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alt_lupin at 07:57pm on 22/12/2012
alt_lupin at 07:57pm on 22/12/2012Arthur Weasley, age 45, Ottery St. Catchpole.
Died in an assassination attempt on the Lord Protector on December 21 in New London. Born February 6, 1950 in Chudley, Devonshire. Survived by his wife Molly; children William (Bill), Charles (Charlie), Percival (Percy), Fred, George, Ronald (Ron), and Ginevra (Ginny). Arthur attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry -- one of the brightest lights of House Gryffindor -- and upon leaving school went to work with the Ministry of Magic. Prior to the Death Eater takeover of the Ministry, he worked for the Misuse of Muggle Artefacts office, where he had the opportunity to explore his fascination with muggles and their creative side.
After the fall of the Ministry, he stayed on, working for the Committee of Muggle-Born Labour Services, always doing his best to protect the muggles and muggleborn wizards in his care. His position gave him the opportunity to facilitate Order expeditions into muggle camps to rescue muggleborn wizards as infants, well before they came to anyone's attention. Thanks to Arthur Weasley's courage, care, and diligent work, 64 infant muggleborn wizards have been saved from slavery or death from the camps, to be raised in loving safety at Moddey Dhoo. Through trickery, persuasion, diligence, and compassion, he also saved hundreds and possibly thousands of muggle and muggleborn lives.
In addition to his work for the Order, Arthur Weasley was a devoted father and loving husband, and passionate about many things, including chess, fishing, the Chudley Cannons (maybe next year will be their year?) and freedom and liberty for all, wizard and muggle alike.
He died as he lived -- an embodiment of Gryffindor courage, he thought only of protecting those around him. Ironically, he gave his life to save that of a Death Eater, but all those who know him would say that Arthur would have acted without thought for danger to save any human life. May we all someday be as judged with the mercy and compassion Arthur had for Dominic Selwyn, in the moment where he saw Dominic not as a Death Eater, not as an enemy, but as a fellow human being in terrible danger.
Molly. All of you. I hope you don't mind. I thought you did a fine job with the obituary for the newspaper. But I wanted to write an obituary that told the truth about who he was.
Died in an assassination attempt on the Lord Protector on December 21 in New London. Born February 6, 1950 in Chudley, Devonshire. Survived by his wife Molly; children William (Bill), Charles (Charlie), Percival (Percy), Fred, George, Ronald (Ron), and Ginevra (Ginny). Arthur attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry -- one of the brightest lights of House Gryffindor -- and upon leaving school went to work with the Ministry of Magic. Prior to the Death Eater takeover of the Ministry, he worked for the Misuse of Muggle Artefacts office, where he had the opportunity to explore his fascination with muggles and their creative side.
After the fall of the Ministry, he stayed on, working for the Committee of Muggle-Born Labour Services, always doing his best to protect the muggles and muggleborn wizards in his care. His position gave him the opportunity to facilitate Order expeditions into muggle camps to rescue muggleborn wizards as infants, well before they came to anyone's attention. Thanks to Arthur Weasley's courage, care, and diligent work, 64 infant muggleborn wizards have been saved from slavery or death from the camps, to be raised in loving safety at Moddey Dhoo. Through trickery, persuasion, diligence, and compassion, he also saved hundreds and possibly thousands of muggle and muggleborn lives.
In addition to his work for the Order, Arthur Weasley was a devoted father and loving husband, and passionate about many things, including chess, fishing, the Chudley Cannons (maybe next year will be their year?) and freedom and liberty for all, wizard and muggle alike.
He died as he lived -- an embodiment of Gryffindor courage, he thought only of protecting those around him. Ironically, he gave his life to save that of a Death Eater, but all those who know him would say that Arthur would have acted without thought for danger to save any human life. May we all someday be as judged with the mercy and compassion Arthur had for Dominic Selwyn, in the moment where he saw Dominic not as a Death Eater, not as an enemy, but as a fellow human being in terrible danger.
Molly. All of you. I hope you don't mind. I thought you did a fine job with the obituary for the newspaper. But I wanted to write an obituary that told the truth about who he was.
Private Message to Moony
No word from Albus. At all. And Minerva - I'm just ... I have too much respect for Arthur to start a row at this point. But let's just say there's a certain dog who'd like nothing better than to chase a certain cat round the lake and then some.
Re: Private Message to Moony
We'll need to -- she cannot be the Head of the Order without a 'Co-Head' to actually lead us. But that will come soon enough.
I don't even know what to say about Albus. I feel even more bereft, when I think about where the Order is without Arthur tonight.
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Private message to Remus Lupin
I'm over here at the Burrow, with Fred and George, and I just thought you should know...Fred told me that when Mrs Weasley read your obituary she busted into tears. But that wasn't a bad thing; they were all really relieved about it, because she's barely cried at all, and it was like the dam finally burst. Fred said that she choked out that she was so happy to read it, because she hated that other obituary that the family had to send to the Prophet.
And then when she was done crying, she finally let Madam Pomfrey give her some Dreamless Sleep potion, and she's gone to sleep for the first time.
So. I just wanted you to know. What you wrote was a real comfort to her. And no wonder. Reading it made me proud to think that I knew him, even just a little bit.
Wish they could have published the real one.
Re: Private message to Remus Lupin
I hope -- maybe someday things will be different. And we will be able to publish the real one.