A young Auror and member of the Order of the Phoenix who goes by her surname. She's a Metamorphmagus, which means that she can change her appearance at will. Though this helped her when she took the tests to qualify as an Auror, she's extremely clumsy and so barely passed the tests in stealth and tracking. She constantly knocks things over at number twelve, Grimmauld Place, and often wakes up Mrs. Black's portrait. She's a distant cousin of Sirius's, but Mrs. Black burned Tonks's mother off of the family tree because she married a Muggle. Despite her clumsiness, Tonks is a skilled fighter.
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Nymphadora Tonks Character Timeline in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
The timeline below shows where the character Nymphadora Tonks appears in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter Three
...of water. Moody tosses his eye in, makes it spin, and sends a witch named Tonks to help Harry pack. As Harry throws things in his trunk, Tonks decides she doesn't...
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Chapter Four
...Fred and George try to lower an Extendable Ear, but the group moves away. After Tonks and Lupin lock the door behind everyone, Tonks knocks over an umbrella stand and velvet...
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Chapter Six
...a plate of sandwiches, but Harry stays with Sirius at the tapestry. Sirius remarks that Tonks isn't on the family tree anymore, either, as her mother married a Muggle. Tonks's aunts...
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Chapter Nine
...checks out the writing desk for Mrs. Weasley and confirms that it's a boggart inside. Tonks and Sirius say that they weren't made prefects, but Lupin was. They say that James...
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Chapter Ten
...tells Sirius that he can come with them. Mrs. Weasley leads Harry out to meet Tonks, who's dressed as an old lady.
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Chapter Twenty-Two
...bed, but he stays awake, as he's afraid he'll attack someone else in his sleep. Tonks, Moody, and the children's trunks arrive around lunchtime and after they change into Muggle clothes,...
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Mrs. Weasley herds the children out and lets Tonks and Moody in, closing the door behind them. Fred and George find Extendable Ears and...
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Chapter Twenty-Four
...Sirius, Mrs. Weasley, and Mr. Weasley wave the children out the door with Lupin and Tonks and Lupin summons the Knight Bus. Harry, Ron, and Hermione sit on the top level...
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Chapter Thirty-Five
...Curse on him. Harry moves to give the prophecy to Lucius, but Sirius, Lupin, Moody, Tonks, and Kingsley suddenly arrive and begin dueling the Death Eaters. Harry finds Neville and they...
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Chapter Thirty-Eight
...and Hermione step through the barrier and find an unexpected welcoming committee composed of Moody, Tonks, Lupin, Mr. Weasley, Mrs. Weasley, Fred, and George. The group approaches Vernon and Petunia, who...
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