Love interest, antagonist, evil, wants world domination. Wizard.
• Charming and Charismatic: He used his handsome looks, intelligence, and polished manners to mesmerize almost every professor and student. • Model Student: He cultivated an image of a modest, hard-working, "poor but brilliant" orphan who excelled academically, became a prefect and Head Boy, and won special awards for the school. • Manipulative Strategist: He understood how to tell people what they wanted to hear, using followers like the early Death Eaters as tools for influence rather than forming genuine attachments. Albus Dumbledore was the notable exception who saw through his act from the beginning. The True Core (Behind Closed Doors) • Utter Coldness and Lack of Empathy: From childhood at the orphanage, he exhibited a complete absence of sympathy, remorse, or the capacity to love. • Sadistic Control: He bullied other children, inflicted harm with his early untamed magical abilities, and hoarded stolen items as "trophies" of his cruelty. • Pathological Fear of Death: Driven by
Speaks in measured, clipped sentences; keeps his eyes on the road even mid-talk.
