#irish peter pettigrew

[mrsfrecklesmarauders]

I like the headcanon of James being half latino/ half italian, Sirius being French, Peter being Irish and Remus just being the most common londoner there is, just plain english.

[lionmythflower]

hc that peter knows a bunch of languages bc he already grew up knowing 3 languages (both of this parents know languages other than English) and he picks up languages really easily, so a bunch of his friends will all be speaking in theyre first languages and Peter will just casually respond in the same language and they'll js have to do a double take for a moment

[hellojuiceboxbaby]

I actually wanted to talk a bit more about the Irish marauders headcanons

I hc Lily and Peter as both Irish (for some reason Peter gives off northern vibes lol)

Lily grew up beside her grandparents farm.

She she used to play there and often spent time taking of and playing with the animals

She went to a gaelscoil for primary school which is why she’s speaks Irish fluently

Peter is half Catholic (his mum) and half Protestant (his da)

He was born in the north and went to a Protestant all boys primary school

He goes to a Gaeltacht for 2 weeks every summer because he wants to connect with that part of his identity and learn the language

When they both started at hogwarts they both immediately connected and often make jokes about “hating the British” and saying things like “that’s very English of him isn’t it”

I don’t know how I feel about Peter having a northern Irish accent or not but if he does has a hint of it and lily’s the only one that understands him when he says certain things

Lily has a very big family with almost 20 cousins on both sides

Peter is a heavy weight, he out drinks each of the marauders ever night out

Lily learned how to Irish dance in primary school but she only remembers the basics

It takes them both a minimum of 45mins to leave after saying goodbye

Peter makes all the marauders watch the late late toy show with him every year

Lily wears the claddagh ring her mum gave her and she explains the meaning to James before she turns it when they start dating

Anyway there’s are loosely based off stuff from my own childhood and teen years so if something doesn’t make sense I don’t know how to explain it lol

[enbysiriusblack]

marauders in a famous au:

sirius- actor/comedian (famous influential family)

james- actor/comedian (started as a footballer but had a career ending injury early on)

peter- music artist

remus- youtube essayist/tutor (father famous in the anthropology sphere)

marlene- bassist (started as a rugby player but quit after she was outed)

lily- photographer

mary- model

emmeline- painter/artist

dorcas- footballer

[james-sunshine-potter]

Where (in my opinion) would each Marauder character comes from.

James: Born in Punjab, India but grew up in Dorset, England.

Sirius: Islington, London.

Remus: Derwin, Wales.

Peter: Dorset, England.

Lily: Derry, Ireland

Dorcas: Essex, England.

Marlene: Dorset, England.

Mary: Isle Of White, England.

Regulus: Islington, London.

Pandora: Liverpool, England.

Barty: Edinburgh, Scotland.

Evan: Liverpool, England.

[ashfirebolt]

Heya, I'm looking for help finding a fic I read last year. It was a marauders fic on Ao3, very long and it more or less went through them going through hogwarts. Lily was of Irish origin in the story and at some point someone from her family dies and the gang go to Ireland for the funeral. There's also something to do with her apparating illegaly and she gets a massive fine and herself and Sirius have a bet for a lot of money which she wins but then James tells her Sirius has no money. I also think that in this fic, Regulus is autisitic? It was a great fic but I can't seem to find it so if it rings any bells I'd be very grateful!

[genuinelynoidea]

Ok so been thinking about this to much and now I want to propose this.

It's an international school so everyone has different nationality:

Barty: italian 100% he is coming from some sort of fancy city like venice

Dorcas: she gives me arabic vibes like maybe egypt or something

Evan: canadian french no questions asked

James: either latino or hindi idk i love both

Lily: obiviously irish because of her red hair

Marlene: i thought i every saw asian marlene and i love it but hear me out, scandinavic marlene.

Mary: she is giving proud afro american

Pandora: canadian french like evan. I like to think they live in quebec

Peter: south germany. he is this country boy, hiking 15 kilometers just to have a nice view and south germany is perfect for that.

Regulus: french do i even have to explain

Remus: i know he is welsh but hear me out again, dutch remus. His height would make more sense then because dutchies are giants

Sirius: do i even have to say this

Marauders muggle au where Sirius and Regulus get send away an international school somewhere outside the uk because "maybe distance will fix their behaviour" but instead the meet marauders&co and have the best schooltime ever. After graduation they make a roadtrip through every country that someones roots lay and eventually settle all around the world

[hollowed-theory-hall]

The Riddle of Tom Riddle: Part 1/?

(Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7)

The Death Tool of Voldemort's Wars

So, I did say I'll make this post somewhere, so here it is.

When trying to make sense of Voldemort’s behavior in the books, I noticed that the two wars were actually very different. How they were waged, how many people died, and who was most targeted along with Voldemort's goals.

(Because I mentioned it, I'll just say Voldemort’s behavior in the book is really weird and somewhat contradictory, but I found a way to explain that. Consider this the second post on my way to analyze Voldemort after the Horcruxes one)

The Wizarding Population in the UK

The first step to figuring out how bad the wars with Voldemort actually were is to know the size of the wizarding population in the UK. Numbers of deceased don't mean much without being able to calculate percentages.

If there are 40 students a year at Hogwarts in 1990s → 400 wizards and witches between ages 10-19

Account for fewer births during and right after the war with Grindelwald in the 1930s-1940s, and the war with Voldemort in the 1970s

Account for longer life acceptancy (Average of 130)

And we get an estimate of something like this:

With wizards being around 0.01% of the muggle population in any country.

The population in Britian in 1991 was 57,359,454, making the wizarding population 57,359*0.01% =~ 5,700

The population in Ireland in 1991 was 5.1 M, making the Irish wizarding population about 510.

So as a rough estimate, we'll say there were ~6,200 wizards and witches in the UK and Ireland together in 1991

Probably less though considering JKR killed most of Harry's grandparents' generation with Dragon Pox....

By the same logic above in the 1970s the Wizarding population in Britain and Ireland was ~5,600 + ~300 = ~5,900 wizards and witches.

So, now we have the estimated size of the population and we can gage how much damage these wars actually caused.

So, I may have compiled a list of all war casualties from both wars. I will not place the full details here (like the exact year each died), but I'll mention sides, who they were killed by, and any other information relevant to understanding the war's influence on wizarding society, and what we can learn from it about Voldemort's intentions.

For these lists:

(M) - muggle (MB) - muggleborn (PB) - pure-blood (HB) - half-blood (O) - other $ - Death Eater or affiliated ^ - Order of the Pheonix member or affiliated Italics - killed against Voldemort's orders

The First War: Surprisingly Targeted

Killed By Voldemort Personally:

~4 unnamed goblins (O)

Dorcas Meadowes (PB/HB)^

James Potter (PB)^

Lily Potter (MB)^

Killed by Death Eaters:

Mr. Bones (PB)^

Mrs. Bones (PB)^

Robert McGonagall (PB)

Marlene McKinnon (PB)^

~4 more unnamed McKinnons (PB)^

Mrs McGregor (M)

Douglas McGregor (M)

2 McGregor Children (M)

Caradoc Dearborn (PB/HB)^

Dean Thomas’ Father (PB)

Edgar Bones' Wife (PB)^

Edgar Bones (PB)^

~2 Edgar Bones' children (PB)^

Benji Fenwick (PB/HB)^

Frank Longbottom (PB)^ - Not dead, but counts

Alice Longbottom (PB)^ - Not dead, but counts

Fabian Prewett (PB)^

Gideon Prewett (PB)^

Killed by the Order of the Pheonix & Aurors:

Evan Rosier (PB)$

Wilkes (PB)$

+ 13 muggles killed by Peter Pettigrew on October 31st, 1981

+ Regulus Black who died in the cave with the Inferi

This lands us at 45 casualties (including the Longbottoms) for the first Wizarding War. Now, let's look more closely at the numbers.

Not counting the muggles and creatures other than wizards lands us at 24

24/5,900 =~ 0.40% of the wizarding population was killed in the first war.

And did you notice anything interesting about the names on the list? There is only 1 muggleborn and 1 muggle family, whose death wasn't even on Voldemort's orders. What does it tell us about the war?

Well, first off, Dumbledore's idea of morality and not using dark magic and lethal curses kind of sucks. This is hardly a war, it's a massacre. 19 Order members and their families die compared to 3 Death Eaters, one of which was killed by Voldemort's creations. Moody and Mr. Weasley aren't kidding when they say the first war was rough in the fifth book. It really was, but only for their side.

The innocent casualties of people not belonging to any side in this war stand at 19 (including the 13 muggles killed by Pettigrew), and 6 (not including Pettigrew).

It's just wild how Peter Pettigrew has the most kills in this war, more than Voldemort. And it tells you a lot about Voldemort's priorities.

His priorities clearly aren't to kill all muggleborns, we can see that much. So what are his priorities? What is he actually waging a war for if it's not to kill all muggleborns like all the characters tell us?

Well, I will post a full rundown of the timeline of the first war at some point, but for now, what we know is that Voldemort is targeting the Order of the Phoenix, who opposed him. And he is in general causing chaos for the Ministry of Magic.

We know that by 1981, Voldemort practically won, with the ministry having more spies of his than any other group. The ministry was made up of Death Eaters. But we don't know of any rules he passed in this time, or moves to legalize dark magic or outlaw muggleborns — nothing like that happened.

What did happen, was that Voldemort made a cave filled with Inferi and experimented with potions (he invented the potion of despair in the cave).

It seems, more than anything, the war was there to distract the ministry or weaken it, and less about accomplishing a specific political goal. And if he was after a specific political goal, then it isn't blood purity as he isn't rounding up muggleborns like in the second war.

The low death count overall (especially when compared to the second war) is because Voldemort is there. Voldemort does not approve of unnecessary death, even muggle one:

“Nice costume, mister!” He saw the small boy’s smile falter as he ran near enough to see beneath the hood of the cloak, saw the fear cloud his painted face. Then the child turned and ran away. . . . Beneath the robe he fingered the hand of his wand. . . One simple movement and the child would never reach his mother. . . but unnecessary, quite unnecessary. . . .

(Deathly Hollows, page 295)

Voldemort himself does not like unnecessary death. He considers it and killing in rage below him at the end of the First Wizarding War. He doesn't do it himself and doesn't let his followers kill unnecessarily up until the night he kills the Potters.

What exactly Voldemort was trying to accomplish is a question I've pondered and have a few more posts about. But understanding he wasn't really after the death of all muggleborns and neither was he after control of Magical Britain, which is made very clear by the second war, is the first step to understanding him.

The Second War: Chaos Galore

Killed By Voldemort Personally:

Bertha Jorkins (PB)

Cedric Diggory (PB)

Bathilda Bagshot (PB)

Charity Burbage (PB/HB)

Alastor Moody (PB)^

Rufus Scrimgeour (PB)

German-speaking child #1 (M)

German-speaking child #2 (M)

German-speaking woman (M)

Mykew Gregorovitch (PN)

Gellert Grindelwald (HB)

Peter Pettigrew (PB/HB)$

2 Unidentified Death Eaters (PB/HB)$

Severus Snape (HB)$

Killed by Death Eaters:

Bodrick Bode (PB/HB)

Emmeline Vance (PB)^

Sirius Black (PB)^

Amalia Bones (PB)

Florean Fortesque (PB)

Mrs. Abbott (PB/HB)

Igor Karkaroff (PB)$

Montgomery (PB/HB)

4 Unidentified Muggles (M)

Gibbon (PB)$

Albus Dumbledore (HB)^

5 Unnamed muggles in Gaddley (M)

Gornuk (O)

Edward Tonks (MB)^

Dirk Cresswell (MB)

Dobby (O)

Lavender Brown (PB)^

Camelia (PB/HB)^

Vincent Crabbe (PN)$

Colin Creevey (MB)^

Remus Lupin (HB)^

Nymphadora Tonks (HB)^

Fred Weasley (PB)^

Killed by the Order of the Pheonix:

Bellatrix Lestrange (PB)$

Killed by Golden Trio:

Bogrod (O)

Tom Riddle (Voldemort) (HB)$

+ 42 more casualties for the Battle of Hogwarts.

What we see here is that this second war was much deadlier. The Battle of Hogwarts alone had more casualties than the entirety of the First War. Even if I'm generous and add 20 more dead to my estimate of the First War, it doesn't come anywhere close to the death tool of the Second War.

Now, I ask myself, why?

The Second War was much shorter, officially ongoing between May of 1996 and May of 1998 (2 years), with the First War officially waging from 1975 to October of 1981 (6 years). What was so different between the wars that caused this kind of escalation in the second one this quickly?

We see the Second War unfold, we watch how quickly the Ministry of Magic falls and the Death Eaters take over. They quickly make laws such as the Muggleborn Registry — things that didn't happen in the first war.

“Attendance is now compulsory for every young witch and wizard,” he replied. “That was announced yesterday. It’s a change, because it was never obligatory before. Of course, nearly every witch and wizard in Britain has been educated at Hogwarts, but their parents had the right to teach them at home or send them abroad if they preferred..."

(Deathly Hollows, page 182)

Lupin is talking about the Muggleborn Registry and compulsory attendance to Hogwarts — completely new things, never seen before in Britain. They weren't around the first go-around even if Voldemort had the same amount of control over the ministry (it being made up of his followers even in the 1970s). So, what changed? What's the difference?

I pondered this question, and I realized what the main difference is — Voldemort. He is different. His priorities are different.

In the second war, Voldemort doesn't show any care for the ministry, government, or unnecessary death the way he did in the First War. In the First War he limited his Death Eaters, focusing them on targeting only Order members, but in the Second War, not only did he let them loose, but he let himself loose as well.

And I'll prove just how unconcerned he is with Britain and the war during Deathly Hollows and Half-Blood Prince.

In Half-Blood Prince, when the Death Eaters break into Hogwarts to kill Dumbledore, arguably their biggest achievement in the war thus far, and where is their leader? Off, somewhere. Researching wands so he could kill Harry Potter.

And where is Lord Voldemort, leader of the Death Eaters when his followers take over the ministry and start passing the aforementioned rules? He's in Germany, tracking down the Elder Wand.

“That’s—that’s pretty, Dolores,” she said, pointing at the pendant gleaming in the ruffled folds of Umbridge’s blouse. “What?” snapped Umbridge, glancing down. “Oh yes—an old family heirloom,” she said, patting the locket lying on her large bosom. “The S stands for Selwyn. . . . I am related to the Selwyns. . . . Indeed, there are few pure blood families to whom I am not related. . . . A pity,”

(Deathly Hollows, page 225)

Voldemort is so unaware and un-present in Britain during the time he supposedly rules it, that Dolores Umbridge can strut around the ministry with the locket that is his Horcrux and holds a piece of his soul and is his Slytherin family heirloom and claim it to belong to the Selwyn family and to be hers. And she wasn't tortured horribly to death.

Yeah, Voldemort never stepped foot in the Ministry throughout Deathly Hollows. At least, not until he retrieved the elder Wand and was convinced he could kill Harry.

In the First War, Voldemort had intentions, unrelated to blood purity as they were, but intentions nonetheless. He was actually leading and had goals for the war. In the Second War, it looks like he gave up. Like he decided killing Harry Potter is the only important thing and he isn't even bothering with anything else and lets his Death Eaters do as they please.

Conclusions:

Voldemort didn't really plan to win the Second War, he didn't really care what happened to the Ministry, as long as he could kill Harry Potter whom he is quite obsessed with. Like, he's really weird about Harry Potter, and maybe I'll talk about it more in-depth, but he's obsessed with being the one to kill Harry with a wand of his own, to the point of ignoring literally everything else.

If you are going to fight an opponent that is trying to kill you, you should probably be just as willing to be lethal in turn or you'd end up massacred like the Order of the Phoenix from the 1970s....

[peraltiagoicons]

first chapter of the marauders x Derry girls fic @equippedtoloveis and I are writing is out bitches!!!

Do you have to let it linger? (5002 words) by Wraithsbastard Chapters: 1/25 Fandom: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling, Marauders Era (Harry Potter) - Fandom Rating: Not Rated Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Sirius Black/Remus Lupin, Regulus Black/James Potter, Mary Macdonald/Lily Evans Potter, Lily Evans / Mary MacDonald, Regulus Black & Sirius Black, Euphemia Potter/Fleamont Potter, Sirius Black & James Potter, Sirius Black & Remus Lupin & Peter Pettigrew & James Potter & Lily Evans Potter, Lily Evans & Remus Lupin, Mary Macdonald & Marlene McKinnon & Lily Evans Potter, Sirius Black & Remus Lupin & Peter Pettigrew & James Potter Characters: Sirius Black, Regulus Black, Lily Evans, James Potter, Mary Macdonald (Harry Potter), Euphemia Potter, Fleamont Potter, Remus Lupin, Peter Pettigrew, Marlene McKinnon, Minerva McGonagall, Walburga Black (derogatory) - Character, Walburga Black Additional Tags: Inspired by Derry Girls (TV), Regulus Black & Sirius Black Have a Good Relationship, Lesbian Lily Evans, Remus Lupin is So Done, Pining, Mutual Pining, Regulus Black is a Little Shit, Sirius Black Being Sirius Black, Regulus is friends with the marauders, Marauders Friendship (Harry Potter), Awesome Euphemia Potter, No Lily Evans Bashing allowed, Lesbian Mary Macdonald (Harry Potter), Marlene Mckinnon being iconic, Alternate Universe - Non-Magical, Irish Marauders, Band Fic, Marauders are a Band (Harry Potter), warnings will be in the chapter, There probably won't be very much, Attempt at Humor, Sirius Black and James Potter being idiots, Author Is Sleep Deprived, lots of swearing Summary: “What's all this? I thought we were going to be individuals this year?” Lily demands when she sees the three sullen boys clad in blazers. “I wanted to, Lils, but my ma wouldn't let me.” James says with a shrug. There was just no getting Effie to change her mind sometimes. She was quite a stubborn mother, but a kind one nonetheless. “Well, I’m not being an individual on my own.” Lily says, already putting her blazer back on. She came prepared in case something like this happened. or Equippedtolove and I decided to write a Marauders fic that is 100% inspired by Derry Girls. We hope you enjoy the fic <3 We do not own the characters credits sadly go to Jk Rwling. Nor do we agree with her views. A good portion of the script is taken from Derry Girls TV series (we love you Derry Girls. Best show ever.)

[vulpes115]

Marauders Ethnicities

James Potter - Half Punjabi from Effie, then a quarter Colombian and a quarter British (the Peverell blood has to come from somewhere) from Monty (Pure-Blood)

Remus Lupin - Jewish and Welsh from Hope, then a quarter Afro-Brazilian and a quarter British from Lyall (Half-Blood, muggle mother, pure-blood father)

Sirius Black - French mostly with a little bit of English blood in there too (Sacred 28 Pure-Blood)

Peter Pettigrew - Mostly British but some German in there as well (Pure-Blood)

Lily Evans - From her mother’s side she is Jewish and Polish, from her father’s she is mostly Irish (Muggle-Born)

Mary MacDonald - A quarter British and a quarter Finnish on her mother’s side, Jamaican on her father’s side (Muggle-Born)

Marlene McKinnon - On both sides she is Northern Irish and Catholic, but from her mom’s side she is also half Filipina (Half-blood, muggle father, muggle-born mother)

Regulus Black - French mostly with a little bit of English blood in there too (Sacred 28 Pure-Blood)

Pandora and Evan Rosier - French on both sides, but also of Haitian descent on their mother’s side (Sacred 28 Pure-Blood, however a quarter Veela from their mother)

Dorcas Meadowes - 100% Kenyan as both her parents were born and raised there (Pure-Blood)

Barty Crouch Jr. - Italian on his mother’s side, British on his father’s (Sacred 28 Pure-Blood)

[mrsfrecklesmarauders]

I headcanon that Peter is from Ireland has a strong thick Irish accent when he gets back from holidays and summer. And all the boys are constantly making fun of the way he says things. But they wish they could speak like him.

[cartersblogabtnothing]

my personal marauders hcs 😁

James Potter

desi and greek (or hispanic) (desi monty & greek (or hispanic) effie)

trilingual - (english, hindi, and greek)

born and raised in okara, pakistan for about 5 years, left for athens, greece and lived there until 10, then moved to scotland after getting his acceptance letter from hogwarts.

grew up speaking both hindi and greek, but started to learn english around 6-7, and ended up fluent by his 6th year of hogwarts.

trans, ftm (i have no reason for this, i just enjoy the headcanon)

his accent is almost indescribable, but isn’t hard to understand.

has ADHD + bipolar depression.

talks in his sleep.

mid-length black curly hair, dark brown eyes, and freckles/birthmarks ALL over his face.

Sirius Black

french (both walburga and orion are fully french)

born and raised in chamonix, france. moved to scotland after narcissa started hogwarts.

bilingual - (english and french) but knows some latin, thanks to remus :)

genderfluid, goes by he/they specifically, but does present femininely.

hates dresses/skirts, tho. makes him think of all the weird balls walburga would make him sit through.

LOVES makeup!! will sit down for hours and try new things, but will always have lipgloss, mascara, and eyeliner on.

has OCD, PTSD, and borderline personality disorder.

long curly black hair, grey eyes that look a lil green and blue, soft freckles dusting every part of him, and lots of soft scars.

Remus Lupin

welsh and irish (lyall is irish, hope is welsh)

born and raised cardiff, wales. left after “the bite” for dublin, ireland and lived there until his hogwarts acceptance letter came in.

trilingual as well - (english, latin, and welsh) but rarely ever speaks anything but english.

enjoys wearing mascara and eyeliner, and he and sirius do each other’s in between classes (he/they, presents masculine).

has really bad insomnia, restless sleeps.

has anger issues, PTSD, and social anxiety.

soft curly chestnut hair, soft green eyes, and a BUNCH of scars everywhere (obvi).

Peter Pettigrew

british (both of his parents are british)

knows only english

lived in london, but moved to scotland after his acceptance letter.

Lily Evans

scottish and dominican (mother is scottish, father is dominican).

trilingual - (english, latin, and spanish).

born and raised in scotland, first language was english, but she was learning spanish at the same time.

goes by she/they, and presents femininely.

has POTS :D

soft red waves, tan-ish skin littered with freckles, and bright green eyes.

Mary Macdonald

Irish and African (mother is african, father is Irish)

bilingual - (latin, english)

born and raised in Ireland, and lived there throughout her entire hogwarts career. moved to london after graduating.

goes by she/her and presents femininely.

has extreme OCD and social anxiety.

has 3c black hair, dark brown eyes, and soft freckles littering her face.

Marlene Mckinnon

french and irish (mother is french, father is irish)

bilingual - (latin and english)

born and raised in london, but moved to scotland at around 8.

goes by she/him and presents androgynous.

has depression and anxiety.

light blonde hair with dark roots, light blue eyes, and dark freckles littered everywhere.

Pandora (Rosier, Lestrange, or Lovegood [personally it’s Lestrange, but these hcs go for whatever last name i choose lol])

german and french (mother is french, father is german).

trilingual - (german, french, english).

born and raised in france, then moved to germany at 5 and lived there until she moved to scotland for hogwarts.

she/her and presents femininely.

has schizophrenia and OCD.

platinum blonde hair (almost white), purple eyes, and soft pink blushing her skin. (she’s albino).

Regulus Black

french (both walburga and orion are fully french)

born and raised in chamonix, france. moved to scotland after narcissa started hogwarts.

quadrilingual - (english, french, latin, and russian).

trans ftm (he/him, presents masculine).

PTSD, depression, and ADHD.

dark curly black hair, gray, greenish eyes, soft freckles littered everywhere.

Evan Rosier

french and italian (mother is french and father is italian).

born and raised in italy but started to stay with a family friend in scotland after his acceptance letter came in.

bilingual - (italian and english) but he doesn’t know the TINIEST bit of french.

he/they, presents androgynous.

terrible ADHD (me too, evan).

wavy, dirty blonde hair, green eyes, and dark beauty marks spread across his face.

Barty Crouch Jr

italian and spanish (moms spanish, dads italian bcs c’mon… look at crouch sr and tell me he’s not italian?)

born in spain, lived there until Barty Sr got his promotion, then moved to london. lived there until the 4th movie, lived in scotland in the 4th movie.

bilingual - (spanish and english) but he does know some italian.

he/him, presents violently masculine.

mixed curly hair of blonde and brown, green-blue eyes, and tan skin with beauty marks covering his body.

Dorcas Meadowes

nigerian and egyptian (mom’s nigerian, dad’s egyptian).

born and raised in great britain, lived in london her whole life.

bilingual - (latin and english) but she knows a little bit of french thanks to reggie :).

she/they, presents masculine.

long dark braids with gold pieces wrapped around some of them, dark brown eyes (with little specks of green), and a soft blush covering her face all the time.

this took so long omg 😭

[atlasdoe]

THE HOGWARTS CLASS OF 1978 - pt 19

PETER PETTIGREW

Name - Peter Pettigrew

Blood Status - Pureblood

Date of birth - 8th August 1960

House - Gryffindor

Academic achievements - None

He changed sides and spent 12 years hiding from his own guilt. He was later strangled by his own silver hand

Cannon

He was a hatstall as it had didn't know if he should be in Slytherin or Gryffindor

Was an animigus and changed into the form of a rat

Lily Evans described him as being "down" during the first war and assumed that it was because of the death of the McKinnon family

He was James and Lilys secret keeper but betrayed them and pinned it all on Sirius Black

* He went to retrieve Voldemort's wand, then travelled to Albania where he learned from the rats there of a place in the forest where the creatures feared to travel. They said a dark shadow (Voldemort) took over the animals and killed them. While there he ran into Bertha Jorkins and brought her to Volemort where he tortured her for information and later killed her

* Voldemort would call him Wormtail cause he's nasty like that

* Over time, Peter tried unsuccessfully to convince Voldemort to use a wizard other than Harry Potter to rebuild his body. Peter offered to capture if Voldemort would permit him to leave his side for a few days, but Voldemort saw this as an attempt at desertion and claimed that Peter was regretting ever returning to him in the first place. Voldemort noted how Peter always flinched when he set eyes upon him and shuddered when touching him, which further enforced his belief that Peter would have escaped if given the opportunity. Knowing that, if Peter was not there to milk Nagini's venom and feed him, he would lose his strength, further enforcing his inability to let his servant leave. When Voldemort ordered Wormtail to turn his chair around so he could face Frank Bryce, Wormtail whimpered before doing so.

Resurrected Voldmort by cutting off his own hand, to which Voldemort gave him a replacement hand made of silver
Killed Cedric Diggory in the graveyard

It can be assumed that this event, along with Sirius Black's later death at the hands of his own Death Eater cousin Bellatrix Lestrange, made it apparent to the public that Peter was alive and an active Death Eater.

After Peter helped Voldemort return to full power and attain a fully regenerated body, Peter was sent to Severus Snape's house at Spinner's End to "assist" his childhood nemesis. However, Snape treated Peter as a mere servant, committing him to menial tasks such as housecleaning and guest reception. Peter, while very dissatisfied with how lowly he was being treated, made very feeble protests that heavily implied he was too afraid to request reassignment.

In the summer of 1997, Peter was staying at Malfoy Manor, the headquarters of the Death Eaters, and acted as gaoler for those imprisoned in the cellar there.

In mid March 1998 he was sent to check on the people in the cellar when he was tackled by Ron and Harry, who had freed themselves of their restraints. Ron managed to wrestle Pettigrew's wand from him. He began to strangle Harry, but Harry reminded him that he owed him a life debt. When Peter hesitated, his brief moment of mercy caused his silver hand to turn on him, strangling and killing him, despite Harry and Ron's best efforts to restrain it

Headcanons

Part Irish

Would visit his family in Ireland four times a year (once every season). There he met Marlene McKinnon and became good friends with her

Along with the other Marauders, he was very close with Marlene McKinnon, Lily Evans, Sybill Trelawney and Wren O'Brien

He liked that his animagus was a rat because it meant he could hide in small spaces, spy on people and wasn't expected to fully fight a werewolf every month

Biggggg gossip. He new everything about everyone

He was very interested in divination and even though he didn't have the sight he worked hard in the subject and did well in it

According to Marlene McKinnon, he was a different person around the other Marauders then he was with her

He's one of those people that's really quiet when you first meet them but the more you get to know them the louder they get

He was with Sybill from their sixth year up until Sybill had the prophecy

She never told him the real reason why she broke up with him (she didn't know that he would betray them but just having a prophecy like that about his friends made her uneasy)

[moonagestars]

my marauders era characters ethnicity hcs!

james potter - 1/2 mexican, 1/4 indian, 1/4 punjabi

sirius & regulus black - french (though i do love the part easian headcanon)

remus lupin - 1/2 welsh, 1/4 turkish, 1/4 brazillian

peter pettigrew - 3/4 english, 1/4 scottish

lily evans - 1/2 irish, 1/2 jewish

mary macdonald - jamaican

marlene mckinnon - 3/4 filipino, 1/4 chinese

pandora & evan rosier - senegalese

dorcas meadowes - nigerian

barty crouch jr - 1/2 italian, 1/2 japanese

[here-for-a-good-time-hopefully]

I headcanon that Peter Pettigrew is Irish and grew up Catholic like something abt him gives me such like religious trauma vibes and the fact that he would’ve lived through the Troubles in Ireland like I feel like that would’ve been a huge catalyst for The Betrayal and his separation from the marauders

Also Peter just gives me such Derry Girls vibes like idk but I could see him as the Claire of the marauders