Out of Character
Name: Thestral
Contact details: blaidd_drwg10@livejournal.com

In Character
Name: Remus John Lupin
Age/Birthdate: March 10 1960
Occupation Full time Order Member. Unemployed
Bloodline Halfblood but in the eyes of Magical Law he is considered a Half Breed first before being a Halfblood.

Appearance

Remus could be considered an attractive young male but he sees himself as being unpleasant to look upon. Remus has great skin in the sense that it is smooth and soft when not ridged up into scars or gouged out into cuts and other wounds. He has warm, brown large eyes and thick eyelashes. He’s a rather tall man slightly on the gangly side. He has a long nose and high cheekbones that make him look a little gaunt. His face is open and friendly, although it bares battle scars from physical trails of his time as a werewolf.

Remus’s limbs are long all around making him appear gangly. His fingers are slender, long and stronger than they seem. Although Remus appears weak and feeble, he is in fact stronger than many humans, - depending on what time of month it is - and is a very powerful wizard. At other times Remus is as frail as he seems, usually only right after the full moon.

Remus’s body bares many scars, not only on his face but his arms, legs and torso. Remus rarely changed whilst the others were present because he felt, and still does feel, very self conscious about his body.

Being a werewolf he is mostly unemployed and can only find temporary labour. His sick days usually mount very fast resulting in a quick dismissal. Being poor, Remus has a dishevelled and worn appearance. He seldom lets his exhaustion show in his emotions, or his face, but there is no doubting he is often worse for wear. His clothes are often patched, or moth eaten, while he himself is too thin.

Character PB: Jack Rathorne

Personality: Remus is an extremely kind and generous individual. He is also very polite and courteous. Being denied basic human rights and treated like dirt, he treats others how he wishes to be treated. His poor experiences in life - ones that are filled with fear from others towards his kind, and his own fear towards the magical community - Remus became a secretive, quiet, and reserved boy. Remus is terrified that people will discover his lycanthropic tendencies. Werewolves are not received well: generally they are met with a thick wall of hate and fear. The world’s perception of his has affected Remus’s views of himself as he believes himself too dangerous and poor to have a normal romantic relationship. Although he tries desperately not to, he can’t help but see himself as worth less than everyone else whom he terms as ‘whole’. This is not a way of thinking that would be easily contradicted by friends or loved ones.

Remus is a naturally shy young man especially around the ladies. He has no idea how to react to them romantically, especially when he sees himself as a monster. He is extremely guarded because of his condition and finds it next to impossible to connect with people deeply. He finds to do so would make him too vulnerable to exposure ( i.e hate and fear). Even towards people he knows very well he is guarded and stubborn. He does not want to be a liability or treated differently because he is often ill or very tired. Remus fears being seen as weak or anything less than human. With Peter, James’s and Sirius’s help he learned to accept reality, but it only put the fears at the back of his mind: they never truly left. Now that Voldemort is gaining power Remus is terrified of being seen as Dark and is now locking himself back up into his heart and head.

Remus is a very loyal creature. It is rare to find anyone willing to be friends with a werewolf let alone enthusiastic best friends, who would commit themselves to learning advanced magic for his benefit. He was and is amazed by their loyalty and kindness to him. As a result he would do nothing to jeopardize their relationship. He is also brave as he is loyal, and is willing to die for his friends and his cause. No amount of pain would cause him to reveal information or change sides.

Remus is mentally and emotionally very strong but everyone has their limits. Seeing yourself as a monster does damage a person, especially when everyone else agrees. Remus is prone to depression although he never lets this show. Remus is a master at hiding his emotions and his own best friends wouldn’t be able to see his despairing loneliness, and self degrading attitude. He has been told for so long by the world that he was worthless, and less than human, so has begun to believe it. Now with the magical community on high alert Remus feels more so like a half breed, especially when no one knows who they can trust.

Remus’s anguish isn’t displaced openly. His stress, dispair, anxiety is displayed in his wolf form. The more distraught and unhappy he is the worse the transformation.

Although it is not immediately obvious, especially since he is quiet and shy, Remus has a mischievous streak that was cultivated by being a Marauder. Although he is the most reasonable and level headed of the group, his extreme gratefulness towards his friends meant that he was unable to reprimand them when the situation called for it, so he pretended not to notice.

Remus likes peace and tranquillity. Whilst at Hogwarts he loved to sit in the Library or by the Lake and read. Nature was something that appealed to him but he always hated and feared the moon.

He is also a little jaded and doesn’t expect much from others. Kindness always surprises him and he never expects it to last. He treats every day as something special because you never know when you’re time is up.

He is a very witty person as well as being intelligent, often described as a book worm. He lacks the ability to manipulate people but has great observation skills and rarely anything passes by unnoticed. There is always more to Remus, something else to be revealed, and his wit is one of them. He is quick with the light sarcasms which never fail to amuse, but he'll claim that's because he's got such a good inspiration (i.e Sirius or James)



Brief History

Remus Lupin was born on March 10 1960. Some five years later he was bitten in the woods by Fenrir Greyback after ignoring his parents’ warnings. Remus was normally an obedient well mannered boy and to this day continues to be polite. However being young and innocent he did not realise, nor understand, the reason for his parents’ decision. Despite their wishes for him to come inside, he wandered into the woods and was bitten by Greyback whom his father offended. Terrified he screamed alerting his parents to his distress. He lost much blood in the attack which left a permanent scar on his shoulder and life long affliction. As a result Remus became accustomed to pain at a very young age.

It took Remus a while to fully understand the consequences of his actions, and felt deep remorse for the pain and anguish he caused his parents. It wasn’t until later when he realised he would be denied a place at Hogwarts did he feel loss for himself.

Remus became determined never to disappoint and always obeyed his parents. He had to for it was too dangerous for him to be seen as a liability, or rogue werewolf. Every month, once a month, he experienced horrendous pain and was ill for three weeks afterwards. It wasn’t until his body grew and became stronger that this period of sickness after the full moon shortened to around a week on the worse occasions.

After Professor Dippet steped down as Headmaster of Hogwarts Ablus Dumbledore, his successor, granted Remus a place at the school. The placement was on the basis of the condition that he transformed in the Shrieking Shack, yet to earn its name, in Hogsmeade. The Whomping Willow was planted that year as a deterrent towards students, so they would not discover the secret passage underneath.

Remus quickly fell in with Peter Pettigrew, James Potter, and Sirius Black. Together they caused mayhem and mischief much to the displeasure and amusement of the staff - and other students.

During his second year at Hogwarts, despite all his attempts, his lies about where he went once a month quickly grew thin and his friends discovered the truth. His distress led him to go out of the castle into the cold and raining night where he found comfort in the chill, but his fears were unjustified, and he discovered they didn’t care.

During his time at Hogwarts he co-founded the Marauders Map and contributed much to its successful completion.

He was a quick study and worked hard. Remus always liked to read books, educational or otherwise. He got great grades whilst at school and always let his friends copy his notes - although if he was annoyed he would with hold this privilege. ( He would usually cave shortly after declaring so however).

During his fifth year at Hogwarts James, Sirius and Peter astounded Remus by becoming Animagi. At first he was resistant to the display of rebellion and disregard of Dumbedore’s trust, but was eventually won over by the prospect. Soon all guilt and thoughts of betrayal was washed away with the knowledge that the wolf was becoming tamer under their influence and he was not in as nearly as much pain afterwards. Soon they were excitedly planning their next jaunt at the full moon. Jame’s often referred to Remus’s condition as his ‘furry little problem’ giving many people the impression he owned a ‘badly behaved rabbit’.

Remus always disproved of their torture and extreme bullying of Severus Snape but could never bring himself to confront his friends about it. Even though he knew they were his best friends, Remus’s heart feared they would throw his condition back in his face saying they would tell everyone if he tried to stop them. He was too grateful for their friendship to let anything get in the way, and so allowed them to be merciless in their bullying. He pretended not to see even as a Prefect. Although when Remus gained this title he himself hardly got into detention anymore. Being blindly loyal and faithful Remus forgave all their faults and loved them all fiercely.

It was sixth year that put a strain on their relationship. Sirius Black, who had always hated Severus, decided to inform the nosey Slytherin how to gain access to the Shrieking Shack. Had James Potter not wanted Severus dead, or for Remus to be the cause, Snape could have been killed or worse turned into a werewolf. Remus would have been devastated emotionally, and mentally, and perhaps even exterminated - a consequence Sirius failed to think of. Luckily however, James saved Severus’s life, making the boy hate the Marauders even more, although he did keep his mouth shut about Remus’s condition which he was more than grateful about. He always treats Severus with courtesy and respect and takes any insults that are thrown at him (he did almost kill him). Remus had been heartbroken, disappointed, and devastatingly angry that Sirius had tried to use him to kill Snape. This lead to a period of estrangement between them where Remus would only interact with Sirius if absolutely necessary i.e in class. By the end of their estrangement Remus found himself missing Sirius terribly and forgave him the transgression.

Remus graduated with high end Newts and joined the Order of the Phoenix helping out whenever and wherever he can.

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