Advance Guard
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To bring Harry Potter to the headquarters of the Order of the Phoenix |
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End of the Second Wizarding War |
- "A surprising amount of people volunteered to come and get you."
- —Remus Lupin[src]
The Advance Guard are the members of the Order of the Phoenix that retrieved Harry Potter from 4 Privet Drive and escorted him to 12 Grimmauld Place in 1995. This was done to provide Harry with a more secure environment after a pair of Dementors attacked him and Dudley Dursley in Little Whinging.
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[edit] Members of the Advance Guard
- Alastor Moody
- Remus Lupin
- Kingsley Shacklebolt
- Nymphadora Tonks
- Emmeline Vance
- Elphias Doge
- Dedalus Diggle
- Hestia Jones
- Sturgis Podmore
[edit] The Escort
- "Moody make you go via Greenland?"
- —Bill Weasley[src]
Out of the group, Harry had only met Lupin before, and had spoken to the real Alastor Moody and Dedalus Diggle briefly. This was Harry's first meet with the remaining members, most notably Nymphadora Tonks and Kingsley Shacklebolt.
The Advance Guard and Harry travelled to Grimmauld Place by Broomstick, flying in formation with Tonks flying in front of Harry, Lupin underneath, Moody behind and the rest circling. There was a rear guard set up so that if anything happened to the advance guard the rear guard could take over, but this was unnecessary.
Alastor Moody suggested the entire group to travel above cloud level for better concealment, but he was overruled by Nymphadora Tonks, who protested they would get soaked. Later, he also suggested that they double back to ensure that they were not being followed, but Tonks once again screamed at him, and the group was saved by their arrival.
[edit] Behind the scenes
Lupin, Podmore, Jones and Diggle were not a part of the Advance Guard in the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, and the latter three did not appear in the film at all.
