Lupin's mysterious work

[Jen Reese]

No: HPFGUIDX 96378

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "theadimail" <theadimail at y...> 
wrote:
> Hi,
>  In OOTP, Harry finds Professor Lupin absent many times during his 
> stay at Sirius's house, eventhough Lupin was staying at the house 
> during the time. What can be the "mysterious work" that drew Lupin 
> away for so long?


Jen: I've read suggestions that he is on a mission to recruit other 
werewolves, but you have to wonder how many people that would 
actually be? Recruiting seems a very delicate work, trying not to 
give out too much information while discerning another person's 
position & connections. Lupin would probably be good at this, but 
the answer of recruiting other werewolves doesn't satisfy me.

Lupin's connections are few from what we've seen, and were seriously 
diminished after Godric's Hollow. First he was ostracized by his 
friends over being the possible spy, then in short order, the 
Potters & Wormtail (supposedly) died, and Sirius went to Azkaban. 
All his main connections severed.

After that, my guess is he traveled around looking for work. He 
seems well-versed in dark creatures--perhaps he did research, or was 
even a professor at another school. He did have that worn bag 
with "Professor R.J. Lupin" embossed on it. It could be his father's 
bag as some predict, but I think it was his and he was able to find 
teaching work in a place where fewer questions were asked, and where 
he was somewhat anonymous.

So, if he has connections to wizards in another area, perhaps he's 
doing recruiting there, or, as he seems to be the scholarly type, 
maybe he's researching something important or mobilizing dark 
creatures for protection at Hogwarts.

That's all I can think of--anyone else?