This was most likely due to his ghoulish blood-stained appearance and the shackles he wore. The other ghosts appeared to avoid him during the celebration. On the evening of 31 October 1992, the Baron attended Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington's five-hundredth Deathday Party. It can be assumed that the Baron attended the Start-of-Term Feast with the other ghosts, as they seem to do every year. The Bloody Baron attends Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington 's five-hundredth Deathday Party Harry wasn't surprised to see that the Bloody Baron, a gaunt, staring Slytherin ghost covered in silver bloodstains, was being given a wide berth by the other ghosts." - Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington's five-hundredth Deathday Party " They passed a group of gloomy nuns, a ragged man wearing chains, and the Fat Friar, a cheerful Hufflepuff ghost, who was talking to a knight with an arrow sticking out of his forehead. Harry Potter, in a hoarse whisper, proceeded to impersonate the Baron. In the evening of 4 June during their quest to save the Philosopher's Stone from Lord Voldemort, Harry Potter, Ronald Weasley, and Hermione Granger, all under the Cloak of Invisibility, were intercepted by Peeves who threatened to call Argus Filch if whoever that was there did not show themselves. Shortly prior the Hallowe'en feast on 31 October, the Baron haunted the Dungeons.
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Ī while before midnight on 12 September 1991, the Bloody Baron passed twice by the Fat Lady's Corridor, frightening Neville Longbottom, who was sleeping in the corridor because he had forgotten the new password to get into Gryffindor Tower.
On 1 September 1991, the Baron attended the Start-of-Term Feast, where he sat next to first year Draco Malfoy, who did not look too pleased with the seating arrangements. The Baron at the 1991 Start-of-Term Feast
Slytherins have got the cup six years in a row! The Bloody Baron's becoming almost unbearable - he's the Slytherin ghost." - The Bloody Baron's house pride " So - new Gryffindors! I hope you're going to help us win the house championship this year? Gryffindors have never gone so long without winning. The Baron revealed that Duncan was a ghost. In their search for the Marauder's Map, Jacob's sibling, along with Slytherin students Merula Snyde, Ismelda Murk, Barnaby Lee and Liz Tuttle, went to the Potions Classroom to ask the Bloody Baron about Duncan Ashe. Īccording to Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington, groaning and clanking in the Astronomy Tower was a favourite pastime of the Baron's. For unspecified reasons, presumably related to his apparently violent, dangerous nature, the Baron had gained Peeves's respect and was the only one, besides Professor Dumbledore, who could give him orders. Nobody else seemed to know why he was covered in blood, not even the other two Hogwarts ghosts. The Baron had been remorseful of his actions ever since, and carried heavy chains as a sign of penance. The Baron, as well as Helena, now known as the Grey Lady, both returned from the dead as ghosts, and returned to Hogwarts Castle, where they became the house ghosts of their former Houses, Slytherin and Ravenclaw respectively. The Bloody Baron in his blood-stained clothes standing next to the other House Ghosts " Harry looked over at the Slytherin table and saw a horrible ghost sitting there, with blank staring eyes, a gaunt face, and robes stained with silver blood." - Description of the Baron Overcome with grief, he proceeded to take his own life with the same weapon he used to stab Helena. Īfter he had found her, the Baron tried to compel her to return with him, but she refused, and, in a fit of rage, he killed her. Rowena ordered the Baron to go after her, which he did, eventually finding her hiding in a forest. Around this same time, Rowena fell fatally ill, although legend has it that it was a broken heart, possibly caused by her daughter abandoning her. Later on in his life, Helena, after stealing a diadem belonging to her mother that increased the intelligence of the wearer, ran away to Albania. as he should." - Helena tells Harry the story of her and the Baron's death All these centuries later, he wears his chains as an act of penitence. He took the weapon that had claimed my life, and used it to kill himself. When he saw what he had done, he was overcome with remorse. Furious at my refusal, jealous of my freedom, he stabbed me. When I refused to return with him, he became violent. " He tracked me to the forest where I was hiding.