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"Are you a wizard, or what?"
The title of this article is conjectural. Although it is based on canonical information, the actual name is a conjecture and may be supplanted at any time by additional information released from canonical sources. If this occurs, please move this page to the appropriate title. |
Mr. Lupin was the father of Remus Lupin. At some point during the 1960s or early 1970s, he offended the werewolf Fenrir Greyback, which lead Greyback to bite and infect his young son in revenge.[1]
Along with his wife, Mr. Lupin tried all manner of treatments for his son's lycanthropy, but in those days, before Damocles's invention of the Wolfsbane Potion, there were none which actually worked.[2] He and his wife worried that their son would not be able to attend Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, due to his condition, but Albus Dumbledore made a special provision for the boy.[2]
As Remus Lupin is known to have been a half-blood,[3] it stands to reason that at least one of his parents was magical. The fact that Mr. Lupin angered a werewolf indicates that he had contact with the wizarding world — implying that he may have been a wizard.
Possible names
His name might be John because his son Remus´s middlename is John and Rowling has some sort of "passion" for naming her characters after a relative of them for ex. William Arthur Weasley is named Arthur after his father, Ginevra Molly Potter (nee.Weasley) is named Molly after her mother, Ted Remus Lupin is named Ted after his maternal grandfather and Remus after his father, and Ronald Bilius Weasley is named Bilius after his uncle. Also Harry James Potter has his father's name as his middle name. Also, Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore has his father's and possible several grandfathers forenames in his middle name.
Appearances
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Mentioned only)
Notes and references
- ↑ Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 16
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Prisoner of Azkaban, Chapter 18
- ↑ "World Book Day Chat, 2004" at Accio Quote!