Which Member of the Order

[Piper]

In an interview, JKR said that there is an Order of the Phoenix member that we have met, but do not know much about, and that we will learn a lot more about this member in the last book.

Any thoughts on who this member could be?

[Fortescue]

It's definitely, Aberforth Dumbledore. We have another thread around with some remarks regarding him.

He was at Dumbledore's funeral and Harry's only notice of him was as the barman at the Hog's Head. JKR admitted when asked that the barman that looked familiar to Harry in OotP was Dumbledore's brother. See, we know something that Harry doesn't! There's a reason why JKR ended HBP differently than all the other books in the series so far, with Harry still at Hogwarts. I believe Aberforth will approach Harry before he leaves the school and make known to him his true identity, and Aberforth will have a bigger purpose in the final book.

[kashlie]

Kingsley Shackelbolt comes to mind. We met him in OotP, heard of him again in chapter one of HBP, and might have seen him again somewhere in there that I can't recall.
There were plenty of people coming and going at the head quarters though. We don't know much about Tonks, I don't think - a little, but nothing mysterious (except her behaviour in HBP).
There are also the guard that took Harry to the Burrow in OotP too.

[Weasleyfanforever]

Living members of the Order are: Dedalus Diggle, Elphias Dodge, Aberforth Dumbledore, Arabella Figg, Mundungus Fletcher, Reubus Hagrid, Hestia Jones, Remus Lupin, Minerva McGonagall, Alastor Moody, Sturgis Podmore, Kingsley Shacklebolt, Nymphadora Tonks, Arthur Weasley, Bill Weasley, Charlie Weasley, Molly Weasley, and we have no idea and this is obviously speculative, but perhaps Severus Snape.

Also, is Fluer a member of the Order? Sorry a bit off topic...

Anyways, if you think about it, there are not that many members of the Order we know too much about, other than Hagrid, and Arthur and Molly. Even though Lupin, McGonagall, Tonks, Kingsley, Moody, Arabella, Aberforth, Charlie, Bill and Dung are somewhat familiar to us, we don't necessarily know too much about their back stories or their lives...

[Alz]

Aberforth and also Dung would come to mind here - not for any other reason than they are both dubious characters ...
Also - given JKR's comment that someone would do magic late in life - that could spring forwards Arabella as well ...
I think the story they tell might fit in somewhat with perhaps Regulus if he does turn out to be RAB ... might need a living person to fill in some gaps and all ;)

[rott10brat]

Also - given JKR's comment that someone would do magic late in life - that could spring forwards Arabella as well ...
;)


now I was thinking the "late in life" person was Petunia...

[Alz]

now I was thinking the "late in life" person was Petunia...
Yah that has always been the running fav - but always been questions both about Arabella and Filch ...
Would be pretty scary if Filch turns out to be a member of the Order and also the one to do magic later in life :eek:

I suppose getting back to the thread starter there - I am still inclind to wonder if the person JKR hinted at might be linked heavily to R.A.B ... I mean it would make sense that for the full story of that little adventure to play out - another person should have known or even witnessed the event ... just a thought :p

[PrettyMS.Potter]

I'm guessing R.A.B is one of the order members. JKR did mention no new characters will be added just the one's we have read about. So that leads me to RAB. I am going to re read all of the books just in case we missed a name. :)

[Alz]

My mind casts once again to the constant mention by JKR on the McKinnons, the Bones and the Prewetts (http://www.maturepotter.com/forum/showthread.php?t=202)

They seem to have an unfortunate history in the Potter books ...

[Fortescue]

To my knowledge, Aberforth is the only member of the Order mentioned by Mad-Eye in the photo he showed Harry of the old Order members, who is still alive, that we haven't met properly. If it wasn't for someone guessing he was the barman at the Hog's Head, and JKR confirming it, we wouldn't even know who he was. She hasn't strayed from that point in her plot, so I'd think that he will be of importance in the final book.

[Alz]

To my knowledge, Aberforth is the only member of the Order mentioned by Mad-Eye in the photo he showed Harry of the old Order members, who is still alive, that we haven't met properly. If it wasn't for someone guessing he was the barman at the Hog's Head, and JKR confirming it, we wouldn't even know who he was. She hasn't strayed from that point in her plot, so I'd think that he will be of importance in the final book.
Yah he was - not only was he Dumbledore's brother - but he was the Hog's Head Barman - and also the man that ejected the Eavesdropper - that suggests his importance later on for me - not sure what else Aberforth can bring ...
I was satisfied with what we eventually found out from him - although many people had said from a long time before JKR confirmed it that Aberforth was the barman - it was the smell of goats that gave it away :p

[Piper]

She also says that Dumbledore's ancestry is a profitable line of inquiry, so I'll bet it is Aberforth.

[Alz]

She also says that Dumbledore's ancestry is a profitable line of inquiry, so I'll bet it is Aberforth.
I suppose the question is - when dod she say that?
If it was before she confirmed Abertfoth to be Dumbledore's brother and prior to book 6 - I stand by what I said - we saw the significance of Dumbledore ancestry there i suppose in some form.

[Tonks]

I know Aberforth seems to be a favorite here, but during the Mugglenet/Leaky interview, Emerson or Melissa asked her what he was really doing with those goats (the ones that he practiced "inappropriate charms" on) .. and she said she didn't know! Now, since she didnt really seem to have thought up what he was doing with those goats, but left it at that, I get the feeling that she might not have a nice detailed history worked out for him..

.. So I really do think that JKR might have been talking about one of the witches or wizards that she introduced in the beginning of OotP - those like Elphias Dodge, Hestia Jones, and Sturgis Podmore. She brought back Emmeline Vance and made her into an Order casualty .. so I wouldn't be surprised if she brought back another one of the Order members who were part of Harry's Advance Guard.

[Alz]

Sturgis Podmore seems to stick in the mind - has he been mentioned in one or more of the other books?
Not sure why that name sprung out - perhaps I need to look a little closer on him :p
I think Tonky does make a good point - we have been shared quite a lot of new names over the past couple of books - trying to narrow which one would be more significant than the other would be a case of looking for re-occurances and mentions - times and locations?

[Fortescue]

I don't remember, in HBP, did they ever say that Sturgis was let out of Azkaban? He was the one that was caught trying to get through the door at the Ministry of Magic in OotP.

I can go along with what Blaise said about Aberforth. He is sort of a secret Order member, and he did catch Snape spying on Dumbledore. The fact that as close as he was to Hogwarts and we never saw him and Dumbledore together in all six years of Harry's time there - I think there's a reason for that, and not just because they weren't close, but a bigger reason.

[Alz]

I don't remember, in HBP, did they ever say that Sturgis was let out of Azkaban? He was the one that was caught trying to get through the door at the Ministry of Magic in OotP.

LMAO - :o
That is why the name rang a bell then :o