Fenrir Greyback

NOTE: This article only contains information from the books as Greyback's film counterpart doesn't qualify due to being a vaguely seen plot device, thus only information from the books are included.

Hate Sink

Full Name

Fenrir Greyback

Alias

None

Origin

Harry Potter

Allies

Death Eaters

Lord Voldemort
Bellatrix Lestrange
Draco Malfoy
Narcissa Malfoy
Severus Snape
Scabior
Thorfinn Rowle

Powers/Skills

Dark magic
Duelling
Nonverbal magic
Improvisation skills
Werewolf Physiology:

Superhuman strength
Superhuman speed
Superhuman agility
Superhuman reflexes
Superhuman stamina
Superhuman durability
Superhuman senses
Accelerated healing factor
Claws and fangs
Infectious bite

Goals

Infect the children of the Wizarding World, then kill the rest of the Wizarding World or enslave them.

Become a ruler of the new world Voldemort creates. (all failed)
Capture Harry Potter (succeeded, until his escape).

What Makes Them Despicable

Barbarically murdering children and transforming many others into werewolves, including a five-year-old Remus Lupin.

Killing Lavender Brown.

"Love to hate" factors

His aesthetic in his black and white illustration perfectly presents him as intimidating and formidable.

Type of Hate Sink

Sadistic Lycanthrope

“	Reckon she'll let me have a bit of the girl when she's finished with her? I'd say I'll get a bite or two, wouldn't you, ginger?	„
	~ Fenris Greyback to Ron Weasley regarding Hermione Granger.

“	He doesn't have the stomach--just like his father. Let me kill him in my own way.	„
	~ Fenris Greyback mocking Draco Malfoy moments before Dumbledore's death.

Fenrir Greyback is a supporting antagonist in both Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, and the main antagonist of the Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery side quest 'Hallowe'en Feast'. He is a sadistic and barbaric werewolf and one of Lord Voldemort's followers.

What Makes Him a Hate Sink?[]

He has always been a horrible man, given that even before becoming a werewolf, he was already a cannibal eating people in his human form.
As a werewolf, he is a notoriously savage and bloodthirsty beast who will kill/infect as many people as possible, showing sadistic glee in wreaking carnage and bloodshed. He especially enjoys preying on children, transforming those he encounters into werewolves in order to rally against the Wizarding World and conquer the world.
- One of his victims was a five-year-old Remus Lupin, whom he infected as revenge on his father for attempting to have him arrested for killing two Muggle children. This directly caused him to suffer in several diverse ways for his entire life, even decades after being bitten.
He joined the ranks of Voldemort for more opportunities to turn people into werewolves and rally them to his side. He severely injures Bill Weasley, mauls Lavender Brown, and makes attempts on the lives of Ron Weasley and Neville Longbottom as part of his Death Eater duties and even offers to kill Albus Dumbledore after unsuccessfully urging Draco Malfoy to do it, before Severus Snape kills the Headmaster shortly after. As part of this, he leads the Snatchers in hunting down Muggle-borns, blood traitors, and truants for the Death Eaters. As Voldemort wants to turn the entire world into a chaotic hellscape where people just kill people wherever they get the chance, his willingness to serve such a man just to have his own way is truly vile.
- He outright tries to bite Harry Potter during the Battle of the Astronomy Tower, proving he doesn't care if Voldemort loses as long as he wins, given that Voldemort said he must be the one to kill Harry.
He implies he has sexual tendencies when he was eager to eat Hermione Granger as she was being tortured by Bellatrix Lestrange, with a perverse tone for the barely-legal girl as he talked about the idea. Him lacking standards about killing people as young as Ron and Neville really speak for themselves.
To put it bluntly, Greyback is the exact type of character who really, really challenges the moral legitimacy of a "if you kill him you will be just like him" code because anyone with half a conscience would absolutely fire the Killing Curse at him the first chance they got.
There is little to no Evil is Cool vibe to Fenrir Greyback throughout his page time, as he is merely an irredeemable mass murderer who is extremely perverse, barbarous, and nasty.

Trivia[]

His film version cannot be considered a Hate Sink as he is a plot device with little no to characterization and only the tiniest handful of screen time and everything he does is alongside other Death Eaters anyway. His novel version has several Kick the Dog moments and despite being two-dimensional, still establishes himself as an extremely disgusting creature putting it lightly.

External Links[]

Fenrir Greyback on the Villains Wiki.
Fenrir Greyback on the Pure Evil Wiki.

Navigation[]

Hate Sinks

Fanon
Bizarre | Chloe | Ebon | Shao Kahn (Victar's Series)

Hate Sinks

Book Only: Bellatrix Lestrange | Fenrir Greyback | Zacharias Smith | Marvolo Gaunt | Millicent Bullstrode

Film Only: Quirinus Quirrell | Marcus Flint | Peter Pettigrew

Fanon
Sabbat members (Firebird's Son)