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Her son seemed to have a close relationship with Bill Weasley's daughter, Victoire Weasley , making it possible that he could become an official member of the family Tonks herself had been so close to. During the s , Tonks appeared as a Foundable during the Calamity. Volunteer members of the Statute of Secrecy Task Force were able to free her, allowing Tonks to return to her original time.

Tonks was a young witch with a pale heart-shaped face and dark twinkling eyes. She typically kept her hair short and spiky, and often bubblegum-pink. She has also worn short and spiky violet hair, curly white-blonde hair, and waist length tomato-red hair. Her natural hair colour might have been mousy brown since it was stuck on that colour during the year she had difficulty morphing.

While joking around with Hermione and Ginny at Grimmauld Place, Tonks changed her nose into a pig nose resembling Dudley's, a "beak-like protuberance" resembling Snape's, and a nose like a button mushroom. In she disguised herself as a tweedy tall woman with iron grey hair and an old lady in a purple hat shaped like a pork-pie.

Ron Weasley believed that no man would choose Tonks over Fleur Delacour , stating that Tonks was " okay looking when she's not doing stupid things with her nose and hair " but not as pretty as Fleur.

Tonks was enthusiastic, bubbly, and easily able to make friends with people she had just met. She was eager and would often want to help Molly Weasley in the preparation of dinner at Grimmauld Place , something that Molly was not eager about. As a Metamorphmagus , Tonks was known for using her gift for lighter purposes, such as experimenting with her appearance for entertainment.

Despite this, she had difficulty controlling her magical abilities when she was unhappy, such as when her love was rejected by Remus Lupin or when she was very angry. Tonks was notoriously clumsy and curious. For example, she smashed a plate in the Dursley's kitchen during their rescue of Harry Potter and knocked over an umbrella stand in Grimmauld Place.

In her youth, Tonks tried to solve her mistakes in unorthodox ways, though they were not always effective. Despite her young age, Tonks possessed an incredible will. This is evident when she cast a non-verbal Patronus Charm, which requires a powerfully happy memory, despite being highly miserable at the time. Tonks was a staunchly loyal supporter of Albus Dumbledore. In her work for the Order of the Phoenix , she was brave, dependable, and selfless. She repeatedly put her life on the line for the sake of following through with Dumbledore's plans.

Tonks rather disliked her given name and considered her mother as a fool for naming her as such, thus insisting to be called "Tonks" instead. She didn't express any rejection when others referred to her as "Dora", a shortened form of the given name she detested so much. This may have been because her father and her husband both called her it.

Having been trained in the use of both defensive and offensive magic by Alastor Moody , Tonks was a highly accomplished and skilful witch. She was a proficient duellist and a Metamorphmagus. Her skills allowed her to hold her own against and even defeat several experienced Death Eaters.

Tonks conjuring a corporeal Patronus form of a wolf. Tonks maintained a very good relationship with her parents, although she utterly detested the name Nymphadora, which was bestowed upon her by her mother.

She took after her father , preferring a little disorder and mess to fanatical cleanliness which mother ironically excelled at, referring to the Dursleys ' immaculate home as she rescued Harry from the house. She was affectionately called Dora by her father, which she didn't seem to mind even though it was technically a shortened version of her first name.

Shortly before her death, Tonks learned that her own father died and decided to name her son after him. Sirius Black , her first cousin once removed. Tonks's extended family was populated by members of the House of Black , although she wasn't considered a member of the House since her mother had married a Muggle-born and had been struck off the family tree, much like her first cousin once removed, Sirius Black.

He mentioned that Tonks' mother was his favourite cousin while growing up. Since Sirius spent most of Tonks' life in Azkaban , the two never got a chance to really know each other. On occasion Tonks mentioned that she thought Sirius was still handsome even after the time he spent in Azkaban. Despite the fact that they barely knew each other, it can be assumed that she was upset by his death, most likely because he was family and an ally to the Order of the Phoenix.

Prior to Sirius' death, Tonks was duelling Bellatrix Sirius' murderer and was defeated by her. Hermione stated that she might feel guilty because of this, but it was only speculation. Bellatrix Lestrange , her maternal aunt and murderer. Both Bellatrix and Narcissa refused to acknowledge Nymphadora as their niece, as they had already severed all bonds with Andromeda when she married a Muggle-born, and even felt humiliated when Voldemort made fun of them about Tonks' marriage with a werewolf.

Bellatrix seemed particularly eager to kill her niece whenever they encountered one another, especially after Voldemort instructed her to " prune " her family tree.

The pair had several duels, and Tonks noted that Bellatrix seemed as keen to murder her as she was to rid the Dark Lord of Harry. She eventually succeeded during the Battle of Hogwarts on 2 May, It can be assumed that Narcissa didn't consider Teddy Lupin , Nymphadora's son, to be a member of the Black family either, as he had known Muggle ancestry and a werewolf for a father, thus making his blood impure.

Since her mother was disowned after marrying her father, Tonks' name wasn't on the Black's family tree, so the family house-elf, Kreacher , who was supposed to listen to anyone in the family, refused to take orders from Tonks. Instead, he kept muttering insults about her half-blood status. Remus Lupin , her husband and father of her son. At some point during her time with the Order of the Phoenix , Tonks met and fell in love with fellow member Remus Lupin, who found her amusing, then impressing, and eventually reciprocated her feelings, although he didn't notice them at first because he was used to considering himself unclean and unworthy.

Before he could stop himself, Remus had replied bitterly that he supposed she had fallen for his old friend "He always got the women. Despite being extremely happy, Remus felt that any relationship between the two of them was too dangerous because he was a werewolf. He also felt he was too old for her — being thirteen years older than she was — and too poor due to his difficulties in maintaining a job because of his condition.

She tried on several occasions to convince him otherwise, but he constantly refused her pleas and even volunteered for long-term, lethal missions to keep distance between them. Tonks became depressed over this and confided in Molly Weasley. Her emotional state caused her metamorphic abilities to suffer, and her hair became mousy brown rather than its usual pink although it is possible that this is just due to her either wanting to look more like her husband or her misery at him not loving her appearing deliberately.

Her Patronus also changed, resembling a wolf that showed her love for Remus. While on Hogsmeade duty, Tonks was informed that a werewolf had been killed by Fenir Greyback. She showed great concern by immediately contacting Dumbledore, to confirm whether or not it had been Lupin who was killed. In , following the death of Albus Dumbledore and the scarring of Bill Weasley , Tonks openly declared her love for Remus, citing that Fleur Delacour still loved Bill despite the nature of his injuries and the possibility of werewolf contamination.

Remus protested that the situations were not the same, but eventually relented and the two began a relationship. Tonks became pregnant by this time, so Remus, fearing that his child would be a werewolf , was initially horrified at the prospect, believing he had put both Tonks and his unborn child in great jeopardy. They split up just after Bill and Fleur's wedding, and Tonks went to stay with her parents.

However, they reconciled sometime before Christmas, after Harry and Remus had argued over his responsibilities as a husband and father at Grimmauld Place. After this on the radio station Potterwatch , Remus said that if he could talk to Harry then, he would have told him to follow his instincts because they are almost always right, it can be assumed that he was talking about returning to Tonks, with whom he passed almost all her pregnancy.

The couple's son, Teddy Remus Lupin , was born just after Easter, , named after Tonks' father who had been killed a few weeks earlier by Snatchers , and his father Remus.

Sadly, the family would not have long together. During the Battle of Hogwarts , both Tonks and Remus were killed. Teddy Lupin , her son and only child. Tonks got pregnant in and was excited about her newborn son despite the fact that his birth would be around the time of a war. He was born in April and the couple choose to name him Teddy after Tonks' murdered father. It was obvious that Tonks loved her son very much. He was a Metamorphmagus , like his mother.

Nymphadora wanted Harry Potter to be his godfather, as she and Remus decided that there was no one better than their young friend and wanted him to raise their son if they died.

Unfortunately Tonks was murdered by her aunt, Bellatrix Lestrange in the Battle of Hogwarts and never got to see her son grow up. Teddy was raised by his grandmother, Andromeda. He also spent much of his time with Harry, Ginny, and their children. Teddy visited the Potter home four nights and week for dinner and was over so much that Harry thought he might as well move in with them.

It can be assumed that Harry acted as a parental figure towards Teddy, honouring Tonks and Remus. Jacob's sibling and Tonks met in their first year at Hogwarts, and shared Herbology class together. Over the course of the next couple of years, they grew close and became best friends, often going to Hogsmeade to visit Zonko's Joke Shop in particular, in order to plan their pranks together.

Alastor Moody , her mentor and friend. Alastor "Mad-Eye" Moody was Tonks' mentor during her time training as an Auror , and later whilst they were both in the Order of the Phoenix. Despite Moody's surly attitude and behaviour, Tonks was always at ease with him, making funny comments at his opinions and lectures, such as the one he gave Harry Potter on elementary wand-safety the night the Advance Guard escorted him to Grimmauld Place.

For his part, Moody was openly fond of Tonks. Harry once noted that she had been his favourite during their time together at the Ministry.

When Tonks was injured during her duel with Bellatrix Lestrange in the Department of Mysteries , Mad-Eye crawled his way to her side in an effort to help her regain consciousness, despite having been injured himself by Antonin Dolohov. Tonks was devastated by Moody's death in , openly crying in front of the Weasley family and rest of the Order of the Phoenix members.

Harry Potter , a close friend. At the time of their first meeting, Harry was intimidated by the rest of the Advance Guard, but not Tonks who was clumsy and funny. The pair immediately took a liking to each other, and Harry was particularly impressed by Tonks's position as an Auror and extraordinary Metamorphmagus powers.

Tonks was impressed with Harry's Firebolt and tried to comfort him during his trying times with the Ministry of Magic. Adopting a big sister role for him, Tonks would greet him by saying " Wotcher, Harry ". Later, during the Battle of the Department of Mysteries , Tonks was among the Order members that came to the rescue of Harry and his friends. Harry was later relieved to hear that she would recover from the injuries she suffered at the hands of Bellatrix Lestrange.

Tonks' friendship with Harry grew for the next two and a half years. In , Harry hoped Tonks would be among the Aurors sent to escort him to the Hogwarts Express , though she sadly was not. Shortly after, Tonks rescued Harry on the Hogwarts Express; she performed the counter-curse to remove the Full Body-Bind Curse placed on him by Draco Malfoy , healed his broken nose and ensured he reached safety within Hogwarts.

She could do this because she had been watching the students exit the train and immediately went to investigate when Harry had not gotten off too, indicating her protectiveness towards him despite her heartache. Harry was disappointed by how gloomy Tonks had become, missing his friend's bubbly nature.

When she married Remus Lupin in , a happier Tonks was sorry that Harry couldn't attend the wedding due to him being required to remain with his Muggle relatives to ensure the protective charm on him held.

Later, when Lupin briefly left Tonks, due to fears that the child she carried would be infected with lycanthropy like himself, Harry was furious with him for leaving his family and wanting to leave his friend to raise a baby without its dad.

It was largely because of Harry's words that Lupin returned to Tonks. In , when she gave birth to a son named Teddy Lupin , both Tonks and Lupin agreed that Harry would be the godfather.

Harry was devastated when he learned that Nymphadora was murdered by her aunt, Bellatrix Lestrange. He noted that the grief he felt over the death of Tonks was akin to a physical wound.

Even after defeating Voldemort, the pain of losing Tonks still affected him and he likely never stopped missing her. In memory of both Tonks and Lupin, Harry acted as a father figure to their orphaned son Teddy. Teddy despite being raised by Tonks' mother , would spend three or four nights a week dining with the Potter and Weasley families.

Molly Weasley , a good friend. Tonks and fellow Order member Molly Weasley had a rather close relationship. Though there was a significant difference in age between the two, the pair often confided in one another.

Molly often invited Tonks to dine with the Weasley family , and she was always a welcome guest at the events held by the Weasley matriarch. Indeed, Mrs Weasley appeared to be Tonks' closest adult friend. Bellatrix had been determined to kill her ever since she married Remus Lupin, making Bellatrix aunt-in-law to the Werewolf.

Bellatrix has already nearly killed her twice. At some point before the summer of , Tonks fell deeply in love with Remus. Although he returned her feelings he refused to become involved with her. She was powerful enough to reverse any charm she put on them. So Ginny poured out her soul to me, and her soul happened to be exactly what I wanted. The fact that Tonks is a Metamorphmagus has made her extremely valuable, both as an Auror and as a member of the Order of the Phoenix.

Tonks is a very strong, friendly, funny, and outgoing person. As soon as we are introduced to Tonks, we learn that she is extremely clumsy — she enters the story by breaking a dish in the Dursley's kitchen.

Throughout the books, she is always breaking things, knocking objects over, and falling down. Because of this, she says she almost failed the "Stealth" portion of her training to become an Auror. However, this got better over the course of book six. Tonks has a romantic interest in Remus Lupin and they are seen holding hands at the end of the sixth book.

By the beginning of the seventh book they are married, and have a child on the way. They die together at the battle of Hogwarts, leaving their child to be raised by Tonks' mother, Andromeda. One of the things that makes this series of books so powerful is that through the seven-year arc of the series, characters mature and change. This is particularly true of Harry, Ron, and Hermione, of course, as they are in a stage of their lives where there is normally great change; that is discussed in greater detail in their articles.

However, a particular strength of this series is that this character growth is not restricted to the main characters, but happens to all characters in the story to some degree. As a case in point, let us take Tonks.

She is quite young, having just completed her Auror training; she would be about seven years older than Harry, making her about 22 to Harry's 15 when they meet at the beginning of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.

She is disapproving of the sterile neatness of the Dursley's house , and feels much more at home in Harry's room which has been inhabited by the equivalent of a caged beast for four days. She indicates that she has never gotten the hang of cleaning, herself.

She apparently routinely makes a show at dinner, changing her nose shape between bites. She is very much the young, carefree witch at this stage in her life.

During the course of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix , Tonks keeps up her carefree ways, right up to the battle at the Ministry. There, possibly for the first time in her life, she is engaged in a battle against superior odds with a very real possibility that she will die.

This is, for anyone, a maturing experience. It is quite possible that upon regaining consciousness and discovering that her cousin Sirius had literally gone beyond the Veil, Tonks had done some rather serious reconsideration of her life. It was likely in the course of this that she discovered that what she had previously shared with Remus, which we don't see, but can infer, was rather more serious than she had thought. When we see Tonks in September after the battle, she seems much more mature: her hair color is subdued, and she herself is much more reserved.

She also seems quite depressed, having difficulty changing her appearance, always seeming on the verge of tears, and even appears thinner than usual. Ron, Harry, and Hermione assume she is upset over Sirius' death, and Harry even suggests that Tonks may have been in love with him, which is why she's so crestfallen. It is only at the end of the book that we find that it is Lupin, rather than Sirius, who is the object of her affections. One must assume that she had attempted to move her relationship with Remus on to the next stage and been rebuffed; and there almost certainly was something going on before that, as six weeks from the battle at the Ministry, to when Harry arrives at The Burrow is a very short time to re-assess your life, fall in love, start considering marriage, and show the effects of being refused.

It is a safe assumption that there had been some snogging going on behind the scenes for the duration of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. We can only speculate that the author chose to not show us these scenes of Lupin and Tonks together because of Lupin's delicacy concerning these matters. We can easily see that Tonks is taking a much more serious view of life throughout Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince ; from the time we first see her in July, right to the end of the book, she seems less care-free.

It is perhaps a criticism of aging in general that maturity seems to rule out being care-free, but that is the case; as one matures, one starts taking an interest, and being concerned by, things outside oneself, which does lead one to act with increased sobriety. We do know that Tonks wants to make a life-long commitment to Lupin by the end of the book, which is something that she clearly would not have imagined possible at the beginning of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.

It is this growth and change in her that brings Tonks alive for us, that makes us care about her, and that makes us glad that Lupin seems to be willing to entertain the idea of settling down with her.