Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Yaxley
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| Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter - Character | |
| Yaxley (first name unknown) | |
|---|---|
| Gender | Male |
| Hair color | Unknown |
| Eye color | Unknown |
| Related Family | Unknown |
| Loyalty | Lord Voldemort |
Contents |
[edit] Overview
Yaxley is a Death Eater who was apparently part of Lord Voldemort's organization the first time Voldemort came to power.
[edit] Role in the Books
[edit] Half-Blood Prince
Yaxley is mentioned only in passing, by Severus Snape, as being one of the other Death Eaters who had not sought the Dark Lord after he had vanished.
[edit] Deathly Hallows
Yaxley appears out of thin air on the first page of the book, and is greeted by Severus Snape as they go in to Malfoy Manor for a council with Lord Voldemort. In the rank-based positioning of people around the table, Yaxley is placed near mid-point, while Snape sits at Voldemort's right hand. Yaxley reports that according to Dawlish, an Auror that he has Confunded, Harry Potter will be moved from Privet Drive the day before his birthday. Snape says that this is a false trail, that Harry will be moved before that date. Yaxley says that they have sveral people in the Department of Magical Transport and will know if Harry uses the Floo network or tries to Apparate; Snape says that he will not, the Order distrusts everything to do with the Ministry. Yaxley also says that he has managed to place Pius Thicknesse, the head of Magical Law Enforcement, under the Imperius Curse, which Voldemort comments is a first step towards taking over the Ministry.
Harry, Ron, and Hermione enter the Ministry of Magic to try and find the locket Horcrux. Ron is disguised as a maintenance worker named Cattermole. Yaxley sees Cattermole/Ron and tells him that it is raining in his office, and to correct it immediately. He also comments that Cattermole's wife is currently in front of the Muggle-Born Registration Commission, and says that it will be harder on her if his office is not put back to normal. Harry recognizes Yaxley as one of the Death Eaters who had witnessed the death of Albus Dumbledore.
As Harry, Ron, and Hermione depart the Ministry after their mission, Yaxley catches Hermione and is dragged along to Grimmauld Place by side-along Apparation. Hermione then hits him with a Revulsion Jinx, but because he has seen the door to Grimmauld Place, he may now be able to enter the house.
When Harry enters the Forbidden Forest after the first Battle at Hogwarts, he must pass a couple of guards, Yaxley and Dolohov, on his way to where Voldemort is waiting.
