Remus J. Lupin

Remus John Lupin

(Have to decide on the PB first)
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INTRODUCTIONS

FULL NAME: Reamus John Lupin

NICKNAMES: Moony, Remy but he hates it when people call him that.

AGE: 17 when the school year starts

ALLEGIANCE: Order of the Phoenix

PROFESSION OR YEAR GROUP: 7th




SKIN DEEP

DESIRED PB: (I’ll decide if accepted)

HEIGHT: five feet and eight inches but still growing a bit

KEY FEATURES: Sandy light brown hair, kind sea foam eyes, and very hairy once a month

DESCRIPTION: He was a small boy for most of his youth but shot up in his third year and has continued to grow steadily since though he feels that is starting to slow down now that he is almost an adult. He isn’t bad looking but he isn’t handsome like Sirius or James. He feels that anyone who is attracted to him is more attracted to his mind or personality than his looks. His eyes are clear and serene though. His eyes are what he likes most about his average appearance.

He inheritted his sandy hair from his mother but the rest of him is all from his father even his furry problem is because his father offended Fenrir. He doesn’t mind as much as he used to though. He knows that his hair will become thin and recede at a premature age and that he will have crows feet and furrows in his brow earlier than he would like as well, but there is nothing he can do to change his genetics and he thinks as long as he continues to smile the defects of his appearance won’t be as noticeable.

The one up side of His average appearance in Remus’s eyes is that his look isn’t made to stand out. This suits him just fine since he would rather fade into the back round. The only things he really loves to display are his house colors. He was positive he would be placed into Slytherin simply because he is a werewolf even if he is half blood and was only too pleased to find out he would be a Gryffindor instead. He wears his house colors with pride even when he doesn’t have to wear his school robes. His cloths under his robes are a little shabby a thread bare, but they are comfortable and with Sirius around no one really notices anyway which is just as well.



PERSONALITY

LIKES: His friends, watching quidditch but not playing it, muggle rock music, reading, magic, class (especially defense against the dark arts and care of magical creatures), mischief (as long as he isn’t caught), shepherd's pie, and good grades

DISLIKES: Ignorance, discrimination, a bad attitude, Slytherins, failing at anything, rare meat, being disturbed for no reason, People who can’t laugh, being overly conspicuous, and the fact he is a werewolf

STRENGTHS: Defense against the dark art, care of magical creatures, charms, staying focused, drawing, compassion, trustworthy, very open minded

WEAKNESSES: Soft spoken, can’t chastise his friends, is uncomfortable standing out, has trouble saying no, can’t resist a good prank, potions, blames himself, werewolf

BOGGART: The full moon
PATRONUS: As loath as he is to admit it his patronus take the form of a wolf. The memory he uses to conjure it is when James and Sirius first turned into Padfoot and Prongs to help him with his furry problem.

DESCRIPTION: Remus was always shy as a kid. He isn’t comfortable when he is the center of attention and can’t stand drawing attention to himself. He is always blaming himself for thing that are completely out of his control, but no matter who tells him something is out of his control he still blames himself for everything, most of all the trick Sirius played last year. There has been a bit of animosity over it between the two, but not too much. Remus is mostly a forgive and forget easy-going person so he has forgiven and is now trying to forget the incident.

He is relaxed and liaises fair about most things, but when it comes to his friend he is fiercely loyal and not afraid to show it. He has a tendency to growl like a wolf when he does get angry which is a habit he has been trying to get rid of ever since he was small, but can’t seem to shake. He will defend his friends much faster than he will defend himself. He almost never stands up for himself but is almost too quick to stand up for other people.

When he isn’t getting into mischief with his friends Remus is like a different person. He is studious and serious. He has to work hard on his schoolwork to make up for all the classes he misses during the full moon. He can often be found in the common room or library studying. He can also be seen looking out the windows of high towers just thinking. He finds the height comforting. For some reason the wolf in him is calmed by the gusty winds only found on the highest turrets of the castle.


HISTORY

FATHER: Jonathan Merrick Lupin

MOTHER: Maria Catharine Freeman Lupin

BROTHER(S): none

SISTER(S): none

OTHER: His only family are his parents, but he views his friends almost like brothers the four of them are so close.

BLOOD STATUS: Half-blood

HOMETOWN: He was born in Manchester, but after he was bitten his family moved to Brighton on the southern coast where they could keep a lower profile.

CURRENT RESIDENCE: Hogwarts most of the time, but once a month he spends the night in the shrieking shack.

BIOGRAPHY: Remus was born in Manchester with his parents. He was small and shy as a child, but there were plenty of other children in the area for him to be friends with. He made friends easily as a child. He knew from the age of four that his family was different though. He also knew not to mention that from a young age. It was easy enough not to talk about his magical heritage and how things were different at his house, but not everything was as easy to hide.

When he was five years old Remus was bitten by Fenrir Greyback, a rather vicious werewolf with a particular taste for young victims. It was likely that Greyback bit Remus as a type of revenge on Remus’s father who had offended the werewolf. They stayed in Manchester for a while after that doing the best they could. His family would lock him in the basement when the full moon game around. Unfortunately one night he got out and a girl was found the next morning mauled by a vicious animal. The only blessing was that the girl had been injured by his claws not his teeth. After that his parents decided it was time to move to a less populated place so they packed up their belonging and their son and they moved to a small settlement outside of Brighton on the coast.

Brighton was a nice place to live. It was right on the coast and there was plenty of space for a boy or a wolf to run around in, but there were no other children. Remus spent most of his time till the age of ten alone. He worked hard at school and read he was lonely but had learned t amuse himself rather easily. The Lupin family was ecstatic when Remus received his Hogwarts letter having assumed that Remus would have to be home schooled in magic because of his condition. Dumbledore explained the situation they would put in place so that Remus would be safe during his transformation and so he wouldn’t put any of the other students in danger. The proposal seemed reasonable to all involved through Remus can remember very little of the conversation since he spent most of it wondering why Dumbeldore would go to such trouble for him.

Despite his doubts Remus was on the train to Hogwarts at the beginning of September with all of the students attending Hogwarts that fall. He kept to himself almost petrified that people would know his secret just by looking at him. He soon learned that wasn’t the case though. He slipped into the routine at Hogwarts quite easily and was proud to be part of Gryffindor house. He didn’t make friends as easily as he would have liked, but he supposed that would come with time. He was right and before the end of the year he and his three best friends James Potter, Sirius Black, and Peter Pettigrew were basically inseparable.

Remus grew to love his friends like the brothers he never had, but was still plagued with the dread that they would find out about his dark secret. They of course did though he wasn’t sure when they figured it out. In fifth year however James and Sirius mastered becoming animagi (It took Peter a bit longer) and revealed that they would now join him on the full moon. The transformation was so much easier to bear with his friends. These monthly adventures only served to strengthen the friends bond. Remus was also made a prefect in his fifth year but he wasn’t able to keep his friends in line even if he had wanted to.

Remus’s fifth year flew by after he had his friends with him. He did well with his studies in his sixth year holding himself to the same standard as before and causing even more trouble. He was again a prefect but it still did no good to temper his mischievous friends. The only thing out of the ordinary in his sixth year was that a cruel joke on Severus Snape orchestrated by Sirius Black resulted in Snape nearly being mauled by Remus and finding out that he was a werewolf. Dumbledore was able to convince Snape to keep the information to himself somehow, but after that Remus at least was a bit more careful around the full moon.

Now in his final year Remus is studying hard to become and auror. He can only hope that with good enough grades on his NEWTs and a glowing recommendation the auror training will be willing to take on a werewolf into their ranks. If not he will have to ask for Dumbledore’s help. He can only assume the man who went to such lengths to help him gain a proper education will help him find an accepting place in the world that isn’t found of his kind.




SAMPLE POST:
Remus sat at the top of the tower watching the owls circle back and forth around the owlry in the approaching twilight. He liked this tower. No one ever thought to look for him up here and it wasn’t a common place for couples to come either. He knew he could just as easily watch the owls from his dormitory window, but he didn’t feel like being disturbed tonight and his friends always had something planned. It wasn’t that he didn’t like his friends he did they were the best people he had ever known. He had never expected people to be so accepting of him when they found out he was a werewolf but his friends had not only still accepted him, but found a way to help him. He had to think about things beyond pranks right now though. There were much more important things going on. He knew that his friends would understand if he needed some alone time which is exactly what the seventeen year old needed right now.

As he watched the owls he wondered if any of them carried a letter from his father. He had written his parents the night he arrived at Hogwarts about what was going on. The entire school was divided. There were rumors about a new power and darkness coming. His best friends were pure blood wizards, but he was half blood and Lily Evans was a muggle born. The purebloods didn’t seem to understand or hear the rumors concerning what would be done to the people who didn’t come from a purely magical back round. He didn’t want to concern his friends with his worries though. He wasn’t sure they would even understand if he tried. There had always been prejudice against his mixed blood background from the Slytherin house but there were rumors about it going farther than that and becoming violent. Muggle born and half blood families found murdered in their homes. The whole world was falling into chaos but up here things still made sense.

He was so lost in his own thoughts he was startled when an owl actually flew to him and dropped a letter in his lap. He looked at the address. It was from his parents he would know his fathers writing anywhere. He used to watch his father fill out countless forms on his oak desk in the study when he was little. He quickly broke the wax seal and read the parchment. He heaved a sigh of both regret and relieve as he scanned the letter.

Dear son,
There are rumors in the outside world as well. I have been reading the paper and the murders are indeed fallowing a startling pattern. I am afraid that some day soon they may start to target your mother and me since we have been campaigning for equal rights. I’m afraid we are both in terrible danger. I have decided that we should go under ground for our own safety. I regret that this means that this will be my last letter to you and that we will not be able to see you for holiday. I’m sure that we will be reunited when this is all over. Don’t get into too much trouble and stay safe son.
Concerned,
Your Father

Remus was sad that he might never see his parents again if this war didn’t blow over or even worse if they were found by these murders. He knew that his parents had started to campaign on his behalf and a wave of guilt washed over him. His mother was a muggle but they still might have over looked his father if it hadn’t been for his proposals for equal rights for werewolves. He had tried to tell his father things weren’t so bad for him, but like Remus he had always blames himself for what happened to his son and refused to stop till he fixed it. He would miss the correspondence with his parents, but he knew it was for the best that they were going to hide.

He folded the letter and stuffed it in his bag stretching his stiff bones he rose from his position. He needed a diversion. Prongs, Padfoot and Wormtail would surely be able to come up with something to make him forget how worried he was for his family. Sometimes he adored that they had the ability to never seem serious. He wished he could throw off his worries that easily. They were his support system and always knew what he needed to feel better. He knew he wouldn’t tell them what was worrying him though. He needed a confidant to tell about his family. Maybe he could talk to Lily if James would leave her alone for more than a second. She would understand.

(I can’t find any of my old posts as Remus and I haven’t played him in a long time so this might be rusty I promise that I get better as I get used to a character again I hope you don’t judge it too harshly)




OC: I would appreciate if you would put Severus Snape and Marlene McKinnon on hold for me. I wanted to fill out Remus first but I am also interested in both of those parts as well. (This is all subject to if I am accepted or not of course.)

YOUR NAME: Winter

RP EXPERIENCE: I have been role playing for maybe about seven years on and off. I have done a number of offsite role plays over the years it is likely that someone on this site has been on at least one of the other sites I have played on though I can’t say for sure.
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