He joined the reconstituted Order of the Phoenix in 1995 after the return of Lord Voldemort and worked as an undercover informant within the Ministry; feeding the Order information and misdirecting the Ministry's efforts in locating Sirius Black and sabotaging attempts to locate Harry Potter. After the Battle of the Department of Mysteries, the new Minister, Rufus Scrimgeour, assigned Kingsley to be the Muggle Prime Minister's guard under the guise of his secretary. After the fall of the Ministry of Magic in 1997, Kingsley continued to be employed by the DMLE for a time, but was forced into hiding after breaking the Taboo on Lord Voldemort's name. Although not able to provide direct assistance, Kingsley contributed to the resistance via Potterwatch under the alias of "Royal". In 1998, he f