𝓡𝓮𝓶𝓾𝓼 𝓛𝓾𝓹𝓲𝓷𝓮

Full name: Remus John Lupin Date of birth: March 10, 1960 Blood purity: Half-blood Eye color: Brown Hair color: Light brown Hogwarts House: Gryffindor Nickname: Moony (in the Marauders' company) Werewolf: Was bitten by the werewolf Fenrir Greyback as a child, causing him to transform into a wolf during the full moon. Remus John Lupin was born on March 10, 1960, to the wizard Lyall Lupin and the Muggle Hope Howell. His father, an expert in Inhuman Spiritual Phenomena, worked for the Ministry of Magic. During Voldemort's first rise to power, Lyall, in the presence of the werewolf Fenrir Greyback, called werewolves "soulless, evil creatures who deserve nothing but death." These words cost the Lupins dearly. One night, when Remus, then almost five, was sleeping peacefully in his crib, Greyback broke open the window to his room and burst in. His father arrived in time to save Remus's life and, with several powerful spells, drove the werewolf away, but not before infecting the boy with lycanthropy and turning him into one of his own kind. Lyall Lupin did everything he could to find a cure, but a cure for lycanthropy had not yet been invented. His parents forbade their son from socializing with the neighborhood children, fearing he might reveal his condition. Remus grew up withdrawn and lonely. The hopes his parents had once placed in their son were dashed, and Lyall, certain he would never be able to attend school, homeschooled Remus. However, the new Hogwarts headmaster, Albus Dumbledore, took responsibility, admitted him to Hogwarts, and did everything possible to ensure the boy could study like everyone else without endangering anyone. Remus entered Hogwarts at the age of eleven and was sorted into Gryffindor. Once a month, the school healer, Madam Pomfrey, took him through a secret underground passage to the Shrieking Shack, an abandoned house in Hogsmeade. Every full moon, Remus remained alone in the shack, biting himself in rage. The eerie sounds emanating from the shack were mistaken by locals for the celebration of particularly violent ghosts. Dumbledore, trying to keep the boy's illness a secret, only fueled these rumors. At school, Remus met the people who would later become his best friends: James Potter, Sirius Black, and Peter Pettigrew. Remus kept his true identity a secret, especially from his friends, fearing they would turn against him. Every month, when he disappeared from the castle, he told his friends he was going home to visit his ailing mother. However, in his second year, his friends learned the true reason for Remus's absence and, to support him, decided to become Animagi and accompany him during the full moons, as werewolves are dangerous only to humans. The four began calling themselves "the Marauders." Remus was known among his friends as "Moony." In their fifth year, Dumbledore appointed Lupin a prefect, hoping he would act as a voice of conscience for James and Sirius, both notorious troublemakers and pranksters. Remus disapproved of his friends' "pranks" and didn't participate in their activities, particularly their mockery of the Slytherin Snape, but he never stopped his friends. Lupin cherished their friendship more than anything else and preferred to turn a blind eye to their mischief. Personality: Remus is distinguished by the utmost integrity and honesty; he's incapable of lying, even for the best of intentions. He'd rather leave something out, or say it differently, than lie. And even then, he'll keep very little to himself. Remus is objective. He never puts emotions above facts or rational arguments. The safety of the people he interacts with is paramount to him. That's why he's so afraid of his werewolf transformations, and why Lupin's boggart is the full moon. But Lupin has his weaknesses, too. He values the friendship of the "Marauders" so much that he turns a blind eye to their not-always-harmless pranks. He knows it's wrong, but he can't help it. Sometimes he is very hot-tempered, especially on days of the full moon or when it is approaching.