Bertha Jorkins

It turned out that not long after Regulus had joined the Death Eaters, he had begun to have doubts about their path, but he still wasn't willing to stand against the other Death Eaters or Voldemort.

One day, Voldemort asked Regulus to lend him his House-elf, Kreacher. Regulus considered it an honor and handed Kreacher over to Voldemort.

Voldemort used Kreacher to test the security of the place where he had hidden his Horcrux, then left on his own, abandoning Kreacher in the cave.

But Kreacher remembered Regulus's instructions to return home. After drinking the potion, and before the Inferi dragged him to the bottom of the lake, he Apparated back to the Black family home.

He told Regulus everything that had happened. At that moment, Regulus realized that the locket Voldemort had hidden was a Horcrux and understood that it was the secret behind Voldemort's immortality.

This incident became the catalyst for Regulus's decision to betray Voldemort.

What happened next was just as Anduin had guessed. Regulus made a copy of the locket and ordered Kreacher to take him to the cave where the real locket was hidden.

What was truly moving was that, inside the cave, Regulus chose to drink the potion himself, because he knew that only Kreacher could escape from there.

So he chose to sacrifice himself and ordered Kreacher to take the real locket, put the fake one back in its place, and leave the cave alone to find a way to destroy the Horcrux.

After hearing the whole story, Sirius slumped onto the sofa as if all the strength had left him, while Kreacher curled up on the floor, clutching his head and sobbing as if he had lost his soul.

Even Anduin couldn't help but marvel at Regulus's willingness to sacrifice himself at