The Order an Ancient Magical Group Rising in Times of Danger? (Arthur's wound)

[Jen Reese]

No: HPFGUIDX 86826

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Angel Moules 
<angelofthenorth at c...> wrote:

> > It may turn out that Fawkes actually belongs to whomever is 
Headmaster
> > at HSM (Umbridge not included) and that he will only save or 
defend
> > the students or staff and as a matter of free will.
> 
> 
> It certainly looks like it. Fawkes can become invisible at will, 
and 
> should have had no problem in being invisible and getting to 
Arthur. It 
> looks like there are two conditions to Fawkes appearing, either 
sufficing.
> 
> 1. Dumbledore is in the immediate vicinity
> 2. The incident is on Hogwarts premises
> 

Jen R: I've often wondered why Fawkes is primarily loyal to 
Dumbeldore. It could be loyalty to the Headmaster/mistress at the 
time as Angel said. Perhaps since Umbridge doesn't have the students 
best welfare at heart, Fawkes would not be loyal to her (or she is 
not considered the Head by some invisible magical determination, 
thus the office sealing against her).

Here are other possibilities:
1) Loyal to the Heir of Gryffindor, DD and now Harry
2) Loyal to the leader of the Order of the Phoenix, meaning it isn't 
just a fairly new organization, but instead has deep roots and 
history in the magical community, and rises in times of danger.

This last one is interesting to me. Like a Phoenix, the Order could 
rise up in times of trouble and the leader is determined by 
some 'ancient magic', so Dumbledore is the current leader but Harry 
is the next One (maybe DD had a Prophecy about him when he was young 
<g>). Fawkes is loyal to the leader of the Order and his "song is 
magical; it is reputed to increase the courage of the pure of heart 
and to strike fear into the hearts of the impure" (FBWTFT, p. 32), 
as we saw in the graveyard.

Any other canon for this besides all the Phoenix imagery? If I'm 
reposting a recent thought, please direct me--it's hard to keep up!

Jen Reese