The Most EVIL Dark Wizard You've NEVER Heard Of - Harry Potter Explained

[@HarryPotterTheory]

Thanks for watching all! What video next? Comment down below!!

[@AustynSN]

Another (distant) possibility: Bollock was actually not a dark wizard, but one who sought to destroy them. He put detailed information on the darkest most depraved spells and rituals into one book so that those fighting against such forces could recognize what they're up against. I say this because if he was somebody who had created his own horcrux, then he wouldn't have put in information on how to destroy them and even how to repair the soul.

[@chadpeterson5698]

You should do a theory about Herpo the Foul potentially still being alive. Dude was known as someone who created a horcrux so how do we know that he’s not still out there.

[@HarryPotterTheory]

Will do!

[@Timberwolf69]

If he was so reclusive, how did he find someone to revive him proper after death? The horcrux-immortality isn't even half as good as the immortality you can get with a philosopher's stone... You always have to rely on others to regain a body that enables you to use your full power. I guess that's why we don't hear much about the use of horcruxes as those who tried it often failed due to lack of support. And I guess a horcrux wouldn't stop you from dying of age.

[@jonaske8049]

@@Timberwolf69 Disagree. You cant die if you have an horcrux, thats the whole point of it. You dont need to rely on anyone else. In Voldemords case he also didnt die, but in a wildly unlikely event where the killing course got reflected by an even more powerful ancient protection spell and reflected onto voldemord ripping his soul apart and creating another horcrux in harry instead of the sword of griffindor as he originally planned. A regular avada kedavra would not kill a horcrux user, nor shatter his soul in a way that needs external help. Dying of old age also is not a thing, since his body might get older and older but his soul is stored in an object that wont usually die of "old age" and is protected from regular spells or a regular fire etc. Especially if you have more than one. Lastly there might even be the possibility to create a new horcrux in another human (like probably nagini or harry) and even taking over their body and just do that every 50 years or so.

[@Timberwolf69]

@@jonaske8049 Where did you get that information from?

[@veerakuusela5005]

But if Hermione knew (from a book) that true regret could undo a horcrux and merge the split soul, doesn’t that mean that it happened? And therefore he lost the immortality, died, and could go on to the afterlife normally?

[@lucythecool_pug7565]

3:13 a little grammatical mistake, Riddle wasn’t ANOTHER descendant of Slytherin as Herpo was most likely not a DESCENDANT but an ANCESTOR

[@timothyvanhoeck233]

I've noticed he's made that mistake in a few of his videos.

[@seasickviking]

I think while it could be entirely possible that instead of being the same person, they couldjust as easily have been Master & Apprentice. It would explain not only why we know so little about Herpo, but also where Owle got his first hand experience from. People forget that there are MANY occurrences throughout history where the only things we know about various philosophers from history is through the workings of their students (Socrates & Plato being a fine example, not to forget Diogenes the Cynic, Archimedes of Syracuse or even Jesus of Nazerath). Given that Herpo the Foul was suggested to be from roughly the same time period (Ancient Greece), it's entirely possible for things to go such a route.

[@thunderstudent]

It is a possibility. Also Rowling has been known to borrow from other media. A "Master/Apprentice" relationship between Herpt and Bullock like Darth Plagues and Darth Sidious would make sense. A dark lord sharing their secrets with an apprentice to continue the lineage.

[@KCatRodeo]

I think this makes sense. How else could he know that regret could put the soul back together, with that process being fatal at times? There’s no way he could know that without seeing it or knowing someone who did. I definitely think he’s an apprentice or relative of the original creator.

[@halaynaostler2908]

The only problem with this is that Herpo the Foul is stated to live during the Ancient Greek period, long before books were actually being written, since all information was recorded via scrolls and other mehtods of writing. Herpo HAD to be the first. If you want to keeo the theory though, you could say Herpo was still alive and changed his name so as to avoid suspicions and at some point went by Owle Bullock, so Owle Bullock is still the creator.

[@IBW_3000]

Makes me wonder how Grindelwald would react to this book. He’s a dark wizard yes, but also a bit of a rebel.

[@ofox716]

Could I request a playlist for your evil wizards series? All of these are facinating

[@WolfPackGameing]

I think Herpo was the first, and should be accredited as the first. Remember Back in Herpos time, Dark Magic was incredibly hush hush. Dark Wizards did not want to be discovered. and really in order to be come a Dark Wizard you needed someone to teach it to you, or make spells yourself. I think Herpo had an apprentice, and after Herpo achieved the horcrux, and his Apprentice became a power dark wizard of themselves, that apprentice shared that knowledge with his, passing that secret knowledge down a very select group of Dark Wizards, mind you the biggest threat to Dark Wizards were other Dark Wizards, knowledge on how to make a Horcrux would have been an incredible advantage. Now I think Owle hunted down other Dark Wizards and stole their secrets, and then wrote them in a book to pass it down. After all those who know how to make a Horcrux at that time would not be too keen on sharing how to destroy them. this is something that honestly Herpo and their apprentice would be the only ones to know. So to recap, I don't think Owle was not present during the creation of the horcrux, I think he either stole the knowledge from Herpo or their Apprentice.

[@LordWyatt]

It’s possible Herpo the Foul had a shred of humanity or perhaps it was pride that prevented him from writing down the process on how to make a horcrux. Probably the latter Edit: perhaps Herpo’s notes/writings were destroyed or lost by the time Bullock was around🧐

[@l.a.williams1879]

This is good, initially I thought it was going to be another video about Herpo the foul - aah, you flipped it at the end

[@DrRexie]

In my opinion al bullock must have found some ancient dark scrolls of herpo the foul that described his practises of horcrux creation and other truly evil works and he compiled all of that information from the scrolls into his novel there are several famous novel writers that even knowing they did not experience what they wrote about they could still write it in immense detail

[@thekraken2815]

So are you saying there are horcruxes still out there from dark wizards of the past?

[@chadpeterson5698]

Maybe, we don’t know much about them. They might be alive or they might be dead.

[@HarryPotterTheory]

I think so

[@thekraken2815]

@HarryPotterTheory curious to think of what would happen if you attempted to make a horcrux out of an already existing one?!?

[@aleximalmgren5301]

Herpo is Greek so we won't get anything from there she's not interested in Eastern Europe. ANd now she's cancleed .

[@sonyaschilling5187]

Some mere mortal might find a horcrux, and not know it unless it had a "heartbeat"

[@nategraham6946]

I like the potential that they are the same person. Highlights the immortality the art gave.

[@jamessmithson-br7rm]

What do you mean never heard of! Speak for yourself! Been obsessed with him since I read his Chocolate Frog card in the PS2 Chamber of Secrets game in 2002

[@nategraham6946]

I think we can say he has a deeper understanding of the art, and refined/perfected it. But that does not however mean that he invented it. The inventor of something arson has the same true depth of something as those who came later to perfect the past. Did Snape invent the potions from his textbook because he improved them?

[@Pattmore]

You should do a video on all of the Witches and Wizards with famous titles in their names and why they have them.. Such as Emeric the Evil Egbert the Egregious Uric the Oddball Wendalyn the Weird Gregory the Smarmy etc.. I noticed how so many wizards and witches has “the” and a specific term in their name

[@joaoantunes4548]

Ultimately is because those wizards are from early to mid medieval age,back when people didn't have surnames. Most people back then would hardly leave the village they were born in for their whole lives, so people would go on the basis of first name. If there were two people with the same name, they would be differentiated by an adjective like "the oddball" or a patronimic...

[@psyduckrules]

It’s Gregory the Smarmy.

[@Pattmore]

@@psyduckrulesmy bad

[@KingOfWinter]

It would be hilarious if Herpo the Foul was actually a pretty decent guy who came across horcruxes by accident through a quest for knowledge of all things magic (kind of like some scientist do today) BUT the dude being a shut in hermit of sorts just smelled really really horrible, hence the nickname lol

[@dopaw13]

I Love you videos but i have a question. did you make your harry potter pop ups or did you commission them? i REALLY want to get them for myself thank you and keep up the GREAT videos. i can't wait for the TV series i have HIGH expectations.

[@thirdcoastfirebird]

I thought the same things you started talking about at 10:00 around 7:00 in the video. As they say, great minds think alike.

[@knitcrochettiger361]

Bullock also must have made at least 2 horcruxes in his experiments, think about it, where did Moldy Voldy get the idea to make multiple....we know 7 is a magical number, but how did Voldy know he should even attempt to make more than one?

[@headstrongbachelor3152]

Voldemort wanted to create so many multiple horcruxes as possible to secure his immortality. He believed by creating 6 he would become stronger because of the number of 7.

[@MofoMan2000]

I'm very curious where you got a lot of the art from. The pictures of the book and the wizard himself are very interesting.

[@anthonyriberts6549]

considering its a book he couldnt be the original inventor of the horcrux it has to be herpo considering herpo predates books especially in the sense that we know them by being acient greek its an interesting theory and he probably could have been someone who adapted on the original work of herpo bettered it even but being the originator i dont think so theres too many holes

[@Nick-zp3ub]

Owle Bullock sounds like a medieval English name. If he was Herpo he would have been hundreds or even thousands of years old by that time. Owle might have translated Herpo's Greek scrolls into English, devised new evil spells, and simplified the process of creating horcruxes

[@ludenfox4327]

"Herpo" "Ερπως" also in Greek means (crawl)-(έρπομαι) something like a snake would do... As a Greek i like that even his name it was not random but instead very calculated and detailed.

[@Murdo2112]

Makes sense; the branch of zoology that focuses on the study of amphibians and reptiles (including, of course, snakes) is called "herpetology"

[@Poodle_Gun]

It's in Dumbledore's office and it could corrupt anyone. K...

[@stevengoyer5287]

It would be an awesome theory if the sword of godric Griffindor was actually Excalibur.

[@baldrian22]

i think there is one flaw mayor flaw in you argument, the language of the book. Harpo the fowl is said to have lived during the ancient greec period this is long before the english language was even considerd so unless the book was writhen in ancient runes (that granger did study) i dont think the writher of the book could have been alive before harpo unless the book had been translated by some wizard at a later time (a posibility but with the contest this would have needed to be a dark wizard to if not i cant see someone doing it unless some colposion type magic forcing a person thats able to translate it to do it aigenst their will. what i think might be a possibility is that some wizard in the medival age or somewhat earlier might have found Harpos notes and used that to writh the book and also dwellled into the dark arts from the scrolls etc harpo had done. another possibility is a teory that harpo is still around in some way and he later in his years maybe in middivel age or something like that wroth the book himself using the psudonim of the author in question. there is teorys that the necklace we see in book 2 and 6 is one of his horcruxes because of the powerfull curses that is put on it.

[@Relaxedplaythroughs]

I think it's Interesting the fable universe has Horcruxes In the form of jack's masks.

[@kevinschultz1966]

Your Videos on horcruxes gave me a wild theory. What if all this dark Wizards are one and the same? Herpo, salazar and bullock? His horcrux Was destroyed by the other founders. Maybe godric? Than he wrote his book before He died?

[@ryanbennett2806]

Herpo the Foul would be the creator, and inventor in technical terms. Bullock would have been more of a 'holder' as there was likely tales (as well as other, older, texts which referred to Horcrux creation). Ancient Greece could have been anywhere from 1200 BC to 800 BC. Some say it is only the Archaic period (700-480 BC), but I'd argue the Dark Ages of Greece count as that is where many legends would have been born.

[@sinclaire5479]

This brings to mind a question, when this book was created were the politics around magic the same as the setting that we are familiar with or is it similar to real societal break down where things and practices get outlawed over time. If you think about it in what could have been the wild west of magic maybe it wasnt as frowned upon maybe it was just magic at that point. ....its an interesting thought experiment.

[@Gavinmartinlee]

It makes sense that Herpo would have to assume multiple identities rather than have to explain why he didn’t die

[@user-kx7ri9im1s]

I am very glad that "Darkest Art" is stored away in the Minister of Magic's personal office. It creates an opportunity for the three Horcrux Hunters plus d'Artagnan ... er, Mrs. Potter, to appear in an action-packed sequel built around the Minister, finally corrupted by the awesome power of the job, turning to the Dark Side and reopening the book 😮 !

[@Roi_de-Rome]

Bollock could be an anglicized version of Bolg, the Fir Bolg are the fourth group of irish settlers who are descendants of the third. Guess where the third fled to before returning...

[@JohnSmith-nn1yk]

Perhaps Herpo and Bulic both learned of horcrux's from a primary source. I posit that it was learned from an earlier magical society, such as the Egyptians or maybe the Mesopotamians. While Herpo may have learned enough to actually create one, it seems like Bulic studied them on a much deeper level.

[@dudepool7530]

So, heres my issue with your theory. Its not usually the creator of something that perfects it. Th creator gets the ball rolling, and future users improve on the initial idea. Think about the Ford Model T, compared to cars of today. It wasnt Henry Ford who invented the remote starter, but someone after him. Shoulders of giants, and all that.

[@RocketHarry865]

I wonder if Herpo the Foul and Al Bullock did more than just dark magic as is known is wizarding world but found way to consort with beings that are not merely magical but are outright supernatural.

[@Xiassen]

Slightly different take: Al Bullock had at least some of his knowledge from documenting another who created a horcrux, as he knew it could be fatal to rejoin. Regardless of ways to publish from beyond the grave, I find it unlikely he would both give penance for the act and publish a corrupting book about it after. Seems like an unethical Ravenclaw looking to make a name for themselves by the most "logical" path (finding an underserved academic area and filling the niche with your own work). That subject may have been his contemporary though

[@Menagerie_OS]

Kinda makes me wonder why they didn't just place a spell over all the restricted books that made them not open and then placing a charm on the student so that the books would only open for them. Seems like a more secure way to keep students away.

[@darrellperrine7604]

I’ll give another hypothesis what is Al’s book is also a horrid? What better place to have it then in the book itself because no one’s going to destroy it and if they do try, it’ll make it harder to do

[@Jack_0f_all_trees]

What if the book was created to combat horcruxes after their creation... a magical time traveler with good intentions found the book. A nondescript book, written by someone who didn't necessarily want to create one, but inform those who did, in an unbiased way.. It all feels selffulliling in a way.

[@williemuhammad3728]

These are what' the movies should have portrayed they would have been better than Fantastic Beast, I would love a movie about Voldemort entire time at Hogwarts and how he made each Horcrux, and one about the 1st wizarding war

[@camrynkeen3067]

What if bullock was the entity known as Death in story of the Peveral brothers? It’s entirely possible he was indeed the one who made the deathly hallows as well as creating the first horcrux.

[@suksb2488]

If herpo was Greek I think his name was really herpes which would also explain ‘the foul’ being added on

[@joer8854]

I would say not only did the author create a hucrox but actually reversed the process or assisted someone in doing so. If they did Infact help someone create and reverse the process with no regard for the effect on that person it would be very dark indeed.

[@anadmirer8789]

As a Greek dark wizard, wouldn’t Herpo the Foul choose a pseudonym that was probably related to Greek as well? Why would he choose Owl Bullock?

[@jameswilliams6231]

Here’s a theory Bullock made at least one and one is the book secrets of the darkest art that’s would explain why the book has an effect on people

[@slamtilt01]

I would agree unless Al Bullock was an Ancestor of Gilderoy Lockharts’. And all Al did is track down a bunch of dark leaning wizards and witches to see how they did their darkness, write ✍️ it down and since it’s likely they couldn’t read. He just made those people forget about him.

[@Monkismo]

Did Voldemort have a bootleg copy of the Necronomicon?

[@antaishizuku]

In the 5th book the department of mysteries has a glass bowl or something that changes time. Essentially with memory storagea way to immortality via time travel. If someone were to make a horcrux and go back in "time" before they made it. Does this time reverseal also affect the soul or just the body. If so what happens to th horcrux since its not in the field. What if we put the horcrux in the reversal field?

[@shanethompson9604]

Bolluck is Herop the Foul. He created the necklace in the half blood prince.

[@Bluefoot65]

There are Hundreds if not thousands of evil wizards and witches that made horcruxs and spent their ill gotten time in evil pursuits

[@BruceWright1490]

Here is a theory I just thought after reading reading the books and then re watching the movies, and also watching some different documentaries that JK rowling based the Death Eaters off the Nazi party/ KKK , and the fact that the slytherin’s are into blood purity just like the nazi’s and kkk, one of the biggest things reasons why I say this is because, if you pay attention to the Quidditch World Cup in the Goblet of fire you see the death eaters in robes and hoods traumatizing the people there, just like the KKK did in the southern United States during the 1940’s, 1950’s etc… etc… and then the dark mark was there, just like the KKK burnt crosses. Also Voldemort thought he was the most powerful wizard ever and the KKk’s leader is called the Grand Wizard. Just thought this would be an interesting theory

[@MephiticMiasma]

"it's a place of great knowledge and peril" ...those two things have always been two sides of the same coin from the beginning of history.

[@traceygale5933]

He made 6, Harry becoming a horcrux was by accident

[@jonaske8049]

Not really, he wanted to make another when going to the potter house. Most likely with the sword of griffindor. Thats why he wated to go there even after finding their location. Why wait? Because he needed the sword first. So he planned to make an horcrux with his action but instead of the sword he made harry one. Half accident maybe...

[@hystericalwolf]

​@jonaske8049 But he went to Godrics Hollow to kill Harry because he believed him to be the one to finally kill him. What his intentions were with making another horcrux, I'm not sure. At this point, he only had two I believe.

[@T0pMan15]

@@jonaske8049Voldemort planned to make 7 but he never intended Harry to become one and was completely unaware that he was. Although, I find this a plot hole. How Voldemort doesn’t realise his weird connection with Harry is because Harry is a Horcrux. I’m sure Voldemort experienced the same connections with the other Horcruxes.

[@stevenh8770]

@@T0pMan15 maybe because of his mother's protection. Then he created his body with Harry's blood. he created a connection via blood that hid the horcrux connection

[@jackparkin1339]

What about if he was a creator but actually repaired his soul therefore having the ability to right the book and help people destroy dark magic

[@johnnycage112]

Wish we got more of him and Harpo the Fowl.

[@ralfhtg1056]

And what if "Herpo the Foul" was the alias of Al Bullock?What if "Al Bullock" was his real name?

[@natsucadogan]

You accidentally made it sound like Herpo the Foul was the descendant of Slytherin after saying that Slytherin could’ve been his descendant

[@davidhollenbeck9227]

Why was the book not destroyed?

[@flintmcallister]

Unfortunately, there's a blatant hole in your theory. Herpo of the foul lived in ancient Greece. This would mean modern English wouldn't exist for another one to two thousand years. Therefore, hirpo the foul had to be before the author of The dark arts most foul. Unless herpo wrote it himself thousands of years later, I believe the author found Herpos notes on horcruxes and translated them into the book.

[@DivineHellas]

Exactly my thoughts

[@dreadzilla_9548]

Herpo could have wrote it in greek and the author merely translated it

[@flintmcallister]

@@dreadzilla_9548 yes, but that means the book "dark arts most foul" can't be older than herpo

[@headstrongbachelor3152]

My theory about Herbo is that he felt remorse for his actions and took his soul out of the horcrux which killed him.

[@douglasdishman7992]

I wonder how he knew restoring the soul was possible and could be fatal.

[@grokeffer6226]

This is an interesting theory.

[@skazi2305]

Nice

[@stevenh8770]

I agree he is the most knowledgeable on the subject but a dark wizard would not reveal his secrets in a book, especially something that make you immortal. It was most likely written by someone fighting them for the next generation to understand what they are up against.

[@ethanprice6954]

So how do they know all the ways to destroy them if before Tom riddle their was only 1

[@tigerz8174]

Damn instead of being 101 dalmatian upvote, I was 102

[@mya1999]

No i dont like it, it would make more sense crediting Herpo for creating it but the author perfecting it. Since most things are flawed when first discovered/ created

[@the78thHesparian]

This one rambles on a lot with a lot of big words. Good ending though!

[@otakubancho6655]

That book may actually be the horcrux of Al Bullock.😱😱😱

[@abdulhashimboreday4692]

Someone would have figured out it was a horcrux eventually.

[@otakubancho6655]

@@abdulhashimboreday4692 maybe,maybe not.

[@Revan992]

Did JK invent Herpo or is he a fan fiction character?

[@wandafooca9477]

herpetology the branch of zoology concerned with reptiles and amphibians....cute name

[@chichiboypumpi]

And I thought Salazar is just a pompous bigot.

[@user-gs7iw6kl7o]

charity burbage was the most evil dark wizard

[@devontyrell1969]

I wouldn't say highly guarded lol they go to it with ease throughout the series lmfao

[@renematei708]

Your logic is flawed. Did Snape invent all the potions, he made better? Has every grammarian invented the language he writes about? Just BS.

[@FuZion1988]

Or they are the same person

[@zegledude]

I swear you said the same thing 10 different ways over and over

[@melanievetter6211]

😊🎉🦁

[@ErenisRanitos]

Bollock's

[@leerubin4303]

There is one plot hole in Harry Potter that I don't get. In the potter series, there are HUNDREDS of examples of life after death. Why was Voldemort so obsessed with immortality, when he could see souls all around him?

[@synmer7104]

He didn't want to be in an afterlife, or stuck between life and death. He wanted to stay in his current life. That's not a plot hole.

[@Pattmore]

That’s not a plot hole..he simply feared dying..he didn’t understand nor accepted death therefore wouldn’t have known about the afterlife

[@dogusmeric2159]

In the HP universe, ghosts are just images of their living self. They can't hold wands or perform magic. Ghouls are simple minded creatures that live in the homes or attics of wizards. They eat bugs and stuff and almost mindless. Poltergeists are generally noisy disturbing creatures. Lastly, the inferi are simply zombie like motor controlled corpses. I don't think that Voldemort wanted to be either of these afterlife creatures.

[@leerubin4303]

@@Pattmore He went to Hogwarts where EVERY HOUSE has a ghost. I am sure that the afterlife is spoken about. Sorry but FAIL.

[@leerubin4303]

@@synmer7104 Look at what the Sorcerers stone did to its creator. Look at the warnings about the cost of creating a Horcrux. If he just lived his life like a conceited jerk he would have gone "On". Thom Riddle was given a full Hogwarts education. If you want to live forever, then don't try to live forever. It seems so simple, so YES it's like the Indiana Jones problem, a HUGE plot hole.

[@andrewposner6703]

If we don’t know when Herpo the Foul lived, how do we know Al Bullock didn’t learn from him?

[@_maria04_]

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[@bloodiamondeyes]

Of what???