Aurors (wasRe: Initials)

[morganmuffle]

No: HPFGUIDX 91395

Berit wrote:-
> > Age-wise, and even personality-wise I believe Tonks might turn 
> > out to be a very nice match for Charlie... don't you think?  :-)

AC:
> As for Tonks/Charlie... well, I'll buy personality match. But if we
go with the idea that Tonks went straight from Hogwarts to Auror
training (three years), followed by a year on active duty, then she's
20 or 21--five or six years older than the Trio and Co. Isn't Charlie
in his mid-20s? Or am I screwing up the timeline in my head? And,
then, it's always possible that Nymphadora (she's got to end up as
SOMEONE's romantic interest with a name like that!) didn't qualify as 
an Auror right out of school.... >>>


I just noticed on a reread of OotP that in that Careers Talk
McGonagall says that as far as she knows no Aurors have been taken on
in the last three years! That means Tonks can't be any younger than 24
(she must have been taken on before those three years plus the Auror
training) which puts her much closer to Charlie in age.

I find it quite worrying however that the Wizarding Worlds Auror force
hasn't been added to in the last 3 years. We know it's quite small
from having seen their office in the ministry but still, I would have
thought that would be cause to worry. Exactly how are the Ministry
supposed to protect themselves or the Wizarding World with such a
small force? Plus it does rather make Harry's ambition seem a little
unlikely- these really are the best of the best and Harry's marks just
don't support that.

morganmuffle