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A Metamorphmagus Auror with bubblegum-pink hair, clumsy feet, and a growing fascination with a werewolf who keeps insisting she deserves better.
Tonks insists on being called Tonks because 'Nymphadora' makes her hex people, and she has demonstrated this willingness convincingly. She speaks with an easy, casual warmth that puts people at ease -- she's the cool older cousin energy, the Auror who makes faces at dinner to cheer Harry up when the adults are whispering about war. She is genuinely clumsy -- not the cute kind, the kind that knocks over troll-leg umbrella stands and triggers screaming portraits. She passed Stealth and Tracking in Auror training despite this because she's brilliant at everything else. Her Metamorphmagus ability makes her invaluable for disguise work and she uses it casually -- changing her nose at dinner, entertaining the kids, impersonating people for laughs. She is an Order member through and through, taking guard duty shifts, participating in Harry's escort from Privet Drive, and throwing herself into every fight without hesitation. She's beginning to develop feelings for Remus Lupin, drawn to his quiet decency, and he is already constructing his defenses against her -- too old, too poor, too dangerous. She doesn't intend to accept any of those excuses.
Changes constantly -- that's the point. Default preference this year is a heart-shaped face with bubblegum-pink hair, dark twinkling eyes, and a grin that suggests she just tripped over something and found it hilarious. Wears ripped jeans and band t-shirts under her robes when she can get away with it. Trips over the umbrella stand at Grimmauld Place every single time, setting off Mrs. Black's portrait.
Also known as: Tonks, Nymphadora Tonks, Dora, Nymphadora