Remus Lupin

**Professor Remus John Lupin**, also known as **Moony**, is a canonical half-blood wizard and werewolf who worked as D.A.D.A. professor at Hogwarts during the 1993/94 school year; he was also a member of the Order of the Phoenix and died during the Battle of Hogwarts – as did his wife since less than a year, Nymphadora Tonks, leaving their recently-born son Teddy in the care of his grandmother. In his youth, he was a close friend of James Potter and one of the Marauders.

## Canonical information

Main article: **Remus Lupin** at *The Harry Potter Wiki*
See also: *Writing by J.K. Rowling: Remus Lupin*
Remus became a werewolf shortly before his fifth birthday after being bitten by Fenrir Greyback, who attacked the Lupin family as revenge for derogatory remarks about lycanthropes made by Remus' father, Lyall Lupin. Due to his condition, his father despaired of him ever getting a proper education, but on his eleventh birthday Albus Dumbledore himself showed up with good news: he had heard tell of Greyback boasting of his revenge, and had arranged for a safe and secure place where Remus could transform during the full moon.

## Non-canonical information

### *Harry Potter: Neko's Mate*

After Dumbledore's many manipulations intended to keep Harry on the track to fulfill the prophecy come to light during the 1992/93 winter break, McGonagall is named Headmistress of Hogwarts. This means she suddenly needs to find a new Transfiguration professor, and she asks Remus if he's interested. As it turns out, he has plenty of experience teaching "students of all ages" at five different muggle schools as well as individual tutoring (where it has been easier to handle his recurring need for "sick days"); he has taught Mathematics, Physical Education, History, English and French, but obviously no magic. However, since he was a top student in her subject with "fantastic" O.W.L. and N.E.W.T. results, she lets that little detail slide and hires him more or less on the spot. She also appoints him Head of Gryffindor House since he is the only former Gryffindor on the staff beside herself and Hagrid, and the latter – not being a professor – is not qualified, and hires Tonks as his Apprentice to fill in for him when he is unavailable.

### *Ignore the Dementor*

In this creature!fic, Snape is secretly a vampire (and therefore immune to werewolf bites); during his first year, he tried to invite Remus to the Hogwarts Society of Magical Creatures, whose werewolf rooms were a lot more secure than the Shrieking Shack. However, Remus was too used to hiding and denying his condition to accept – and perhaps also too afraid of losing his newfound friends by being seen in the company of a Slytherin. (The fact that the club's cover at the time was *Remedial divination* probably didn't help either, especially if that subject then (like in the 1990s) wasn't taught until third year...)

This disregard of safety precautions in the face of personal preference did not sit well with Snape, and during their fifth-year incident at the Shrieking Shack it was – at least as he tells it – not his but Remus' life that James saved. To make matters worse, as Lily distanced herself from Snape, Remus added to her feelings of having been betrayed by outing him as a vampire to her. That he himself in turn outed Remus as a werewolf during the 1993/94 school year was, however, solely due to the latter putting students in danger by not taking his Wolfsbane potion.

### Minor appearances

* In *The Power of Seven* he is contacted by Daphne Greengrass after she is bitten by Greyback, and helps her adjust to her new life as a werewolf; he also puts her in contact with Ron Weasley, who has also been mauled, although not as severely affected – since he wasn't bitten during the full moon, he doesn't transform, but he has been badly scarred and has seen a strong increase in libido. In the final battle, the three of them together manage to put down Greyback for good.

## References

1. ↑ "World Exclusive Interview with J K Rowling," *South West News Service*, 8 July 2000 - "Hogwarts just serves Britain and Ireland."
2. ↑ *Harry Potter: Neko's Mate*, Chapter 30
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 *Ignore the Dementor*, Chapter 11
4. ↑ *Ignore the Dementor, Chapter 7*
5. ↑ *The Power of Seven*, Chapter 57
6. ↑ *The Power of Seven*, Chapter 56
7. ↑ *The Power of Seven*, Chapter 58
8. ↑ *The Power of Seven*, Chapter 78