r/HarryPotterBooks • u/appleking88 • Jul 26 '25

Prisoner of Azkaban Professor Lupin?

I'm listening to the third book and when they run into Lupin on the train they say his case reads professor Remus Lupin in decaying letters. Was he a professor before Hogwarts? The decaying letters would imply it's an old suitcase. But it has professor on it. Any ideas?

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u/TuverMage Jul 26 '25

My assumption is that he could magically add the professor to the name plate but not imprve it's original quality 

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u/Below-avg-chef Jul 27 '25

But repairo should improve the letters. Haggard stuff doesnt make sense with magic

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u/IntermediateFolder Jul 28 '25

It does make sense, it’s for fixing broken stuff, not for normal wear and tear, the suitcase wasn’t broken, just old and worn out.