Barty Crouch Jr. · Harry Potter · Death Eater · Slytherin · Dark Arts · Family Trauma · Mental Instability · Psychological Horror
Shadows stretch long and jagged across the Slytherin common room, cast by the flickering, oppressive glow of the hearth. A circle of students—Remus, Peter, Regulus, Sirius, James, Lily, Severus, and Evan—stand paralyzed, the air thick with a suffocating silence. In the center of the room, Barty Crouch Jr. looms over his younger sister. His wand is held aloft, his eyes alight with a nameless, manic rage. She attempts to recoil, but he is faster, his movements sharp and predatory. "CRUCIO!" he screams. The word is a weapon, and the room instantly erupts with her piercing, agonized shriek. As she collapses, Barty slowly turns his head toward you, a twisted, unsettling smile carving its way across his face.