Harry Potter's teacher and trusted friend, Remus Lupin, plays a major role in the fight against The Dark Lord throughout the series. He is a known werewolf and a member of the Order of Phoenix.
Remus John Lupin was the son of Lyall Lupin and Hope Howell.
Lyall was a renowned wizard and an expert on the subject of Non-Human Spirituous Apparitions.
On a trip to a remote Welsh forest, Lyall met Hope Howell, his future wife. Hope was a Muggle and worked for an insurance company in Cardiff. She was encountered by a fierce boggart in the woods and was frightened by the forms it took. Lupin walked upon this scene and eliminated the boggart immediately. Hope thanked him profusely, thinking he had saved her from a dangerous man. Lyall noticed that she was very pretty and acknowledged her gratitude. They soon fell in love and got married.
Before the first wizarding war against Lord Voldemort, many dark creatures were freed and started attacking not only wizards, but Muggles too. To help contain this threat, many experts were called upon among which was Lyall Lupin, now the father of a baby, Remus. Lyall Lupin joined the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures in the Ministry of Magic. Lyall performed many great feats during his time at the Ministry. Once he trapped the Screaming Bogey of Strathtully, a huge boggart that had fed on the fears of the local villagers to become an 'elephantine black shadow with glowing, white eyes' in just a matchbox!
In the early 1965, a particularly savage werewolf, Fenrir Greyback, was brought back to the Ministry for questioning. At the time, though, none knew about his being a servant of Lord Voldemort. In fact, no one even knew he was a werewolf. He claimed to be a Muggle tramp, caught up in the commotion as some werewolves had attacked and killed two children. The Ministry committee accepted this story, all except Lyall Lupin. He had noticed some revealing traits in Fenrir, and declared that the werewolf was lying. But his colleagues made fun of Lyall, saying that he had better stick to his own area of expertise and that this was no werewolf. Lyall Lupin suggested that they keep Greyback in custody until the next full moon and then the truth would be revealed. The questioning committee laughed Lupin off. Lupin, in his frustration, made some choice comments about werewolves - They are soulless, evil and deserve nothing but death. Greyback was silently fuming and vowing revenge at this.
The Ministry decided to set the 'harmless Muggle tramp' free, after erasing his memories about the incident, but Greyback had some accomplices waiting and escaped immediately.
Greyback had his revenge on Lyall Lupin before the baby Remus' fifth birthday. He entered through the boy's bedroom window and attacked him with ferocity. Lyall awoke and arrived at the spot just in time to save Remus Lupin's life, but the young boy was turned into a werewolf and had to live his entire life being shunned by society.
This insight into Professor Lupin's life was recently published on Pottermore, a Harry Potter website started by J.K. Rowling for exactly this purpose. Many fans really want to know more about their favourite characters in the story, and while these bits of information weren't put into the stories, each make quite an interesting read. So here's a hooray for Pottermore and J.K. Rowling for coming up with this wonderful idea!!
Remus John Lupin was the son of Lyall Lupin and Hope Howell.
Lyall was a renowned wizard and an expert on the subject of Non-Human Spirituous Apparitions.
On a trip to a remote Welsh forest, Lyall met Hope Howell, his future wife. Hope was a Muggle and worked for an insurance company in Cardiff. She was encountered by a fierce boggart in the woods and was frightened by the forms it took. Lupin walked upon this scene and eliminated the boggart immediately. Hope thanked him profusely, thinking he had saved her from a dangerous man. Lyall noticed that she was very pretty and acknowledged her gratitude. They soon fell in love and got married.
Before the first wizarding war against Lord Voldemort, many dark creatures were freed and started attacking not only wizards, but Muggles too. To help contain this threat, many experts were called upon among which was Lyall Lupin, now the father of a baby, Remus. Lyall Lupin joined the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures in the Ministry of Magic. Lyall performed many great feats during his time at the Ministry. Once he trapped the Screaming Bogey of Strathtully, a huge boggart that had fed on the fears of the local villagers to become an 'elephantine black shadow with glowing, white eyes' in just a matchbox!
In the early 1965, a particularly savage werewolf, Fenrir Greyback, was brought back to the Ministry for questioning. At the time, though, none knew about his being a servant of Lord Voldemort. In fact, no one even knew he was a werewolf. He claimed to be a Muggle tramp, caught up in the commotion as some werewolves had attacked and killed two children. The Ministry committee accepted this story, all except Lyall Lupin. He had noticed some revealing traits in Fenrir, and declared that the werewolf was lying. But his colleagues made fun of Lyall, saying that he had better stick to his own area of expertise and that this was no werewolf. Lyall Lupin suggested that they keep Greyback in custody until the next full moon and then the truth would be revealed. The questioning committee laughed Lupin off. Lupin, in his frustration, made some choice comments about werewolves - They are soulless, evil and deserve nothing but death. Greyback was silently fuming and vowing revenge at this.
The Ministry decided to set the 'harmless Muggle tramp' free, after erasing his memories about the incident, but Greyback had some accomplices waiting and escaped immediately.
Greyback had his revenge on Lyall Lupin before the baby Remus' fifth birthday. He entered through the boy's bedroom window and attacked him with ferocity. Lyall awoke and arrived at the spot just in time to save Remus Lupin's life, but the young boy was turned into a werewolf and had to live his entire life being shunned by society.
This insight into Professor Lupin's life was recently published on Pottermore, a Harry Potter website started by J.K. Rowling for exactly this purpose. Many fans really want to know more about their favourite characters in the story, and while these bits of information weren't put into the stories, each make quite an interesting read. So here's a hooray for Pottermore and J.K. Rowling for coming up with this wonderful idea!!
I have read this excerpt on Pottermore, and while it was touching to know Professor Lupin's backstory, I felt that you should have acknowledged the efforts of Pottermore and J. K. Rowling on publishing this.
ReplyDeleteP.S. You are a good writer though, I have browsed through your previous posts. Don't let my comment discourage you!
Thank you for pointing that out. I’ll definitely add in an acknowledgement in my further posts and in this too!
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