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Remus John Lupin (born 10 March 1959), nicknamed Moony, is a fictional character in the Harry Potter novels. He is portrayed by David Thewlis in the films.

There is evidence to suggest that Lupin is a more powerful wizard than he lets on. In Prisoner of Azkaban, he produced a handful of flames in his bare hands, in a possible show of wandless magic. In Order of the Phoenix, he is the only fighter besides Dumbledore who was not wounded, killed or knocked unconscious in the battle at the Department of Mysteries.

Biography

Pre-Harry Potter Books

Lupin was bitten by the vicious werewolf Fenrir Greyback as a child, thus becoming a werewolf himself. His parents tried everything but could not find a cure. He and his parents were justifiably afraid he would not be able to attend school, but headmaster Albus Dumbledore allowed him to enroll at Hogwarts. A house was built in Hogsmeade with a secret passage leading to it from under the Whomping Willow. Lupin was smuggled into this house for his monthly transformations to ensure his safety and the safety of others. The transformation from human to werewolf is difficult and painful, and when isolated from humans or the company of other animals, a werewolf will harm itself with its own teeth and claws out of frustration. The villagers mistook Lupin's screaming as that of extremely violent ghosts. The house was dubbed "the Shrieking Shack" and became known as the most haunted building in Britain. Although the house was not really haunted at all, Dumbledore promoted this rumour to discourage curious villagers from exploring.

Remus kept his transformations a secret, but his friends (James Potter, Sirius Black, and Peter Pettigrew) deduced the truth in their second year. By their fifth year they had learnt how to become Animagi themselves to keep him company during his transformations. A werewolf is only a danger to humans. He was given the nickname "Moony" by his friends because of his condition. In their sixth year, Sirius Black played a prank on Severus Snape, whom all four of them loathed, especially James Potter (Harry Potter's father). He told Snape where Remus went every month, knowing full well that Snape could be killed if he approached Lupin in his werewolf state. James stopped Snape, saving his life, but Snape still discovered that Remus was a werewolf and was sworn to secrecy by Dumbledore. Snape was never able to forgive James and Sirius for their prank and believed that James's motive in foiling the plan was nothing more than self-interest, to avoid expulsion from Hogwarts.

Remus was a prefect, though he had trouble exercising discipline over his friends. In an interview, J. K. Rowling linked this to Remus's desire to be liked, "because he's been disliked so often." Sirius said Remus was the "good boy" in Order of the Phoenix, and Rowling has said he was the "mature" one. Sirius said that Lupin did not participate in his and James's bullying (of Snape, in particular), but Lupin regrets never having told them to stop. He is also noted for being one of the co-creators of the Marauder's Map, which later fell into the ownership of Harry Potter.

He was in the original Order of the Phoenix.

Role in Prisoner of Azkaban

Professor Lupin first appeared in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, in which he taught Defense Against the Dark Arts at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. At the end of the year, Severus Snape made public the fact that he was a werewolf, whereupon Lupin resigned in anticipation of the public outcry against a werewolf teaching at Hogwarts. During his tenure, he gave Harry private lessons in casting the Patronus Charm, the only known means of defence against Dementors. His students, excepting a few from Slytherin, held him in extremely high regard and loved the hands-on style of his classes. He was considered by Harry and his friends to have been their best Defence teacher, although his competition was hardly stiff in this regard: His predecessors were Quirinus Quirrell, who was possessed by Voldemort, and Gilderoy Lockhart, a fraudster; he was succeeded by Barty Crouch Jr., who pretended to be Alastor Moody, and a domineering and vicious Ministry of Magic official, Dolores Umbridge. His most recent successor was the intimidating and suspect former potions master, Severus Snape.

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