Alastor Moody

**Alastor Moody, OOM**, nicknamed **Mad-Eye Moody** after the loss of his eye, is a retired British Auror and Harry Black's tutor.

## Biography

### Early Life

Alastor Moody was born in 1932 or 1933 to two Wizarding parents. He had a brother named Aethon and a sister five years older than him who never received a Hogwarts letter and was thrown out of the Moody home at the age of eleven. Alastor spent the next five years terrified that he would suffer the same fate.

His fears were assuaged in 1944, when he received a Hogwarts letter and began attending the school, where he was sorted into Hufflepuff, but he never forgot about his sister. He attended Hogwarts around the same time as future mediwitch Poppy Pomfrey.

Moody joined the Auror Academy after graduating from Hogwarts, and shortly after graduating from the Academy he was picked for the *Most Charming Smile* Award by Witch Weekly. Sometime after graduation he was partnered with Michael Proctor.

At some point Moody became acquainted with the Muggle sport of golf, and declared to Albus Dumbledore that it was the only leisure activity he actually found relaxing. Moody was also familiar with Sun Tzu's The Art of War, which he considers to be the greatest creation of the Muggle world.

### First Wizarding War

Moody was closely acquainted with Frank and Alice Longbottom, and visited their home several times in 1980 and 1981. When James Potter was an Auror Trainee he served under Moody, who, though he was hard on him, also praised James's potential. He would later serve alongside James when he graduated from the academy, and Moody predicted that James would experience a meteoric rise through the Auror Department.

Moody was struck by a curse at an unknown point in the war that cost him his eye and caused lasting nerve damage on the right side of his face, making him permanently incapable of smiling properly. He later had his missing eye replaced with a magical blue replica.

Near the end of the War Moody began to theorize that Voldemort's true targets were the Pure-bloods, as while attack on Muggles and Muggle-borns were haphazard and seemingly random, attacks on Pure-bloods were well-planned and precise. This was apparently not the only theory Moody believed in, as Rufus Scrimgeour described it as "on of [his] crazies conspiracy theories".

At some point before 1981 Moody's brother Aethon married a woman named Adrienne Carlyle, with whom he had a son named Nestor Moody, while Moody himself became involved with a woman named Victoria Manford. Both of his parents had passed away by 1981.

In 1980 a young Arthur Weasley connected the deaths of various Muggles to Erasmus Wilkes, who was revealed to be a Death Eater. Moody took part in a Auror raid aid on Wilkes Manor, where he killed Wilkes, for which he received an Order of Merlin. On New Year's Day of 1981 Voldemort infiltrated Moody's home to avenge Wilkes. He took Moody's pregnant lover Victoria Manford, fellow Auror Michael Proctor, brother Aethon, sister-in-law Adrienne, and nephew Nestor hostage, and forced Moody to watch while he tortured them, promising to only relent if Moody begged him to kill them. He also sliced off Moody's leg below the knee with a curse that would make the wound cause him intense pain for the rest of his life.

Moody was skeptical when he received word of Voldemort's death.

### Post-War

When Moody found out that James Potter had sent away his son Harry Potter because he believed him to be a Squib Moody was reminded of his sister, causing any personal respect he had for James to plummet.

### Book 2 - The Secret Enemy

Harry first meets Alastor Moody in late 1992 whilst visiting St. Mungo's with Neville and Augusta Longbottom. Moody reveals that the Ministry has sent him and Auror Trainee Nymphadora Tonks to keep an eye out for any trouble while Harry is visiting the hospital. He makes a promise to retire the day James Potter is sworn in as Chief Auror.

Moody makes good on his promise when James is sworn in the following June, telling James about his sister before he leaves. Later that day Moody travels to King's Cross, where he informs Harry that he will be taking over for Nymphadora Tonks as Harry's tutor.

### Book 3 - The Death Eater Menace

Harry begins training under Moody, who practices dueling with him and teaches him about Potions, Ancient Runes, and Arithmancy. Moody also tells Harry to start working on trying to cast a wandless Accio. During a later lesson Harry reveals to Moody that Voldemort still lives, and Moody promises him that if he can disarm him at some point in the coming year he will show Harry Pensieve memories of the encounters of various Aurors with Voldemort.

## Physical Description

Alastor is described as a burly, heavily scarred man with a whizzing electric-blue fake eye and a heavy wooden leg. In 1992 Harry Black (who by that point in time had encountered a Voldemort-possessed Quirinus Quirrell) described him as the scariest looking wizard he had ever seen.

## References

Book 3 - HP&DEM - Ch. 111 - Dreamscapes, Memories and Nightmares (Finale),

"...then the man was only thirty-five and had been awarded an Order of Merlin just a few months earlier for his role in the siege of Wilkes Manor and the death of the Death Eater known as Mr. Toymaker.".
Book 2 - HP&TSE - Ch. 82 - Goodbyes,

Moody reveals to James Potter why he hates him and meets Harry at King's Cross.

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Book 3 - HP&DEM - Ch. 88 - Prelude (Harry),

"Hufflepuff, if you must know. Class of 1951.".
Book 3 - HP&DEM - Ch. 88 - Prelude (Harry),

Harry begins studying under Alastor Moody.
Book 3 - HP&DEM - Ch. 111 - Dreamscapes, Memories and Nightmares (Finale),

Harry watches Moody's memory of his encounter with Voldemort.
Book 2 - HP&TSE - Ch. 62 - Meet Peter Pettigrew,

Peter Pettigrew's game of gold is interrupted when Jim's Occlumency book is discovered.
Book 2 - HP&TSE - Ch. 67 - A Very Potter Holiday,

Harry and Mad-Eye Moody meet for the first time.
Book 2 - HP&TSE - Ch. 77 - The Chamber of Secrets,

Rufus Scrimgeour mentions one of Moody's theories.
Book 2 - HP&TSE - Ch. 43 - The Birthday Party (Pt 2),

"For that, Arthur was awarded an Order of Merlin (Third Class) and promoted to head of the Misuse of Muggle Artifacts Office.".
Book 4 - HP&TRG - Ch. 144 - A Series of Tense Conversations (Pt 2),

"[B]ut it was Alastor Moody who struck the killing blow during an Auror raid.".