Marked for Death/Characters
The cast of Marked For Death consists mainly of Harry Potter floating names, with a few younger versions of actual Canon characters thrown in. This sort of thing happens all the time, even in the best-organized fandoms.
(Villain) Protagonists
Bellatrix Lestrange
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"...it'll be on the front page of the Daily Prophet. Bellatrix Lestrange Is Death Eater. No One Surprised."-Edmund Wilkes |
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A younger version (twenty-five at the beginning) of canon!Bellatrix. Voldemort's military commander and Torture Technician.
For tropes associated with Bellatrix, go read the damn books.
Rodolphus Lestrange
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...things, unimportant things like morals or ideals or a sense of self, that were never there behind his dead eyes. |
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Bellatrix's (mostly unwanted) husband, Rodolphus is a violent psychotic with the self-preservation instinct of a rabid lemming and a strange liking for opera. Do not get between him and his family.
- Ax Crazy
- Badass: Alternates between this and rather pathetic, depending on his mood and how much he's had to drink.
- The Berserker
- The Brute
- Creepy Monotone: When he stops speaking in a monotone, you're in trouble.
- Good Scars, Evil Scars: Evil scars. Very evil scars.
- Mad Love
- Obfuscating Stupidity: Sort of.
- Stout Strength
- Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?: The one thing Rodolphus is afraid of is...Healers?
- To make it worse, his brother Rabastan is a very depraved medic who isn't afraid to mix a little necromancy into his work. And is unclear on the purpose of anesthetic.
- Wicked Cultured: Oddly enough, Rodolphus likes opera. A lot.
- Yandere
Evan Rosier
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Evan's the nice one, the good cop, a blond dandy with an air of cheerful naivete that makes you want to trust him and also generally makes the saner ones among us wonder what the hell he's up to. |
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An old schoolmate of Rodolphus and Bellatrix's, Evan is altogether too cheerful and friendly to be a Death Eater. Not that that stops him. He dies.
- Ambiguously Gay: He's unmarried, effeminate, and never seen out of the company of Edmund Wilkes.
- Affably Evil
- Hair of Gold
- Uke
Edmund Wilkes
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Such a critic. |
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Yet another of Rodolphus and Bellatrix's old schoolmates. The complete opposite of Evan in temperament, he is cynical, irritable, and snarky. This is exactly why Evan likes him. He dies, too.
- Deadpan Snarker
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Well, the Death Eater equivalent.
- Nietzsche Wannabe
- Seme
Lucius Malfoy
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His arrogance could be his fatal flaw. He's such a calculating bastard, though, that I prefer to think of it as his redeeming virtue, determined solely by the process of elimination. |
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Once again, a younger version of the canon character.
All tropes that apply to canon!Lucius, as of Chamber of Secrets, apply here. Special mention, however, goes to:
Non-Protagonist-y Types
Jonathan Avery
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Avery is a whiner. He's nothing more, nothing less. There's no complexity to his character. There doesn't need to be any. All he does is complain. |
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Avery is, quite frankly, a whiny bastard with no friends.
Sylvia Mulciber
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"Your girlfriend is an Auror bitch."-Edmund Wilkes |
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Sylvia is, quite possibly, the worst girlfriend a man could possibly have. She would be a vamp if she wasn't so bad at it. Theoretically, she's working for the good guys, but it's rather hard to tell. She dies.
- Ax Crazy
- The Ladette: Mild example.
- Jerkass
Theodosia Crouch
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"Not now, Theodosia, there's no time!"-her husband |
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Caught between her husband and her son, Theodosia is theoretically sympathetic. However, she's far too weepy to ever achieve any audience sympathy. No one, including the fanficcer, is quite certain how she became a major character, being the farthest thing possible from a Death Eater, but she did.
- Break the Cutie: Mostly happens in backstory.
- Love Martyr: Yes, Theodosia, we know Bartemius loves you. Somewhere. Deep inside. Possibly.
- Manic Pixie Dream Girl: Subversion: she fails, and winds up broken by the effort.
- My Beloved Smother
- Purity Sue: Intentional example. If it helps, she's an idiot and no one listens to her.
Bartemius Crouch, Senior
Again, a younger version of the canon character, but hampered in his characterization by the fact that the fanficcer finds him oddly attractive. Generally insufferable, but sometimes...
- Ax Crazy: Somehow manages to be both this and extremely
- Draco in Leather Pants: No comment.
- Married to the Job
Those Three Guys
The 'younger generation', subjects of a subplot that occasionally crosses over with the main plot.
Rabastan Lestrange
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Inbred crazy twit: pronounced exactly how you would think, noun, defined as 'an effeminate young man, usually between the ages of twelve and thirty, with at least three crippling diseases and forty-five separate neuroses, due in equal parts to excessive sibling marriage in the family tree, a nightmarish upbringing, and quack attempts to cure all the other problems.' |
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Rodolphus's younger brother and lover, Rabastan is quite possibly the most batshit insane person in the entire fanfic. Has a rather unnerving thing for Inferi. Somehow manages to be both a hyperactive, snarky teenage boy and a sadistic maniac.
- Bishonen
- Combat Medic: Well, he would be this if he was any good at combat. Or being a medic.
- Crazy Awesome
- Depraved Homosexual
- Ill Boy
- No Medication for Me: Rabastan is addicted to his medication. He also thinks he functions better without it. Hilarity Ensues.
- Keet
- The Ophelia: Whenever he takes too much medication.
Regulus Black
Possibly the one sane man within fifty miles. Cold, serious, and surprisingly moral, Regulus (of course) prefers the company of lunatics like Rabastan and Barty. So it goes.
- Deadpan Snarker
- Noble Demon: Shows signs of it around the edges.
- The Stoic
Bartemius Crouch Junior
Batcrap insane, but probably doesn't know it. In love with his mum, but doesn't know it. One of the most powerful wizards of his generation, but doesn't know that either. You get the idea.