![]() In 1995, Harry and the Order of the Phoenix considered the possibility that the Death Eaters may have placed an Imperius Curse on then- Minister for Magic, Cornelius Fudge, but Albus Dumbledore suggested otherwise, which was of little comfort to them. While Barty Crouch did not use the curse to make the students do anything they would vehemently object to, most of the students under the curse were nevertheless completely under Crouch's command, and could not resist at the very least, performing physical feats that they would normally be unable to do Harry Potter was the only one who managed to resist the curse and eventually shake it off after several attempts, due to his exceptional strength of willpower. Later, he claimed that he had permission to perform the Imperius Curse on students in order to teach them how to resist it, though this might also have only been an excuse just to get back into practice with it. Neville performed a series of quite astonishing gymnastics he would certainly not have been capable of in his normal state." - Barty Crouch Jnr (disguised as Alastor Moody) casting the Imperius Curse on fourth years ġ994 Defence Against the Dark Arts lesson on the Unforgivable Cursesĭuring the first half of the 1994–1995 school year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Barty Crouch Jnr, disguised as Alastor Moody, demonstrated these three curses to his fourth-year classes on spiders, despite the Ministry's disapproval. Dean Thomas hopped three times around the room, singing the national anthem. Harry watched as, one by one, his classmates did the most extraordinary things under its influence. " Moody began to beckon students forward in turn and put the Imperius Curse upon them. The Ministry was also flawed in several other ways when it came to detecting true Death Eaters while a person’s pure-blooded heritage could be used as evidence to determine whether they were a Death Eater or not, this was nevertheless extremely difficult to prove, allowing many alleged "victims" to continue to escape prosecution, despite lingering suspicions. Lucius Malfoy was another such Dark wizard who avoided imprisonment in Azkaban after Voldemort's first defeat in 1981 by claiming that he had been under the Imperius Curse. Malfoy, Macnair, and several others still eluded justice under the cover of this lie. However, they were not perfect in proving deception. While their claims were accepted, the Ministry assigned personnel to attempt to determine who was truly under the curse and who was lying just to escape punishment. It was also at that time that many Death Eaters, such as Lucius Malfoy, Corban Yaxley, Walden Macnair, Avery, Crabbe, Nott and Goyle claimed that they had served under Lord Voldemort only because of the Imperius Curse. This was repealed once the war was over, as it was no longer necessary. Some job for the Ministry, trying to sort out who was being forced to act, and who was acting of their own free will." - Barty Crouch Jnr on the Imperius Curse's controversy ĭeath Eaters facing the Council of Magical Law for their use of the Unforgivable Cursesĭuring the First Wizarding War, when Bartemius Crouch Senior was in charge of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, he fought violence with violence, and legalised the three Unforgivable Curses for Aurors against the Death Eaters in order to win the war. " Years back, there were a lot of witches and wizards being controlled by the Imperius Curse. Many Secret Keepers in the past were subjected to the Imperius and Cruciatus Curses in an attempt to divulge the secrets they kept, but to no avail, as the Keeper had to reveal their secret willingly and voluntarily. The use of any of these three curses on a fellow human being would result in a life sentence in Azkaban, unless there was sufficient evidence that the caster did so under the influence of another's Imperius Curse this was known to be a loophole that many Dark wizards and witches abused and lied about while they were facing trial and awaiting their sentence to prison time, particularly after the First Wizarding War. The Imperius Curse was deemed by the Ministry to be Dark magic, and, along with the Cruciatus and Killing Curses, were declared " unforgivable" in 1717. Īfter the Wizards' Council was reformed into the Ministry of Magic, tighter restrictions were placed on the use of certain kinds of magic. The Imperius Curse was invented during the early Middle Ages. ![]() " The Cruciatus, Imperius, and Avada Kedavra Curses were not made unforgivable until 1717, with the strictest penalties attached to their use." - Albus Dumbledore's notes in The Tales of Beedle the Bard ![]()
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