Quirinus Quirrel, the villain from Ravenclaw

Ron said it himself, "Every wizard who went bad was in Slytherin"
Is that really true though?



Apparently not. Quirinus Quirrell, both a professor of Muggle Studies and Defence against the Dark Arts, had turned to the dark arts indeed.

When he took a leave from Hogwarts in 1990, he told the school he wanted to get first hand experience with the dark arts, when in reality, he wanted to be the hero to find Lord Voldemort, instead of being seen as a weak st-t-t-tuttering teacher.

He certainly found the Dark lord, but things turned for the worst. While Quirrell was an intelligent man, he was weak minded (there's a difference between book smart and street smart!) and Voldemort manipulated him easily, and soon transformed his weakened state to stay on Quirrells head.

Quirrell then wore a turban for the year, claiming to have received it as a gift from an African prince for disposing of a zombie.

He had a reputation of being quite cowardly and quiet, which didn't earn him much respect, but this is exactly what he needed in order to avoid suspicion and attention when he let in the troll in Hogwarts in 1991. He was searching for the Philosophers stone and often created distractions.

He noticed that Harry Potter was becoming a nuisance, so he jinxed his broom in a Quidditch match, however Snape was trying to counter-curse it. The jinx wore off after Hermione set Snape on fire (thinking Snape jinxed Harry) and Quirrell lost his concentration.

During the showdown between Harry and Quirrell, Harry is able to burn Quirrells face because of the protective powers his mother gave him when she died, Quirrell is defeated and fails to get the Stone from Harry.



I suppose this shows that not everything is the way it seems, eh Harry?