Order of the Phoenix (organisation)

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Order of the Phoenix
Harry Potter association
Order of the Phoenix logo
Headquarters	Current: The Burrow Previously: 12 Grimmauld Place
Leader(s)	Albus Dumbledore (?-June 1997); Unknown thereafter.
Intentions	To prevent Lord Voldemort from carrying out his plans for world conquest
Enemies	Lord Voldemort and his Death Eaters; Previously: Ministry of Magic
First appearance	Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

The Order of the Phoenix is a fictional organisation in the Harry Potter series of books written by J. K. Rowling. Founded by Albus Dumbledore to fight Lord Voldemort and his followers, the Death Eaters, the Order lends its name to the fifth book of the series, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.

1 Synopsis
- 1.1 Relations with the Ministry
2 Members of the Order
- 2.1 Original
- 2.2 Members of the Reconstituted Order
3 Notable Order members
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Synopsis

When the character of Tom Riddle began to use the name of Lord Voldemort and declared war on the wizarding world, Dumbledore attempted to take control of the situation by founding the Order of the Phoenix. Several characters joined the organisation, seeking with this to prevent Voldemort taking over the wizarding world and establish a new world order. During this time, prior to the events of the first Harry Potter book, the Order sustained heavy losses, including the murders of the Prewetts, the Bones, and the McKinnons, and the permanent incapacitation of the Longbottoms at the hands of Bellatrix Lestrange and other Death Eaters. Voldemort's first reign of terror ended with the murders of James and Lily Potter, and the unsuccessful attempt to murder Harry Potter at the beginning of the series. This severely diminished Voldemort's powers, and thus the Order was disbanded.

However, towards the end of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Dumbledore called for its reconstitution due to Voldemort's return. Many of the original members returned; they were soon joined by new recruits who effectively replaced those who had died in service during the first war. The Order established their headquarters at Number Twelve, Grimmauld Place, Sirius Black's family home, during the interval between the fourth and fifth books in the series. Dumbledore was the Secret-Keeper for the Order, meaning that only he could reveal the location of the Order’s headquarters at Grimmauld Place to others. Dumbledore's death at the hands of Severus Snape in book six made the location vulnerable and it was abandoned in favour of The Burrow.^[HP7]

Order members in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

The Order led the fight against Voldemort during the fifth instalment as the Ministry of Magic first refused to accept that the Dark Lord had returned. In the fifth book, some Order members took turns looking after Sybill Trelawney's prophecy, referring to Voldemort's downfall and Harry's role in defeating him. Rubeus Hagrid, the Hogwarts Grounds Keeper and original Member of the Order, was accompanied by Olympe Maxime in an attempt to recruit the giants to the Order's cause. Some members also participated in a battle at the Department of Mysteries near the end of the fifth book. Order members also patrolled Hogwarts, the fictional Wizarding school, on the night of Dumbledore's death in Half-Blood Prince, fighting the Death Eaters who managed to enter the castle.

In the series finale, attention turned to escorting the Death Eaters' main target, Harry Potter, from the Dursleys' home to the Burrow. Later in the novel, some Order members hosted "Potterwatch", a secretive radio program providing news on the Wizarding World that Voldemort's regime did not want the people to know. During the climax of the book, most of the Order, aided by Dumbledore's Army, the Hogwarts staff and the elder students, fought against the Death Eaters in the Battle of Hogwarts, in which several Order members and other allies were killed. As the Order was created primarily to combat Voldemort and his Death Eaters, it is unknown if the Order stayed together after Voldemort's death at the end of the story, or whether it disbanded as it was after Voldemort's first fall.

[edit] Relations with the Ministry

Although Dumbledore and the original members of the Order had, for some time, anticipated the return of Voldemort, members of the Ministry of Magic - most notably the Minister for Magic himself, Cornelius Fudge - were not convinced. Fudge believed that Dumbledore was spreading rumours in an attempt to undermine his authority. It is noted that Fudge became increasingly jealous of Dumbledore's popularity in the Wizarding World, and came to believe that Dumbledore sought the position of Minister for Magic.

Dumbledore, however, was vindicated when Voldemort was finally seen in the Ministry of Magic itself. Fudge was replaced as Minister for Magic by Rufus Scrimgeour, former head of the Auror Department, three days before the beginning of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.

[edit] Members of the Order

[edit] Original

The following characters were members of the Order of the Phoenix during Lord Voldemort's initial rise to power and several years prior to the main events of the Harry Potter series. Many of these characters later served as members of the revived Order.

Character	Accomplishments and Operations
Sirius Black	Escaped from Azkaban and went on to serve in the revived Order. Helped defeat two Death Eaters in battle. Killed by his estranged cousin, Bellatrix Lestrange, in the Battle at the Department of Mysteries.
Edgar Bones	Murdered along with his wife and children by Death Eaters during the first Wizarding War. Edgar Bones was the brother of Amelia Bones. His niece, Susan Bones, is a Hufflepuff student in Harry Potter's year.
Caradoc Dearborn	Went missing during the First Wizarding War, presumably murdered by Death Eaters.
Dedalus Diggle	Met Harry Potter several times before it was revealed that he was a member of the Order of the Phoenix. Diggle was part of the Advance Guard who helped Harry escape from the Dursleys' house in the fifth book. In the final installment of the series, he helped take the Dursleys to a protected area. The Death Eaters later burned his house in a raid. Diggle was unharmed.
Elphias Doge	Dumbledore's schoolmate. He wrote an obituary of Dumbledore for The Daily Prophet and openly defended Dumbledore's integrity during the final instalment of the series
Aberforth Dumbledore	Bartender at The Hog's Head in Hogsmeade village, obtaining useful information for the Order due to his post. Assisted Harry in avoiding Death Eaters and entering Hogwarts in Deathly Hallows. He also helped defend the school during the Battle of Hogwarts, defeating Augustus Rookwood. Served in the revived Order.
Albus Dumbledore	Founder of the original Order and frequently described as the greatest wizard of all time. Killed by Severus Snape on top of the Astronomy Tower in what was later revealed as a planned event.
Benjy Fenwick	Blasted to pieces by Death Eaters. Only "bits of him" were recovered.
Arabella Figg	An elderly female Squib, who was enlisted by Dumbledore to watch over Harry during his childhood from her home in his neighbourhood. She later told Harry that she regretted treating him poorly when he visited her, but that she had to keep the Dursleys from suspecting anything. Served in the revived Order.
Mundungus Fletcher	Thief and con man who Dumbledore once helped "out of a tight spot" and in return kept Dumbledore appraised of things he would hear from the criminal element in the Wizarding World. He was a reluctant member of the group sent to retrieve Harry in Deathly Hallows and panicked when Voldemort approached him, dis-apparating to an unknown location and leaving Alastor Moody to be killed by Voldemort.
Rubeus Hagrid	Care of Magical Creatures Teacher at Hogwarts, as well as Keeper of Keys and Grounds. Served in the revived Order. During the escape from the Dursleys, the real Harry and Hagrid were both nearly killed in the crash of the flying motorcycle. Near the end of the Deathly Hallows, Lord Voldemort ordered Hagrid to carry Harry's body to show the Hogwarts Defenders.
Frank and Alice Longbottom	Tortured to insanity by a group of Death Eaters led by Bellatrix Lestrange after Voldemort was defeated.
Remus Lupin	A member of the first order, also served in the revived Order as an integral part of the Advance Guard sent to safeguard Harry Potter, as he was someone whom Harry would recognize and instantly trust. Later went underground to infiltrate the Werewolf underground where known supporters of Voldemort were said to be stationed. Killed by Antonin Dolohov in the Battle of Hogwarts.^[1]
Minerva McGonagall	Deputy Headmistress, Transfiguration professor, and Head of Gryffindor House at Hogwarts. Also served in the revived Order. Extremely supportive of Dumbledore and his ideals. Led the defence of the castle during the Second Battle of Hogwarts, and near the end of the battle fought Voldemort himself.
Marlene McKinnon	Killed by Death Eaters (among them Travers, according to Igor Karkaroff) together with her whole family.
Dorcas Meadowes	The only known member of the Order apart from James and Lily Potter who was personally killed by Lord Voldemort during the first War.
Alastor "Mad-Eye" Moody	A member of the previous Order during the earlier Wizarding War. Later served in the revived Order. Killed by Voldemort as he accompanied a fake Harry Potter to a safehouse.
Peter Pettigrew	Defected to the Death Eaters and betrayed James and Lily Potter, which resulted in their deaths. Killed by his own magical hand, which had been fashioned for him by Voldemort, for showing mercy to Harry and Ron.
Sturgis Podmore	A member of the Ministry of Magic who guarded the Prophecy until he was arrested by a Ministry security guard for trying to break into the Department of Mysteries. For this, he was sentenced to Azkaban for six months. Harry, Ron and Hermione speculated that Lucius Malfoy had placed him under the Imperius Curse.
James and Lily Potter	Killed by Voldemort, who was attempting to kill their one year old son Harry.
Fabian & Gideon Prewett	Molly Weasley's brothers, killed during the First War. It took five Death Eaters (including Antonin Dolohov) to kill the two of them.
Severus Snape	Went on to serve in the revived Order as a spy. Killed in the Battle of Hogwarts by Nagini because Voldemort believed Snape to be the rightful owner of the Elder Wand.^[2]
Emmeline Vance	Part of the Advance Guard that helped Harry in his escape from the Dursleys in the fifth book. Death Eaters killed her in the summer of 1996 on information Snape claims to have given, as described in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. However, as Snape was revealed to have been working on Dumbledore's side all along in Deathly Hallows, it raises doubts as to whether he really did provide information that could have been used to kill her.

[edit] Members of the Reconstituted Order

These characters joined the Order when Dumbledore revived it after Lord Voldemort's return at the end of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.

Character	Accomplishments and Operations
Fleur Delacour	Helped move Harry from the Dursleys' to The Burrow in Deathly Hallows. Fought in the Battle of Hogwarts.
Hestia Jones	Part of the advance guard that helped Harry in his escape from the Dursleys in the fifth book. She then escorts the Dursleys into hiding at the beginning of the final book, along with Dedalus Diggle. Hestia is surprised to know that the Dursleys are unaware of Harry's importance in the anti-Voldemort movement, and later confronts them for the treatment they give to the boy.
Kingsley Shacklebolt	An Auror, member of The Advance Guard, secretary/bodyguard for the Muggle Prime Minister, and part of the group that battled the Death Eaters in the Ministry at the end of Order of the Phoenix. Helped organise the Order members and students and fought in the Battle of Hogwarts, near the end of the battle fighting Voldemort himself. After Voldemort's death, he became the acting Minister of Magic.
Nymphadora Tonks	Was a member of the Advance Guard, and a part of the group that battled the Death Eaters in the Ministry at the end of Order of the Phoenix. Later fought Death Eaters during the first attack on Hogwarts. Helped move Harry from the Dursleys' to The Burrow in Deathly Hallows. Finally killed during the Battle of Hogwarts by her aunt, Bellatrix Lestrange.
Arthur Weasley	Assisted the Order by helping contact people who would believe Dumbledore and Harry's story in Order of the Phoenix. Bitten by Nagini while guarding the door to the Department of Mysteries in Order of the Phoenix. Helped move Harry from the Dursleys' to The Burrow in Deathly Hallows. Fought against Pius Thicknesse, alongside his third son, Percy Weasley, in the Second Battle of Hogwarts.
Molly Weasley	Helped guard the Department of Mysteries in Order of the Phoenix; allowed the Order to use her house as headquarters in Deathly Hallows, and killed Bellatrix in the Battle of Hogwarts.^[3]
Bill Weasley	Curse-breaker for Gringotts Wizarding Bank, thus becoming a go-between for the Order and the Goblin community. Attacked and scarred by Fenrir Greyback during first Battle of Hogwarts. Helped move Harry from the Dursleys' to The Burrow in Deathly Hallows. Fought in the Battle of Hogwarts.
Charlie Weasley	Assigned to recruit foreign Order members during the summer of 1996. Led reinforcements, along with Horace Slughorn, in the Battle of Hogwarts.
Fred Weasley	Helped move Harry from the Dursleys' to The Burrow in Deathly Hallows. Radio contributor on "Potterwatch" under the nom de guerre Rapier. Killed during the Battle of Hogwarts.
George Weasley	Helped move Harry from the Dursleys' to The Burrow in Deathly Hallows. Was wounded, by accident, by Severus Snape while on a broomstick. His ear was severed. Fought in the Battle of Hogwarts and defeated Yaxley alongside Lee Jordan.

[edit] Notable Order members

This is a list of notable members of the Order of the Phoenix. Albus Dumbledore, Sirius Black, Rubeus Hagrid, and Severus Snape have their own pages. Minerva McGonagall is listed under Hogwarts staff. Most of the members of the Weasley family are part of the Order, as well as James and Lily Potter.

[edit] Aberforth Dumbledore

Harry Potter character
Aberforth Dumbledore
Aberforth Dumbledore, portrayed by Jim McManus in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Actor	Jim McManus^[4]
First appearance	Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Aberforth Dumbledore is Albus Dumbledore's brother. He was the younger by some three years, and the lesser skilled of the two; Albus even notes that he is uncertain if Aberforth can read. As such, he was usually left in the background while his brother basked in glory. He became the caretaker of his younger sister Ariana, but got into an argument with his brother and his brother's friend, Gellert Grindelwald, which resulted in Ariana's accidental death. At Ariana's funeral, he publicly confronted Albus and broke his nose. He has a strong affinity for goats probably because of the goat farm that the Dumbledores owned during Aberforth's youth.

Rowling admitted in an interview, in response to a question by a reader, that Aberforth is the bartender Harry saw at the Hog's Head pub in Hogsmeade.^[5] There are hints that Aberforth is the bartender appearing in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix when Harry noted a "strong odour of goats" in the Hog's Head Inn (in the film version the bartender was seen with a goat), and that the barman looked familiar. Harry had earlier seen a photo of the Order of the Phoenix, which included Albus and Aberforth, and they look similar. Albus mentions in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire that Aberforth was arrested for "performing inappropriate charms" on a goat. Another link to his goat history is in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows when he tries to convince the Death Eaters that Harry's patronus, a stag, was his own, which takes the form of a goat. In a Pensieve memory in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Albus informs Voldemort that he is "friendly with the local barmen" when able to inform Riddle that he knows his followers are near by waiting for him. Aberforth is also seen at Albus' funeral at the end of that book.

However, it was not until Deathly Hallows that Aberforth was named directly. He plays an important role by taking Harry, Ron, Hermione into his bar before the Death Eaters can arrest them. Aberforth later reveals to the trio some facts they did not know about the history of the Dumbledore family. In addition, it is also revealed that he purchased Sirius Black's two-way mirror from Mundungus Fletcher in the previous book.^[1] Harry briefly glimpses Aberforth's eye in its counterpart's remaining shard while being prisoner in Malfoy Manor. Using the mirror to watch over the trio, Aberforth sends Dobby to rescue them and some other prisoners from the Manor.

Aberforth allows the resistance fighters to use a secure passageway from the Hog's Head to the Room of Requirement via Ariana's portrait. The same passage was used to evacuate underage students from Hogwarts, and, according to Neville, it was also used by members of Dumbledore's Army to get food when they were living in the Room of Requirement. Aberforth left the Order, believing the war against Voldemort was lost. However, he quickly joins the Battle of Hogwarts, and is last seen stunning Augustus Rookwood. According to Rowling, Aberforth survived the battle, and is still "at the Hog's Head, playing with his goats".^[6]

[edit] Arabella Figg

Harry Potter character
Arabella Doreen Figg
Kathryn Hunter as Mrs Figg in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Actor	Kathryn Hunter
First appearance	Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

Arabella Doreen Figg, better known simply as Mrs Figg, surreptitiously watches over Harry Potter while he is at home with the family of his mother's sister, the Dursleys. She is a Chekhov's gun, first mentioned as a neighbour who takes care of Harry in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. She has a lifelong love of cats and often shows photos of her cats to Harry when he is sent to her house, much to his displeasure.

Though she maintains a good Muggle cover, Mrs Figg is actually a Squib, a non-magical being born to a family of wizards. She does "a roaring trade" in crossbred Cats and Kneazles, their magical variant. Mrs Figg even belongs to the Order of the Phoenix and functions as one of Albus Dumbledore's liaisons between the magical and Muggle worlds. In Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Dumbledore refers to "Arabella Figg" as part of "the old crowd", giving the first clue to her identity.

In Order of the Phoenix, she aids Harry after he and his cousin Dudley Dursley are attacked by two Dementors, and chooses to reveal herself to him. When the Ministry of Magic tries to have Harry expelled from Hogwarts for underage use of magic (after he cast a patronus charm in order to protect himself and his cousin) Mrs Figg's testimony before the Wizengamot is crucial in allowing Harry to stay at Hogwarts. She also reveals that she deliberately made Harry's stays with her unpleasant so that the Dursleys would continue to send him to her. According to J. K. Rowling's website, Squibs are actually incapable of seeing Dementors. However, Mrs Figg was familiar enough with the negative feelings caused by those creatures to testify on Harry's behalf before the Wizengamot without committing perjury. In Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Mrs Figg attends Dumbledore's funeral at Hogwarts.

[edit] Mundungus Fletcher

Harry Potter character
Mundungus Fletcher
First appearance	Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Mundungus "Dung" Fletcher is mentioned in passing in some of the earlier books in the series, but it was not until the second chapter of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix that he made his first appearance. Mundungus is described as a "squat, unshaven man" with "short, bandy legs", "long, straggly ginger hair", and "bloodshot, baggy eyes that gave him the doleful look of a basset hound". He is involved in many illegal activities, yet he seems confined to relatively minor crimes, such as theft and trading stolen goods on the black market. Many members of the Order have mixed feelings about him, but he is very loyal to Dumbledore, who once got him out of serious trouble. Dumbledore trusts him enough to include him in the Order, and his connections enable him to hear things that others do not— rumours and information rolling around the shadier segments of the wizarding population, which could potentially prove instrumental in the fight against Voldemort.

As a member of both the original and the newly reformed Order of the Phoenix, he is assigned guard duty to protect Harry Potter, but abandons his position to conduct a shady cauldron-trading deal, leaving a critical opening through which Dementors sent by Dolores Umbridge manage to attack Harry. In Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Mundungus attempts to sell products that promise protection from Death Eaters. Later in that book, Harry catches Mundungus outside of the Three Broomsticks trying to sell Sirius Black's property (which now belongs to Harry after Sirius' death) to Aberforth (who gave him a lifetime ban from the Hog's Head) and the boy confronts him. Mundungus goes into hiding but is later jailed in Azkaban for impersonating an Inferius during a botched robbery.

In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Mundungus has managed to get out of prison, but the circumstances are unclear. He was Confunded by Severus Snape, and gives the idea of using the Polyjuice Potion to the Order of the Phoenix and helps with the escort of Harry from Privet Drive. He travels with Mad-Eye Moody on a broomstick. Though he does flee during the flight from Privet Drive, he only does so when Voldemort himself shows up- not when the fighting initially starts. It is later revealed by Kreacher that, in addition to the property he stole from 12 Grimmauld Place in the previous book, he also took a heavy locket from the drawing room. The locket turns out to be the Slytherin's locket Horcrux. Kreacher is tasked with, and succeeds in capturing Mundungus (and in giving him a well-deserved blow on the head with a frying pan), who is forced to reveal the locket was taken from him by Dolores Umbridge. Following Snape's death, Harry finds out through the Pensieve that Mundungus helped Snape with Order business even after Snape killed Dumbledore, which did end up benefiting the anti-Voldemort cause.

[edit] Remus Lupin

Harry Potter character
Remus John Lupin
Thewlis as Professor Remus Lupin in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.
House	Gryffindor
Actor	David Thewlis (adult), James Utechin (teenager)
First appearance	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Remus John Lupin, nicknamed Moony, first appears in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban as the new Defence Against the Dark Arts professor. Long after resigning from his post, Lupin remained in the story as a friend to the central character, Harry Potter. He makes his first appearance on the Hogwarts Express when a Dementor appears on the train and Lupin drives it away. During his tenure, he gave Harry private lessons in casting the Patronus Charm, to aid him in fighting off the Dementors flanking the Hogwarts grounds. His students, except a few from Slytherin, held him in extremely high regard and loved his hands-on teaching style. Until the climax of Prisoner of Azkaban, Lupin believed Sirius Black was guilty of betraying James and Lily Potter, and of killing Peter Pettigrew. Upon discovering the truth — that Sirius was innocent, and that the very much alive Peter Pettigrew was the traitor – he helped Sirius to explain the truth to Harry, Ron, and Hermione in the Shrieking Shack. However, Remus had forgotten to take the Wolfsbane potion and so transformed into a werewolf without retaining control of his actions. While Harry, Ron, and Hermione were distracted by Lupin, Pettigrew assumed his Animagus form and escaped. Severus Snape, furious over Sirius' escape and his resultant loss of the Order of Merlin promised to him by Cornelius Fudge, publicly revealed the nature of Lupin's Lycanthropy. Anticipating a public outcry in response to a Werewolf teaching at Hogwarts and fearing for the students' safety, Lupin resigned from his post.

In Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Lupin joins the newly reformed Order of the Phoenix and is part of the guard which escorts Harry from the Dursley family home in the book's opening chapters. Lupin lives in Grimmauld Place, the headquarters of the Order of the Phoenix. Despite this, he is rarely to be seen in the old mansion as he is often away performing secret tasks for the Order. Later in the book, Harry sees a young Lupin attending Hogwarts with his best friends through Snape's memory. Here Harry watches his father bully a school aged Snape. Lupin did not participate in said bullying and gave several small indications that he disapproved of James' behavior. When Harry confronts Lupin about the scene he witnessed in the Pensieve, Lupin expresses regret at never having had the courage to tell his friends when they were "out of order". Later, Lupin participated in the battle at the Department of Mysteries where he dueled and overpowered Lucius Malfoy.

At the end of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, it is revealed that Nymphadora Tonks has fallen in love with Lupin, despite a thirteen-year age gap. He resists becoming involved with her because of the many risks posed by his lycanthropy, and insists that she deserves someone "young and whole". However, by the opening of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, it is revealed that Lupin and Tonks have married. Later in the book, Lupin informs Harry, Ron and Hermione that Tonks is pregnant, although feeling ashamed that he had turned Tonks into an outcast and that his unborn child would have a high chance of inheriting lycanthropy, so plans to leave Tonks and his unborn child. This results in an intense argument between Lupin and Harry. Eventually, he recognises the truth in Harry's words and returns to his wife in time for the birth of his son, Teddy Remus Lupin. Lupin remains active in the Order of the Phoenix throughout the year. He is often heard providing the casualty reports section on the pirate radio station Potterwatch under the pseudonym of Romulus. Lupin commands a group of defenders on the school grounds during the Battle of Hogwarts and is last mentioned duelling Antonin Dolohov. Both Lupin and Tonks die in combat, killed by Dolohov and Bellatrix Lestrange, respectively,^[1] leaving Teddy an orphan with Andromeda Tonks as his guardian and Harry Potter as his godfather. Rowling has since stated that she originally intended for both Lupin and Tonks to survive,^[7] but finally killed them off to compensate for the last-minute reprieve she gave to Arthur Weasley when he survived a snake attack in Order of the Phoenix.^[8] He makes one last appearance before Harry is struck down by the Killing Curse when the latter activates the Resurrection Stone to bring forth his parents, Sirius, and Lupin to comfort him. Lupin apologises that Teddy will never know his father but that he will know why he died: he tried to make a world in which his son could live a better life.

Rowling has stated that Lupin is the kind of teacher she wishes she had had. He is good-natured, kind, and able to extract the best in everyone. The fact that he is a werewolf and needs to take a potion to avoid hurting people for the rest of his life makes him a symbol of the consequences of prejudice and segregation, as well as society's often negative reaction to the ill and the disabled.^[9] Rowling stated that his status as a werewolf made him unemployable, and worked as a full-time member of the Order after graduating from Hogwarts instead while being financially supported by his friend, James.^[10]^[11]

"Remus," is an allusion to Romulus and Remus,^[12] the legendary founders of Rome, who as infants were cared for by a she-wolf. Lupin borrows the name of the other twin, "Romulus," as a nom de guerre in the seventh book. His surname, "Lupin," recalls the English word "lupine" (meaning "characteristic of or relating to wolves"), which in turn is derived from Latin lupus ("wolf").

David Thewlis has portrayed Remus Lupin in the third, and the fifth films of Harry Potter as of 2007, and is slated to appear in the final two films.^[13]^[14]

[edit] Alastor Moody

Harry Potter character
Alastor Moody
Brendan Gleeson as fake Mad-Eye Moody in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Actor	Brendan Gleeson
First appearance	Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Alastor "Mad-Eye" Moody is an ex-Auror working for the Order of the Phoenix. Moody's character is portrayed as a teacher of Defence against the Dark Arts at Hogwarts in Goblet of Fire. It is not revealed until the climax of the book that the teacher is actually an impostor and the real Alastor Moody has been imprisoned in a magical trunk for most of that time.

Moody is perhaps the most famous Auror in modern times, single-handedly responsible for capturing numerous wizard criminals. He is also said never to have killed his quarry, even when permitted to do so, unless he had no other choice. Moody's face is badly scarred, described as looking as if a person with only the crudest understanding of the human face had carved it out of weathered wood. He has lost several body parts, including his left eye, right lower leg, and part of his nose, in fighting practitioners of the Dark Arts, and is cautious - some might say paranoid - in that he refuses to eat or drink food which he has not himself prepared. His magical eye can rotate 360 degrees and see through almost everything (including walls, doors, Invisibility Cloaks, and the back of his own head). He walks with a pronounced limp due to his prosthetic leg, and uses a walking staff.

In Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Moody is appointed as the new Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher at Hogwarts, coming out of retirement as a favour to Albus Dumbledore. Shortly before the school year begins, however, Moody is attacked by Bartemius Crouch Jr, who subdues him with the Imperius Curse and takes Polyjuice Potion to assume his appearance. He keeps the real Moody alive so that he can be interrogated about his mannerisms and memories, and takes Moody's place at Hogwarts teaching Defence Against The Dark Arts. Moody's well-known habit of carrying around his own drinks in a private hip flask allows Crouch to take the Polyjuice Potion as needed without raising suspicion.

The pseudo Moody becomes noted for teaching and demonstrating otherwise higher-level topics to Harry's fourth-year class, such as the Unforgivable Curses and being a demanding teacher who expected students to work, as well as punishing Draco Malfoy by transforming him into a ferret. Crouch/Moody also mentors Harry, encouraging and tutoring him in the three Tournament tasks. After Harry unexpectedly returns alive from the graveyard battle with Voldemort, Crouch/Moody takes Harry back to his office, questions him about Voldemort and the graveyard, and reveals that he is in fact working on Voldemort's behalf. He then prepares to kill Harry, expecting to be rewarded, but he is stopped by Albus Dumbledore, Minerva McGonagall, and Severus Snape. Having neglected to take his hourly dose of Polyjuice potion, Crouch transforms back to his own appearance and, under the influence of Veritaserum potion, confesses everything. Dumbledore then rescues the real Moody from his magic trunk.^[15]

In Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, the real Moody has joined the newly re-formed Order of the Phoenix, and leads the party transferring Harry from 4 Privet Drive to Number Twelve Grimmauld Place, accompanied by fellow Order members Nymphadora Tonks, Remus Lupin, and Kingsley Shacklebolt, among others. He appears at the climax of that book, arriving at the Department of Mysteries after being tipped off by Severus Snape. He also appears with Lupin and Tonks at the very end, when they give the Dursleys a warning concerning their treatment of Harry.^[16]

Moody's appearance in Half-Blood Prince is minimal, appearing only as a cameo at Dumbledore's funeral. In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Moody is killed by Voldemort; falling off his broom after he is abandoned by Mundungus Fletcher, who is acting as a decoy. The survivors are unable to recover his body, but later his eye is found by Harry upon Dolores Umbridge's door, being used as a security measure. Harry retrieves the eye, disgusted that it would be used in such a way, and later buries it at the base of an old tree in Mad-Eye's memory.

[edit] Kingsley Shacklebolt

Harry Potter character
Kingsley Shacklebolt
George Harris as Kingsley Shacklebolt in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.
Actor	George Harris
First appearance	Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Kingsley Shacklebolt is a senior Auror, who was acting as informer for the Order within the Ministry of Magic when he was first introduced in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, when he volunteered to be one of the members of the Advance Guard that escorted Harry from the Dursleys' home to Number 12, Grimmauld Place. Kingsley was in charge of the search for Sirius Black in the Ministry - considered a prestigious job, as Sirius was the most wanted man in wizarding Britain. Knowing Sirius was innocent, he was supplying the Ministry false information that Sirius was in Tibet. He was present in the scene of the fifth book when Harry was confronted about Dumbledore's Army, after Marietta Edgecombe had betrayed it to Dolores Umbridge. Kingsley swiftly modified Marietta's memory, but to escape the Ministry, Dumbledore was forced to hex him too.

Kingsley takes part in the battle at the Department of Mysteries, and appears to be very skilled at duelling as he is seen fighting two Death Eaters at once. However, after Sirius is killed, he continues the duel with Bellatrix Lestrange, during which Kingsley is hit by a spell that causes a "loud bang" and he hits the ground "yelling in pain". In Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, the new Minister of Magic, Rufus Scrimgeour, appoints Kingsley to the Muggle Prime Minister's office. Posing as a secretary, Kingsley is actually the Prime Minister's guard, assigned to protect him from possible attacks by the Death Eaters.

It is revealed in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows that Kingsley is the only wizard that the Dursleys seem to like, due to his skill at blending in well with Muggles and his calm, collected demeanor. In that book, he continues to help battle Voldemort. Kingsley first appears with other Order members to move Harry from the Dursleys' home to safety in the Burrow. Later in the book, he manages to send a timely warning to Bill and Fleur's wedding when Voldemort overthrows the Ministry of Magic, giving the guests a chance to escape. He continues to guard the Prime Minister, but is eventually forced to flee. He later is heard preaching equal rights for Muggles and Wizards on the radio show "Potterwatch" under the pseudonym "Royal". Kingsley is a leading figure in the Battle of Hogwarts, where he is first seen organising those who remained to fight. He is later seen duelling an unnamed Death Eater, and ends up confronting Voldemort himself, alongside Minerva McGonagall and Horace Slughorn.

Kingsley is appointed (temporary) Minister for Magic following the death of Voldemort and the deposing of Voldemort's puppet ruler, Pius Thicknesse. However, it was later revealed by Rowling in an interview that Kingsley did become the new Minister for Magic permanently.^[1] He revolutionised the Ministry of Magic: some of his accomplishments include removing the Dementors from Azkaban prison and advancing the Auror department, through appointing Harry as department head.

[edit] Nymphadora Tonks

Harry Potter character
Nymphadora Tonks
Natalia Tena as Nymphadora Tonks in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.
House	Hufflepuff
Actor	Natalia Tena
First appearance	Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Nymphadora "Dora" Tonks is a Metamorphmagus, an Auror and a member of the Order of the Phoenix. She is described as having "...a pale heart-shaped face, dark twinkling eyes, and short spiky hair that was a violent shade of violet" (though she quickly changes the color to Bubblegum pink). Tonks is seen to be notoriously clumsy and unskilled at household spells. She despises her given name and prefers to be called by her surname alone. Her mother is Andromeda Black, sister to Bellatrix Lestrange and Narcissa Malfoy. She is therefore Draco Malfoy's first cousin. Andromeda's family, however, disowned her after she married Muggle-born wizard Ted Tonks, meaning that Nymphadora has had little contact with her extended family. Tonks studied at Hogwarts and was sorted into Hufflepuff.^[17] The character later mentions that after leaving Hogwarts, she began three years of Auror training, and qualifies as an Auror one year before her first appearance in the Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. This means she would have graduated from the school one year before Harry entered.

Tonks is introduced early as a member of the Order in the fifth book. At the time, she and senior Auror Kingsley Shacklebolt acted as spies for the Order in the Ministry. She helps to escort Harry first from the Dursleys' house to Order headquarters, and later to the Hogwarts Express. Tonks later fights the Death Eaters at the Department of Mysteries, in which she was injured by Bellatrix, and had to be taken to St Mungo's hospital.

During Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Tonks is stationed at Hogsmeade and assigned to guard Hogwarts. Harry observes she is constantly depressed and rarely smiles. Her hair, normally a vibrant pink, is now consistently a mousy brown colour, her abilities as a Metamorphmagus are also disturbed. Her Patronus changed some time after the battle at the Department of Mysteries from its original form to a large, silvery, four-legged animal. After Dumbledore's death, it was revealed that Tonks had fallen in love with Remus Lupin, and her Patronus had, as a result of this, changed to the form of a werewolf. Lupin was reluctant to return her affections arguing that he was "too old, too poor, and too dangerous" for her. Because of this, she fell into a depression which muted her magical abilities. However, at Dumbledore's funeral, Tonks and Lupin are seen holding hands and Tonks' hair has returned to her favoured pink, signifying that she is happy again.

Early in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Tonks accompanies twelve Order members to take Harry from the Dursleys' home to The Burrow. Before they leave the Dursleys' home, Tonks announces that she recently married Lupin. She flies with Ron, who impersonates Harry using Polyjuice Potion in order to throw the Death Eater's off the real Harry's trail. During the aerial battle, Tonks fought Bellatrix once again, and injured her husband, Rodolphus Lestrange. Later in the book, Remus reveals Tonks is pregnant. Remus leaves Tonks for a brief period, believing that he, through their marriage, has caused her to become an outcast and their unborn child would be better off without him. After a heated argument with Harry however, he returns to her. In April of the seventh book, Tonks gives birth to Teddy Remus Lupin, named for her father and husband. When the Death Eaters attack Hogwarts, Tonks and Lupin join the battle. During the battle, Tonks is killed by her Aunt Bellatrix, and Lupin is killed by Dolohov, leaving Teddy an orphan to be raised by his maternal grandmother, Andromeda.^[1] In an interview shortly after the release of Deathly Hallows, Rowling confessed that she had originally intended for Tonks and Lupin to survive the series ending, but had to kill them after she spared Arthur Weasley in Order of the Phoenix.

Natalia Tena played Tonks in the film version of Order of the Phoenix, and it is said she will reprise her role in Half-Blood Prince and Deathly Hallows.^[13]