Peter Pettigrew, also known as Wormtail (and as Ron Weasley's rat Scabbers) was a Death Eater in the service of Lord Voldemort.
Background
While working for the Dark Lord he gave the location of the Potters to his master, the Dark Lord, resulting in the deaths of Lily Potter and James Potter. He was known to be cowardly and begged for his life in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. He brought Lord Voldemort back to life by taking Tom Riddle Sr.'s bones, sliced his own hand off and stabbed Harry Potter to get blood on the graveyard. Voldemort gave Wormtail a magical hand as a thanks for getting his body back. This hand was much more powerful than Wormtail's original hand.
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In the Deathly Hallows, Wormtail tried to choke Harry to death with it, but Harry got through to the old Peter Pettigrew, and put some doubt in his mind about his life choices. The hand however, was still pure evil, and was cursed with a fail-safe that would activate if Pettigrew had any doubt in his mind. The hand then grabbed Pettigrew by the throat and choked him to death for thinking of turning against the Dark Lord.
Notes
- Pettigrew's face from 4766 Graveyard Duel is similar to The Mad Hatter from the Batman video game, except The Mad Hatter's face doesn't have a moustache. Pettigrew's face was created before LEGO Batman: The Videogame was released.
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See also
- Harry Potter
- Lord Voldemort
- Ron Weasley
- Cedric Diggory
- Lucius Malfoy
- Bellatrix Lestrange
- Death Eater
