"We lost a lot of people before the end," Remus said softly. "Marlene and her whole family. Edgar Bones and his family. Fabian and Gideon, and Dorcas. Caradoc disappeared entirely, and...we only ever found pieces of Benjy."
He closed his eyes. "Then there was a prophecy in 1980. About how Voldemort could be defeated. A child, born to parents who'd defied the Dark Lord three times, born at the end of July. The Longbottoms had a son born then...and so did James and Lily." He swallowed at the lump forming in his throat.