Remus J Lupin

Name: Remus Lupin
Door: Left "I lie to myself all the time"

Canon: Harry Potter
Canon Point: Pre-series, specifically shortly after the night James and Lily Potter died

Age: 21
Appearance: Very thin and tall, looks like a strong breeze could knock him over. Brown eyes and brown, curly hair. Many scars that look like clawmarks, mostly concentrated on his chest, back, and arms. A few on his face and neck. Very distinctive bite-mark from some sort of animal on either side of his left shoulder. Usually looks tired, sometimes sickly depending on how close the full moon is.

History: wiki link!
Personality: Remus is clever, kind, and forgiving to a fault. He has a gentle and unobtrusive air about him, wears soft, worn cardigans, and has a book on his person more often than not. Despite towering over most witches and wizards, and the clawed scars marring his face and neck, he just does not look or act like a dangerous man. But he knows he is one, that his condition makes him a danger to others, no matter his precautions. Remus' entire life is defined by his lycanthropy, and he knows it.

Friendly with a somewhat dry sense of humor, Remus likes to be liked. For someone who has spent many mornings requiring help after waking up naked and injured on the floor of some dismal place, he is very prideful. Money is a very contentious point for him, and the subject most likely to drain his absolutely massive amounts of patience. Contradictorily, Remus is quick to offer help to others, and will often go out of his way to do so. He always roots for the underdog and is very observant about the well-being and emotions of those around him, even if he doesn't always know what to say or do about his observations. He's the sort of person that would give you his very last Knut if he thought you needed it more than he did, and anyone suffering through the same sort of troubles he's had catches his attention almost immediately.

By all counts, Remus doesn't have much, but what he does have is more precious to him than anything in the world. His education, his family, and his friends have always been his topmost priorities other than simple survival. It's his greatest strength and his greatest weakness, as many of his regrets are tied up in all that he allowed his friends to get away with, simply for the sake of not risking losing their friendship.

He is a very private person, and often keeps his true thoughts and emotions close to his chest. He's not one to share his suffering with others, especially if he believes it will inconvenience them in any way. This can often lead to self-destructive extremes. For all he seems very calm and put-together, he is deeply anxious and insecure.

At the point he's being taken from, Remus feels he has lost everything. He believes three of the people closest to him are dead, and the fourth the one responsible for their deaths. Remus has been fighting with a secret organization in what is essentially a civil war since he came of age, and as one would expect, he can be very paranoid because of that.

Powers and Abilities: - Defense Against the Dark Arts: offensive and defensive magic. Remus' specialty. He is an excellent duelist.
- Charms: spells that "add certain properties to an object or creature"
- Transfiguration: spells that "alter the form or appearance of an object", also includes conjuring and vanishing objects
- Non-verbal/Wandless magic: notoriously difficult skills that Remus displays numerous times in the series, occasionally simultaneously. mostly means he's not completely helpless without his wand
- Healing magic: necessary when you're a werewolf and a member of an underground resistance force. He's good with the magical version of field medicine but he's no trained Healer.
- also turns into a human-eating werewolf on the night of the full moon
Inventory: his wand

Samples: thinking sample communication sample