Kreacher's mother

"His life's ambition is to have his head cut off and stuck up on a plaque just like his mother. Is that normal, Hermione?"

- Ron describes Kreacher's ultimate ambition to Hermione

The mother of Kreacher served as the house-elf of the Black family sometime before her son. When she became too old to carry a tea tray, she was beheaded, and her head mounted on a plaque and hung on the wall above the front hall stairs at Number 12, Grimmauld Place. It was once Kreacher's sincere wish to suffer the same fate as his mother.

Many house-elves met their demise through the gruesome tradition which Elladora Black began. All of their heads were described as having a snout-like nose like Kreacher. This implies that Kreacher's family served the Blacks for several generations.

Appearances

 * Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix