Nymphadora Tonks is a character that was pretty much skipped over in the films
She had very few scenes and lines compared to what she had in the book. She deserves her time in the spotlight
so in this video I'm going to do just that. I'm going to do what the films could not and give her character justice
as I explain the entire life of Tonks from the books
Nymphadora was born to Edward or Ted and Andromeda Tonks. Her parents stood out very much because Andromeda was part of the Black family
being the sister of Bellatrix Lestrange and Narcissa Malfoy
She was expected to continue their pure blood family line by marrying a man from another pure blood family. Just as her sisters did
Andromeda, however, did the complete opposite of this by marrying Ted Tonks a muggle born
She was shunned by her family for this and even scratched off their family tree
They saw her marrying a muggle born as a betrayal to the black family and their heritage
Because of this Nymphadora grew up never knowing her aunts or a first cousin Draco
Nymphadora was born a metamorphmagus, meaning she could change her appearance at well. The day that she was born her parents
Noticed that her hair changed color multiple times on that first day as Nymphadora grew older
She started to hate her first name and resented her mother for naming her that "Don't call me Nymphadora"
She decided that she wanted to be addressed by her surname Tonks
instead of Nymphadora. Tonks was known for being very clumsy tripping and falling on too many things to count
She was also known for using her metamorphmagus powers to change the color and style of her hair on a weekly basics. When Tonks
was 11 she got her Hogwarts letter, and she went to school the following fall and was sorted into Hufflepuff
She brought along with her her clumsiness. One day in herbology
She caused a huge mass as she spilled all of her soil to the annoyance of professor sprout. Another time during her flying lesson
She clumsily crashed into the Owlery the Astronomy tower the whomping willow and Hagrid's garden
Tonks was introduced to a boggart when one of them came out of her classmate's pot and herbology
Which took the form of the girls worst fear - a werewolf.
When Tonks' third year came around she was very excited because third year was the first year that
Students could go to Hogsmeade. When she got there
She was very excited to go to zonko's joke shop the candy shop honeydukes and most importantly having a butterbeer at the Three Broomsticks
When it came time to become a prefect Tonks' head of house told her that she couldn't be one because she lacked certain necessary
qualities like the ability to behave she got a lot of
Detentions for using her metamorphmagus abilities to turn into teachers the worst thing that she ever did at school
however was when she took the biggest venomous tentacle in the greenhouse and tried to put it under Filch's desk before she could have
She fell on the way
Accidentally tossing it into the potions classroom this led to the plant grabbing Professor Snape both Snape and sprout agreed to give Tonks daily
detentions until the end of her school days Tonks, however
Made a deal with sprout to let her off the hook if she passed a special herbiology test. At the end of school Tonks
Got all outstanding or exceeds expectations the two highest grades on at least five any NEWTs
She had to do this to qualify for becoming an auror which was her desired field choice when Tonks finished school
Mad-Eye Moody took her under his wing he taught and trained her to become an Auror
And she quickly became his favorite and his prodigy at the Ministry of Magic during Tonks' auror training
She got top marks and concealment and disguised because of her metamorphmagus abilities
She almost failed the stealth and tracking part though due to her clumsiness when Voldemort returned
Dumbledore re-established the order of the Phoenix and alliance to fight
Voldemort and his Death Eaters the order very sneakily tried to convince people in the ministry to join them and one of those people was
Tonks. she was too young to have been a part of the first order back in the late 70s and early 80s
Because Mad-Eye was a part of it
It was easy to convince her as she looked up to her former mentor
Tonks being an auror made her become one of the order's greatest assets because she worked for the ministry
She was able to be a spy for the order something that put them on
The equal playing field is Voldemort who they knew would have his own spies that infiltrated the ministry
The summer after Voldemort returned Tonks was constantly at the orders headquarters at number 12 Grimmauld place
Who was actually a Black family house which was their mother's side of the family
Here she also met her cousin Sirius Black who she and most of the Wizarding World
Thought was a Death Eater who would escape from Azkaban he was living at the headquarters and she found out that he was actually
Innocent and the two cousins both up a great relationship
Sirius had known Tonks' mother - Andromeda well and said that she was his favorite cousin when he was younger the Weasleys also lived
At the headquarters that summer and Tonks became close with all of the kids
Especially Ginny who she treated like a younger sister during most dinners at the headquarters
Tonks entertained Ginny and Hermione who was also staying there by transforming her nose between mouthfuls
The orders top priority was protecting the prophecy that had to deal with Harry and Voldemort
Tonks and the order members switched off guarding the prophecy in the Department of Mysteries a job
That was very important one night Tonks volunteered to go on a mission that they carry out from his aunt and uncle's house
When Remus Lupin introduced her to Harry as Nymphadora
She told him it was Tonks and said not to call her by her first name
Tonks went up to Harry's room with him to help him pack when she looked in Harry's mirror
She said that purple wasn't her color
she focused and used her metamorphmagus powers to turn her purple hair to pink this shocked Harry who asked how she did that and
She explained to him that she was a metamorphmagus
Harry
was impressed that Tonks was an auror the career that Harry aspired for when he finished school when Harry asked if he can learn
to be a metamorphmagus
She chuckled and said that she bet Harry wished she could cover up his scar when they rode on broomsticks back to number 12, Grimauld Place
they had to fly in formation to protect Harry at all costs Tonks flew ahead of everyone
Leading the way on Mad-Eye's orders
after a long journey Moody said that they should double back but Tonks
Protested asking if Mad-Eye was mad as all of them were freezing cold
Tired and desperate to land
One afternoon, Tonks helped Harry Hermione and the Weasleys clean out the black family house
and they found a murderous ghoul lurking in the upstairs toilet
When Tong's went to work one day Rufus Scrimgeour another ministry employee
began to ask Tonks some funny questions
after that, Tonks realized that she had to be extra careful not to let slip that she was part of the order
One day Tonks helped escort and guard the kids as they went to King's Cross station
She hugged Hermione and Ginny as they got on board the Hogwarts Express
The three had grown close over the summer during their time at the order's headquarter later that year
Tonks along with her former mentor Mad-Eye escorted Harry Hermione and the Weasleys through London to visit. Mr. Weasley
at St. Mungo's Hospital after he had been attacked by Voldemort's snake
She was very interested in the vision that Harry had had. Tonks asked if there were any seers in his family
She said his visions were odd
But useful something Harry did not agree with
as he wanted nothing to do with them
for Christmas Tonks gave Harry a small working model
Of a fireball which flew around the room after winter break ended Tonks
Once again escorted the kids to school this time accompanied by Lupin.
Tonks and Lupin ate breakfast at the headquarters
And we're discussing important order business
But immediately fell silent when the kids entered to ensure the kids safety rather than taking the Hogwarts Express
They took the night bus when the night bus employee said Harry's name Tonks threatened him saying that if he shouted his name again
She curse him into oblivion
One night Severus Snape contacted the order's headquarters and informed Tonks along with Lupin, Mad-Eye
Kingsley and Sirius and said that Harry and his friends had gone to the Department of Mysteries
After Voldemort showed Harry a fake vision of Sirius being tortured
They all immediately went there and Tonks immediately stunned Lucius Malfoy
Before he could even raise his wand which started a huge battle
during the battle Tonks fought her aunt
Bellatrix whom she had never seen or met before
When Bellatrix got the upper hand on tonks tonks his limp body fell down the steps that she was on and the triumphant Bellatrix went
To join her fellow Death Eaters in the battle he or she got the upper hand on her and Tonks' cousin - Sirius
He was killed and fell through the veil in the Department of mysteries during the battle
Mad-eye who was also seriously hurt crawled over to where Tonks lay and attempted to revive her after the battle was over
Tonks had to spend some time and st. Mungo's hospital, but she made a full recovery after about a week when she got out
She joined mad-eye Lupin and mr. And mrs
Weasley to threaten the Dursleys saying that if they didn't treat Harry right that summer they would have to deal with them
Tonks became extremely depressed that summer for a few reasons
one was that she felt really guilty about
Sirius' death because if she didn't let Bellatrix get the upper hand on her then Sirius might still be alive
But the main reason why she was upset was because she was in love with Remus Lupin
But he refused to be with her
He thought Tonks deserve someone young and whole and said that she didn't want to date a werewolf who was too dangerous too old for
her and too poor. Tonks, however, told him that she didn't care and said that she wanted to be with him
But Lupin refused because of this Tonks' appearance started to change and she looked drawn ill
Mousy haired and miserable. Ron even compared her to Moaning Myrtle and she even began having trouble with her
Metamorphosis one night toward the end of the summer. She went to the Burrow and she and mrs
Weasley talked late into the night. Mrs. Weasley was trying to cheer Tonks up as they talked about Lupin. They were interrupted
However, when Harry and Dumbledore arrived to whom both Tonks and mrs
Weasley greeted when Tonks greeted them however Harry noted that she had somewhat of a forced smile Tonks got up and thanked mrs
Weasley for the tea and the sympathy as she left mrs
Weasley invited her to dinner that weekend and said that Remus and mad-eye were coming but Tonks declined and walked out
She didn't think Lupin to see her and she didn't know if she could stomach seeing him
Tonks's new assignment as an Auror starting the following fall was to guard
Hogwarts to give the school extra protection when the Hogwarts Express came. She noticed that Harry had not gotten off
She knew that he had the invisibility cloak and she noticed one of the compartments had all of the blinds down
She went in there and found a stunt Harry under his invisibility cloak with a broken nose courtesy of Draco Malfoy
They had to jump off the train onto the platform as it was pulling away
Everything tongs, and she told him it was no problem
But without a smile
Tonks fixed Harry's broken nose and sent the Patronus up to the castle to let them know that she had Harry her Patronus had changed
To take the form of a werewolf which in the Wizarding World happens when he loves someone so much that your Patronus matches theirs
So because she loves Remus her Patronus took the same form as his as they walked toward the school
Harry noted that Tonks was very different from how she was last year
She used to laugh easily and had been upbeat but now she seemed much Saturn older and more serious
Snape came down to get Harry and when he did he told Tonks he was interested to see her new Patronus
He then told her that he thought she was better off with the old one with malice and his voice
He then said with the smile on his face that the new one looked weak
Tonks had a look of shock and anger on her face after he said this but she walked away not saying anything back
Tonks was invited to Christmas at the Burrow by mrs. Weasley, but when she learned that Lupin would be there
She decided to spend Christmas all alone
after winter break had ended Tonks heard a rumor that Greyback a
werewolf had attacked someone
She immediately went to see Dumbledore to make sure it wasn't Lupin only to find out that Dumbledore was away how she was walking out?
She saw Harry Harry saw tears filling her eyes for a second and noted that she was extremely
Distracted during their conversation at the end of term Tonks was guarding Hogwarts throwing the Battle of the Astronomy tower Death Eaters
Infiltrated the school with the help of Draco Malfoy and a huge battle unfolded Tonks and the order were losing badly
tonks was furious with herself for allowing Snape and Malfoy to just walk past her not knowing that they were part of the Death Eaters
After the battle ended Tonks stood with the Weasleys
Lupin Hermione and Luna over bill Weasley's hospital bed after being mauled by the werewolf Greyback
Tonks was shocked when Harry and Ginny told the group that Dumbledore was dead
She pointed out that they had trusted Dumbledore's judgment about Snape saying that he swore Snape was on their side
She said she always thought Dumbledore knew something about Snape that they didn't and said that she would love to know what Snape told Dumbledore
To convince him when Fleur said that she still wanted to marry Belle even though he was attacked by a werewolf
Clunks yelled at lupin saying you see she still wants to marry him even though he's been bitten
She doesn't care lupin told her that it was different because bill wasn't a full werewolf Tonks yelled at him again
Saying that she didn't care and that she's told him this a million times
Lupin said at the ground not meeting her eyes and mrs
Weasley chimed in saying that he was being ridiculous and said that Tonks wants him and nobody else
Lupin said that this wasn't the time to discuss this as Dumbledore just died
McGonigle then stood up and said that Dumbledore would have been happier than
Anybody to know that there was a little more love in the world after that night
Tonks and Lupin finally got together and the two became the happiest they had ever been
Tonks's hair went back to the bright pink color rather than the dull brown and at Dumbledore's funeral
They sat together holding hands that summer Tonks and Lupin decided to get married not wanting to waste any time
Especially with the current state of the Wizarding World Tonks was once again part of a mission to extract Harry from the Dursleys
But this time it was a lot more complicated Tonks's
parents were involved in the mission as well the order set up magical protections and a dozen different houses
One of which was Ted and Andromeda Tonks's house which is where Harry and Hagrid would go. meanwhile
They used Polyjuice potion to make their be seven different Harry's each going to a different one of the protected
Houses, then they would take a port key from there to the Burrow each of the seven
Harry's went with one of the order members
Funks escorted ron who was one of the disguised Harry's and they were going to Ron's aunt Muriel house
They flew by broomstick and when they went into the air they were sent into a trap
There was a whole army of Death Eaters waiting for them
Ron saves both himself and Tonks by starting one of the Death Eaters right in the face
Bellatrix eventually caught up to them and she was starting to kill Tonks with everything that she had. Tonks said it seemed as though she
Wanted to kill her as badly as she wanted to kill Harry they got away
But Tonks was upset that she didn't get Bellatrix saying that she owed her one for Sirius because they ran into so much trouble
Tonks and Ron missed their port key and it went back to the borough without them frightening Ginny and Molly was waiting for everyone to
return. when Lupin returned, he became more worried than anyone his face set and white as he waited for his wife
Ron and Tonks were forced to operate just outside the Burroughs protective enchantments and slide down with the skidding and uneasy landing when they arrived
Tonks ran into Remus's arms and Remus was unable to speak that happiness wore off fast
however
When bill told the group that Mad-eye was dead
Tonks was devastated. her mentor, the man that she looked up to the man that to her was unstoppable was gone
She cried into a handkerchief unable to form words
Harry told Tonks that he had promised her parents to have her contact them when she got to the Burrow safely. Tonks let her parents
Know that she was alright, which finally put mr. And mrs
Tonks at ease knowing that their daughter was okay. Tonks later found out that she was pregnant which made her extremely happy lupin
However was not thrilled and was actually very scared and uneasy about the whole situation
This showed when they showed up at Harry's birthday party Tonks was rather radiant while Lupin looked scared and unhappy when mr
Weasley sent a Patronus to warn everyone that the new minister of magic
Rufus Scrimgeour was coming Lupin immediately said that they shouldn't be there and grabbed tongs by the wrist and they left they knew that the
ministry was very anti werewolf at the time and they decided that Lupin being there wasn't a good idea the two returned to the
Burrow for bill and fleurs wedding after greeting Harry Harry noticed that Lupin smile turned into lines of misery during the ceremony
Death Eaters crashed the wedding and Lupin and Tonks helped fight them off while Harry Ron and Hermione got away after the trio escaped
The Death Eaters ended up going to every order connected house
This included Tonks's parents house who were tortured trying to get information on where Harry went afterward
They were fine, but shaken up after everything that had happened
Lupin could not keep his fears and misery inside anymore
He admitted that marrying Tonks was a bad idea and that he had regretted it ever since
He told Tonks that he had made her an outcast and was ashamed of himself for possibly passing on his werewolf
condition to their unborn, baby
He said that both she and the baby would be better off without a husband and father to be ashamed of
He left to go find Harry Ron and Hermione
Hopeful that he could join them on their mission to stop Voldemort Tonks was devastated and went to stay with their parents house
After being called a coward by Harry for leaving Tonks the baby Lupin returned to Tonks realizing that Harry was right
Shortly after he returned Tonks's father went on the run as the Death Eaters were going after
Muggle-borns one night when Tonks was listening to Potter watch a radio broadcast made by the rebels. She heard that her father
Ted was killed while on the run this made both her and her mother
Devastated and Lupin was there for both of them in their grief a few months later Tonks gave birth to her and lupin's baby
He was a boy and they named him teddy after Tonks's dead father Tonks
Thought that he looked like Lupin but Lupin thought that he looked like Tonks he was born with black hair
But it turned a ginger in just an hour a sign that he was a metamorphmagus as Tonks herself had her hair change color
multiple times and the first day she was born as well both Tonks and Lupin agreed that Harry should be the Godfather which Harry was
Honoured to accept when Lupin and Tonks got word that the rebellion was starting at Hogwarts
Tonks went to stay with her mother along with the baby while Lupin went to Hogwarts. Tonks eventually joined the battle as well leaving
Teddy with her mother Andromeda as she couldn't stand not knowing if Lupin was okay as soon as she arrived
She asked Harry where Remus was and when Harry told her that Lupin plan to lead a group of fighters into the grounds Tonks sped
Off without another word
Tonks later got word that
Lupin was doing a Death Eater named Dolohov and she got very worried Ginny comforted her saying that she was sure he was all
Right, but Tonks once again ran off worried about her husband while looking for Lupin Tonks ran into her aunt Bellatrix
They fought each other for the third time Bellatrix
Once again fighting hard to kill her niece Bellatrix got the upper hand once again
But this time she finished the duel with a killing blow. During the battle Lupin was also killed during his duel with Dolohov
They lay next to each other in the Great Hall both pale faced
But peaceful looking both of them dying made their son Teddy an orphan
He was raised by his grandmother Andromeda
But he also spent a lot of time at the Potters with his Godfather Harry. Tonks was a clumsy funny
Down-to-earth woman who loved nothing more than putting smiles on people's faces
She will always be remembered as a hero
that gave her life for a larger cause a cause that made the world a much better place a place
Where her son didn't have to live in fear, the greatest gift that she could have given him in her passing
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