Caradoc Dearborn
Caradoc Dearborn
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- "Caradoc Dearborn, disappeared six months after the photograph, we didn't ever find his body..."
- — Caradoc's disappearance[src]
Caradoc Dearborn was aBritishwizard and member of the originalOrder of the Phoenix. He fought in theFirst Wizarding War and was presumably murdered byDeath Eaters orLord Voldemort himself before the end of the war. His body was never found.[1]
Biography[]
During theFirst Wizarding War, Caradoc became a member of theOrder of the Phoenix, an organisation led and founded byAlbus Dumbledore, in order to oppose theDark Lord Voldemort and hisDeath Eaters.[1]
During the height of the conflict, Caradoc vanished and was never heard from afterwards. According toAlastor Moody, he disappeared six months after the photograph of the original Order was taken. His body was never found and he was presumed dead.[1]
His surname was used as apassword required to listen toPotterwatch broadcasts onwireless at the height of theSecond Wizarding War.[2]
Etymology[]
Caradoc, sometimes known asCaradog, was one of the Knights of the Round Table in Arthurian legend. He was also a semi-legendary ancestor of the mediaeval kings of the WelshKingdom of Gwent.Caractacus is the Latinized form of Caradoc.[3]
The surnameDearborn was first found in Surrey where the family trace their lineage back to Abernon listed in the Domesday Book having sprang from the fief of that name in Normandy. He was a tenant in chief in Surrey, giving name to Stoke Daubernon. Conjecturally, the surname is descended from the tenant of the lands of Guildford and East Mosely, held by Roger de Abernon or Arburnam of Abenon in Calvados, the Norman Baron.[4]
Appearances[]
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix(First mentioned)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)(First appearance)(Appears in photographs)
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (video game)(Mentioned only)
- Pottermore
- HarryPotter.com
- The Harry Potter Wizarding Almanac[5]
