Ah, I was reading "Near-murderer of chosen one" as a single phrase (ie, 'Maura, shaken, in Sn' as the whole clue); parsed it slightly wrong.
#1 must be ITHRYN LUIN, based on the latter half as 'LU[P]IN' (Remus?!). 'Ithryn' contains 'HR' in the middle, and the remaining letters make 'tiny'.
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