Welcome to Harry Potter Theory. Today we’re going to be discussing Azkaban Prison. This will include discussions surrounding the island that it’s on, when the prison was introduced, who created the prison itself, and WHERE the island actually IS.
Considered by many to be reminiscent of the DEPTHS of HELL- Azkaban Prison would be the last place that a witch or wizard in the Harry Potter universe would want to end up.
In fact, the name ‘Azkaban’ even backs up this horrific reputation- a sinister name that was created through combining ‘Alcatraz’ a famous Muggle island prison, and ‘Abaddon’ - the Hebrew word for ‘place of destruction’ OR ‘depths of hell’.
But where did this terrible place come from? Was the island that housed Azkaban prison always a magnet for dark magic? Before the fortress was built, what was the island like?
The truth is, before the dark wizard known as Ekrizdis ever set foot on the island, Azkaban was an island just like any other.
When we think of the significant Dark Wizards in Wizarding history, Ekrizdis isn’t necessarily the most well-known, but after this video- he might just be the FIRST Dark wizard that comes to mind. You see, Ekrizdis was a practitioner of the worst kinds of dark arts imaginable. Very little is known about Ekrizdis, other than the fact that he was alive during the 15th century, and that he was evil-pure evil. No one even knows his nationality.
But what we do know is that Ekrizdis was the first dark wizard..or maybe even the first PERSON to ever step foot on the island that would later support Azkaban’s dark fortress.