Concerning Horcuxes

[zanooda2]

No: HPFGUIDX 169928

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Abha Jain" <abha_j at ...> wrote:

> IIRC, there is nowhere any mention of a killing by an auror in the 
> canon. 


Yes, there is! In GoF, "Padfoot returns" ch. Sirius says: "Rosier and 
Wilkes - they were both killed by Aurors the year before Voldemort 
fell" (p.531 US hardcover).

Later, in Karkaroff hearing scene ("The Pensieve"), Crouch 
says: "Rosier is dead. He was caught shortly after you were too. He 
preferred to fight rather than come quietly and was killed in the 
struggle" (p.589).

Moody mentions that Rosier took a chunk of his (Moody's) nose with 
him, which means that he took part in this battle. It is possible 
that Moody killed Rosier, although not certain, IMO, because other 
Aurors could be present as well.

However we don't know how exactly Rosier died, was it AK or something 
else that killed him. And, for the record, I don't believe that *any* 
killing splits a soul, although I admit that it should affect a 
person in some way.


zanooda, who believes that only a cold-blooded murder of a 
defenseless victim can split a soul.