Gareth Blackwell

Gareth Wilmot Blackwell

Wand: Silver Lime and Phoenix Feather, 12 inches

Wand Wood Description: ”This unusual and highly attractive wand wood was highly fashionable in the nineteenth century.” Some wandmakers even dyed substandard woods in an effort to fool purchasers into believing that they had purchased silver lime, that how sought after it was. “The reasons for these wands’ desirability lay not only in their unusually handsome appearance, but also because they had a reputation for performing best for Seers and those skilled in Legilimency, mysterious arts both, which consequently gave the possessor of a silver lime wand considerable status."


Appearance: Dark brown eyes that almost look maroon and that are surrounded by age lines at the corners. Short, salt and pepper hair (mostly grey from age) and wrinkly pale skin. He stands around 6'2 and is usually found wearing trousers, long-sleeved jackets and a long cloak that reaches his ankles – always black in color.

Personality: Gareth is a cold, harsh individual. He has no concern for others, only caring about himself and his wife. He used to care for his son but now feels betrayed by Liam as he has become a blood traitor in his opinion. He is set in his ways, refusing to give up on his beliefs that Purebloods are the supreme race and he despises anyone who thinks differently. He is arrogant and cruel and flaunts these traits to everyone. Gareth is a skilled liar, he had to be in order to get out of going to Azkaban – he had to make people believe that he had nothing to do with the Dark Lord, even though he was a trusted ally of the snake. He is extremely cunning and knows how to manipulate people to make them his own personal puppets, though he was never able to do this with his wife or his son.

What He/She Loves: He loves himself and that’s about it. He loved his wife before she died and he loved his son before he became a blood traitor.

What He/She Hates: Non-magical blood, morons and blood traitors

History: The Blackwell’s are a well-known Pureblood family that have been around for centuries with the same Pureblood beliefs that are instilled into all Pureblooded families. Gareth’s father was a supporter of Lord Voldemort during the First Wizarding War, as was Gareth himself, though he was only 15 years old. Garreth’s mother was indifferent about the whole ordeal and basically just followed whatever his father did. Garreth attended Hogwarts and was sorted into Slytherin where he met his future wife, Edith Morrison, also a Slytherin and a Pureblood. He inherited his family fortune at age 18.

After Hogwarts, Gareth began working at the Ministry of Magic as an Obliviator but eventually worked his way up the ranks to become Head of the Department of Accidents and Catastrophes. He was a dark wizard, though nobody at the Ministry knew. He kept his support of the Dark Lord a secret from everyone he worked with. He married Edith in 1994 and in 1997, their son, Liam, was born.

When the Dark Lord rose to power again during the Second Wizarding War, Gareth proudly followed after him, becoming a trusted Death Eater, though he somehow avoided ever taking the Mark. Because of this, there was no evidence of him ever being part of the Dark Lord’s army and the Wizengamot was forced to let him off with no punishments. But, as a result of the conflict, Gareth was fired from his position at the Ministry. Edith became ill a few years later and passed away, leaving Gareth to care for Liam. While they were a rich, Pureblood family, Gareth still wanted to ensure that his son was taught to be strong willed and smart. He taught Liam his beliefs and that the mixture of muggle and magical blood was an abomination but Liam never seemed to have the same feelings about it as him, which made Gareth resent his son. Gareth was very strict and stern, he hardly ever let Liam act out or be defiant or else it would result in a beating, just like his father had done to him. He believed that it taught his son obedience and made him stronger. He also had severe anger issues, especially when he thought about his late wife, and often took it out on his son.

For years, he did nothing but critique Liam on the way he was living his life, unhappy that he chose not to follow in his footsteps and become an Obliviator, but instead, an Unspeakable. While in the Ministry, Gareth despised the Unspeakables because of their arrogant personalities and he couldn’t believe that his son would want to become such a thing. Gareth finally decided that he needed a job before he wasted all of his family inheritance. He applied for a teaching position at Hogwarts, taking the only available one that interested him in any sort of way – Care of Magical Creatures. While he believed it was a foolish and basically useless subject, it would give him something to do other than wallow in his self-pity every day. And it would get him away from his son for a while.


Parents: Elias and Charmia Blackwell (both deceased)

Siblings: Peter Blackwell (deceased)

Special Magical Abilites: Trained in nonverbal magic, Legilimency, and is extremely skilled at performing the perfect imperius curse.

Favorite Spell: Imperio