| rdfs:comment | - Joseph himself was considered a considerably powerful sorcerer for his age, mastering the Patronus Charm in his Second Year when he was attacked by a Dementor. Otherwise, it became clear that his greatest asset was his genius-level intellect and almost wavering morality, which was made complex by the fact that his parents considered him a disappointment in comparison to his six older brothers, who all became extremely successful. He formed a romantic attachment with Stephanie Blake while he was at Hogwarts, though she never returned his affections. He became a member of the Slug Club in his Fourth Year based on his family's considerable connections, and impressed Professor Horace Slughorn by becoming the Hogwarts Chess Champion, despite never having played the game previously. He graduated
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| abstract | - Joseph himself was considered a considerably powerful sorcerer for his age, mastering the Patronus Charm in his Second Year when he was attacked by a Dementor. Otherwise, it became clear that his greatest asset was his genius-level intellect and almost wavering morality, which was made complex by the fact that his parents considered him a disappointment in comparison to his six older brothers, who all became extremely successful. He formed a romantic attachment with Stephanie Blake while he was at Hogwarts, though she never returned his affections. He became a member of the Slug Club in his Fourth Year based on his family's considerable connections, and impressed Professor Horace Slughorn by becoming the Hogwarts Chess Champion, despite never having played the game previously. He graduated with several Outstandings in his NEWTs, and briefly served as an assistant shopkeeper in Diagon Alley. At some point, he had a ferocious argument with his parents over his choice of Stephanie Blake as a love interest, considering she was a Muggle-born. When the First Wizarding War broke out, he joined the Death Eaters along with three of his brothers, the other three joining the Auror Office and thus the family was split between allegiances to Lord Voldemort and to Albus Dumbledore. Joseph saw two of his brothers struck down by the Aurors of Bartemius Crouch Sr., earning the latter Joseph's hatred and later contempt when Crouch was disgraced by his own son at the close of the war. Throughout his apparent loyalty to Voldemort, he formed a professional rivalry with fellow Death Eater Sampson Smith, his mother's nephew and therefore his cousin. Sampson's rivalry with Joseph would not become particularly apparent until after the war ended. After one of his brothers was killed by Evan Rosier, Joseph opted to avenge him: Using the connections that came with his family name, Joseph left false information for Rosier, simultaneously leaving similar information for Alastor Moody, which drew Rosier into the path of the prolific wizard-catcher. Joseph remembers smiling when he watched Rosier struck down by Moody. However, upon leaving the combat, Joseph was ambushed by Sampson, who had turned against Voldemort and had with him the Aurors Remus Lupin and Rufus Scrimegeor. He lost the ensuing fight, and was arrested. He was tried by Bartemius Crouch Sr., during which he voiced that he had not ever killed a man while under Voldemort's leadership and had done nothing his father hadn't persuaded him to do, and based on prominent information concerning his moral fibre he was cleared of all charges. Joseph was an employee at the Minister of Magic as the Head of the Department of Magical Equipment Control, which suited him because of his intellectual genius and his exceptional technical expertise. His rivalry with Sampson Smith continued somewhat after the end of the War, with Sampson taking a job at the Administrative Registration Department. At some point, he married Stephanie Blake and they had three children - Scott, Bradley and Eric.
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