
These three curses had been classified as "Unforgivable" in wizarding society since 1717, according to Albus Dumbledore. " The Cruciatus, Imperius, and Killing Curses were first classified as Unforgivable in 1717, with the strictest penalties attached to their use." - Dumbledore's notes from The Tales of Beedle the Bard Īurors were permitted to use them during the First Wizarding War, and during the height of the Second Wizarding War under Lord Voldemort's regime, the curses were made legal, though this would have been repealed following Voldemort's demise.

Many Dark wizards attempted to use this excuse to prevent themselves from incarceration when caught, particularly after the First Wizarding War. īy the 1990s, using any of these three curses on a fellow human being, Muggle or wizard, would result in a life sentence in Azkaban without parole, unless there was sufficient evidence that the caster did so under the influence of the Imperius Curse. The three curses consisted of the Killing Curse ( Avada Kedavra), the Cruciatus Curse ( Crucio), and the Imperius Curse ( Imperio). They were tools of the Dark Arts and were first classified as "Unforgivable" in 1717, with the strictest penalties attached to their use. The Unforgivable Curses were three of the most powerful and sinister spells known to the wizarding world, as well as the strongest known Dark spells in existence. copy this down." - Bartemius Crouch Junior (as Alastor Moody) explaining the nature of the Unforgivable Curses to a fourth-year Defence Against the Dark Arts class But most of all, you need to practise constant, never-ceasing vigilance.

That's what I've got to teach you to fight.

The use of any one of them on a fellow human being is enough to earn a life sentence in Azkaban.

those three curses - Avada Kedavra, Imperius, and Cruciatus - are known as the Unforgivable Curses.
