Voldemort is enclosed in a mandoria constructed from a snake. In the Harry Potter series, Voldemort and descendent of Salazar Syltherin, a founder of the Syltherin House at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and represented as a snake. The archivolts of the tympanum has 7 registers. Each register contains a Horcrux, or an item that contains a piece of Voldemort's soul. From left to right the items are Helga Hufflepuff's Cup, Tom Riddle's Diary, Salazar Syltherin's Locket, Rowena Ravenclaw's Diadem Nagini (Voldemort's snake), Gaunt ring and a lightening bolt to represent Harry Potter. On either side of the Horcrux's towards the bottom boarder of the arch is an interlacing snake pattern, similar to those in celtic art (snakes are very important to Voldemort because he is an heir of Slytherin and was in the house of Slytherin when he attended Hogwarts).
To Voldemorts left are the "damned" souls. Directly to his left is Harry Potter, whom he could not defeat with the killing. Next to Harry Potter is Dumbledore, who is the only wizard whom Voldemort truly feared. On Dumbledore's left is "Mad Eye" Moody, the most renowned auror of his time. An auror is like a detective in the Wizarding world of Harry Potter. Next to Moody is Arthur Weasley, a Wizard who appreciated Muggles (something frowned upon). All "damned" souls were members of the Order of the Phoenix.
On the right of Voldemort are the "blessed" souls. Directly to Voldemort's right is Lucius Malfoy, a devout Death Eater (follower of Voldemort) who allowed Voldemort to use the Malfoy Mansion as a meeting ground. Immediately next to him is Severus Snape, Voldemort's most trusted Death Eater, but who has vowed to protect Harry because of his love for Harry's mother, Lily. Next to Snape is Bellatrix Lestrange, a member of the Black family (a prominent family in the Death Eater world) and sister-in-law to Lucius. Lying next to Bellatrix is Fenrir Greyback, a Death Eater turned werewolf, who is notorious for killing children. We represented Fenrir in the form of a Etruscan Sarcophagus; he is lying down and the upper half of his body has more attention than the bottom half.
Immediately next to Voldemort's head on either side is the Dark Mark or the sign of the Death Eater. To summon the Death Eaters, a Death Eater will release this symbol into the sky. They also use this symbol when on of the members has killed a victim. Voldemort's wand, in his left hand, is casting the Dark Mark over the "damned souls" because 2 of the 4 are dead (Dumbledore and Moody).
Below the damned souls are four figures representing the Death Eaters. From left to right is a Death Eater in cloak, a skull, a victim, a Death Eater mask, and a Dementor (a creature that feeds off human happiness) whom are most loyal to the Death Eaters because they can provide the most happiness for them to feed off of.
Below the "damned" souls are 4 figures important to the "damned" souls, or most notably The Order of the Phoenix. From left to right is a Hungarian Horntail, a house elf (Dobby) who saved many members from the clutches of the Death Eaters. Next to Dobby, is Hedwig (Harry Potter's owl) flying over Hogwarts grounds, and next to Hedwig is Hagrid, keeper of keys and grounds at Hogwarts.
Of course, it has hard to find one worshipped character (although, arguably it could be Harry himself) in the Harry Potter series. Voldemort had a fascination with symbols and objects (that he later turned into Horcrux's) that made his portrayal for a tympanum quite simple. Mr. Lovell, if you have made it through all of these descriptions of Harry Potter characters, you should now attempt to read the first book in the series!!!!
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