![]() Twelve years into his sentence, Sirius sees a picture of the Weasley family on the front cover of the Daily Prophet. Sirius states that unlike most other Azkaban prisoners (who often became insane during their terms of imprisonment), he was able to keep his sanity because he knew he was innocent, and also used his Animagus form to ward off the Dementors, who are unable to perceive unsophisticated canine minds.Īppearances Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban He spent the next twelve years in Azkaban, brooding over his friends' deaths and obsessing over Pettigrew's betrayal. ![]() Sirius was arrested, accused of murdering Pettigrew and the muggles and of serving Voldemort, and was promptly thrown in prison by Barty Crouch, Sr. However, Pettigrew outwitted him: confronted by Sirius on a city street, he created an explosion, faking his own death (leaving a severed finger behind as evidence) and killing twelve Muggles in the process. He betrayed the Potters to Voldemort, who subsequently tracked them down and murdered them.Īfter giving his motorbike to Hagrid so that Hagrid could deliver Harry to the Dursleys, Sirius then tracked down Pettigrew, determined to kill him in revenge. As it turned out, Pettigrew was Voldemort's spy within the Order. ![]() Sirius, however, worried that Voldemort would immediately suspect him of being the Potters' Secret Keeper and would target him so he convinced the Potters to reassign Pettigrew as their Secret Keeper because he did not believe Voldemort would ever suspect a "weak, talentless thing" like Pettigrew. Trusting Sirius above all of their other friends, Lily and James wanted him to be their Secret Keeper. When the Potters became aware that Harry was Voldemort's specific target, Albus Dumbledore advised them to go into hiding using the Fidelius Charm, a highly complex spell allowing a secret to be concealed within another person. When their son, Harry, was born, Lily and James named Sirius as Harry's godfather. He remained close friends with James and eventually attended James and Lily Evans' (now Lily Potter) wedding as their best man. After leaving school, Sirius fought against Voldemort, eventually joining the Order of the Phoenix. He was left financially independent by his uncle's generous bequest. Sirius' Uncle Alphard left him a large inheritance, causing Sirius' mother to also remove Alphard's name. His outraged mother burned his name off the family tree. Sirius left home at the age of sixteen and took refuge with James and his parents. Sirius's form is that of a huge black dog, from which his nickname Padfoot was derived. To support Lupin, Sirius, James, and Peter secretly became Animagi, which allowed them to safely accompany Lupin during his transformations and keep him under control. They also became best friends with Peter Pettigrew and Remus Lupin, whom they later discovered was a werewolf. Sirius and James often went out of their way to bully Snape, whom they despised for his great interest in the Dark Arts. Sirius actively supported James, leading to Snape developing an equal and lifelong loathing of Sirius. His popularity was not universal, as a mutual hatred sprang up between James and Severus Snape. Students liked his biting humour, and teachers respected his intelligence, though not his behaviour. Sirius and James were immensely popular and known for their exceptionally good looks. In contrast to his home life, Sirius greatly enjoyed life at Hogwarts, where he was inseparable from his best friend, James Potter. At Hogwarts, rather than be sorted into Slytherin like the rest of his family, Sirius was placed in Gryffindor. ![]() He rejected his family's pure-blood elitism and reverence for the Dark Arts. Sirius's early life proved unhappy he had come to hate most of his relatives, in particular his mother. In line with the Black family tradition of naming children after stars and constellations, Sirius was named after the Dog Star. Sirius had a younger brother, Regulus Arcturus Black, and three older cousins: Bellatrix Lestrange, Andromeda Tonks (his favourite cousin and mother of Nymphadora Tonks), and Narcissa Malfoy (mother of Draco Malfoy). His parents, Orion and Walburga Black, were both Blacks by birth and second cousins. ![]() Sirius Black is the last heir of the House of Black, a once notable Pure-blood Wizarding family. He is portrayed in the film adaptations by Gary Oldman. His character becomes prominent in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, in which he is the titular prisoner, and is also revealed to be the godfather of the central character Harry Potter. Sirius was first mentioned briefly in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone as a wizard who lent Rubeus Hagrid a flying motorbike shortly after Lord Voldemort killed James and Lily Potter. Sirius Black is a fictional character in J.
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