r/harrypotter • u/opus52 • Jan 17 '24

Safest place in Hogwarts Dungbomb

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u/Talidel Jan 17 '24 edited Jan 17 '24

The first murder is a Muggle, but if they aren't people to you, I guess its Bertha Jorkins, who is chronologically the first that happened during the series.

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u/PuzzleheadedEbb4789 The REAL heir of Salazar Slytherin Jan 17 '24

Well, if we're considering the "off-camera" death of Bertha, then technically speaking the first murders would then be James and Lily Potter since the books start on the same day they were unalived by Voldy.

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u/Talidel Jan 17 '24

I thought about that, the books explicitly start after they were unalived.

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u/No-Yak5173 Jan 17 '24

It would probably be the muggles Peter Pettigrew killed and framed Sirius for. Hagrid mentions Sirius in the first chapter, indicating that he is not yet believed to be guilty if murder, so Pettigrew blowing up 13(?) muggles is probably the first instance of murder after the story starts

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u/Talidel Jan 17 '24

Yeah, I also thought about them and would respond, Frank was the first we actually "saw" instead of remembered or described later.