Something told her that Headmaster Trent wasn't in the best mood today. Judging by his shorter than normal greetings and slightly haggard appearance, Avalon suspected that something was troubling him. She would bet money that it had something to do with the odd and dangerous creatures popping up around campus lately.

It seemed like they would be discussing the various aspects of dark witches and wizards today, which could certainly turn into a touchy subject. Nevertheless, she enjoyed Defense Against the Dark Arts lessons, and Headmaster Trent usually found ways to make the topics interesting. She was fairly surprised that nobody had directly mentioned Lord Voldemort yet as a response to the first question. And she wouldn't be the first to do so - what a plainly boring answer. She raised her hand, poised to offer up an example from the same era.

"Barty Crouch Jr." she said, thinking back to the stories she had heard about the Death Eater. "He was one of the few who escaped from Azkaban. And he manipulated the Triwizard Tournament to make sure that Harry Potter came face to face with Voldemort." Avalon didn't know all the details of the other things that he did, but she figured that it would be a good start. Perhaps the Headmaster could fill in any important details that she had missed.