Remus Lupin and Nymphadora Tonks met when they both became members of the second Order of the Phoenix. At some point before the summer of 1996, Tonks fell in love with Remus and although he returned her feelings, he refused to become involved with her, claiming that he was too poor, too old, as well as too dangerous for her, despite her repeatedly telling him that his lycanthropy did not matter to her. Tonks became very depressed over this: her metamorphic abilities suffered, as well as her Patronus changed to resemble a werewolf.