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"A man stood in the doorway, leaning upon a long staff, shrouded in a black travelling cloak."
— "Moody" arriving at Hogwarts[src]

This walking stick was a wooden staff that the retired Auror Alastor Moody carried.[1][2][3]

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Years of work as an Auror left Moody with several injuries and prosthetics, including a magical eye, a chunk missing from his nose, multiple scars on his face, and an artificial leg. The difficulty of walking with an artificial leg made it necessary for Moody to procure the walking stick, and it is suggested that Alastor didn't use the walking stick before 1981, because he was at Igor Karkaroff's hearing without it.[2]

Characteristics[]

The top of the walking stick distinctly resembled a ram, reinforced by the clear appearance of a cloven hoof at its foot. This could be representative of his character as tough, resilient, hard-headed, and having a strong offence.[2]

The other notable features of the walking stick were that it was as tall as Moody's chin, and appeared to have a vine wrapping around it from the height of Moody's thigh, tapering off at the base of the ram's head. The stick was arranged so Moody could hold it at firm grip.[2]

As a weapon[]

Alastor Moody Staff disarm

Moody using his staff to blast Death Eaters in the Death Chamber

The walking stick was made of wood and had some degree of offensive magical power, demonstrated in the Battle of the Department of Mysteries against a Death Eater. This attribute is likely to have been a secret to give Moody an advantage in combat. When Alastor stunned a Death Eater in the Department of Mysteries, it suggested this walking stick be more of a secret staff.[3]

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