Chiara Lobosca

Chiara Lobosca
Biographical information
Born	between 1 September 1972 and 31 August 1973
Blood status	Half-blood or Pure-blood
Nationality	British or Irish
Physical information
Species	Human (formerly) Werewolf
Gender	Female
Hair colour	Silver
Eye colour	Blue
Skin colour	Light
Relationship information
Family members	Mother Father
Affiliation
House	Hufflepuff
Loyalty	Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry Hufflepuff Circle of Khanna

Chiara Lobosca was a witch and the only child of an Arithmancer and an Obliviator. She was afflicted with lycanthropy during her childhood, as a result of Fenrir Greyback attacking her. She started attending Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in 1984, and was sorted into the Hufflepuff house.

Biography

Early life

Chiara was the only child of an Arithmancer and an Obliviator. When Chiara was seven, werewolf Fenrir Greyback bit her, causing her to become a werewolf as well. Greyback tried to recruit her for his army, but was driven away by Chiara's parents.

At one point, Chiara befriended her neighbour Selina. When Chiara told Selina that she was a werewolf, Selina was not afraid at first. However, after Selina witnessed one of Chiara's transformations, she was terrified, and did not come near Chiara anymore due to her fear. Eventually, Chiara asked her mother to Obliviate Selina so Selina would no longer live in fear. Following this, Chiara avoided contact with other people.

Hogwarts years

First year

In 1984, Chiara began attending Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and was sorted into Hufflepuff where she may have shared a dorm with Penny Haywood and Nymphadora Tonks. Headmaster Ablus Dumbledore was aware of her condition and arranged for Professor Snape to brew the newly discovered wolfsbane potion to control her transformations, though he was only able to brew one dose at a time due to an Aconite shortage.

Chiara was very interested in healing magic, and hoped to one day become a healer at St Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries. In her spare time, she volunteered at the Hospital wing, which Madam Pomfrey greatly appreciated.

At some point during her time at Hogwarts, as she was leaving the Forbidden Forest, Borf, a cub from the Forbidden Forest wolf pack, followed her. The cub continued living in the Forbidden Forest but occasionally visited her.

During a Hallowe'en Feast, she was attacked by Fenrir Greyback and two werewolves. The following day, she met up with Jacob's sibling and Cecil Lee to look for werewolves. Later, at nighttime, Chiara and Rubeus Hagrid showed Borf to Jacob's sibling and Cecil. Shortly afterwards, Chiara told Jacob's sibling that she was a werewolf, a secret she had not told anyone at Hogwarts before.

Second year

At some point, Chiara met Remus Lupin while he was foraging for potion ingredients in the forbidden forest, hoping to create his own wolfsbane potion, despite his relative lack of skill in potions. As they got to talking she felt kinship with him and, realising that he had never experienced a peaceful transformation, began giving him her potion dose, claiming that it was a spare.

Later, rumours began spreading around Hogwarts that a student had been attacked by a white werewolf during the last full moon and she began to fear that she may have been the perpetrator, though she didn't remember doing so. She began to quietly investigate the rumours, though she was afraid of the answers. Jacob's sibling also began investigating the rumours and sought her help. She was initially reluctant to do so, out of fear of getting too close, but eventually agreed.

Though she didn't know the name of the student, she discovered it by searching the infirmary files while Jacob's sibling distracted Madam Pomfrey with a feigned illness. Afterwards the two questioned the student, Pippa Macmillan, and discovered that Pippa wasn't actually certain that it was a werewolf. She had been surprised by a white creature while exploring the forbidden forest and was later discovered with claw like scratches on her arm, leading her to believe it was a werewolf, but had been too terrified at the time to properly remember. After the two brewed a memory potion for her, Pippa recalled the truth: it hadn't been a werewolf that attacked her, but a white hippogriff. The claw like scratches had been from a tree that she ran into while fleeing.

Despite her name being cleared, Jacob's sibling continued to investigate, curious as to why Chiara had thought she was the attacker in the first place. They eventually discovered the truth and met Lupin. When Chiara let slip that she had been giving away her own potion, Lupin thanked her for her sacrifice but refused to take any more from her. That night happened to be the full moon and Chiara transformed without the benefit of the potion. She attacked Jacob sibling, but her friend managed to use their skills at duelling to drive her off into the forbidden forest where she completed that month's transformation safely.

Third year

In her third year, Chiara took Divination as an elective.

Fourth year

The next year, she was talking to Jae Kim in the Training Grounds while Jacob's sibling and Rubeus Hagrid were gathering escaped Crups.

Fifth year

In the 1988–1989 school year, she was talking to Hagrid in the Clock Tower Courtyard while Jacob's sibling was duelling Ben Copper. She was also talking to Jae in the Great Hall around the same time.

Later that same school year, shortly before the O.W.L.s, she was introduced to Rowan Khanna, a friend of Jacob's sibling. They met up in the Forbidden Forest with Hagrid in order to help Rowan calm down by letting them play with Borf. Chiara also told Jacob's sibling that she wanted to become a Healer and suggested this as a career option that Jacob's sibling could consider.

Sixth year

Chiara continued taking Divination in her sixth year.

Chiara and Liz Tuttle spent time in the Forbidden Forest, where they interacted with Borf and a mysterious white eagle owl, named Artemis by Liz.

After Jacob's sibling was attacked by a wizard in white robes near the Black Lake, Chiara healed the student.

After the death of Rowan Khanna at the hands of Patricia Rakepick during the Duel in the Forest Grove, she became a member of the Circle of Khanna to remember the fallen student.

Physical appearance

In human form, she was a young girl with light skin and blue eyes. She wore a moonstone pendant around her neck. In her werewolf form, her silver fur colour matched her human hair colour.

Personality and traits

In many ways, Chiara Lobosca was an embodiment of contradiction to werewolf stereotypes, as well as an ideal Hufflepuff. She was very calm and collected, and unfailingly altruistic and compassionate. Indeed, she was said to have a better bedside manner than Poppy Pomfrey, the matron of the Hospital Wing, whom she had a good relationship with. Admitting that Remus Lupin made her realise just how many innocent werewolves were suffering on a monthly basis, Lobosca's ambition was to discover a less expensive and painful means than the Wolfsbane Potion for werewolves around the wizarding world.

However, her werewolf status made her extremely insecure and timid, and very mistrustful and testy. She was initially sceptical and reversed about Jacob's sibling, though she eventually accepted them as a friend, making her comparable to Talbott Winger, another isolationist who struggled to open up to the same unnamed student.

In her spare time, Chiara enjoyed baking, listening to punk music, and looking after the wolf Borf, who she had an affectionate relationship with.

Magical abilities and skills

• Charms: Chiara was capable of casting an effective Shield Charm against some Ever-Bashing Boomerangs, showing her to have been quite skilful in this branch of magic.
• Healing magic: Chiara was shown to be quite good at healing magic, being able to heal Jacob's sibling after they had been attacked by the White-robed wizard.
• Divination: Chiara was proficient in the art of divination, as she was able to achieve an O.W.L. on the subject and study it further at N.E.W.T.-level, thus showing her skill in the magical field.
• Astronomy: Chiara was proficient in Astronomy, as she was able to achieve an O.W.L. on the subject and study it further at N.E.W.T.-level, thus showing her skill in the magical field.

Etymology

• Chiara (Pronunciation: kee-AHR-a) is a name of Italian origin, meaning "light, clear".
• Lobosca seems to be derived from "lobo", a word that derives from the Latin lupus, and that means "wolf" in Spanish and Portuguese.

Behind the scenes

• Chiara is the first female Werewolf named in canon.
• It is unknown where Chiara stayed during her Werewolf transformations in her Hogwarts years.
• Her quests, "Lone Wolf" and "Howling Halloween" may occur in either order. Though the overall outcome is not affected by the order, dialogue will change to reference previous events and Chiara will tell the player about her lycanthropy during the first quest.
• She is never depicted as wearing the standard Hogwarts school uniform, a black robe, like the rest of her fellow classmates.

Appearances

• Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery (First appearance)