Character from Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling
Slytherin's silent, bloodstained house ghost — a medieval nobleman who murdered Helena Ravenclaw and then himself, now condemned to wear his guilt as silver stains forever.
The Baron never speaks and never needs to — his presence alone silences Peeves and unsettles everyone else. He murdered the woman he loved and killed himself in remorse, and his ghost carries that violence as visible stains he cannot wash away. He is feared by every ghost in the castle and treated with deference by the Slytherins. His silence is not dignity — it is the weight of a crime he can never undo and never stop remembering.
Gaunt, translucent, blank staring eyes. Silver bloodstains covering his ghostly robes and chains. Utterly silent, radiating menace.
Also known as: The Baron, Bloody Baron