Order of the Phoenix
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- This article refers to the organization in the Harry Potter novels. For the Greek honour and medal by the same name, see Order of the Phoenix (Greek medal).
The Order of the Phoenix is a fictional organization in the Harry Potter series of books by J. K. Rowling. It is also frequently used to refer to the fifth book in the Harry Potter series, properly known as Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.
Purpose
The Order of the Phoenix is an anti-Voldemort organization established by Albus Dumbledore at the height of Lord Voldemort's powers. Its scope of action extends from covert information-gathering to outright battle. Among the original members were Lily and James Potter (Harry's parents), Remus Lupin, Sirius Black, and Alastor Moody. The situation of the time put the Order in a vastly disadvantageous position and its casualty rate was around 50%. When Voldemort fell from power after trying to kill Harry, the Order was disbanded.
Upon Voldemort's return in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Dumbledore re-established the Order. It set up headquarters in Number Twelve, Grimmauld Place, London — Sirius' family home. Dumbledore is the Secret-Keeper for the Order of the Phoenix; as such, its headquarters at Grimmauld Place cannot be found by anyone to whom Dumbledore has not personaly informed about it.
The word phoenix is probably related to Fawkes, Dumbledore's pet phoenix, whose feathers form the core of both Voldemort and Harry's wands. In the fifth book, Dumbledore sends Fawkes on several missions for the Order.
The Order was reformed within an hour of Lord Voldemort's return to power. Dumbledore and the original members of the order seemed to be expecting Voldemort's return (This can be seen from the behaviour of the original members of the order). Also, Cornelius Fudge, Minister for Magic at that time, refused to believe that Lord Voldermort had risen again. As Fudge insisted that Dumbledore was spreading rumours to try to take him down, the Order went underground — not that it would have kept a high profile at the best of times. Anyone who was known to be Dumbledore's favourites were mis-trusted by the Ministry. Also, the Ministry forced the wizarding newspaper, the Daily Prophet, to keep mentioning that Dumbledore and Harry were insane. Due to this, many witches and wizards refused to believe that Lord Voldemort had risen again.
However, when Lord Voldemort was sighted in the Ministry headquarters itself, Fudge was forced to admit that Dumbledore was telling the truth. As a consequence, Fudge was replaced as Minister for Magic in the sixth book, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.
It is thought that the members of the Order will remain the central characters in the fight against Voldemort, acting as "good" counterparts to Voldemort's Death Eaters.
Members of the original Order of the Phoenix
- Sirius Black (killed in the Department of Mysteries in Order of the Phoenix)
- Edgar Bones (killed in the first war against Voldemort)
- Caradoc Dearborn (went missing in the first war; presumed deceased)
- Dedalus Diggle
- Elphias Doge
- Aberforth Dumbledore
- Albus Dumbledore
- Benjy Fenwick (killed and mutilated in the first war)
- Rubeus Hagrid
- Alice Longbottom (driven insane by Bellatrix Lestrange after Voldemort was defeated)
- Frank Longbottom (driven insane by Bellatrix Lestrange after Voldemort was defeated)
- Remus Lupin
- Minerva McGonagall
- Marlene McKinnon (killed in the first war)
- Dorcas Meadowes (killed in the first war)
- Alastor Moody
- Peter Pettigrew (betrayed James and Lily Potter during the first war and joined Voldemort's Death Eaters)
- Sturgis Podmore
- James Potter (killed in the first war)
- Lily Potter (killed in the first war)
- Fabian Prewett (killed in the first war)
- Gideon Prewett (killed in the first war)
- Severus Snape (defected from Voldemort's Death Eaters before the end of the first war)
- Emmeline Vance
Known members of the reconstituted Order of the Phoenix
- Sirius Black (killed in the Department of Mysteries in Order of the Phoenix)
- Dedalus Diggle
- Aberforth Dumbledore (?)
- Albus Dumbledore
- Elphias Doge
- Arabella Figg
- Mundungus Fletcher
- Rubeus Hagrid
- Hestia Jones
- Remus Lupin
- Olympe Maxime (?)
- Minerva McGonagall
- Alastor Moody
- Sturgis Podmore (arrested, presumably released)
- Kingsley Shacklebolt
- Severus Snape
- Nymphadora Tonks
- Emmeline Vance
- Arthur Weasley
- Bill Weasley
- Charlie Weasley
- Molly Weasleyja:不死鳥の騎士団