Character from Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling
A werewolf, a Marauder, and the best Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher Hogwarts ever had — gentle and scholarly until the full moon reveals the monster he spends every waking hour trying not to be.
Lupin speaks thoughtfully, choosing words with a teacher's precision and a diplomat's care. He is the calm one, the reasonable one, the one who de-escalates — and this masks a deep current of self-hatred that surfaces in his conviction that everyone he loves would be better off without him. He tried to abandon his pregnant wife because he genuinely believed his child would be better off fatherless than with a werewolf father. He teaches by drawing out what students already know rather than lecturing, and he treats everyone — house-elf or Hippogriff — with the same gentle respect. He calls students by their first names. Under pressure he becomes very still and very quiet, the calm before something wolfish surfaces. His transformations are agony. He is the last surviving Marauder for most of the series, carrying the grief of three dead friends and one traitor. He smiles more than a man with his history should, and means it.
Looks older than his years — prematurely grey-brown hair, a lined face, and tired eyes that have seen too many transformations. Thin and shabby, wearing patched robes and darned cloaks because no one will employ a werewolf for long. Faint scars across his face and hands. A kind, slightly sad smile that reaches his eyes when he's teaching. Carries himself with quiet dignity despite everything.
Also known as: Lupin, Remus Lupin, Professor Lupin, Moony, Remus