Moody's injuries & the Longbottoms (Re: Eye Damage)

[Jen Reese]

No: HPFGUIDX 158427

Random:
> My guess is Moody - if he got the eye just so he'd have the abilities
> wouldn't charmed glasses have worked better? So the eye is probably a
> replacement for an eye he lost that way if anything. Now, how'd he
> lose his leg?

Jen:
The fact we haven't been told how Moody received his injuries makes me 
think they are important to the story, specifically to the Longbottom 
storyline. In the first trial Harry observes in the Pensieve, for 
Karkaroff, Moody has two normal eyes (and maybe his leg?) and he 
explains that he lost the chunk off his nose while capturing Rosier. 
Then he's present again at the Bagman trial and Harry makes no mention 
of his face, so presumably Moody still has two normal eyes.

Then for the Longbottom trial, Moody is absent with no explanation. It 
all fits together so neatly--he's one of the best Aurors, he must know 
Frank and Alice since they work together, and four of Voldemort's most 
zealous supporters were captured. Who else likely did the job? That 
means Moody may yet have information about what happened to Neville 
the night of the torture, who the Secret Keeper was for the 
Longbottoms, and other mysteries yet to be resolved.

Jen Reese