"From what I know, the ritual allows the wolf to gain strength between full moons. Even with the potion – which by the way, is made poorly and incredibly expensive for no reason – your wolf will always be awake. The only positive side to the potion is that you will be in control to some degree. At least as far as I can tell from dissecting the ingredients," I replied, explaining what I have researched into it. Even though Remus didn’t accept the paper that Snape made us do in third year, I went to great lengths for it. In the end, I was glad for it since it allowed me to understand modern Werewolves.