

In 1979, when Lord Voldemort told Regulus Black that he needed a house-elf, Regulus volunteered Kreacher, saying it would be an honour to serve the Dark Lord. " Harry Potter: " How did you get away?" Kreacher: " Master Regulus told Kreacher to come back." Harry Potter: " I know – but how did you escape the Inferi?" Kreacher: " Master Regulus told Kreacher to come back." - Kreacher telling Harry Potter, Ronald Weasley and Hermione Granger the tale of him being forced to drink the Emerald Potion by Voldemort and hands, dead hands, came out of the water and dragged Kreacher under the surface. Kreacher: " Kreacher needed water, he crawled to the island’s edge and he drank from the black lake.

Kreacher survived the final battle of the Second Wizarding War it is unknown what happened to him later in life, though he died at some point after Albus Potter went to Hogwarts. He was also fiercely loyal to Regulus Black, and later to Harry Potter whom he fought for in the Battle of Hogwarts alongside many other house-elves. After Mrs Black's death, Kreacher let the home fall into disarray, doing little, if any, cleaning.

He was particularly fond of "his mistress" Walburga Black, who died in 1985, but whose portrait still shrieked orders from the wall in the front hall of the Black house.

Kreacher was a male house-elf who served the House of Black with fanatical loyalty for most of his life, until he was left to Harry Potter upon the death of Sirius Black in 1996. And whatever Kreacher's faults, it must be admitted that Sirius did nothing to make Kreacher's lot easier." - Albus Dumbledore regarding Kreacher He was forced to do Sirius's bidding, because Sirius was the last of the family to which he was enslaved, but he felt no true loyalty to him. His existence has been as miserable as your friend Dobby's. " Kreacher is what he has been made by wizards, Harry.
