james
okay so harry got an invisibility cloak from his dear departed dad. who also happened to have made the marauder's map. and happened to be a superb athlete. with fast hands. and could fly a mean broomstick. he also had a pile of gold. hrm. how exactly did he get that? it's never revealed. one can only speculate. but given his skill set and disposition, i think it's pretty obvious. we get the story from harry's point of view. course he was the winner. and got to write the history book. nearly everyone who could have contradicted him ended up dead. it's entirely reasonable that james stole something from tom riddle. who cornered him and killed him. seems like a reasonable thing to do in the wizard world where you just make up the rules as you go. harry got that scar in the crossfire. course the little brat grew up trying to avenge his da. and succeeded in the end. i think harry just made up that whole lord voldemort thing. cause tom riddle just isn't scary enough of a name for an arch villain. or at least embellished the story enough to justify murder.