Patronus/Animagi

[River Rosebank]

Just out of curiosity, your patronus and the animal you can change into if you are an animagi depend on your personality, but what happens if your personality changes? (become evil, stop being mean to people, etc) just wondering....

 

[Nicolas King]

Hello there,

As this was more a FAQ than a suggestion I have split your post to the FAQ forum.
Your Animagus (the animal your character can change to if they master transfiguration) cannot change according to my knowledge of the novels. However, a character's patronus can change if something significant in their life changes. I would assume it to be excruciatingly rare, but we saw such an event in the character of Severus Snape so it could happen to others.
It shouldn't be as simple as becoming evil or ceasing to be mean. For Snape it was the loss of the one he loved and it was a sign of his eternal devotion to her.

 

[Merianne Forrester]

I should say that is quite right. As I recall, Tonk's patronus changed to that of a werewolf after she fell in love with Lupin.

 

[Nicolas King]

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