Sean Peakes was a Hufflepuff student at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in the 1990s. He bought the last Reusable Hangman that Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes had in stock in 1996. At Hogwarts later that year, a group of Slytherins tried to steal the game from him, so he hid from them in the Clock Tower. Harry Potter, who was looking for a Reusable Hangman for Ginny Weasley, found him there, and he agreed to give the game to Harry in exchange for three Stink Pellets. He planned to use these Stink Pellets in order to drive off the Slytherins if they gave him trouble again.