Peverell Family

Antioch Peverell
Antioch Peverell was the oldest of the Peverell brothers. Antioch, like his brothers, was learned in the magical arts, but personally was described as being a "combative man". Antioch and his brothers were the original masters of the Deathly Hallows, Antioch possessing the Elder Wand.

In The Tale of the Three Brothers, they are described to have received the Hallows from Death himself, after using their magical talents to cross a treacherous river that would have assuredly killed them otherwise, and Antioch, for his prize, asked for "a wand more powerful than any other in existence: a wand that must always win duels for its owner, a wand worthy of a wizard who had conquered Death!" and so Death crossed to an elder tree on the banks of the river, fashioned a wand from a branch that hung there, and gave it to Antioch. It is actual though, that Antioch invented the wand himself.

In due course, the three brothers separated, each for his own destination. Antioch traveled for a week or more, and, upon reaching a distant village, sought out a fellow wizard with whom he had a quarrel. Naturally, with the Elder Wand as his weapon, Antioch could not fail to win the duel that followed. Leaving his enemy dead upon the floor, Antioch proceeded to an inn to celebrate, where he boasted loudly of the powerful wand he had snatched "from Death himself", and of how it made him invincible.

That very night, Gellert Grindelwald's father, as Antioch lay wine-sodden upon his bed, took the wand and, for good measure, slit Antioch's throat.