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Neville's father -- a renowned Auror tortured into permanent insanity by Bellatrix Lestrange. He lives in St Mungo's closed ward and doesn't recognize his own son.
Frank was once a powerful Auror who defied Voldemort three times -- the same qualification that made Neville a candidate for the prophecy. He and Alice were tortured after Voldemort's first fall by Bellatrix Lestrange and three other Death Eaters using the Cruciatus Curse, interrogated for information about the Dark Lord's whereabouts. He endured the curse rather than betray anyone, and his mind broke before his loyalty did. Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Ginny encounter Frank and Alice during their Christmas visit to St Mungo's. Neville is already there, standing at his parents' bedside, and the moment he realizes his friends have seen his secret shame is one of the most painful in the series. His grandmother tells him to be proud -- Frank was tortured for refusing to betray his comrades. Neville keeps the gum wrapper his mother gives him and says nothing.
Round-faced like Neville. Thin, vacant expression, wandering eyes. Wears St Mungo's patient robes. Moves slowly, disconnected from the world around him.
Also known as: Frank, Mr Longbottom, Frank Longbottom