Elphias Doge

"That old berk. Thought the sun shone out of my brother's every orifice, he did."

- Aberforth Dumbledore

Elphias Doge was an Auror and close friend to Albus Dumbledore. He was said to have had a wheezy voice and gray hair. He wrote an obituary for Albus Dumbledore for the Daily Prophet and attended the wedding of Bill and Fleur Weasley. He was also a member of the Order of the Phoenix in both the First and Second Wizarding Wars.

Early Life
Elphias Doge first met Albus Dumbledore at age eleven, during their first day at Hogwarts. He believed that their mutual attraction was due to the fact that they both felt that they were outsiders: Doge had contracted dragon pox shortly before starting at Hogwarts and Dumbledore was primarly known to others as the son of the Muggle-hater, Percival Dumbledore. Their peers at Hogwarts would often think of Doge as Dumbledore's "dimwitted sidekick".

When Doge and Dumbledore left Hogwarts, they planned to take a Grand Tour of the world together. However, when they were staying at the Leaky Cauldron and preparing to leave for Greece, they got news that Dumbledore's mother Kendra had died. Doge attended Kendra's funeral and departed for the Grand Tour without Dumbledore. He wrote letters to Dumbledore about his "narrow escapes from Chimaeras in Greece to the experiments of the Egyptian alchemists". He came back home shortly after the death of Dumbledore's sisiter Ariana, whose funeral he also attended.

Order of the Phoenix
Elphias Doge was a member of the original Order of the Phoenix. During that time, he was known to wear a "stupid hat." During the Second Wizarding War, Doge was a member of the Advance Guard that escorted Harry Potter to Number 12 Grimmauld Place. When he saw Potter, he commented on how much Harry looked like his father, but had his mother's eyes.

Career at the Ministry of Magic
Elphias Doge worked for the Ministry of Magic as Special Advisor to the Wizengamot. The full extent of what his job entailed is unknown.

Later Life
After Dumbledore's death, Doge wrote a heartfelt obituary for the Daily Prophet. He refused to assist Rita Skeeter in her project, The Life and Lies of Albus Dumbledore. Skeeter cricitized Doge in her book, referring to him as "Dodgy Doge" and "Dogbreath," but these nicknames might also have been affectionate terms used by friends in his early life.

Doge attended to the wedding of Bill Weasley and Fleur Delacour, where he had a discussion with Harry Potter about Dumbledore's childhood. He also had an argument with Muriel, who believed that Ariana had murdered Kendra and supported many of Rita Skeeter's ideas in her book.

It is assumed that Doge was able to hide from any Death Eaters on the hunt for known Order members and survived the war.

Etymology
Doge was the title given to any ruler in Venice, Italy in the Middle Ages.

Appearances

 * Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
 * Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)
 * Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows