Harry Potter · Character
Buckbeak
- Supporting
- First seen · Book 3 · Ch. 5
His stormy gray coat gleams with wild majesty, orange eyes fierce and unblinking. The steel beak snaps with proud menace, talons scraping like promises of flight. Bow to him, or feel the thunder of his disdain.
- Gender
- male
- Age
- adult creature
- First appears
- Book 3 · Ch. 5
- Books
- 1
Buckbeak enters as Hagrid's prized hippogriff, giving Harry a triumphant first flight before Draco's taunt leads to a vicious slash. Condemned to execution after the attack, he awaits death in Hagrid's hut. Saved by Hermione's Time-Turner, he flies off with Harry and Sirius, becoming Witherwings in hiding.
Description
Stormy gray with a gleaming coat that shifts seamlessly from feathers to hair. Powerful hybrid build: eagle wings, front legs, and head atop horse body, hind legs, and tail. Brilliant orange eyes glow fiercely above a cruel steel beak and half-foot talons. Thick leather collar and chain accent his proud, predatory stance.
Connections
Family & partnersFriends & mentorsRivals
Rubeus Hagridpet hippogriff
Hagrid cares deeply for Buckbeak and fights for him.
Story so far
BOOK 3Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Key events
- Book 3
Ch. 6Buckbeak's Attack on MalfoyDuring Hagrid's first Care of Magical Creatures class, Malfoy insults Buckbeak after Harry successfully rides the hippogriff; Buckbeak strikes Malfoy. - Book 3
Ch. 20Time-Turner Rescue of Buckbeak and SiriusUsing Hermione's Time-Turner, Harry and Hermione travel back three hours to save Buckbeak from execution and rescue Sirius from the tower before the Dementors can perform the Kiss.
Appearances
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