After this, Remus gave Harry private lessons in producing a Patronus as a means to repel Dementors , when it became apparent that he was especially vulnerable to them because, according to Lupin, Harry had "true horrors" in his past that were especially appealing to the Dementors. Students who saw this Boggart form mistook it for a crystal ball, except for Hermione Granger , who cleverly deduced that Remus was a werewolf and kept the discovery to herself. Slytherin students, encouraged by Draco Malfoy , sneered at Remus' shabby clothes and poor appearance, although he seemed to ignore their comments.
He was considered by Harry and his friends to have been their only decent Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher. Lupin in Professor Snape's fireplace, having used Floo Powder to get there.
Remus was soon summoned to Snape's office to identify whether a piece of parchment he caught Harry with to be Dark magic. Remus recognised it as the Marauder's Map but tried to pass it off as a product of Zonko's Joke Shop. At the same moment, Ron burst in to back up that claim.
After escorting the two boys from Snape's office, Remus told them that he knew what the map was and was more astounded that they did not hand it in, and reprimanded Harry, much to their surprise. He confiscated the map, knowing that it would be too dangerous for Harry to use the secret passages with Sirius on the loose. For his third years' end of year tests in June, he prepared an unusual exam — an obstacle course out in the grounds in which the students had to: wade across a paddling pool containing a grindylow ; cross a series of pot-holes full of Red Caps; cross a marsh while being fed misleading directions by a hinkypunk; and enter a trunk to battle a newly procured boggart.
The summer before Remus began his tenure as the Defence professor, Sirius Black escaped from Azkaban. Remus, like the rest of the wizarding world, believed that Sirius had betrayed the Potters to Voldemort and murdered Peter Pettigrew. By the end of the school year, however, Remus knew the truth of what had happened and that Pettigrew was still alive, hiding in his Animagus form — Scabbers , the pet rat of Ron Weasley. He was watching the Marauder's Map, expecting Harry and his friends to go down to see Hagrid before Buckbeak 's execution and was shocked to see Pettigrew coming out of Hagrid's with them.
Remus was reunited with his old friend Sirius, and the two resolved to kill Pettigrew for his part in the deaths of James and Lily and in framing Sirius. They were stopped by Harry Potter, who believed it would be better to hand Pettigrew over to the Ministry of Magic to prove Sirius' innocence, and also did not think his father would want Remus and Sirius to become killers.
However, that night happened to be a full moon, and Remus transformed into a werewolf having forgotten to take the Wolfsbane Potion. In the chaos, Pettigrew unfortunately escaped and would later return to his master. After the attempted attack on Harry and Hermione, Remus spent the rest of the night deep in the Forbidden Forest. After the danger had passed, Remus resigned from his position when parents learned that he was a werewolf.
His sudden resignation was much to the regret of the majority of the Hogwarts students and staff, who had all grown deeply fond of him. Remus simply shook his head, handed him the Marauder's Map and also returned the Invisibility Cloak that was left at the Shrieking Shack , and told him that it had been a real pleasure teaching him, and that he was perfectly sure that they would soon meet again. He sent a letter to his successor informing him of what he taught Harry and the others, but it was intercepted.
Lupin lived for some time at Sirius' house, but he was not around very often as he was usually sent on many missions for the Order. Remus strolled over to the Unidentified werewolf and spoke to him for a while, most likely to tell him about lycanthropy and console him over his new condition. Remus also accompanied Sirius in conversation with Harry through the fireplace at Grimmauld Place, when Harry used the Floo Powder from the fireplace in Dolores Umbridge's office to talk with Black about his father James and Snape's memory, which he saw in the Pensieve.
Lupin, like Sirius, did not hide his indignation when he learned that Snape had stopped teaching Harry the Occlumency.
He was one of the only three combatants to see the end of the battle unscathed, the others being Albus Dumbledore and Harry Potter , proving Remus' exceptional skill at duelling. During this battle, Remus witnessed and was devastated by the death of his last surviving Marauder friend, Sirius , who was pushed through the veil in the Death Chamber by a spell cast by Bellatrix Lestrange.
Shortly after the battle and the end of school year, Remus along with Moody, Tonks and Weasleys confronted the Dursleys at King's Cross station over their treatment of Harry. Some weeks later, Remus began working as a spy for the Order, living among fellow werewolves and trying to convince them to join Dumbledore's side.
It is said that he volunteered just to keep away from Tonks, as they were both very much in love with each other by this point and he would not risk his child having lycanthropy. Alas, it was difficult to convince them due to the fact that they believed they will have a better life under Voldemort's reign, many were frightened and intimidated by Fenrir Greyback and that Remus showed signs of living among humans.
Arthur Weasley immediately suggested that Snape was just pretending to help Malfoy, but Lupin severely pointed out that Dumbledore trusted Snape, which "ought to be good enough for all of them.
Lupin neither liked nor disliked Snape — but personal feelings have nothing to do with his decision to trust him. Lupin argued strongly against making judgments based on feelings — even though he, of all people, had strong reasons to dislike Snape personally, he refused to let this affect his conclusions about the man. This pronouncement established him as a foil to James Potter and Sirius, who disliked Snape for petty reasons and treated these feelings as a justification for bullying him.
The following year, Remus fought bravely again at the Battle of the Astronomy Tower where he narrowly avoided death by a curse from Thorfinn Rowle. Remus was devastated upon hearing about the death of Albus Dumbledore , who had been killed by Severus Snape. However, the aftermath of the battle led to him to accept the love of Nymphadora Tonks , who pointed out that Fleur Delacour still loved Bill Weasley in spite of being attacked and scarred by Fenrir Greyback.
The pair attended their former Headmaster's funeral together. Shortly after Dumbledore's funeral and some days before the Order operation to transport Harry from his relative's home to safety, Remus and Tonks soon married in the north of Scotland with only witnesses from the local tavern. They were forced to marry quietly, given the general prejudice against werewolves.
On 27th July , Remus participated in the Order's operation to remove Harry from his home before Lord Voldemort could get to him. Remus acted as the protector of George Weasley , who took Polyjuice Potion to become one of the "seven Potters. Lupin was unable to pay Snape back in time, it being all he could do to keep George on the broom, as the latter was losing a copious amount of blood. Remus making sure that Harry is not an impostor in the Burrow's kitchen after the sky battle.
He eventually got the injured George back to The Burrow to be cleaned up, though George permanently lost an ear. Upon arrival, Remus accosted Harry to prove that Harry was the real Harry. It was later revealed that Snape had sent the spell in an attempt to cut off the hand of a Death Eater aiming at Remus' back, presumably about to kill him.
Remus was very anxious about the late arrival of his wife; Tonks had been aggressively pursued by her murderous, cruel aunt, Bellatrix Lestrange. When the party mourned the death of fellow order member Alastor Moody , they discussed their betrayal.
Harry voiced the opinion that he trusted all of them with his life. Remus urged caution, seeing as Harry's father was killed because he put his trust in the wrong friend. In the next days Remus seemed to become withdrawn and sullen at the news. He awhile attended Harry's birthday party , but left when Rufus Scrimgeour has arrived.
Remus and Tonks both later attended the wedding of Bill Weasley and Fleur Delacour shortly afterwards, and bravely defended the Burrow when it came under attack as Voldemort took over the Ministry. Remus along with Tonks both used a Shield Charm. It is unknown as to whether he escaped, or he was questioned by the intruders, along with the other guests, before being released. Remus suffered great mental anguish as the war escalated when he learned that his wife was pregnant.
He even tore out a clump of his own hair in anxiety over the possibility that his child would be born a werewolf. He visited Harry, Ron, and Hermione while they hid out in Grimmauld Place and offered to help with their search for Voldemort's Horcruxes. However, Harry denounced him, calling him a coward for even considering leaving his wife alone while pregnant.
Remus got so mad that he flung Harry against the wall with his wand, and left, greatly agitated. Harry and his friends next heard of Remus on Potterwatch , under the code name "Romulus". Remus made Harry realise that they were still good friends, with his putting forth the opinion that Harry's instincts were good and they were usually right.
Remus eventually came to his senses and reunited with Tonks in time to see his son's birth. They named him Edward Remus "Teddy" Lupin, after Tonks' father, who had recently been murdered by Snatchers after refusing to turn himself in to the Muggle-Born Registration Commission. Appearing to forgive and forget their earlier disagreement in Grimmauld Place, Remus asked Harry to be Teddy's godfather.
Remus was one of the many Order members who answered Neville Longbottom 's call to arms on 1 May , shortly before the start of the Battle of Hogwarts. Harry, Hermione and Ron returned to Hogwarts and Lord Voldemort gathered his army to attack the school in order to capture Harry Potter. He organised and led groups to fight Death Eaters on the school grounds, along with Kingsley Shacklebolt and Arthur Weasley.
His wife initially agreed not to participate in the Battle of Hogwarts, instead staying with their infant son, but was ultimately unable to bear leaving her husband to face such danger without her. The bodies of a deceased Remus and Tonks in the Great Hall. She left Teddy with her mother and raced to Hogwarts, where she was informed that Remus was last seen duelling Death Eater Antonin Dolohov.
During the brief pause in the battle, Remus and Tonks' bodies were laid out beside each other in the Great Hall. The nature of Remus' death was not revealed, but his body was described as peaceful-looking, [33] implying that he was struck with either a Killing Curse or Dolohov's own curse ; both are known to leave no visible marks on the outer body.
A resurrected Remus talking with Harry in the Forbidden Forest. However, Remus still had an important part to play in the war. When Harry proceeded to the Death Eater camp to be struck down by Lord Voldemort , he first activated the Resurrection Stone, bringing back the spirits of his parents, Sirius, and Remus; Remus expressed the hope that Harry would care for his son, lamenting that he would never know him, but also found comfort in the fact that his son would know and understand why he died: he was trying to make a world in which his son could live a happier life.
Remus Lupin was posthumously awarded the Order of Merlin , First Class, the first werewolf ever to have been accorded this honour. The example of his life and death played an important role in lifting the stigma on werewolves among the wizarding society. Remus was described as having a pale face with premature lines, and light brown hair that, as he progressed through his thirties, became more and more grey.
The lines on his face and his greying hair were the results of the great deal of stress his body underwent with each full moon. His clothing is consistently shabby and patched, presumably because of his inability to find a decently-paid job due to his status as a werewolf.
In , he sported a thin moustache, and from until his death, he sported more of a rough beard. He had scars cutting across his face and given Remus' comments on werewolf inflicted injuries being cursed wounds that are unlikely to fully heal after Fenrir Greyback 's attack on Bill Weasley , it is possible he had more scars from his self-inflicted injuries during his transformations.
In death, however, finally free of his lycanthropy, the flaws of his appearance were rectified, just like his friend Sirius Black ; his spirit was described as " younger, less shabby, and his hair was thicker and darker. He was also quite tall, standing six feet, two inches tall. His height was not often mentioned, but is notable as his height corresponded roughly to the full length of a wolf's body from nose to tail. His pound weight also corresponded to his wolfish dimensions.
In his werewolf form, he was a large beast with grey fur, and the only differences between his appearance and that of a true wolf being his shorter snout, more human eyes, and tufted tail. Remus was compassionate, intelligent, tolerant, levelheaded, peaceful, selfless, brave, kind, and good-natured. Despite having suffered a great deal of prejudice in his life due to his lycanthropy , he managed to retain an ability to see the good in almost everybody and was extremely forgiving.
Remus also had an excellent sense of humour. When he was a student at school he was also part of the Marauders. He hence could be described as the most mature and responsible one of the group. He even became a prefect in his fifth year. Remus demonstrating his flair for the subject he teaches by adding the element of music to a lesson. Remus was unusually perceptive, with an uncanny ability to guess the thoughts of those around him.
This is especially clear in his conversations with Harry Potter , such as his intuiting that Harry was afraid that he thought he couldn't handle working with the boggart. He was a gifted teacher, with a rare flair for his subject and a profound understanding of his pupils. He was, as ever, drawn to the underdog, and Neville Longbottom especially benefited from his wisdom and encouragement.
His perceptive nature is a rather ironic trait, given that wolves are rather intuitive and astute judges of character and communicate primarily through body language, a skill that Remus was extremely developed and talented at. Remus standing anxiously in the Shrieking Shack. True to being a Gryffindor , Lupin was quite courageous. Nonetheless, he suffered deep-seated feelings of shame and fear of rejection which, in certain situations, led him to consider backing down.
His greatest weakness was that, in his desperate longing to belong and be liked, he was neither as brave or honest as he should have been at times.
Remus once claimed that he was cowardly, because he was unable to bring himself to tell Dumbledore that James Potter , Sirius Black , and Peter Pettigrew were Animagi , as it would have meant that he had betrayed Dumbledore's trust, which meant everything to him.
His love for James and Sirius also led him to not do anything to stop their bullying other students, a most notable example being when Snape was constantly bullied by his friends, but Remus was terrified of losing them and therefore did nothing to stop the bullying, something that he later admits to regret.
Perhaps the most critical example of this was his temptation to join Harry, Ron Weasley , and Hermione Granger on Dumbledore's mission and abandon his wife and unborn son because he was afraid that her family would be ashamed of him being a werewolf. However, ultimately he came to his senses. He also was known to dislike the form of his Patronus as it took the shape of a wolf.
Lupin was disgusted by all things wolfish as they reminded him of his condition, and due to this has been known to deliberately cast a non-corporeal Patronus, particularly when in the company of others, for fear it would give him away as a werewolf.
The irony of this is that his desires to belong and be liked are that wolves are social animals, and often act in the interests of their pack, much like Remus' self-sacrificing nature, making him rather wolf-like even in his human form. In many ways, he represented the best parts of wolves, including his intelligence, adaptability, nurturing instincts, and his fierce desire to protect his loved ones.
His Boggart was a full moon , reflecting on his terror of transforming into his werewolf form near humans. It also showed his immense hatred and shame over his condition. Remus' nurturing instincts were incredibly wolfish. Due to his position being that of a moderator, teacher, and nurturer, Remus fit the wolf pack position of the "nanny" or sergeant, looking after and teaching younger wolves - in this case his students and younger Order members, and keeping his friends in line, albeit with limited success at times.
In contrast to Sirius' more competitive and combative nature, Remus was far more peaceful, reserved, and prone to negotiation despite his nature as a werewolf. This is symbolic of how dogs often tend to fight for dominance versus the more pragmatic and somewhat democratic nature of wolves in a pack who organise themselves peacefully unless threatened.
However, Remus was by no means weak and marched into battle against Voldemort's soldiers like a true warrior. After losing James, Sirius and Lily and all hope of reconciliation with Pettigrew gone, Remus had every reason to succumb to depression and despondency.
However, he retained his appreciation for the good people existing in his life and continued to draw strength from them. Lupin also must have been likely sceptical about Divination , as Professor Trelawney stated the he positively fled when she offered to crystal gaze him [38] on another hand he could be merely afraid of what kind of things she could see, as his lycanthropy.
Remus Lupin was an accomplished and skilful wizard, with extensive knowledge of Dark creatures. He also possessed the ability to properly impart practical and theoretical skills of defensive magic to others.
Remus was capable of conjuring a corporeal wolf Patronus a mark of superior magical ability. However, by his own admission, Potions was not his strong suit. Remus and Sirius performing the Animagus reversal spell on Pettigrew. The extent of Remus' relationship with his family is unknown, aside from how adored he was by his parents. During Remus' youth, his father offended Fenrir Greyback, causing Greyback to attack Remus, when he was merely four years old.
Mr and Mrs Lupin are known to have been concerned over Remus being a werewolf, believing that this condition meant their son would be unable to attend Hogwarts.
However, this was proven untrue. Nymphadora Tonks , his wife and mother of his son. Remus, so often melancholy and lonely, was first amused, then impressed, then seriously smitten by the witch. He had never fallen in love before. If it had happened in peacetime, Remus would have simply taken himself off to a new place and a new job, so that he did not have to endure the pain of watching Tonks fall in love with a handsome, young wizard in the Auror Office which was what he expected to happen.
However, this was war; they were both needed in the Order of the Phoenix, and nobody knew what the next day would bring. Remus felt justified in remaining exactly where he was, keeping his feelings to himself but secretly rejoicing every time somebody paired him with Tonks on some overnight mission. It had never occurred to Remus that Tonks could return his feelings because he had become so used to considering himself unclean and unworthy.
Before he could stop himself, Remus had replied bitterly that he supposed she had fallen for his old friend " He always got the women. He had always known that he could not marry and run the risk of passing on his painful, shameful condition. Wiser than Remus, she was sure that he loved her, but that he was refusing to admit it out of mistaken nobility. However, he avoided working with her, barely talked to her, and started volunteering for the most dangerous missions.
Tonks became desperately unhappy, convinced not only that the man she loved would never willingly spend time with her again, but also that he might walk to his death rather than admit his feelings. In spite of continuing misgivings that he was acting selfishly, Remus married Tonks quietly in the north of Scotland, with witnesses taken from the local wizarding tavern. He continued to fear that the stigma attached to him would infect his wife and wished for no fanfare around their union.
He swung constantly between elation that he was married to the woman of his dreams and terror of what he might have brought upon them both. When she became pregnant, Remus was not delighted by this, he was in fact scared that he might be passing his condition on to an innocent child. He even attempted to abandon his pregnant wife and unborn child, but was stopped by Harry Potter. Realising the importance of staying with his family above all else, he returned to Tonks, bitterly ashamed. Lupin and Tonks were both murdered in the Battle of Hogwarts in May , leaving their son behind in the care of his maternal grandmother, Andromeda Tonks , and his godfather, Harry Potter.
Teddy was raised by Andromeda, but would spend a great deal of time with the Potter and Weasley families growing up. Teddy was a Metamorphmagus , like his mother. Teddy Lupin , his son and only child.
Remus' son was born in Remus and his wife named him Edward, Teddy for short, after her father Ted Tonks. At one point, Remus nearly abandoned his wife and unborn son, mostly out of premature shame, guilt, and the fear that his lycanthropy would be passed on and that he'd made outcasts out of Nymphadora and their child.
No recent wiki edits to this page. This edit will also create new pages on Giant Bomb for:. Until you earn points all your submissions need to be vetted by other Giant Bomb users. This process takes no more than a few hours and we'll send you an email once approved. She was a Metamorphamagus, and she could change physical features of herself at will, most notably her hair color. Saying this, she was also a member of the Order of the Phoenix. She fell in love with Remus during her time with him and he at first, feeling poor and guilty, rejected her advances.
However, they finally married not long after and had a child, Teddy. Lupin named Harry Potter the godfather to the child. Not long after, at the Battle of Hogwarts in , Tonks and Remus were killed in action, her by her own cousin, Bellatrix Lestrange.
At the funeral of Albus Dumbledore , Tonks and Remus stood together, holding hands, and her hair had returned to her preferred bubble-gum pink colour. Tonks and Remus married in a quiet ceremony in July, , shortly before the Order operation to spirit Harry away from the Dursleys ahead of his seventeenth birthday.
Both Remus and Tonks were unhappy that Harry was unable to attend their small wedding, as he couldn't be allowed to leave the protection of his relatives' home, since it was linked to the power of his mother's loving sacrifice when she willingly died for him. Pius Thicknesse , Head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement , had made it an imprisonable offence to create a Portkey near Harry's home, and as he was underage he could be Traced if he Apparated , and hence could not leave to attend without endangering his life.
Tonks had unexpectedly become pregnant sometime after the wedding and presumably tried to tell Harry before the Battle of the Seven Potters, but was interrupted by " Mad-Eye" Moody. The Order ultimately decided that they would break the charm around Harry several days before his birthday on 31 July, so that they would have the element of surprise; as Voldemort apparently expected them to wait until he was seventeen to attempt to whisk him away.
Tonks, along with a dozen members of the Order and Harry's friends, travelled to 4 Privet Drive , where they were to escort Harry to safety.
Tonks took the role of a protector, flying on a broom with Ron Weasley disguised as Harry. It soon became clear that Voldemort had expected such a move, as at least thirty Death Eaters were waiting to engage them in battle.
Tonks and Bellatrix engaged in a mid-air duel, whilst Ron stunned one of her fellow Death Eaters straight to the head. Bellatrix seemed as determined to kill Tonks as she was to rid Voldemort of Harry, though Tonks ultimately escaped from her and gravely injured her husband, Rodolphus Lestrange. Tonks and Remus safely at the Burrow shortly after the sky battle. They made it to Muriel's, but missed their Portkey to the Burrow.
Muriel delayed them further by fussing over them, but they appeared to Apparate into the sky above the Burrow and perform a crash landing into the garden. Remus was grateful and relieved that she was alive, but " sounded almost angry at Tonks " when he demanded what kept her so long and what had happened to her. As she told what happened; " A muscle was jumping in Lupin's jaw. He nodded, but seemed unable to say anything else. In the days following, Tonks was over the moon and radiant, although she didn't reveal why.
She briefly attended Harry's birthday party before leaving at the imminent arrival of Rufus Scrimgeour. Tonks later was a guest at Bill and Fleur's wedding the day after. She was talking to Charlie Weasley when the wedding was disrupted by Death Eaters , following the Fall of the Ministry and death of Scrimgeour. Tonks was seen with Remus preparing for the battle and casting a Shield Charm.
It is unknown if she escaped or if she was questioned by the intruders, along with some of the other guests, before being released. Shortly after the wedding, Tonks and Remus split up.
Remus feared for the child Tonks was carrying, worried that the child would be a werewolf like him. All of his old fears over his relationship with Tonks resurfaced, and he withdrew from her rather than hurt her. Tonks moved back in with her parents.
However, their split didn't last very long. Remus, after arguing with Harry at 12 Grimmauld Place , finally saw sense and reunited with Tonks sometime before Christmas. Before Easter in , Tonks learnt that her father had been murdered by Snatchers. She ultimately gave birth to a son, Teddy Remus Lupin , just after Easter and named him in honour of her late father. Tonks and Lupin both felt that Harry should become Teddy's godfather, and he accepted. To the relief of Remus, Teddy inherited Tonks's metamorphmagi abilities, which he demonstrated mere hours after his birth, and showed no signs of lycanthropy.
When Neville Longbottom had raised the call to arms for Dumbledore's Army and the Order of the Phoenix to fight against the Death Eaters in the Battle of Hogwarts, Tonks initially didn't answer the call.
She was staying with her mother Andromeda and her infant son Teddy. However, she couldn't stand not knowing what was happening while Remus was fighting. Tonks Apparated to the Hog's Head and travelled through the makeshift tunnel in the bar and into the Room of Requirement. She then joined the battle and fired spells down at Death Eaters from a window of the castle, along with Ginny, before asking Aberforth Dumbledore if he had seen Remus.
He replied that he was duelling Antonin Dolohov and had not been seen since, so she rushed off to find him. It is unknown if she ever did. Remus and Tonks's dead bodies lying in the Great Hall during the one-hour armistice. During the battle, Nymphadora was finally killed by her own aunt, Bellatrix, in the third of their duels, probably and partially because she had just recovered from childbirth.
Her death was avenged by Molly when she in turn killed Bellatrix. Teddy would be raised by Tonks's mother, Andromeda, though he would dine at Harry's and the Weasleys' homes three or four times a week. Her son seemed to have a close relationship with Bill Weasley's daughter, Victoire Weasley , making it possible that he could become an official member of the family Tonks herself had been so close to.
During the s , Tonks appeared as a Foundable during the Calamity. Volunteer members of the Statute of Secrecy Task Force were able to free her, allowing Tonks to return to her original time. Tonks was a young witch with a pale heart-shaped face and dark twinkling eyes. She typically kept her hair short and spiky, and often bubblegum-pink. She has also worn short and spiky violet hair, curly white-blonde hair, and waist length tomato-red hair.
Her natural hair colour might have been mousy brown since it was stuck on that colour during the year she had difficulty morphing. While joking around with Hermione and Ginny at Grimmauld Place, Tonks changed her nose into a pig nose resembling Dudley's, a "beak-like protuberance" resembling Snape's, and a nose like a button mushroom.
In she disguised herself as a tweedy tall woman with iron grey hair and an old lady in a purple hat shaped like a pork-pie. Ron Weasley believed that no man would choose Tonks over Fleur Delacour , stating that Tonks was " okay looking when she's not doing stupid things with her nose and hair " but not as pretty as Fleur.
Tonks was enthusiastic, bubbly, and easily able to make friends with people she had just met. She was eager and would often want to help Molly Weasley in the preparation of dinner at Grimmauld Place , something that Molly was not eager about. As a Metamorphmagus , Tonks was known for using her gift for lighter purposes, such as experimenting with her appearance for entertainment. Despite this, she had difficulty controlling her magical abilities when she was unhappy, such as when her love was rejected by Remus Lupin or when she was very angry.
Tonks was notoriously clumsy and curious. For example, she smashed a plate in the Dursley's kitchen during their rescue of Harry Potter and knocked over an umbrella stand in Grimmauld Place.
In her youth, Tonks tried to solve her mistakes in unorthodox ways, though they were not always effective. Despite her young age, Tonks possessed an incredible will. This is evident when she cast a non-verbal Patronus Charm, which requires a powerfully happy memory, despite being highly miserable at the time.
Tonks was a staunchly loyal supporter of Albus Dumbledore. In her work for the Order of the Phoenix , she was brave, dependable, and selfless. She repeatedly put her life on the line for the sake of following through with Dumbledore's plans.
Tonks rather disliked her given name and considered her mother as a fool for naming her as such, thus insisting to be called "Tonks" instead. She didn't express any rejection when others referred to her as "Dora", a shortened form of the given name she detested so much. This may have been because her father and her husband both called her it. Having been trained in the use of both defensive and offensive magic by Alastor Moody , Tonks was a highly accomplished and skilful witch.
She was a proficient duellist and a Metamorphmagus. Her skills allowed her to hold her own against and even defeat several experienced Death Eaters. Tonks conjuring a corporeal Patronus form of a wolf. Tonks maintained a very good relationship with her parents, although she utterly detested the name Nymphadora, which was bestowed upon her by her mother.
She took after her father , preferring a little disorder and mess to fanatical cleanliness which mother ironically excelled at, referring to the Dursleys ' immaculate home as she rescued Harry from the house. She was affectionately called Dora by her father, which she didn't seem to mind even though it was technically a shortened version of her first name. Shortly before her death, Tonks learned that her own father died and decided to name her son after him.
Sirius Black , her first cousin once removed. Tonks's extended family was populated by members of the House of Black , although she wasn't considered a member of the House since her mother had married a Muggle-born and had been struck off the family tree, much like her first cousin once removed, Sirius Black.
He mentioned that Tonks' mother was his favourite cousin while growing up. Since Sirius spent most of Tonks' life in Azkaban , the two never got a chance to really know each other. On occasion Tonks mentioned that she thought Sirius was still handsome even after the time he spent in Azkaban. Despite the fact that they barely knew each other, it can be assumed that she was upset by his death, most likely because he was family and an ally to the Order of the Phoenix.
Prior to Sirius' death, Tonks was duelling Bellatrix Sirius' murderer and was defeated by her. Hermione stated that she might feel guilty because of this, but it was only speculation. Bellatrix Lestrange , her maternal aunt and murderer. Both Bellatrix and Narcissa refused to acknowledge Nymphadora as their niece, as they had already severed all bonds with Andromeda when she married a Muggle-born, and even felt humiliated when Voldemort made fun of them about Tonks' marriage with a werewolf.
Bellatrix seemed particularly eager to kill her niece whenever they encountered one another, especially after Voldemort instructed her to " prune " her family tree.
The pair had several duels, and Tonks noted that Bellatrix seemed as keen to murder her as she was to rid the Dark Lord of Harry. She eventually succeeded during the Battle of Hogwarts on 2 May, It can be assumed that Narcissa didn't consider Teddy Lupin , Nymphadora's son, to be a member of the Black family either, as he had known Muggle ancestry and a werewolf for a father, thus making his blood impure.
Since her mother was disowned after marrying her father, Tonks' name wasn't on the Black's family tree, so the family house-elf, Kreacher , who was supposed to listen to anyone in the family, refused to take orders from Tonks. Instead, he kept muttering insults about her half-blood status. Remus Lupin , her husband and father of her son.
At some point during her time with the Order of the Phoenix , Tonks met and fell in love with fellow member Remus Lupin, who found her amusing, then impressing, and eventually reciprocated her feelings, although he didn't notice them at first because he was used to considering himself unclean and unworthy.
Before he could stop himself, Remus had replied bitterly that he supposed she had fallen for his old friend "He always got the women. Despite being extremely happy, Remus felt that any relationship between the two of them was too dangerous because he was a werewolf. He also felt he was too old for her — being thirteen years older than she was — and too poor due to his difficulties in maintaining a job because of his condition. She tried on several occasions to convince him otherwise, but he constantly refused her pleas and even volunteered for long-term, lethal missions to keep distance between them.
Tonks became depressed over this and confided in Molly Weasley. Her emotional state caused her metamorphic abilities to suffer, and her hair became mousy brown rather than its usual pink although it is possible that this is just due to her either wanting to look more like her husband or her misery at him not loving her appearing deliberately. Her Patronus also changed, resembling a wolf that showed her love for Remus. While on Hogsmeade duty, Tonks was informed that a werewolf had been killed by Fenir Greyback.
She showed great concern by immediately contacting Dumbledore, to confirm whether or not it had been Lupin who was killed. In , following the death of Albus Dumbledore and the scarring of Bill Weasley , Tonks openly declared her love for Remus, citing that Fleur Delacour still loved Bill despite the nature of his injuries and the possibility of werewolf contamination. Remus protested that the situations were not the same, but eventually relented and the two began a relationship.
Tonks became pregnant by this time, so Remus, fearing that his child would be a werewolf , was initially horrified at the prospect, believing he had put both Tonks and his unborn child in great jeopardy. They split up just after Bill and Fleur's wedding, and Tonks went to stay with her parents.
However, they reconciled sometime before Christmas, after Harry and Remus had argued over his responsibilities as a husband and father at Grimmauld Place. After this on the radio station Potterwatch , Remus said that if he could talk to Harry then, he would have told him to follow his instincts because they are almost always right, it can be assumed that he was talking about returning to Tonks, with whom he passed almost all her pregnancy. The couple's son, Teddy Remus Lupin , was born just after Easter, , named after Tonks' father who had been killed a few weeks earlier by Snatchers , and his father Remus.
Sadly, the family would not have long together. During the Battle of Hogwarts , both Tonks and Remus were killed. Teddy Lupin , her son and only child. Tonks got pregnant in and was excited about her newborn son despite the fact that his birth would be around the time of a war.
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