Hans Hess

Hans Hess was a Pureblood German Wizard and a senior member of the Thule Society, as well as a high-ranking officer in the Schutzstaffel. Hess escaped to South America when his organization's pending doom became painfully evident after Adolf Hitler's suicide in 1945.

After several years in hiding in Uraguay, Hess was tracked down by another former member of the Thule Society, Ruprecht Totenkopf, who was attempting to locate the mysterious island of Thule. Hess, skeptical of Thule's existence, refused to help his ex-comrade, and after much argument came to blows with Totenkopf. The duel ended with Hess being placed under the Imperius Curse.

From then on, Hans Hess served as Totenkopf unquestionable, though his once impressive magical powers were now diminished due to his being under the Imperius Curse. During the final battle of Totenkopf's crusade in Thule, Hess, unable to think for himself, was easily dispatched by Auror Eugene Bootstrap, and, incapicated, was presumably drowned when the island sunk back into the sea.