Moody's death (was: Dumbledore's authority WAS: Re: Fees for Harry)

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 179499

> a_svirn:
> By the time he appears, seven Harrys would have gone to seven 
> different directions. Where would he have apparated? To Privet Drive? 
> They would have gone out of sight by then. The two death eaters on 
> the look-out would have gone after Moody and Kingsley. They would 
> have pressed their marks constantly moving. 

Pippin:
Your plan seems to rely an awful lot on Voldemort being stupid. 
If I was Voldemort, I'd leave two watchers for the Order to catch and 
have  twenty more better hidden.

He has hundreds of dementors, he can put animals under the 
Imperius curse, and DE's are just as capable of using invisibility 
cloaks and disillusionment charms as the Order is.  As a man at
rest has the advantage over one in motion, it would be easier 
for them to spot the fleeing Harry than vice versa.

Not to mention the difficulty of getting Harry to disapparate from
anywhere once his friends are under attack. 

You are also completely ignoring the Ministry's prohibitions. If the
Order flouted those, they'd either be arrested or they'd have to
go into hiding, leaving the Ministry unprotected.   Voldemort's
coup would have happened before Scrimgeour delivered Dumbledore's
legacy. There would have been no resurrection stone for Harry
to use, and if Voldemort succeeded in opening the Snitch he'd have
realized that the horcruxes were compromised. 


> a_svirn:
> Are you joking? Voldemort not taking part in the chase? When it was 
> the only reasonable chance to get hold of Harry? 

Pippin:

And you think Voldemort wouldn't have been able to find out when
Harry was planning to leave unless Snape told him? Um, aren't there
other DE's just as capable of using a confundus spell on a susceptible
order member as Snape is? Wouldn't Voldemort already know which
ones were susceptible from having to cover Peter's tracks for an entire
year?

If Voldemort took part in the chase there would be casualties -- 
that's a given since he can outduel every other wizard on the planet.

While Harry's life is not worth more than any other man's,
Harry's death would mean the deaths of countless others.  
Moody understood that. Given the choice between dying and
letting Voldemort kill Harry, Moody would have preferred to die,
I'm sure. Do you doubt it? 

He may have been wrong not to give Mundungus the same
choice, but if so, he paid a price for it. 

Pippin