#001 / alastor moody

[amoody]

Alastor was feeling very uncomfortable, and he was glad to see that the party was beginning to thin out. It seemed the only ones left were family and close friends. That being said, however, he was still uncomfortable, knowing what was hidden under the sleeves of most of the people in the room. He'd never let his discomfort show, however, especially since he was here doing a job.

With the majority of people leaving, Alastor went to look for the groom, hoping he could be relieved of his duties and let the other aurors go home for the night. After searching for a few minutes, he sighed and tapped the nearest person on the shoulder. "Excuse me, I don't suppose you've seen the groom around, have you?" @r-lestrxnge

[ofxsorcery]

Starter for: Alastor Moody & Rosmerta Abbott ( @brillicntmcdness )

Ros had seen Alastor when she had been talking to Edgar earlier on the night and from that moment on, she had been very aware about the fact that he was around somewhere. After talking to Edgar, she had finally been able to get out of there and timing made it that suddenly, the two of them were standing outside in the rather chilly air together. Nowhere in sight. Ros could make her way home... Just Disapparate to her apartment in Hogsmeade. But she couldn't without talking to Alastor.

"It's been a while since I saw you last. How have you been?"

[ourpyrrhicvictory]

@oflightndarkness​ | plotted starter | alastor & narcissa.

IT’S BEEN A LONG NIGHT , but getting here had taken so much longer. planning. a lot of planning. he had been given a job to do , and he planned to make quick work of it , but he had this faint feeling that he had no clue what he was getting himself into. nonetheless . . . 

the daughter. that’s what he’d been given. few details beyond a name and a place , but he would know her anywhere. he’s meant to. it’s a qualification of being a member of the moody clan. know thy enemy. so when she walks into the hotel bar , he doesn’t need too much help. he cleans out his glass and orders another drink as she takes a seat. the words come with ease. 

❛ i’ll warn you now. they serve a bit too much ice for the price in these drinks. ❜

[emmvxnce]

Who: Alastor Moody When:  26 January 1980 - early evening Where: Moody’s apartment

Being a Healer didn’t leave Emmeline with a whole lot of free time, especially when it stacked up against her work for the Order, but the young witch had to admit that she liked it that way.  She didn’t like being idle, being left alone with her thoughts and her worries in a quiet flat with nothing to do.  She was supposed to be resting or enjoying her life, she knew, but it didn’t always work out that way and so when there was an opportunity to take on a little extra work Emmeline was always one of the first to jump on it.  This particular bit of extra work was easy enough - the Order’s cache of tonics and potions was running low and needed to be replenished.  The work was second nature to her, thanks to her training, but it occupied her mind enough that her anxieties didn’t have a chance to take hold.  

It was the work of a couple days and when she was finished, Moody had told her to drop it all off to him directly so he could make sure it all got where it needed to go.  Emmeline imagined that for some people to show up at the Alastor Moody’s door might be intimidating but for her it was - she had to admit - exciting.  She looked up to the auror - to the new leader of the Order - and she knew he had a lot on his shoulders.  And maybe it was silly to worry about but a lot had happened over the last week and she knew that she felt the strain herself - a lot of the Order members did.  And she could only imagine it was worse for Moody, being that he had so much more invested and so much more responsibility to clean up the mess left behind.  

So if she happened to pack a couple extra tonics not for the Order but just for their fearless leader - could you really blame her?  She lugged the box containing various bottles of potions up to his flat, balancing it precariously on her hip as she knocked on the door.

@aurxrmoody

[crouchcs]

for alastor moody // @aurorseye​

❝      what   could   be   more   important   than   a   little   something   to   eat   ?      you’ve   been   sat   here   for   positively   hours   ❞

[usedtobejohndawlish]

Sir, do you have a moment?  [ he doesn’t wait for an answer before letting himself into alastor’s office ]  Any updates on the Minchum investigation?

@assidua-vigilantia

[luciusmalfys-blog]

“Oh, you stupid piece of meat.”

@alastormccdy

[jamesppotter-a]

“This ain’t Burger King. You can’t always have it your way.”

@alastormccdy

[amoody]

Where: Public Park When: Early Morning, 5AM Who: Alastor & @micahmulciber

Early hours of the morning would always be Alastor's favourite time of day. The way that the sun rose over the horizon, the way the streets were empty, the stillness of it. He valued the little things, and this was definitely one of those things. It was just barely five o'clock in the morning, and yet Alastor was outside taking a walk through a public park, enjoying the brisk morning air.

A figure caught his attention, and Alastor had to blink to ensure he was indeed seeing things correctly. He sighed, slowly moving towards the bench that Micah Mulciber had claimed as their bed. What a sad sight, and he couldn't help but to feel guilty about their situation. Would things had been different if he'd simply let them go? It wasn't as though Micah had been busted for murder, it was a simply petty crime, and they'd gotten hurt in the process. The guilt in the pit of his stomach was part of the reason he'd fought so hard for their release.

"Hey, you awake?" Alastor asked softly as he approached the park bench, not wanting to disturb them if they were actually asleep. But how could somebody possibly sleep in such an uncomfortable place, so exposed to the world and it's elements? "C'mon, you can crash on my pull-out for a bit."

[ooffoonoo]

Favourite Male Characters Part 2

From top left to right

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[whoisleft-rp]

ORDER TRAINING CAMP: THE BARNS #001 WEEK ONE // JULY 1978

The Order of the Phoenix has an annual tradition of taking all its members – both old and new, but with a dedicated focus on training up the new recruits – out for a two week session at the Barns. The Barns is the catch-all name for the rambling, isolated farm used for training up both the hard- and soft-skills of the Order members. 

This event window covers WEEK ONE of the two-week training camp.

OOC Information & Logistics

In-game, the Barns training event will account for the last two weeks of July 1978

This event opens the window for starters taking place during THE FIRST WEEK of the training camp only; a second, separate event post will mark when week two starters can begin.

Starters for WEEK ONE can be posted from now through 11:59pm ET on Monday, November 9th.

Obviously, this event is open to ORDER MEMBERS ONLY.

Order members will not be able to leave the property during the two weeks of the camp, and will remain on premises the entire time. There are no nearby towns, etc. so those seeking alone time will have to be creative.

Additionally, all in attendance are assumed to have given excuses to their jobs/loved ones/etc. as to where they are and why they can’t be contacted.

Please use the starter tag #WhoIsLeftBarns for open starters

About The Barns: The Property, The Training & The After-Hours Activities 

The property of The Barns is affectionately named for the large, ancient red barn that stands at the center of the property – the site of meetings during the day, members sat upon bales of hay and the straw-lined ground – but, crucially, nights full of hard-drinking, necessary partying and downright hedonistic bonding between all of the Order’s members once the commanding officers and more imposing leaders have gone to bed for the night.

There are other buildings of note, too – a washed-out and cozy farmhouse, made of creaking floorboards and tartan couches, largely off limits during the training weeks and reserved for housing the commanding officers, including Moody himself, those on brief stretches of cooking-and-dish duty, and a few comfortable, much-coveted bedrooms that veteran members have only claimed for themselves after years of service and lots of stubbornness.

Where does everyone else sleep? Well – the Main Barn is surrounded by long-out-of-service smaller barns and buildings that were stables in a past life. Now filled with rows of bunk beds, they are the sight where sore bodies lay down after days of training (and nights of partying) to await the daybreak wakeup calls, and surprise emergency drills to keep them on their toes. There is a STRICT no-bed-sharing rule that almost nobody follows, but often pretends to when Moody hobbles through for a sudden inspection.

As for the days, they are spent out in the pastures. Dueling, defense and drill practice take place on meadows were sheep once grazed, members paired up for practice and others sitting by, perched on ancient wooden log-fences to cheer them on or take bets on the match-ups. Rain or shine, those fields are where Order recruits are molded into true Order members, gaining injuries and grass stains alongside new knowledge and new confidence to take on the evils of the world.

The Schedule

** The full two-week schedule is provided HERE for plotting and planning purposes – but a reminder that this event only allows starters for week one. 

For higher image resolution, visit: https://imgur.com/a/Ym6WenT 

Color coding guide: 

Red: Mandatory Moody-led Activity (meals, bed checks, etc.) 

Yellow: Physical activity

Green: Magical combat

Pink: Practical magical training, other categories

Blue: Academic/Intelligence training 

Orange: Free or unstructured time

The Room(mate) Assignments

When this year’s Barns trip was being planned, Alastor Moody asked everyone to write down their ideal roommate. Not one person was given who they listed, in a half-hearted attempt to cut down on mischief and malarkey. 

Outside in the stables, in bunk beds...

BUNK #1 – Caradoc Dearborn & Remus Lupin

BUNK #2 – Sirius Black & Lily Evans

BUNK #3 – James Potter & Emmeline Vance

BUNK #4 – Sturgis Podmore & Mundungus Fletcher

BUNK #5 – Peter Pettigrew & Benjy Fenwick

BUNK #6 – Marlene McKinnon & Dorcas Meadowes

BUNK #7 – Frank Longbottom & Alice Fortescue (volunteer veteran supervisors)

Inside the farmhouse...

In the MASTER BEDROOM:

Alastor Moody

In the OLD NURSERY, a room now featuring twin beds but still containing the many antique dolls, broken toys, patterned wallpaper and a disused crib from it’s former life: 

Vince Sinclair

Gideon Prewett

In the HALF-FINISHED ATTIC, a warm and stuffy wood-beam retreat, marked by leaks of sunlight during the day and leaks of water during rain:

Adelaide Dubois

Gerard Dubois 

In the FORMER MAIDS’ QUARTERS, a glorified mudroom off the kitchen that is inexplicably narrow and still manages to smell like ammonia and cleaning mop buckets:

Safiye Fawley

Daniyah Burke 

In the NORMAL BEDROOM, a rare bedroom at the Barns that was actually meant to be used as a bedroom and thusly houses two beds without extra maneuvering required: 

Edgar Bones

Fabian Prewett

In a BARELY-REFURBISHED CLOSET that may or may not still have a bunch of coats hanging from the rack above the squeezed-in mattress: 

Gretchen Ollivander

On the PULL-OUT COUCH in the den, destined to be tripped over many times each night by other Order members seeking the bathroom: 

Dedalus Diggle

[alternislatronemhq]

001. Diagon Alley Street Festival

“The first event in the monthlong celebration of five years of peace went off without a hitch!” “Ministry’s attempts to celebrate end of war succeed!”  “Up and Coming band proves they’re here to stay!” “Spotted: the Longbottoms enjoying the peace their matriarch bought for them with her life”

The day after the Diagon Alley Street Festival, headlines all over the media applauded the successful event. The Ministry (in conjunction with the shopkeepers in Diagon Alley) managed to create an environment that brought together all factions of the wizarding world with peaceful results. It seems that five years has helped everyone to put the war behind them and move forward as a society:

narcissa and lucius malfoy, long ago suspected death eaters, were the ones surprisingly most friendly, even to the point of being seen conversing with alice longbottom and molly weasley! it seems we’ve all gotten them wrong in the past, though lucius and his son draco did still wander down knockturn alley, where they came across sophia burke’s path (of borgin and burke’s).

notoriously strict hogwarts matron poppy pomfrey seemed less than enthused to be found in the midst of the celebrations -- it seems even the end of a war wasn’t enough to get her to loosen up.

surprisingly, another famously strict hogwarts professor seemed quite keen to enjoy the festivities. minerva mcgonagall had a smile on her face for just about everyone, and happily joined her husband alastor moody and their four year old daughter at the end of the evening to watch the concert. who would have thought these two once crusty folks would end up to be such soft parents?

marlene mckinnon seemed to be on duty, but that didn’t stop her from enjoying herself.

mary cattermole and sirius black were spotted in awkward (and heated) conversation, but we weren’t able to figure out what that was about. 

another person spotted in heated conversation with sirius was none other than his roommate and best friend’s wife, lily potter. wonder what he did to piss off the woman whose son he’s helping to raise?

elizabeth nott was seen in friendly conversation with alice longbottom, but neither witch seemed too keen to let their children interact with each other. guess they both still remember that it was alice’s husband frank longbottom who put elizabeth’s husband in azkaban. awkward.

remus lupin didn’t seem all that keen to join in on the celebrations, but he was spotted chatting away to both lily potter and mary cattermole, so he must have changed his mind. 

well, folks, that’s a wrap on our first event as a group! normally these events will be a little more plot driven, but it was a great opportunity to break the ice with all of our new characters, and I highly enjoyed catching up on the dash!

Feel free to continue any threads you already have, but refrain from making any new event threads. 

The in game dates until our next update are october 6-october 16. of course, feel free to para anything before the event (flashback threads are of course always welcome), but don’t stray after october 16.

sneak peak -- the next event will be a gala fundraiser for st. mungo’s on october 17. invitations will be sent out, but all characters would know that it’s on the calendar!

[bennettorsin]

challenge 001 ( tuesday, 1st - wednesday, 9th ) :

what are some of your favorite tropes? -  400 POINTS OKAY SO. Enemies to lovers. I live for the whole love-hate dynamic and people rejecting/denying their feelings and then falling into it. Also, Person A is grumpy, Person B is sunshine incarnate and they just work together. Hmmm, other tropes....Yeah, forbidden love, and making it work. Or not work. I like all the stuff that causes tension and angst and possible personal growth. On a not-relationship level, I like the reluctant hero trope as well. Also unusual friends. Or frenemies where they can insult their friends, but no one else can. Friends made families, and even yes, strong families in themselves.

do you have a favorite character you’ve written, in or outside of shiver? if so, what makes them your fave?  -  550 POINTS Admitting to my nerd here, but I was in the Harry Potter fandom for a long time, and my favourite character that I wrote was Alastor “Mad Eye” Moody. I just find him such an interesting character, and in my mind he was misunderstood. I liked bringing him to life. I also wrote him before he was completely mad, but in such a way that I could see how it would progress down that route, and how he could get to where he was when we meet him in the books. I just love him a lot and have a lot of feels and motivations about him. I really enjoyed writing him. But I enjoy writing all my kids and have way too many feels about all of them, so there is that. I get very attached.

do you prefer writing with small casts of characters or large ones? what are some of the pros and cons?  -  400 POINTS Honestly, it all depends on the dynamic. A small cast can be fun for getting to know people, but it also limits where things can go. It is good for when there is a set plot, and you need certain characters to get there. It is also good for getting to know people. A drawback to it, though is if one person is left out of things, that can create a problem. Additionally, with a limited and set small cast, there is no room for growth or more people. And if it’s the same people taking all the characters, that doesn’t leave things very open for creating new writing relationships.  Big casts are fun because there is always something going on and someone to plot with. But it can be overwhelming to just jump into because there are so many characters, and established writing partners, and relationships already in place. Plus, the lore is already there, and there is just so much to keep track of. They are better for if people are not being as active though, because there should always be someone available or who has done replies.  It also depends on whether you are just going around looking for groups, or whether you are starting one with friends. If it is just supposed to be a fun writing place for a few friends, a small cast is nice because you know what you are getting. If you are looking to get more into writing, and with different people, though, big casts can be the way to go. 

what’s the most ridiculous thing you’ve ever done in the name of outlining/worldbuilding (timelines, research, maps, spreadsheets, etc.)? - 500 POINTS I have had family trees, and just pages and pages of copied conversations with multiple characters. Nothing super, super crazy, but, yeah just PAGES of things, and broken down into different sections. Write ups about different places, and then connecting it with different people... There may or may not have been colour coding involved. Timelines as well, both in game and for when things needed to be done by, and schedules of who is doing what when. But it’s so much easier than just guessing!

share the last paragraph you wrote you’re most proud of. - 650 POINTS Ahhhh I can’t find anything right now! It’s been a while. Someone help me change that! ha.

describe your current muse’s physical appearance using only one, over the top sentence. - 400 POINTS He was a man, but an animalistic one, rugged and handsome, hard planes and angles, with big hands that could take charge, or that could snap a neck, and eyes that flashed a warning, even as they dared you to come test him out.

if you had to write a novel about one of the characters in or outside of shiver, which character would you choose and why? - 600 POINTS Guys they are ALL SO AMAZING OKAY. Honestly, choosing skeletons to play is like choosing favourite children. Is it unoriginal though, to say that I would write about Bennett? Maybe. But I HC that he was born in the Canadian Wilds almost one hundred and eighty years ago, and with him being Native American, the challenges he had to face along with being a weyr. Also because he is just a terrible person, I’m sure there are plenty of exploits for a book. I could also write a book about the SUCCUBUS. I know she’s taken now, but having someone with Charmspeak? Just all the different possibilities. Basically they would be endless and you could go in a million different directions with a character like that. 

[ourpyrrhicvictory]

ALASTOR MOODY HEADCANON 001 |  Dumbledore’s Armies

Throughout the first war , Alastor was constantly and consistently vocal about how easy it was for Dumbledore to ship kids off to die. It was one of the reasons he was unsure about joining / remaining with the Order , and it was ultimately the reason he stayed. He wanted to do what he could to protect him. And in the eyes of the younglings , he seemed grumpy and angry with them , and he was. They were willing to die just like that. Their whole lives ahead of them , and they were jumping into war. It ailed him. It drove him mad.

Alastor always lived by his rules when he was young. To be an auror , he went through intense training , and Dumbledore is conscripting kids right out of school. It angers him. It concerns him. It gives him little hope for the future. The irony of a toddler defeating Voldemort later on is not lost on him , and it is something he learns from and remembers fondly in the second war , but prior to that , his trust in Dumbledore’s judgment was severely damaged.

The fact of the matter is that Alastor Moody CARES ABOUT KIDS. He wouldn’t have even considered a teaching job at Hogwarts if he didn’t. And while he didn’t even get to teach , he did agree. He agreed so that if he couldn’t shield more kids from another war , he could teach them how to shield themselves. He realized that the mechanics of Dumbledore’s war with Voldemort was beyond his control , and all he could do was what he could. So while he may seem grumpy and angry and distant and mean , it comes from a very different place than people are aware of.

He was vocal in his denouncement of Dumbledore’s philosophy all throughout the first war , and the only reason he waned is because of the amount of people he lost. He had to come to terms with the fact that even the best aurors were no match for Voldemort’s top soldiers much less Voldemort himself. And Alastor killed more kids under those masks than he saved. He knows that and lives with it every day until his death. But while he had a great respect for Dumbledore , his trust was never again sound.

And he had to watch Dumbledore do the same thing a second time around , asking every adult who knew Harry to trust in him and turn a blind eye to the PTSD and constant suffering of a teenage boy. And until the day he died , Alastor resented him for it. It does not mean that he was immune to the blind faith so much others instilled in Albus Dumbledore , and maybe that’s the worst part.

[hollowedrpg]

CONGRATULATIONS, RITA! — You’ve been accepted for the role of Alastor Moody. I’m so happy to have an Alastor again, both selfishly (hello war council) and for the progression of the plot here at Hollowed Souls. Alastor is a key player in what’s to come, and I think you’re a great fit to help move the plot forward. I especially liked how you showed despite his tough exterior (and interior, let’s be honest) there are still parts of Alastor that can be soft on the very rare occasion. Here’s hoping we get to see both sides of him on the dash very soon.

Thank you so much for applying. Please create your account and send in the link, track the right tags, and follow everyone on the follow list. Welcome to Hollowed Souls!

ooc.

Name: Rita

Age: 22

Preferred pronouns: She/her

Timezone: GMT

Activity: 6/7 –  I’d generally be able to post something every two or three days. This week is going to be a little more complicated, though, because I’m attending a conference and will be a little short on time. That’s also why the app isn’t too long :(

Are you applying for more than one character?: Nope!

How do you feel about your character dying?: I wouldn’t be opposed to it at all, but I’d only like it to happen once I’d played a character arc that justified it.

Anything else?: Nope!

ic details.

Full name: Alastor Cadmus Moody

Alastor – [“Alastor” is Ancient Greek for “he who does not forget”, thus “avenger”, “persecutor”, “tormenter”, “one who suffers from divine vengeance”.]

Cadmus – [“The name Cadmus is a boy’s name of Greek origin meaning “one who excels”.]

Moody – His first and heaviest burden. The Moody family is as proud of its legacy in the Auror department as most ancient magical bloodlines are of their purity. They can trace their origin back to the legendary ‘Alasdair, the just’, a Scottish wizard who punished those responsible for infecting a muggle village with a plague. They also don’t prize longevity. At eleven, he had been somewhat surprised by the amount of living relatives his housemates claimed to have. Aside from his parents, Alastor’s ‘family’ was the grandfather killed in the line of duty. His righteous death had earned him a portrait from which he could bark and disapprove of them all. ‘Family’ was made up of the stories of his dead aunt, an accomplished auror torn apart by a dark wizard at twenty-three. It was patched with the cautionary tale of an uncle they claimed had been poisoned, but who his mother finally admitted to have drunk himself to death. Alastor never saw the disgraced man’s daughters when he was growing up. Yet, one of them, Alex, became an Auror shortly after he did. He attended her funeral. A few months later, he refused to attend his father’s.

Date of birth: March 3rd, 1948 – Ravenclaw Aries

[These Ravenclaws will have lightning-fast mental reflexes. Aries is an intellectual sign, but it is also an impatient sign; Ravenclaws who were born under this sign are likely to tolerate no dull wits or stupidity, whether they see this lack of mental competence in themselves (in which case they will berate themselves for not understanding, or give up quickly in frustration without really trying to overcome their difficulty in learning) or in others (in which case they will lash out at the offender with acidic comments and haughty, cutting looks). These Ravenclaws will want to be at the head of the class, dominating other students in their chosen intellectual field, and may be almost as competitive as Slytherins. However, the true aim of every Ravenclaw is knowledge, knowledge, and more knowledge. While a Slytherin might see losing a magical duel or being bested by another student in a DADA class as humiliating, the Ravenclaw will probably just take delight in competition for its own sake, and see defeat as a learning experience.]

Former Hogwarts house: Ravenclaw – “Patchwork kid”, the hat had quipped, “the brain of a Ravenclaw, the guts of a Gryffindor, and the cold, cold blood of a Slytherin”. The decision ultimately came down to preference. At eleven, he had settled for small rebellions. His parents couldn’t punish him at Hogwarts, so he refused to be yet another Gryffindor in the Moody family tree. He’d say that it came down to choosing between bookworms and snobs, but the truth is that Moody was oddly suited for Ravenclaw, surrounded by unconventional people who tended to leave each other to their own devices. He may have been harsh to the other kids most of the time, returning to 13 Knocturn alley to complain about the boy in his dorm who believed he was an oracle and the girl in his Charms class who was obsessed with Rowena Ravenclaw, but he would also hex anyone who preyed on them.

Sexuality: Bisexual – His attraction to women has always been there, but he was quite young when it became clear to him that there was far more than ‘brotherhood’ to his bonds with some of the other hungry boys, and being with men has always felt natural. It doesn’t really matter, as his sexuality is something he tends to confine to his own head. He’s practically celibate.

Gender/pronouns: Cis male, he/him

Face claim change: None.

more.

How do you interpret this character’s personality? how will you play them? include two weaknesses & two strengths.

+intelligent, stoic, unrelenting

-tyrannical, obsessive, disturbed

Men who swallow blood for too long starve without it. Alastor may look a decade older than his thirty-four years, but the red eyes and feral posture haven’t changed since he was thirteen. He was a smartkid even then. Not just the kind forged by the sort of upbringing that demands cleverness – the quick, book-devouring kind, with that same odd and ravenous curiosity that might have made a more comfortable man an eccentric. But there were no such luxuries for a Moody or a child of 13 Knockturn Alley. Yes, there is a secret kindness in him. Stale bread passed from hand to hand, a rough palm on a wet shoulder, an unexpected tenderness towards the cat that sleeps in his sink. But don’t mistake it for softness. Alastor will care for a sick stray, but he’ll also put it out of its misery if it comes to it. Life is suffering. Everything that can go wrong will. The ends sometimes justify the means. He lives with those truths so that others don’t have to, and they give him a purpose. He is both certain of his own brokenness and smugly convinced that he alone knows best. It’s true that he allows himself few reprieves from the role he’s crafted for himself: the bloodhound, the hand of justice – but there is a reason for it. After all, who is he underneath it? A morose drunk, muttering shit under his breath. A terrified child screaming himself awake in an empty house.

How has the war affected this character, emotionally and otherwise?

The war has heightened everything sharp about Moody. He’s become even more obsessive, more reserved, less tolerant. The weirdness, deadpan humor and encyclopedic knowledge of obscure and bizarre subjects that define Alastor, the person, are becoming increasingly sunken under Moody, the auror. Alcohol has also become essential to drown the messiness in his head: the aggression and the paranoia, the noises that keep him awake at night. It’s not self-medication anymore. It’s sustenance. Physically, he’s sporting a couple more scars. Rosier left one under his eye– a few more milliseconds of reaction would have cost him his nose. But it was Wilkes who left him with his most painful wound. A dead, rotting patch of flesh on his leg. The healers kept the curse from spreading, but they couldn’t close it. It gives off an unpleasant, acrid scent and makes walking slightly painful.

Where does this character currently stand? with those who wish to hide in godric’s hollow until the war ends, with those who wish to rebuild the order and continue fighting the war, or on neither side? why?

He won’t hold back the harsh truth: stopping now would be worse than not having fought at all. Voldemort needs to be eliminated and even that might not be the end of it. Yes, there has been slaughter on both sides. Yes, the death eaters are weak. But to let them scurry back to their holes would make them stronger than ever before. They’d all have five, maybe ten years of rotten peace, shaking hands with the murderers of their friends and hugging their warm pillows at night. All the while the purebloods would be regrouping behind closed doors, biding their time until they could rise again. Only this time there would be no Order to stop them, weakened as they would be by the previous war and their own peacetime complacency. He will not indulge the childish fantasy according to which stopping the fight will return them all to a world before the war. They can’t restore their dead friends to their usual seat at the pub by lounging around Godric’s Hollow. The Order can only honor their sacrifice by making sure that the death eaters are completely destroyed. Fighting will mean a few more deaths, yes, but Alastor knows that not fighting is annihilation.

How have the setbacks the Order has faced affected Alastor?

If anything, the losses the Order has faced have only made Alastor more ruthless, more certain that pureblood supremacy needs to be pulled out at the root. There’s no hope for compromise after what happened in Godric’s Hollow. He can’t even begin to imagine how some of the Order members entertain the possibility of hiding there indefinitely: every second Alastor spends in the village is torture, surrounded by mementoes of the crimes, constantly anticipating another bloodshed. The only upside is that it keeps him focused. It reminds him that they must cut the limb and cauterize the wound.

What does he think the Order should do next?

Killing or capturing Voldemort is an absolute priority. Ending the war will require much more than destroying its symbol, but there is simply no hope of rebuilding the wizarding world while the main architect of its destruction endures.

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Headcanons:

001: Between his black market days and the research he conducted on his own time, Alastor has been handling dark magic for far too long. Though the healers assure him that he is fine, he’s sure that it has taken a toll on him. Wilkes’s curse should have either killed him or healed – there’s something bizarre about the way it settled into his body, as if the black magic and the rotten flesh had always belonged there. He’s still strong, but skinnier than he used to be, his features sharper. He feels colder. There’s always a bad taste in his mouth. And his nightmares grow more vivid by the day.

002: Most nights he eats like the hungry boy he once was. He spends the day on coffee and firewhisky, making use of the alertness only an empty stomach can bring. Then he dines on sausages, canned fish and cheese, boiled, rubbery eggs, cold bowls of soup and stew. Everything tastes nice when you’re starving.

003: Alastor cares for Kingsley. He will also never trust him. On one hand, the things he admires the most about the other man are also those that irk and alarm him. Kingsley is cautious, empathetic, far better suited to peace than Moody will ever be. But something about his upbringing leads him to associate those qualities with cowardice and privilege. Even when their goals aligned and they relied on each other, the doubt about his fellow Auror remained. Kingsley is a better man than he is. And yet, Moody knows that he has inherited the violence and catastrophe that run down his family tree – has Shacklebolt truly avoided the poison in his own? He hopes so. But expecting the worst has always been his policy.

004: At 17, he ran away from home for good. He only saw his parents a few times after that. Neither of them ever acknowledged the beatings and cruelty as anything more than ‘toughening him up’ and Alastor genuinely felt like he had little to say to them. He once visited to inform them that he was becoming an Auror, and the warmth and praise with which his father received the news both satisfied and disgusted him. He was terrified by the hold his parents still had on him, and swore never to visit again. He kept the promise even when a colleague told him the old man was in St.Mungus on account of a curse from his old auror days, which was turning his insides to liquid. “If he wants me to visit”, he told him, “he can ask me himself”. He never did, which secretly relieved Alastor. He didn’t go to the funeral either. As for his mother, he hasn’t heard anything since the war began, but something tells him she’ll outlive both him and all the good people he knows.

005: Cats like him. They slip in through open windows, lay on his lap after he’s drank himself unconscious and eat his food.

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DAILY PROPHET / ARTICLE !

TWO PEOPLE WERE INJURED after a group of assailants open fired with their wands at hogsmeade. according to aurors who rushed to the scene, the incident occurred between the hours of 8-10 in the evening on the 28th of february and three people were apprehended for questioning; namely --- alice fortescue, benjamin fenwick, and mary macdonald.

eyewitnesses also reported sighting three questionable figures on the scene who were positively identified as narcissa black of st.mungo’s and notable members of the wizengamot, honorable alecto and amycus carrow. all three have refused to provide any comment on the matter but aurors have been noted to keep a watchful eye on them for questioning on possible involvement.

alastor moody, one of the first to arrive at the scene, reported having been approached by a 25-28 year old male who appeared to be frazzled, stating and i quote ----- ‘ that he gave no explicit orders to attack hogsmeade as no current threats were run past him.’ unfortunately, the man disappeared when aurors got overwhelmed by the number of incoming bystanders flocking the scene. he further added that both victims, emmeline vance and dorcas meadowes, survived and are now recovering smoothly.

MEDICAL REPORT

DORCAS MEADOWES : minor cuts on her left arm with bruises along her thighs EMMELINE VANCE : bruising on her torso and a major cut on her left leg

FOOTNOTES

ORDER MEMBERS / ASSAILANTS : alice fortescue , benjamin fenwick , mary macdonald DE MEMBERS / QUESTIONABLE BYSTANDERS : alecto and amycus carrow , narcissa black INJURED : dorcas meadowes and emmeline vance WANTED BY AURORS : male , 23-25 years of age , of medium height and build.

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