref>
 
[[File:AlectoAmycusMalfoyManor.jpg|left|180px|thumb|The Carrow siblings during the [[Meeting at Malfoy Manor]].]]
 
[[File:AlectoAmycusMalfoyManor.jpg|left|180px|thumb|The Carrow siblings during the [[Meeting at Malfoy Manor]].]]
As the two [[Death Eaters]] closed in after him, one of them cast a spell that sent Harry to the ground. Harry hit one of them, who stumbled and fell, tripping up the other, with another [[Impediment Jinx]]. The two siblings then ran to the gates, and [[Apparition|Disapparated]] beyond the school boundaries.<ref name="HBP28"/>
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As the two [[Death Eaters]] closed in after him, one of them cast a spell that sent Harry to the ground. Harry hit one of them, who stumbled and fell, tripping up the other, with another [[Impediment Jinx]]. The two siblings then ran to the gates, and [[Apparition|Disapparated]] beyond the school boundaries.<ref name="HBP28" />
   
 
That summer, the Carrows attended a Death Eater [[Meeting at Malfoy Manor|meeting]] at [[Malfoy Manor]] concerning [[Battle of the Seven Potters|plans to capture or kill Harry Potter]] and take over the [[British Ministry of Magic|Ministry of Magic]].<ref name="DHpt1">''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1]]''</ref>
 
That summer, the Carrows attended a Death Eater [[Meeting at Malfoy Manor|meeting]] at [[Malfoy Manor]] concerning [[Battle of the Seven Potters|plans to capture or kill Harry Potter]] and take over the [[British Ministry of Magic|Ministry of Magic]].<ref name="DHpt1">''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1]]''</ref>
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{{Dialogue a-b-a-b-a|Neville Longbottom|It's been… Well, it's not really like Hogwarts anymore. Do you know about the Carrows?|Harry Potter|Those two Death Eaters who teach here?|They do more than teach. They're in charge of all discipline. They like punishment, the Carrows.|Like Umbridge?|Nah, they make her look tame. The other teachers are all supposed to refer us to the Carrows if we do anything wrong. They don't, though, if they can avoid it. You can tell they all hate them as much as we do. Amycus, the bloke, he teaches what used to be Defense Against the Dark Arts, except now it's just the Dark Arts. We're supposed to practice the Cruciatus Curse on people who've earned detentions –|[[Neville Longbottom]] tells [[Harry Potter]] about the Carrows.|Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows}}
 
{{Dialogue a-b-a-b-a|Neville Longbottom|It's been… Well, it's not really like Hogwarts anymore. Do you know about the Carrows?|Harry Potter|Those two Death Eaters who teach here?|They do more than teach. They're in charge of all discipline. They like punishment, the Carrows.|Like Umbridge?|Nah, they make her look tame. The other teachers are all supposed to refer us to the Carrows if we do anything wrong. They don't, though, if they can avoid it. You can tell they all hate them as much as we do. Amycus, the bloke, he teaches what used to be Defense Against the Dark Arts, except now it's just the Dark Arts. We're supposed to practice the Cruciatus Curse on people who've earned detentions –|[[Neville Longbottom]] tells [[Harry Potter]] about the Carrows.|Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows}}
 
[[File:AlectoSnapeAmycus.jpg|thumb|200px|right|[[Headmaster]] [[Severus Snape]] with [[Headmaster|Deputy Heads]] [[Alecto Carrow|Alecto]] (left) and Amycus Carrow (right).]]
 
[[File:AlectoSnapeAmycus.jpg|thumb|200px|right|[[Headmaster]] [[Severus Snape]] with [[Headmaster|Deputy Heads]] [[Alecto Carrow|Alecto]] (left) and Amycus Carrow (right).]]
On [[1 August]], [[1997]], the [[Death Eaters]] managed to stage a [[Fall of the Ministry of Magic|coup]] over the [[British Ministry of Magic|Ministry of Magic]], thus gaining influence over all [[wizarding world|wizarding Britain]].<ref name="DH11">''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]'' - Chapter 11 (''The Bribe'')</ref> A month later, on [[1 September]], Amycus and Alecto were made [[Defence Against the Dark Arts]] and [[Muggle Studies]], respectively,<ref name="DH12"/> as well as [[Headmaster|Deputy Headmasters]] under newly-appointed [[Headmaster]] [[Severus Snape]].<ref name="DH28"/>
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On [[1 August]], [[1997]], the [[Death Eaters]] managed to stage a [[Fall of the Ministry of Magic|coup]] over the [[British Ministry of Magic|Ministry of Magic]], thus gaining influence over all [[wizarding world|wizarding Britain]].<ref name="DH11">''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]'' - Chapter 11 (''The Bribe'')</ref> A month later, on [[1 September]], Amycus and Alecto were made [[Defence Against the Dark Arts]] and [[Muggle Studies]], respectively,<ref name="DH12" /> as well as [[Headmaster|Deputy Headmasters]] under newly appointed [[Headmaster]] [[Severus Snape]].<ref name="DH28" />
   
 
The [[Defence Against the Dark Arts]] curriculum was changed so that it was now simply "[[Dark Arts (class)|Dark Arts]]". Amycus had his [[seventh year|seventh-years]] practice the [[Cruciatus Curse]] on people who have had won detentions.<ref name="DH29">''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]'' - Chapter 29 (''The Lost Diadem'')</ref> His syllabus also apparently covered the usage of the [[Killing Curse]] and [[Fiendfyre]].<ref name="DH31">''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]'' - Chapter 31 (''The Battle of Hogwarts'')</ref>
 
The [[Defence Against the Dark Arts]] curriculum was changed so that it was now simply "[[Dark Arts (class)|Dark Arts]]". Amycus had his [[seventh year|seventh-years]] practice the [[Cruciatus Curse]] on people who have had won detentions.<ref name="DH29">''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]'' - Chapter 29 (''The Lost Diadem'')</ref> His syllabus also apparently covered the usage of the [[Killing Curse]] and [[Fiendfyre]].<ref name="DH31">''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]'' - Chapter 31 (''The Battle of Hogwarts'')</ref>
   
As [[Headmaster|Deputy Headmasters]], the Carrows were put in charge of all punishment. The members of faculty were obliged to report any rule-breaking student to them, although they did not if they could avoid it. Punishments given out by the Carrows included torture, via the [[Cruciatus Curse]], as well as chaining students and corporal punishment in the form of beatings and slashes with knives.<ref name="DH29"/>
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As [[Headmaster|Deputy Headmasters]], the Carrows were put in charge of all punishment. The members of faculty were obliged to report any rule-breaking student to them, although they did not if they could avoid it. Punishments given out by the Carrows included torture, via the [[Cruciatus Curse]], as well as chaining students and corporal punishment in the form of beatings and slashes with knives.<ref name="DH29" />
   
 
[[File:AmycusStaircase.png|thumb|200px|left|Amycus Carrow controls the Hogwarts students.]]
 
[[File:AmycusStaircase.png|thumb|200px|left|Amycus Carrow controls the Hogwarts students.]]
   
[[Dumbledore's Army]], led by [[Neville Longbottom]], led the resistance against the Carrows. Amycus made a particularly deep gash in his cheek after he refused to use the [[Cruciatus Curse]] on students in detention. The group, now made illicit after the reenactment of the [[Educational Decree Number Twenty-Four]], used to sneak into the corridors at night and put up graffiti on the walls with messages like "''Dumbledore's Army, Still Recruiting''". [[Michael Corner]] was caught releasing a [[first year|first-year]] the Carrows had chained up, and was violently tortured.<ref name="DH29"/>
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[[Dumbledore's Army]], led by [[Neville Longbottom]], led the resistance against the Carrows. Amycus made a particularly deep gash in his cheek after he refused to use the [[Cruciatus Curse]] on students in detention. The group, now made illicit after the reenactment of the [[Educational Decree Number Twenty-Four]], used to sneak into the corridors at night and put up graffiti on the walls with messages like "''Dumbledore's Army, Still Recruiting''". [[Michael Corner]] was caught releasing a [[first year|first-year]] the Carrows had chained up, and was violently tortured.<ref name="DH29" />
   
Once the Carrows realised they had no hold over Neville, they planed to kill him or send him to [[Azkaban]]. As the Carrows chased him, Neville chose the [[Room of Requirement]] as a hideout and the rest of the [[Dumbledore's Army]] soon followed his footsteps and moved into the room as the Carrows tried to hunt them down.<ref name="DH29"/>
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Once the Carrows realised they had no hold over Neville, particularly after the Death Eaters' failed attempt to abduct [[Augusta Longbottom|his grandmother]], they planned to kill him or send him to [[Azkaban]]. As the Carrows chased him, Neville chose the [[Room of Requirement]] as a hideout and the rest of the [[Dumbledore's Army]] soon followed his footsteps and moved into the room as the Carrows tried to hunt them down.<ref name="DH29" />
   
 
====Overthrow====
 
====Overthrow====
 
{{Dialogue a-b-c|Minerva McGonagall|But let me make one thing very clear. You are not going to pass off your many ineptitudes on the students of Hogwarts. I shall not permit it.|Amycus Carrow|Excuse me? It's not a case of what ''you'll'' permit, Minerva McGonagall. Your time's over. It's us what's in charge here now, and you'll back me up or you'll pay the price. (spits in her face)|Harry Potter| (emerges from invisibility cloak) You shouldn't have done that, Crucio!|[[Minerva McGonagall]] confronts Amycus Carrow, and [[Harry Potter]] curses him.|Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows}}
 
{{Dialogue a-b-c|Minerva McGonagall|But let me make one thing very clear. You are not going to pass off your many ineptitudes on the students of Hogwarts. I shall not permit it.|Amycus Carrow|Excuse me? It's not a case of what ''you'll'' permit, Minerva McGonagall. Your time's over. It's us what's in charge here now, and you'll back me up or you'll pay the price. (spits in her face)|Harry Potter| (emerges from invisibility cloak) You shouldn't have done that, Crucio!|[[Minerva McGonagall]] confronts Amycus Carrow, and [[Harry Potter]] curses him.|Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows}}
By the evening of [[1 May]], [[1998]], news of [[Harry Potter]], [[Ronald Weasley]] and [[Hermione Granger]]'s [[Break-in of Gringotts Wizarding Bank (1998)|break-in]] of [[Gringotts Wizarding Bank]] reached the student body; [[Terry Boot]] was beaten up by the Carrows for yelling about it in the [[Great Hall]] over dinner.<ref name="DH29"/>
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By the evening of [[1 May]], [[1998]], news of [[Harry Potter]], [[Ronald Weasley]] and [[Hermione Granger]]'s [[Break-in of Gringotts Wizarding Bank (1998)|break-in]] of [[Gringotts Wizarding Bank]] reached the student body; [[Terry Boot]] was beaten up by the Carrows for yelling about it in the [[Great Hall]] over dinner.<ref name="DH29" />
   
That same day, as [[Tom Riddle|Lord Voldemort]] became aware that [[Harry Potter]], [[Ronald Weasley]] and [[Hermione Granger]] were [[Horcrux hunt|hunting down and destroying]] his [[Horcrux]]es, he instructed Amycus and Alecto that Harry might try to get into the Castle and [[Ravenclaw Tower]]. At the Carrows' urgent request [[Filius Flitwick|Professor Flitwick]], [[Head of Ravenclaw House]], let Alecto into the common room, where she stood guard.<ref name="DH30"/>
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That same day, as [[Tom Riddle|Lord Voldemort]] became aware that [[Harry Potter]], [[Ronald Weasley]] and [[Hermione Granger]] were [[Horcrux hunt|hunting down and destroying]] his [[Horcrux]]es, he instructed Amycus and Alecto that Harry might try to get into the Castle and [[Ravenclaw Tower]]. At the Carrows' urgent request [[Filius Flitwick|Professor Flitwick]], [[Head of Ravenclaw House]], let Alecto into the common room, where she stood guard.<ref name="DH30" />
   
 
[[File:AmycusSpell.jpg|thumb|230px|right|Amycus is hit by a curse.]]
 
[[File:AmycusSpell.jpg|thumb|230px|right|Amycus is hit by a curse.]]
   
His sister was keeping watch when Harry arrived with [[Luna Lovegood]]. Alecto immediately touched her [[Dark Mark]], letting [[Tom Riddle|Voldemort]] and all the [[Death Eaters]] know that they had got him. Alecto was immediately [[Stunning Spell|Stunned]] by Luna, but Amycus demanded [[Minerva McGonagall]] to let him into the Tower. Once inside, he saw his unconscious sister but no sign of Harry, as both he and Luna were hidden beneath his [[Cloak of Invisibility|Invisibility Cloak]]. Aware that they were going to feel Voldemort's wrath if they did not hand him Harry, Amycus planned to pass it off on the students, and when Professor McGonagall objected calling Amycus a coward in the process, he spat in her face. This show of disrespect for both human life and McGonagall enraged Harry to the point of disregarding stealth and revealing himself, throwing a Cruciatus Curse at Amycus with such force that he slammed into the wall. [[Minerva McGonagall]] used a spell to conjure a net, and the siblings were tied up and hoisted into the air, where were left dangling beneath the ceiling.<ref name="DH30"/>
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His sister was keeping watch when Harry arrived with [[Luna Lovegood]]. Alecto immediately touched her [[Dark Mark]], letting [[Tom Riddle|Voldemort]] and all the [[Death Eaters]] know that they had got him. Alecto was immediately [[Stunning Spell|Stunned]] by Luna, but Amycus demanded [[Minerva McGonagall]] to let him into the Tower. Once inside, he saw his unconscious sister but no sign of Harry, as both he and Luna were hidden beneath his [[Cloak of Invisibility|Invisibility Cloak]]. Aware that they were going to feel Voldemort's wrath if they did not hand him Harry, Amycus planned to pass it off on the students, and when Professor McGonagall objected calling Amycus a coward in the process, he spat in her face. This show of disrespect for both human life and McGonagall enraged Harry to the point of disregarding stealth and revealing himself, throwing a Cruciatus Curse at Amycus with such force that he slammed into the wall. [[Minerva McGonagall]] used a spell to conjure a net, and the siblings were tied up and hoisted into the air, where were left dangling beneath the ceiling.<ref name="DH30" />
   
 
===Post-war===
 
===Post-war===
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==Physical appearance==
 
==Physical appearance==
Amycus Carrow was squat and lumpy, with a lopsided leer and a wheezy giggle, much like his sister.<ref name="HBP27"/> Hunched, he had a pallid, doughy face and tiny eyes.<ref name="DH30"/> He also had a pig-like face.<ref name="DH30"/>
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Amycus Carrow was squat and lumpy, with a lopsided leer and a wheezy giggle, much like his sister.<ref name="HBP27" /> Hunched, he had a pallid, doughy face and tiny eyes.<ref name="DH30" /> He also had a pig-like face.<ref name="DH30" />
 
[[File:ProfessorAmycus.png|thumb|left|140px|Amycus Carrow.]]
 
[[File:ProfessorAmycus.png|thumb|left|140px|Amycus Carrow.]]
   
 
==Personality and traits==
 
==Personality and traits==
 
{{Dialogue a-b|Eagle door knocker|Where do Vanished objects go?|Amycus Carrow|I dunno, do I? Shut it!|Amycus tries to enter [[Ravenclaw Tower]].|Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows}}
 
{{Dialogue a-b|Eagle door knocker|Where do Vanished objects go?|Amycus Carrow|I dunno, do I? Shut it!|Amycus tries to enter [[Ravenclaw Tower]].|Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows}}
Amycus was a sadistic man who enjoyed punishing and torturing students, ordering them to perform the [[Cruciatus Curse]] on students given detention.<ref name="DH29"/> He was also a coward, as he planned to blame the Ravenclaw students for allegedly forcing Alecto to press her [[Dark Mark]] so that they would be punished by Voldemort instead of himself and his sister. He was also arrogant as he demanded that McGonagall would support him.<ref name="DH30"/> He was rude and offensive, banging hard on the door to [[Ravenclaw Tower]] when he failed to solve the riddle to open it, putting his face close to Minerva to command her support and ended up spitting in her face.<ref name="DH30"/> He was also hot-tempered, responding with violence without warning.<ref name="HBP27"/><ref name="DH30"/> Amycus does not seem to be very bright as he was unable to answer the riddle to get into Ravenclaw Tower when asked by the eagle knocker on the door or give a reason why [[Harry Potter]] would go into Ravenclaw Tower when he was of [[Gryffindor]] House, when asked by [[Minerva McGonagall]].
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Amycus was a sadistic man who enjoyed punishing and torturing students, ordering them to perform the [[Cruciatus Curse]] on students given detention.<ref name="DH29" /> He was also a coward, as he planned to blame the Ravenclaw students for allegedly forcing Alecto to press her [[Dark Mark]] so that they would be punished by Voldemort instead of himself and his sister. He was also arrogant as he demanded that McGonagall would support him.<ref name="DH30" /> He was rude and offensive, banging hard on the door to [[Ravenclaw Tower]] when he failed to solve the riddle to open it, putting his face close to Minerva to command her support and ended up spitting in her face.<ref name="DH30" /> He was also hot-tempered, responding with violence without warning.<ref name="HBP27" /><ref name="DH30" /> Amycus does not seem to be very bright as he was unable to answer the riddle to get into Ravenclaw Tower when asked by the eagle knocker on the door or give a reason why [[Harry Potter]] would go into Ravenclaw Tower when he was of [[Gryffindor]] House, when asked by [[Minerva McGonagall]].
   
==Magical Abilities and Skills==
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==Magical abilities and skills==
*'''Dark Arts''': Amycus apparently mastered the [[Dark Arts]] as he was a [[Death Eater]].<ref name="HBP27"/> He could cast the [[Cruciatus Curse]] effectively<ref name="HBP28"/> and, apparently, the [[Killing Curse]] and could summon [[Fiendfyre]].<ref name="DH31"/>
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*'''[[Dark Arts]]''': Amycus apparently mastered the [[Dark Arts]] as he was a [[Death Eater]].<ref name="HBP27" /> He could cast the [[Cruciatus Curse]] effectively<ref name="HBP28" /> and, apparently, the [[Killing Curse]] and could summon [[Fiendfyre]].<ref name="DH31" /> He was skilled enough to teach students in curses and was placed as a teacher of the [[Dark Arts (class)|Dark Arts class]].
*'''[[Duel]]list''': Amycus was somewhat skilled in duelling as he seemed too much for [[Ginevra Weasley|Ginny Weasley]] to overpower during the [[Battle of the Astronomy Tower]].<ref name="HBP27"/>
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*'''[[Duel]]list''': Amycus was somewhat skilled in duelling as he seemed too much for [[Ginevra Weasley|Ginny Weasley]] to overpower during the [[Battle of the Astronomy Tower]].<ref name="HBP27" /> Although, he was unable to stand up to more powerful duelists such as [[Minerva McGonagall]], as both he and his sister retreated with their arms covering their heads as she sent blast after blast after them.
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*'''Teaching Skills: '''Amycus taught the Dark Arts to students during his time as a Professor at [[Hogwarts]]. He did have some noticable skill in teaching, particularly to receptive students such as [[Vincent Crabbe]] and [[Gregory Goyle]], according to Neville Longbottom they loved the class and it was they only subject in which they'd ever shown any talent. It is known that Amycus was a talented enough to teach students to successfully perform both the Cruciatus Curse and the Killing Curse. However, Amycus's skill in teaching is most definitely questionable, although he was able to teach students how to perform complex dark magic such as summoning Fiendfyre, he neglected to inform them of how to end the spell. This is how Crabbe met his death, when he tried to use Fiendfyre against [[Harry]] , [[Ron]] and [[Hermione]] during the [[Skirmish in the room of requirement|Skirmish in the Room of Requirement]]. Although, Crabbe was able to successfully summon Fiendfyre, he could neither control or stop the curse and as a result fell victim to his own flames. If Amycus had been thorough enough in his teachings of the curse, things may have turned out quite differently. This would also mean that Amycus was inadvertently responsible for the destruction of [[Rowena Ravenclaw's Diadem]] which was one of [[Lord Voldemort]]'s [[Horcruxes (voldemort)|Horcruxes]]. This would mean that by extension Amycus played a part in his master's downfall by teaching a curse that would destroy a Horcrux. 
   
 
==Etymology==
 
==Etymology==
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*In Greek mythology, [[Wikipedia:Amycus (disambiguation)|Amycus]] was the son of the sea god Poseidon and the nymph Melia. He was a boxer as well as a soldier in the Trojan War.
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*In Greek mythology, [[Wikipedia:Amycus (disambiguation)|Amycus]] was the son of the sea god, Poseidon, and the nymph, Melia. He was a boxer as well as a soldier in the Trojan War.
*''Amycus'' is also genus of South American spiders.
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*''"Amycus"'' is also genus of South American spiders.
*''Amycus'' may come from the Latin ''amicus'', meaning "friend" (however this is ironic, because Amycus is obviously not a 'friend').
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*''"Amycus"'' may come from the Latin "''amicus"'', meaning "''friend''" (however this is ironic, as Amycus is obviously not a 'friend' to the cause of good).
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===Carrow===
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*In English, the word; "''Carrow''", can refer to two places. "''Carrow''" in Norfolk, or "''Carraw''" in Northumberland. The first is assumed to have its name derived from the Old English word "''carr''", meaning "''rock''", and a word of Celtic origin; "''hoh''", meaning "''spur of a hill''". While the second appears to have been named either after the plural of the Old English word "''carr''", or after a mixture of a form of "''carr''", and another Old English word; "''raw''", meaning "''row''".
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*It is also possible, that the surname was originally a shortnened version of the Cornish surname; "''Nancarrow''".
   
 
==Behind the scenes==
 
==Behind the scenes==
 
[[File:Death Eater-Amycus Carrow-02.jpg|thumb|right|Ralph Ineson as Amycus Carrow in ''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)|Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]''.]]
 
[[File:Death Eater-Amycus Carrow-02.jpg|thumb|right|Ralph Ineson as Amycus Carrow in ''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)|Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]''.]]
 
*Amycus Carrow is played by [[Ralph Ineson]] in the [[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)|film adaptation]] of ''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]'' and in ''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1]]'' and ''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2|Part 2]]''.
 
*Amycus Carrow is played by [[Ralph Ineson]] in the [[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)|film adaptation]] of ''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]'' and in ''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1]]'' and ''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2|Part 2]]''.
*Amycus role in the [[Harry Potter films|films]] is significantly smaller than in the [[Harry Potter books|books]]: in the [[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)|film adaptation]] of ''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]'', all of Amycus's lines were given to [[Bellatrix Lestrange]] and [[Fenrir Greyback]]; in the [[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1|first part of the film adaptation]] of ''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]'', he was only seen in the [[Meeting at Malfoy Manor]]; and in the [[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1|second part of the film adaptation]] he is only seen during the [[ousting of Severus Snape]] in the [[Great Hall]], in which he is defeated as [[Severus Snape]] blocks a [[spell]] cast by [[Minerva McGonagall]] during their duel (possibly [[Blasting Curse|Confringo]]).
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*Amycus role in the [[Harry Potter films|films]] is significantly smaller than in the [[Harry Potter books|books]]: in the [[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)|film adaptation]] of ''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]'', all of Amycus's lines were given to [[Bellatrix Lestrange]] and [[Fenrir Greyback]]; in the [[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1|first part of the film adaptation]] of ''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]'', he was only seen in the [[Meeting at Malfoy Manor]]; and in the [[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1|second part of the film adaptation]] he is only seen during the [[ousting of Severus Snape]] in the [[Great Hall]], in which he is defeated as [[Severus Snape]] deflects two spells cast by [[Minerva McGonagall]] during their duel and they hit Amycus and his sister, probably intentionally.
 
*In the [[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (video game)|second part of the video game adaptation]] of ''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]'', Amycus and his sister appear as bosses in the [[Great Hall]] shortly before the [[Battle of Hogwarts]].
 
*In the [[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (video game)|second part of the video game adaptation]] of ''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]'', Amycus and his sister appear as bosses in the [[Great Hall]] shortly before the [[Battle of Hogwarts]].
 
*In ''Deathly Hallows Part 2'', Amycus is said to have instructed his students to practice the Cruciatus Curse on first-years.
 
*In ''Deathly Hallows Part 2'', Amycus is said to have instructed his students to practice the Cruciatus Curse on first-years.
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Amycus Carrow: "We can push it off on the kids. Yeah, that's what we'll do. We'll say Alecto was ambushed by the kids, them kids up there, and we'll say they forced her to press her Mark, and that's why he got a false alarm… He can punish them. Couple of kids more or less, what's the difference?"
Minerva McGonagall: "Only the difference between truth and lies, courage and cowardice. A difference, in short, which you and your sister seem unable to appreciate."
— Amycus attempting to blame children to avoid being punished by Lord Voldemort.[src]

Professor Amycus Carrow was a wizard, brother of Alecto Carrow and a Death Eater. Amycus fought in the First Wizarding War along with his sister. They did not search for Lord Voldemort after his first downfall but were forgiven after Voldemort's return in 1995 and joined the Death Eater ranks in the Second Wizarding War. After the fall of the Ministry of Magic in 1997, he was made Defence Against the Dark Arts professor, which for all intents and purposes simply became "Dark Arts" and, along with his sister, Deputy Headmaster. He liked to punish and torture the students who opposed them. In the evening of 1 May, 1998, shortly before the Battle of Hogwarts, he was tortured by Harry Potter when he spat on Professor McGonagall's face. He was then Imperiused and tied up in Ravenclaw Tower by McGonagall herself. After the battle, he was likely sent to Azkaban along with his sister.

Biography

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A wanted poster of Amycus Carrow.

Early life

Amycus Carrow was born sometime before 1981[1] into the Pure-blood or Half-blood Carrow family,[2] somewhere in the British Isles. At some point before his instruction in the magical arts, he acquired a wand.[4]

Given that he seemed to have been acquainted with Albus Dumbledore,[4] it is possible he attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in his youth.

First Wizarding War

Amycus and his sister supported Lord Voldemort, and became Death Eaters during the First Wizarding War. After Voldemort's downfall in 1981, they did not search for their master, believing that Voldemort was gone forever, and managed to avoid imprisonment in Azkaban.[1][9]

Despite all this, the Carrows were among those who, after Voldemort's return, resumed their Death Eater activities.[1] The two siblings were fairly active during the Second Wizarding War.[4][5]

Second Wizarding War

Rebirth of the Dark Lord

Amycus and his sister were, most likely, among the Death Eaters that were summoned by Lord Voldemort to the churchyard at Little Hangleton on 24 June, 1995, as their absence wasn't noted by Voldemort himself.[10]

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Amycus atop the Astronomy Tower with Fenrir Greyback.

Battle of the Astronomy Tower

Yaxley: "No. We've got orders. Draco's got to do it. Now, Draco, and quickly."
Amycus Carrow: "He's not long for this world anyway, if you ask me! Look at him — what's happened to you, then, Dumby?"
Albus Dumbledore: "Oh, weaker resistance, slower reflexes, Amycus. Old age, in short… one day, perhaps, it will happen to you… if you are lucky…"
Amycus Carrow: "What's that mean, then, what's that mean? Always the same, weren't yeh, Dumby, talking and doing nothing, nothing, I don't even know why the Dark Lord's bothering to kill yeh! Come on, Draco, do it!"
Albus Dumbledore and Amycus Carrow moments before the former's death.[src]

In the evening of 30 June, 1997, Amycus and his sister participated in the assault on Hogwarts Castle, orchestrated by Draco Malfoy, that resulted in the death of Albus Dumbledore. When the Death Eaters arrived at the top of the Astronomy Tower, where Dumbledore was trapped, Amycus tried to make fun of the Headmaster and turned suddenly violent when Dumbledore hypothesised that he, Amycus, might not reach his old age. When Severus Snape arrived at the scene, Amycus hurriedly said that Draco was not able to kill Dumbledore, and Snape cast the curse that ended the Headmaster's life.[4]

On Snape's orders, he and his sister quickly left the Tower panting excitedly. On the corridors below, Amycus duelled Ginny Weasley, sending multiple Cruciatus Curses at her. Harry Potter shot an Impediment Jinx that made him slam into the opposite wall. Amycus and Alecto retreated after Snape with their arms over her head, under blasts by Minerva McGonagall. As brother and sister descended the Marble Staircase, Harry took a shortcut and arrived at the grounds before them.[11]

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The Carrow siblings during the Meeting at Malfoy Manor.

As the two Death Eaters closed in after him, one of them cast a spell that sent Harry to the ground. Harry hit one of them, who stumbled and fell, tripping up the other, with another Impediment Jinx. The two siblings then ran to the gates, and Disapparated beyond the school boundaries.[11]

That summer, the Carrows attended a Death Eater meeting at Malfoy Manor concerning plans to capture or kill Harry Potter and take over the Ministry of Magic.[12]

Appointment at Hogwarts

Neville Longbottom: "It's been… Well, it's not really like Hogwarts anymore. Do you know about the Carrows?"
Harry Potter: "Those two Death Eaters who teach here?"
Neville Longbottom: "They do more than teach. They're in charge of all discipline. They like punishment, the Carrows."
Harry Potter: "Like Umbridge?"
Neville Longbottom: "Nah, they make her look tame. The other teachers are all supposed to refer us to the Carrows if we do anything wrong. They don't, though, if they can avoid it. You can tell they all hate them as much as we do. Amycus, the bloke, he teaches what used to be Defense Against the Dark Arts, except now it's just the Dark Arts. We're supposed to practice the Cruciatus Curse on people who've earned detentions –"
Neville Longbottom tells Harry Potter about the Carrows.[src]
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Headmaster Severus Snape with Deputy Heads Alecto (left) and Amycus Carrow (right).

On 1 August, 1997, the Death Eaters managed to stage a coup over the Ministry of Magic, thus gaining influence over all wizarding Britain.[13] A month later, on 1 September, Amycus and Alecto were made Defence Against the Dark Arts and Muggle Studies, respectively,[3] as well as Deputy Headmasters under newly appointed Headmaster Severus Snape.[8]

The Defence Against the Dark Arts curriculum was changed so that it was now simply "Dark Arts". Amycus had his seventh-years practice the Cruciatus Curse on people who have had won detentions.[14] His syllabus also apparently covered the usage of the Killing Curse and Fiendfyre.[15]

As Deputy Headmasters, the Carrows were put in charge of all punishment. The members of faculty were obliged to report any rule-breaking student to them, although they did not if they could avoid it. Punishments given out by the Carrows included torture, via the Cruciatus Curse, as well as chaining students and corporal punishment in the form of beatings and slashes with knives.[14]

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Amycus Carrow controls the Hogwarts students.

Dumbledore's Army, led by Neville Longbottom, led the resistance against the Carrows. Amycus made a particularly deep gash in his cheek after he refused to use the Cruciatus Curse on students in detention. The group, now made illicit after the reenactment of the Educational Decree Number Twenty-Four, used to sneak into the corridors at night and put up graffiti on the walls with messages like "Dumbledore's Army, Still Recruiting". Michael Corner was caught releasing a first-year the Carrows had chained up, and was violently tortured.[14]

Once the Carrows realised they had no hold over Neville, particularly after the Death Eaters' failed attempt to abduct his grandmother, they planned to kill him or send him to Azkaban. As the Carrows chased him, Neville chose the Room of Requirement as a hideout and the rest of the Dumbledore's Army soon followed his footsteps and moved into the room as the Carrows tried to hunt them down.[14]

Overthrow

Minerva McGonagall: "But let me make one thing very clear. You are not going to pass off your many ineptitudes on the students of Hogwarts. I shall not permit it."
Amycus Carrow: "Excuse me? It's not a case of what you'll permit, Minerva McGonagall. Your time's over. It's us what's in charge here now, and you'll back me up or you'll pay the price. (spits in her face)"
Harry Potter: " (emerges from invisibility cloak) You shouldn't have done that, Crucio!"
Minerva McGonagall confronts Amycus Carrow, and Harry Potter curses him.[src]

By the evening of 1 May, 1998, news of Harry Potter, Ronald Weasley and Hermione Granger's break-in of Gringotts Wizarding Bank reached the student body; Terry Boot was beaten up by the Carrows for yelling about it in the Great Hall over dinner.[14]

That same day, as Lord Voldemort became aware that Harry Potter, Ronald Weasley and Hermione Granger were hunting down and destroying his Horcruxes, he instructed Amycus and Alecto that Harry might try to get into the Castle and Ravenclaw Tower. At the Carrows' urgent request Professor Flitwick, Head of Ravenclaw House, let Alecto into the common room, where she stood guard.[5]

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Amycus is hit by a curse.

His sister was keeping watch when Harry arrived with Luna Lovegood. Alecto immediately touched her Dark Mark, letting Voldemort and all the Death Eaters know that they had got him. Alecto was immediately Stunned by Luna, but Amycus demanded Minerva McGonagall to let him into the Tower. Once inside, he saw his unconscious sister but no sign of Harry, as both he and Luna were hidden beneath his Invisibility Cloak. Aware that they were going to feel Voldemort's wrath if they did not hand him Harry, Amycus planned to pass it off on the students, and when Professor McGonagall objected calling Amycus a coward in the process, he spat in her face. This show of disrespect for both human life and McGonagall enraged Harry to the point of disregarding stealth and revealing himself, throwing a Cruciatus Curse at Amycus with such force that he slammed into the wall. Minerva McGonagall used a spell to conjure a net, and the siblings were tied up and hoisted into the air, where were left dangling beneath the ceiling.[5]

Post-war

Neither Amycus nor his sister fought in the Battle of Hogwarts as both of them were kept tied-up at Ravenclaw Tower. It is likely that after the battle and the end of the Second Wizarding War Amycus was imprisoned in Azkaban for his crimes under Kingsley Shacklebolt's de-corrupted Ministry of Magic.

Physical appearance

Amycus Carrow was squat and lumpy, with a lopsided leer and a wheezy giggle, much like his sister.[4] Hunched, he had a pallid, doughy face and tiny eyes.[5] He also had a pig-like face.[5]

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Amycus Carrow.

Personality and traits

Eagle door knocker: "Where do Vanished objects go?"
Amycus Carrow: "I dunno, do I? Shut it!"
— Amycus tries to enter Ravenclaw Tower.[src]

Amycus was a sadistic man who enjoyed punishing and torturing students, ordering them to perform the Cruciatus Curse on students given detention.[14] He was also a coward, as he planned to blame the Ravenclaw students for allegedly forcing Alecto to press her Dark Mark so that they would be punished by Voldemort instead of himself and his sister. He was also arrogant as he demanded that McGonagall would support him.[5] He was rude and offensive, banging hard on the door to Ravenclaw Tower when he failed to solve the riddle to open it, putting his face close to Minerva to command her support and ended up spitting in her face.[5] He was also hot-tempered, responding with violence without warning.[4][5] Amycus does not seem to be very bright as he was unable to answer the riddle to get into Ravenclaw Tower when asked by the eagle knocker on the door or give a reason why Harry Potter would go into Ravenclaw Tower when he was of Gryffindor House, when asked by Minerva McGonagall.

Magical abilities and skills

  • Dark Arts: Amycus apparently mastered the Dark Arts as he was a Death Eater.[4] He could cast the Cruciatus Curse effectively[11] and, apparently, the Killing Curse and could summon Fiendfyre.[15] He was skilled enough to teach students in curses and was placed as a teacher of the Dark Arts class.
  • Duellist: Amycus was somewhat skilled in duelling as he seemed too much for Ginny Weasley to overpower during the Battle of the Astronomy Tower.[4] Although, he was unable to stand up to more powerful duelists such as Minerva McGonagall, as both he and his sister retreated with their arms covering their heads as she sent blast after blast after them.
  • Teaching Skills: Amycus taught the Dark Arts to students during his time as a Professor at Hogwarts. He did have some noticable skill in teaching, particularly to receptive students such as Vincent Crabbe and Gregory Goyle, according to Neville Longbottom they loved the class and it was they only subject in which they'd ever shown any talent. It is known that Amycus was a talented enough to teach students to successfully perform both the Cruciatus Curse and the Killing Curse. However, Amycus's skill in teaching is most definitely questionable, although he was able to teach students how to perform complex dark magic such as summoning Fiendfyre, he neglected to inform them of how to end the spell. This is how Crabbe met his death, when he tried to use Fiendfyre against Harry , Ron and Hermione during the Skirmish in the Room of Requirement. Although, Crabbe was able to successfully summon Fiendfyre, he could neither control or stop the curse and as a result fell victim to his own flames. If Amycus had been thorough enough in his teachings of the curse, things may have turned out quite differently. This would also mean that Amycus was inadvertently responsible for the destruction of Rowena Ravenclaw's Diadem which was one of Lord Voldemort's Horcruxes. This would mean that by extension Amycus played a part in his master's downfall by teaching a curse that would destroy a Horcrux. 

Etymology

Amycus

  • In Greek mythology, Amycus was the son of the sea god, Poseidon, and the nymph, Melia. He was a boxer as well as a soldier in the Trojan War.
  • "Amycus" is also genus of South American spiders.
  • "Amycus" may come from the Latin "amicus", meaning "friend" (however this is ironic, as Amycus is obviously not a 'friend' to the cause of good).

Carrow

  • In English, the word; "Carrow", can refer to two places. "Carrow" in Norfolk, or "Carraw" in Northumberland. The first is assumed to have its name derived from the Old English word "carr", meaning "rock", and a word of Celtic origin; "hoh", meaning "spur of a hill". While the second appears to have been named either after the plural of the Old English word "carr", or after a mixture of a form of "carr", and another Old English word; "raw", meaning "row".
  • It is also possible, that the surname was originally a shortnened version of the Cornish surname; "Nancarrow".

Behind the scenes

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Ralph Ineson as Amycus Carrow in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.

Appearances

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Notes and references

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - Chapter 2 (Spinner's End)
  2. 2.0 2.1 On Pottermore - "New from J.K. Rowling: Pure-Blood".
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Chapter 12 (Magic is Might)
  4. 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - Chapter 27 (The Lightning-Struck Tower)
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.8 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Chapter 30 (The Sacking of Severus Snape)
  6. 6.0 6.1 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)
  7. See this interview; “Samantha: Was snape the only death eater who could produce a full patronus J.K. Rowling: Yes, because a Patronus is used against things that the Death Eaters generally generate, or fight alongside. They would not need Patronuses.”
  8. 8.0 8.1 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Chapter 28 (The Missing Mirror)
  9. "Are Alecto and Amycus (the two sibling Death Eaters) the Carrows mentioned by Snape in Spinner's End?" on J.K.Rowling Official Site
  10. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - Chapter 33 (The Death Eaters)
  11. 11.0 11.1 11.2 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - Chapter 28 (Flight of the Prince)
  12. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
  13. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Chapter 11 (The Bribe)
  14. 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 14.4 14.5 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Chapter 29 (The Lost Diadem)
  15. 15.0 15.1 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Chapter 31 (The Battle of Hogwarts)
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Deputy Heads Alecto Carrow · Amycus Carrow · Minerva McGonagall · Matilda Weasley
Heads of House Muldoon Cragg · Filius Flitwick · Godric Gryffindor · Gryffindor lady · Gryffindor man (II) · Gryffindor man (III) · Gryffindor man (IV) · Gryffindor Seeker · Helga Hufflepuff · Neville Longbottom · Minerva McGonagall · Valeria Myriadd · Uric Oapley · Podric Piles · Pink-faced Headmaster · Prendergast · Rowena Ravenclaw · Abraham Ronen · Horace Slughorn · Salazar Slytherin · Severus Snape · Pomona Sprout · Tobias Stump
Teaching staff Bartholomew · Bathsheda Babbling · San Bakar · Herbert Beery · Cuthbert Binns · Brindlemore · Charity Burbage · Herodiana Byrne · Camelia · Alecto Carrow · Amycus Carrow · Bartemius Crouch Junior (disguised as Alastor Moody) · Clodagh Dromgoole · Albus Dumbledore · Archibald Eagleton · Eleazar Fig · Firenze · Filius Flitwick · Fortinbras · Mirabel Garlick · Mirabel Garlick's predecessor · Jakub Gorski · Olivia Green · Rubeus Hagrid · Dinah Hecat · Rolanda Hooch · Bai Howin · Arsenius Jigger · Igor Karkaroff's Yule Ball partner · Silvanus Kettleburn · Chiyo Kogawa · Gilderoy Lockhart · Neville Longbottom · Remus Lupin · Elspeth MacGillony · Mazoni · Minerva McGonagall · Galatea Merrythought · Isidora Morganach · Mudiwa Onai · Prendergast · Quirinus Quirrell · Percival Rackham · Patricia Rakepick · Abraham Ronen · Charles Rookwood · Concordia Rowle · Luna Scamander · Satyavati Shah · Aesop Sharp · Arif Sikander · Aurora Sinistra · Horace Slughorn · Severus Snape · Pomona Sprout · Swoopstikes · Sybill Trelawney · Trocar · Dolores Umbridge · Septima Vector · Matilda Weasley · Matilda Weasley's predecessor · Unidentified professor · Charms professor (medieval) · Potions professor (16th century) · Holidaying professor (before 1890s) · DADA professor (1984–1985) · DADA professor (1985–1986) · DADA professor (1986–1987) · DADA professor (1987–1988) · DADA professor (1989–1990) · DADA professor (1990–1991) · Muggle Studies professor (1990s) · Music professor · DADA professor (1998–?) · Potions professor (21st century) · Charms professor (?th century)
Hogwarts house-elves Bilm · Boil-ridden house-elf · Cooky · Cosa · Deek · Dobby · Feenky · Filk · Gimkey ·Krafty · Kreacher · Nonsuch · Pitts · Retch · Ringkull · Rooky · Vekey · Wigby · Winky · Wooby · Unidentified house-elf (I) · Unidentified house-elf (II)
Support staff Phineas Nigellus Black's secretaries · Noreen Blainey · Rancorous Carpe · Argus Filch · Wilhelmina Grubbly-Plank · Rubeus Hagrid · Rolanda Hooch · Hankerton Humble · Gladwin Moon · Ogg · Irma Pince · Poppy Pomfrey · Apollyon Pringle · Lucinda Thomsonicle-Pocus · Agnes Scribner · Wainscott · Carriage driver (1890s) · Gamekeeper (1890s) · Unidentified Healers · Librarian (?th century) · Librarian (21st century)
Defence Against the Dark Arts (D.A.D.A.)
Subjectsdada
D.A.D.A. at Hogwarts
Classroom 3C · Classroom 3C backrooms · Temporary Classroom · Hogwarts Turris Magnus · Teacher's Office · Storeroom · Staircase · Storage room · Lesson Cup · Race Cup · Duelling Club · Dumbledore's Army
Professors
Isidora Morganach · Dinah Hecat · Arsenius Jigger · Albus Dumbledore · Galatea Merrythought · 1984–1985 professor · 1985–1986 professor · 1986–1987 professor · 1987–1988 professor · Patricia Rakepick · 1989–1990 professor · First 1990–1991 professor · Olivia Green · Quirinus Quirrell · Gilderoy Lockhart · Remus Lupin · Bartemius Crouch Junior (as Alastor Moody) · Dolores Umbridge · Severus Snape · Amycus Carrow (as Dark Arts teacher) · Unidentified professor · Brindlemore
Textbooks
The Dark Forces: A Guide to Self-Protection · Advanced Defence Against the Dark Arts · Break with a Banshee · Gadding with Ghouls · Holidays with Hags · Travels with Trolls · Voyages with Vampires · Wanderings with Werewolves · Year with the Yeti · The Essential Defence Against the Dark Arts · Defensive Magical Theory · Dark Arts Defence – Basics for Beginners · Confronting the Faceless · Defence Against the Dark Arts
Spells studied at Hogwarts under D.A.D.A.
Aqua Eructo · Boggart-Banishing Spell (Riddikulus) · Bombarda Maxima · Cave inimicum · Concealment Charms · Counter-curses · Counter-jinxes · Cruciatus Curse (Crucio) · Curse of the Bogies (Mucus ad Nauseam) · Cursed barrier spell · Densaugeo · Deprimo Spell (Deprimo) · Disarming Charm (Expelliarmus) · Ear-Shrivelling Curse · Everte Statum · Freezing Spell (Glacius) · Full Body-Bind Curse (Petrificus Totalus) · Fumos Duo · Green Sparks · Hex-Breaker· Hex-deflection · Hex Zapper · Homorphus Charm · Human-presence-revealing Spell (Homenum Revelio) · Impediment Jinx (Impedimenta) · Imperius Curse (Imperio) · Imperturbable Charm · Killing Curse (Avada Kedavra) · Knockback Jinx (Flipendo) · Lacarnum Inflamari · Langlock · Levitation Spell (Levioso) · Limbo Mist anticharm · Nonverbal spells · Patronus Charm (Expecto Patronum) · Pimple Jinx (Furnunculus) · Protective enchantments · Red Sparks (Vermillious) · Reductor Curse (Reducto) · Salvio hexia · Sea Urchin Jinx · Seize and pull charm (Carpe Retractum) · Shield Charm (Protego) · Smokescreen Spell (Fumos) · Snake-Vanishing Spell (Vipera Evanesca) · Softening Charm (Spongify) · Stretching Jinx · Tickling Charm (Rictusempra) · Tongue-Tying Curse (Mimblewimble) · Trip Jinx · Twitchy-Ears Hex · Verdimillious Charm (Verdimillious) · Verdimillious Duo Spell (Verdimillious) · Verdimillious Tria · Vermillious Duo · Vermillious Tria · Wand-Lighting Charm (Lumos)
Creatures studied at Hogwarts under D.A.D.A.
Banshee · Boggart · Chameleon Ghoul · Charmed skeleton · Cornish Pixie · Dementor · Dugbog · Erkling · Flesh-Eating Slug · Ghost · Ghoul · Gnome · Grindylow · Gytrash · Hag · Hinkypunk · Iguana · Imp · Inferius · Kappa · Manticore · Nocturnal beasts · Nogtail · Poltergeist · Red Cap · Snake · Troll · Vampire · Vampire bat · Werewolf · Yeti · Zombie
Death Eaters
Dark Mark Pottermore
Leader: Lord Voldemort
Death Eaters

Avery II · Alecto Carrow · Amycus Carrow · Crabbe · Bartemius Crouch Junior † · Antonin Dolohov · Gibbon † · Goyle · Gareth Greengrass's brother · Jugson · Barnaby Lee's father · Barnaby Lee's mother · Bellatrix Lestrange † · Rabastan Lestrange · Rodolphus Lestrange · Walden Macnair · Mulciber I · Mulciber II · Nott · Pyrites (possibly) · Augustus Rookwood · Rosier · Evan Rosier † · Thorfinn Rowle · Selwyn · Merula Snyde's father · Merula Snyde's mother · Travers · Wilkes † · Corban Yaxley · Unidentified Death Eaters

Death Eater defectors

Regulus Black † · Igor Karkaroff † · Draco Malfoy · Lucius Malfoy · Peter Pettigrew † · Severus Snape

Death Eater allies

Borgin · Vincent Crabbe · John Dawlish · Delphini · Golgomath · Gregory Goyle · Fenrir Greyback · Mafalda Hopkirk · Narcissa Malfoy (defected) · Ismelda Murk (unofficially, supposedly) · Nagini · Mr Padgett · Mrs Padgett · Pansy Parkinson · Quirinus Quirrell · Albert Runcorn · Stanley Shunpike (Imperiused) · Scabior · Serpent of Slytherin · Pius Thicknesse (Imperiused) · Dolores Umbridge

Other affiliations

British Ministry of Magic (under Voldemort's control) · Daily Prophet (under Voldemort's control) · Dementors · Draco Malfoy's gang · Kreacher (formerly) · Tom Riddle's gang · Gang of Slytherins · Giants (Golgomath's control) · Inferi · Charmed skeletons · Muggle-Born Registration Commission · Theodore Nott (possibly) · Snatchers · Werewolf army · The Unforgivable

Death Eater establishments

Abandoned nuclear power plant · Borgin and Burkes · British Ministry of Magic Headquarters (under Voldemort's control) · The Cave · Chamber of Secrets · Forbidden Forest · Gaunt Shack · Lee family house · Lestrange Vault · Little Hangleton graveyard · Malfoy Manor · Misty Dell · Riddle House · Snatcher Camp · Spinner's End (Severus Snape's house) · The Abandoned Substation · The Ruins · The Quarry