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Alastor Moody.
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.
Kingsley Shacklebolt
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.
John Dawlish
John Dawlish is an Auror. He is very capable, self-assured and is described as a "tough-looking wizard" with
"very short, wiry" grey hair. He left Hogwarts with Outstandings in all his N.E.W.T.s. It is noted, however, that
it is always his lot to take on wizards/witches who end up outmatching him.
In Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Dawlish accompanies Minister for Magic Cornelius Fudge to Hogwarts to confront
Harry about the secret Dumbledore's Army meetings. Dawlish is knocked out along with Kingsley Shacklebolt, Dolores Umbridge
and Fudge when Headmaster Albus Dumbledore, who took the blame for the Army on himself, escapes. A few weeks later, Dawlish
is among the wizards who attempt to arrest Hagrid when Umbridge sacks the gamekeeper. Still later, Dawlish arrives at the
Atrium of the Ministry of Magic with Fudge after the battle at the Department of Mysteries is over. Fudge then sends him to
the Department of Mysteries to attend to the captured Death Eaters.
Nymphadora Tonks
Nymphadora 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" after that description
of her she changed her hair color to bubble-gum pink. Rowling also adds a comical side to Tonks's character: she is notoriously
clumsy and unskilled at household spells, like cooking, cleaning, and setting the table, and frequently breaks things and
trips. She despises her given name and prefers to be called by her surname alone. Tonks is an only child. Her mother is Andromeda
Black, favourite cousin of Sirius Black and 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.
Nymphadora studied at Hogwarts and was sorted into Hufflepuff.[16] The character later mentions that she left Hogwarts
and began three years of Auror training. As a Metamorphmagus, she barely had to study for her Concealment and Disguise exam
but had difficulty with Stealth and Tracking due to her clumsiness. Nevertheless, she qualifies as an Auror one year before
her first appearance in the Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.
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