Piers Polkiss

Medieval form of Peter. This is the name of the main character in the 14th-century poem Piers Plowman [1] by William Langland.

Piers is of Anglo-Saxon heritage and means "rock". It is a variant of Peter, from the Greek for "rock". Polkiss may be a variation of Polk, which itself is a variation of the Scottish names Pogue, Pollack, or Pollock, meaning "from the pool or pit".

• Friend of Dudley Dursley
• Scawny boy with a face like a rat
• Usually the one who holds people's arms behind their backs while Dudley hit them
• Goes to the zoo with the Dursley trio and Harry.
  • Gets large chocolate ice cream at the entrance
  • Sees snake reacting to Harry, and calls Dudley and Mr. Dursley over to see the snake.
  • swears that the snake tried to squeeze him to death
  • says "Harry was talking to it, weren't you, Harry?"
    • Later results in Harry being sent to his cupboard with no meals