Lavender's main project was to compile something called a Lycanthrope Registry, by which the Minister for Magic and her advisers could track all of the verified lycanthropes currently alive throughout the wizarding world. The databases main function was to know which lycanthropes would need financial assistance and legal protection from the federal government. Lycanthrope reform had not been easy to pass, yet Hermione Granger had nonetheless managed to pass a decent reform bill through the Merlinment in her first year as Minister.