Bane

Bane is an intelligent centaur, who can read the stars and predict the future, and who despises and distrusts humans. He is described as 'black haired and black bodied' and 'wild looking' with a black beard. He is against humans riding on centaur's backs, and against intervening in fate. He is also against Firenze's decision to teach at Hogwarts.

Bane and Firenze foretell Harry Potter's future in 1992 by reading the stars; “Remember, Firenze we are sworn not to set ourselves against the heavens. Have you not read what is to come in the movement of the planets?”.

Bane was included in the centaur mobs that forced Harry, Hermione, and Hagrid out of the Forbidden Forest after they visited Grawp; he was also present when the centaurs attacked Umbridge, after she called them "filthy half-breeds". He also lead the centaurs during the Battle of Hogwarts.