Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Chapter Five:
The Order of the Phoenix

U.S. hardcover edition: pages 79 - 97
U.K. hardcover edition: pages 76 - 91
U.K. paperback edition: pages 93 - 112
Timeframe: evening of August 6, 1995 [Y15]

Synopses by Maureen Knight
Notes and links by Steve Vander Ark and Michele L. Worley

In which Harry learns of Sirius Black's family background, and Molly and Sirius have a row regarding what is best for Harry.

Interesting facts and notes about the text of this chapter:

• Lupin apparently drinks from a silver goblet

• goblins

  • family of them killed by Voldemort near Nottingham

  • Ragnok - head goblin?

Characters introduced in this chapter:

• none

Characters returning in this chapter:

• Black, Mrs.

• Black, Sirius

• Crookshanks

• Fletcher, Mundungus (as "Dung")

• Granger, Hermione

• Lupin, Remus

• Potter, Harry

• Tonks, Nymphadora

• Weasley, Arthur

• Weasley, Bill

• Weasley, Fred

• Weasley, George

• Weasley, Ginny

• Weasley, Molly

• Weasley, Ron

Characters mentioned in this chapter:

• Bagman, Ludo

• Bagnold, Millicent

• Dumbledore, Albus

• Dursley, Dudley

• Figg, Arabella

• Fudge, Cornelius

• Harris, Warty

• Kreacher

• Moody, Alastor (Mad-Eye)

• Pettigrew, Peter (as Wormtail)

• Potter, James

• Ragnok

• Riddle, Tom Marvolo (as Voldemort)

• Shacklebolt, Kingsley

• Snape, Severus

• Weasley, Charlie

• Weasley, Percy

• (surname unknown) Will

• (names unknown) Death Eaters

Settings and locations introduced or returning in this chapter:

• number twelve, Grimmauld Place

  • entrance hall

  • kitchen

Settings and locations mentioned in this chapter:

• Greenland

• Tibet

Exceptional character moments:

• Still to come....

Spells:

• Avada Kedavra

• Evanesco

• Imperius Curse

• Permanent Sticking Charm

• (unnamed) charm to make knives chop food

Links and Resources:

• Aurors

• Bestiary

  • boggart

  • doxy

  • goblin

• blood status

• Chocolate Frog Cards

• essays

  • And I Grew Up With Percy...

  • Ginny Weasley, Why?

• food and drink

• Order of Merlin, First Class

• organizations

  • International Confederation of Wizards

  • Wizengamot

• Supreme Mugwump of the International Confederation of Wizards

• types of magical people

  • Animagi

  • Metamorphmagus

Memorable lines:

• "Don't know what you're complaining about, myself. Personally, I'd have welcomed a dementor attack. A deadly struggle for my soul would have broken the monotony nicely."

• "Do that one like a pig snout, Tonks..."
  Tonks obliged, and Harry, looking up, had the fleeting impression that a female Dudley was grinning at him from across the table.

Strictly British:

• dresser

• nicked

• pudding

Timelines/Calendar:

The entire chapter takes place the evening of August 6. See OP3 for details.