On October 14, 2008, Knox Greyfriar was bitten by an unidentified werewolf. The werewolf had been coerced to the location by Cináed Tawse for purposes to support the Wizarding Blood Alliance. Knox's strong pro-werewolf politics combined with his new post as a Wizengamot Elder made him a target.
Fauna Blake, Sasha Schlagenweit, Vladislaus Dragulia, and Beatrix Dark were also victims of the assault, but none sustained major injuries.
Now, Knox must navigate his new life as a member of the marginalized werewolf community, while the Aurors attempt to put the piece together.
After a brief exchange of letters, Devlin Matthews convinces his father Knox Greyfriar to meet him at the Three Broomsticks in Hogsmeade so he can ask Knox for money so he can have his own flat over the summer. They argue, Knox refuses, and ultimately, Devlin storms out. This is all overheard by Fauna Blake and Beatrix Dark who followed Devlin out of the castle and take an unwilling Sasha Schlagenweit along with.
Vladislaus Dragulia finds the three wayward students and together he and Knox decide to take them back to Hogwarts. It is a full moon, after all.
On the night of the full moon, when Knox Greyfriar and Vladislaus Dragulia are escorting three students back to the Hogwarts castle, a werewolf attacks (set loose by Cináed Tawse)! Students Sasha Schlagenweit and Beatrix Dark escape and Ciarra Belisario and Vane Hendric of the Werewolf Capture Unit swoops in along with Gabrielle Harker at the last minute to subdue the werewolf, but not before Knox suffers a bite. Knox and Fauna then go to St. Mungo's to treat his wound.
"Solaris Maximus!" A pillar of light shone from Knox's wand like the head lamp of a giant steam train. For a moment, everything was white and blinding. Blinking through the light, Knox saw it crashing through the thinnest of the saplings.
"Werewolf!" he bellowed, stumbling backwards. He was able to cast Reducto before the beast was upon him.
Everyone is taken immediately to St. Mungo's Hospital and the healers begin to treat them straight away. Knox Greyfriar and Vladislaus Dragulia have injuries, but Knox's is a bite. Devlin Matthews arrives only to shout at Knox in anger and frustration. Knox insists the entire time that the incident was an accident, despite Tamis Raynor stating Level Two would be treating it as a calculated attack.
Fauna Blakes heads to the lobby to owl Hogwarts and warn them of the werewolf. There she encounters her mentor Tamis Raynor. Tamis checks in with Fauna and then begins to peice together what happened.
Fauna Blake and Sasha Schlagenweit arrange to visit Knox Greyfriar at his home in Kent. He's been home from St. Mungo's for about a week and is puttering about his house. Fauna arrives first and together they fill out the daunting Werewolf Registration documents. When Sasha arrives, Knox tries to convince them both that neither of them had anything to apologize for - that sneaking out had not caused the attack. But things quickly become tense as Sasha recoils against Knox's laissez-faire attitude. They argue and despite consolation from Fauna, Sasha leaves. Fauna and Knox briefly discuss his plans for his first transformation (he has none). Before she departs they make plans to meet again over holiday.
Knox Greyfriar shows up a few days before the next full moon to official register at the Werewolf Registry. He's greeted by Covadonga Gertrudis and Tabitha Williamson who explain all the nicer, friendlier supports available to werewolves in these our modern times. However, the experience is smothering for the independent Knox, who hotly pushes away Covadonga's offer of help.
"It hasn't been my intention to hide my condition," Greyfriar stated on November 26, "Rather, I needed time myself to acclimate to a new way of living. I am a werewolf and still very much myself."Niobe Thursby
Tanis Quickwood interviews werewolf expert Maya Irene-Strangely for the Wizarding Wireless Network's political commentary programme The Omen. The topic is the state of the Ministry of Magic's werewolf policies and Maya's opinion that they must be rebuilt from the ground up, that registration endangers werewolf lives.