This wand was used by the character Ron Weasley (Rupert Grint) in the third installment of the series, “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban” (2004). According to J. K. Rowling, Ron was among the characters she created “the very first day”. Ron is inspired by Rowling’s best friend Sean Harris but she has clearly stated, that she “never set out to describe Sean in Ron, but Ron has a Sean-ish turn of phrase.” Like Harris is to Rowling, Ron is “always there” when Harry needs him. The character of Ron fits many of the stereotypes expected of the sidekick; he is often used as comic relief, is loyal to the hero, and lacks much of the magical talent Harry possesses. In the Prisoner of Azkaban, Ron’s rat Scabbers, already seen in Philosopher’s Stone, goes missing, he blames Hermione’s new cat Crookshanks, and the two have a falling out. Harry, Ron and Hermione go to see Hagrid on the execution day where they discover Scabbers hiding out in Hagrid’s hut. As they leave, Scabbers struggles free of Ron and runs away. It is later figured out that The school’s Defence Against the Dark Arts professor Remus Lupin cast a spell on Scabbers, who also turns out to be an Animagus by the name of Peter Pettigrew. Pettigrew was Black’s, Lupin’s, and James Potter’s school friend, thought to have been murdered by Sirius Black. Pettigrew, who had lived as a rat ever since faking his death, denies everything, but Sirius and Lupin piece together that he has been a servant of Voldemort, and it was he who divulged the secret whereabouts of Harry’s parents, leading to their murder. Initially, Ron does not believe Sirius and refuses to turn over Scabbers to him, but he is disgusted when he learns his rat’s identity.