Divination and Questions from the GoF Pensieve Matters

[Jen Reese]

No: HPFGUIDX 169697

Goddlefrood:
> Karkaroff's proceeding is first. He is already dead so will 
> play little part in DH. He does, however, mention several 
> other DEs of whom all, other than Mr. Multiplicity, are dead 
> or in Azkaban having been participants in the DoM raid. Mad-
> Eye Moody at this point has both his eyes intact, and although 
> he says that Rosier took a chunk out of his nose we have not 
> so far been informed what happened to his eye or his leg.
> 
> Question 1 - Who or what accounted for Mad-Eye's lost eye and 
> his leg?


Jen: The fact that we haven't been told how Moody received two of his 
rather significant injuries makes me think they are important to the 
story, specifically to the Longbottom storyline. In the first trial 
as you said, 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.

In the Longbottom trial, the trial of the four who tortured his 
colleagues Frank and Alice, Moody is absent with no explanation.  
Since Moody was considered one of the best Aurors, it follows he 
would have been in on the capture of the DEs due to the public fury 
and intense pressure on the MOM.  So I'd say Moody was speculatively 
in St. Mungos during the Longbottom trial, recovering from the loss 
of his eye, leg and perhaps other injuries.

The question is what witholding the information of the injuries and 
Moody's involvement in the capture could mean for the story now, if 
anything?  Possibly Moody overheard the four DEs say something that 
seemed insignificant at the time but Harry will realize is 
significant to a horcrux when Moody reveals his story (whether the 
DEs even knew what they were revealing).  The same possibility exists 
that Frank and Alice offered pertinent information when they were 
questioned at the time.  Dumbledore said they were unreliable but 
could something they said when questioned originally have been 
misunderstood as nonsensical when really it was accurate information 
overheard during their torture?  

A last thought is that the location where the four were finally 
captured could lead Moody and perhaps Neville to locate Bella et. al. 
in DH.

Jen