Crouch / Moody

[Steve Vander Ark]

No: HPFGUIDX 9241


> I was most intrigued by Crouch Jr's ability to fool everybody at 
> Hogwarts, and particularly Dumbledore, into believing he was 
> the real Moody

To say nothing of his ability to do very high level magic, even 
though he would have had little chance to learn how. He would have 
left Hogwarts just a year or so before being sent to Azkaban, then 
spent the rest of his life until the events of GF under the Imperius 
Curse and shut away without a wand. So when did he have a chance to 
become so powerful that he could defeat Moody, keep him captive, 
confund the Goblet of Fire, and so on?

> 
> So why does Moody teach Harry so well to resist the Imperius, 

This one makes perfect sense to me. He is intensely curious about 
Harry. He wants to determine what about this skinny, untrained kid 
could have allowed him to defeat the Dark Lord, his master. He is 
testing Herry, finding out under the guise of a lesson just what 
power he has. There was no way that he could know that his actions 
would have enabled Harry to survive a battle with Voldemort yet again 
a few months later.

Steve Vander Ark
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