The thing about Peter that most people don't take into account is that he knows his limits. And deliberately exaggerates them to anyone else. People fall into the habit of underestimating him, and it's a mistake.
Peter's objective in the confrontation with Sirius was to stage his *own* death. The reason he is staging his own death is because the *Death Eaters* believe he deliberately led their leader into a trap. The DEs know that "Wormtail" is not Sirius Black. He could not blame it on Sirius and live as a hero. Blaming Sirius is just to get the Ministry and the Order off his tail as well.
He would have been delighted if Sirius had also been killed in the explosion. He probably had hoped that he would be. There would have been no way that the Order would ever learn the truth, and he would only be in danger from one side. But Peter would still have been living as a rat. The Order isn't really who he was staging his death to hide from.
But explosions are hard to control, and that is the kind of thing, like a car crash, where you can't depend on it to kill a wizard.
Voldemort had dragged him along to the Potter's house, since he took charge of Voldemort's wand afterwards. (Possibly James and Lily's wands as well.) He either stashed it or kept it on him but he certaily took it with him to Albania.
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Date: 2006-02-23 04:33 pm (UTC)Peter's objective in the confrontation with Sirius was to stage his *own* death. The reason he is staging his own death is because the *Death Eaters* believe he deliberately led their leader into a trap. The DEs know that "Wormtail" is not Sirius Black. He could not blame it on Sirius and live as a hero. Blaming Sirius is just to get the Ministry and the Order off his tail as well.
He would have been delighted if Sirius had also been killed in the explosion. He probably had hoped that he would be. There would have been no way that the Order would ever learn the truth, and he would only be in danger from one side. But Peter would still have been living as a rat. The Order isn't really who he was staging his death to hide from.
But explosions are hard to control, and that is the kind of thing, like a car crash, where you can't depend on it to kill a wizard.
Voldemort had dragged him along to the Potter's house, since he took charge of Voldemort's wand afterwards. (Possibly James and Lily's wands as well.) He either stashed it or kept it on him but he certaily took it with him to Albania.