Lupin (was Sleeping Lupin)

[m.bockermann at t-online.de]

No: HPFGUIDX 34025

Barb wrote:
>>There seems to be potential for a number of bad things to happen in
book five because of Lupin's presence.
JKR will, of course, do something totally different from these
scenarios...<g>

Yes, I can see that Lupin being a werewolf *will* create problems. But maybe
he can be a part of the solution, too?
Sorry, if this has been discussed before, but...

In traditional lore, a werewolf can often be healed by killing or exorcizing
the werewolf on top of the chain: by killing/exorcising the one that
"infected" him, or the one that infected him, or...

So who made Lupin into a werewolf, anyway? We only know that he was still
very young. Maybe well find out sometime in the next three books. And how
likely is it, that this master werewolf is not somehow connected to the DEs?
So maybe by uncovering DEs, we can find a cure for Lupin.

An interesting scenario might present the exorcism variation: if the master
werewolf is killed before he can be exorcized, the werewolfs that were
infected by him will never be able to be healed. What, if something makes it
necessary to kill that master werewolf for some reason, for example self
defense?

If there is any merit to this (and I admit I might be waaaayy of) who is a
possible candidate as the werewolf who converted Lupin? I dont think it
would be Voldemort - there is nothing in canon that I can see supporting
this. But somebody did it. Any ideas who could be the one?

Barbara Jebenstreit