The four friends called themselves "the Marauders" and used the nicknames "Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot, and Prongs". Although the chase started off as a bit of fun, it turned slightly more serious when the pair were attacked by three men on broomsticks. Hagrid once compared them to the mischievous twins Fred and George Weasley, saying that the Weasleys could "give them a run for their money". With his mind and heart firmly set on murdering Pettigrew for his treacherous betrayal, Sirius snuck into Hogwarts and approached Ron's bed, knife in hand, with the intention of killing the disguised rat. During his time confined to the Order's headquarters, Sirius fell into a deep depression. Should have spent a bit more time at home with his family, shouldn't he? Sirius died at age 36. 3 min read. In Greek mythology, it is Orion's dog. This allowed them to safely accompany Remus during his transformations and keep him under control. Throughout Harry's hardships with Umbridge, Sirius encouraged him to oppose her reforms and strongly approved of Harry's secret defensive tutorial group for students, Dumbledore's Army. However, Pettigrew was able to frame Sirius for his betrayal of the Potters, the murder of twelve Muggles, and the staged murder of Pettigrew before Sirius could accomplish this. Sirius, to me, he's kind of on the edge, do you not get that feeling from Sirius? The Dementors nearly succeeded in sucking out Sirius's soul until a powerful Patronus resembling a stag warded them off. Simon Pegg joins Harry Potter world as Sirius Black ancestor in Hogwarts Legacy. Dolohov tried to used the same curse on Sirius, but Harry placed Dolohov under Body-Bind. Harry felt riddled with guilt over the incident but eventually managed to compartmentalise his grief, knowing that Sirius wouldn't have wanted him to shut himself up. Although Sirius was angered by Fred's words (he even seemed to Harry like he would have liked to strike Fred), Sirius let the slight go, and their relationship recovered shortly after. He was the last remaining heir of the House of Black, a once-notable pure-blood wizarding family. Since Dementors have difficulty sensing the less complex emotions of animals, he was able to remain relatively unaffected by them. Harry had a hard time dealing with this loss because, as Dumbledore flatly stated, Sirius was the "closest thing to a parent" Harry had ever known. Kreacher was the house-elf of the Black family for years. The Harry Potter author has made it her new annual tradition to celebrate the fictional, casualty-heavy Battle of Hogwarts (May 2) by . Crookshanks attempted to bring Peter to Sirius, but Ron was very protective of his so-called pet. James releases and catches a stolen Snitch . She quickly moved to leave the compartment they were all sharing on the train, with Snape in tow, and literally turned her back on Sirius when she was Sorted with him into Gryffindor House. Sirius and James used their wands to raise the police car that had been chasing them, and their attackers crashed into it. Harry and Hermione Granger followed, the former intent on confronting Sirius about the supposed betrayal of his parents, despite the obvious differences in their ages and skill levels; Sirius's weakened state (due to being on the run) at that time led to the boy easily, and without a wand, overpowering the older wizard despite Crookshanks' attempts to aid the Animagus. During the match he witnessed Harry's excellent flying skills, which he later commented mirrored James's skills. Soon after his escape, he sent Harry, Ron and Hermione a letter via a tiny, hyperactive owl explaining that it was he who sent Harry the Firebolt for Christmas, and giving Harry permission, as his godfather, to go to Hogsmeade. He asked Sirius to resume his human form and make his peace with Snape, although neither was pleased (Sirius also frightened Molly Weasley when she first saw him as she believed him to be a murderer). Padfoot, Prongs, and Wormtail came from their three Animagus forms and Moony after his lycanthropic condition. It was Sirius Black's first attempt to enter Gryffindor Tower and kill Peter Pettigrew, then hiding out as Ron Weasley's pet rat Scabbers, in revenge for the betrayal of James and Lily Potter. from the story Sirius Black by leticiaad23 () with 636 reads. Believe me, Harry. [17] This was witnessed by a distressed Harry Potter. His vigorous support of Dumbledore's Army worried Hermione, who thought that Sirius was attempting to live vicariously through them. She also sent a letter to Sirius, which showed that they were still friends, despite the intense distrust and fear spread by the First War. Witch Watchers that operated as a special Ministry force were used as a means of trying to catch him, but to no avail. He attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry as a member of Slytherin House, later becoming the school's least popular Headmaster. What was Sirius Black's career after Hogwarts? He did it by transforming into his Animagus form of a massive black dog often confused with a "Grim", an omen said to cause death. [17] Had Regulus Black lived, he would have been the heir of the Black home; however, he predeceased Sirius. I'll be surprised if I don't get Outstanding on it at least.A fifth year Sirius boasting about his high intelligence after his Defence Against the Dark Arts O.W.L. Snape went there during a full moon, and James was forced to rescue him. And there he was his face wasn't waxy at all but handsome and full of laughter.Sirius's appearance before Azkaban. [25] He warned Harry about Igor Karkaroff, the Durmstrang headmaster, telling Harry that Karkaroff used to be a Death Eater and that he gave up a considerable number of names in exchange for his freedom. In 1998, Harry used the Resurrection Stone to summon the spirits of Sirius, Remus, and his parents, all four of whom gave him the emotional support he needed to sacrifice himself. Does Sirius Black appear in Goblet of Fire? Two weeks. He was particularly loyal to his best friend, James Potter, a fellow Gryffindor. This was due to hearing many different theories regarding why Harry survived Voldemort's attack being made by the confined Death Eaters, the most persistent of which indicating that they believed Pettigrew to have betrayed them since the Dark Lord met his downfall on Peter's information. He also described him as a "greasy, oily haired kid."[25]. The group was very popular and loved to play pranks. Black and Potter. After Lord Voldemort returned in 1995, Sirius rejoined the Order. Born in 1845, the first known Sirius Black was the older brother of Phineas Nigellus Black, former headmaster of Hogwarts. TikTok video from hogwartsandmore (@hogwartsandmoree): "did you find him??". He also apologised to Ron for the loss of his pet, asking him to accept the owl in place of "Scabbers". He killed thirteen people with a single curse, one of whom was one of his best friends, Peter Pettigrew. Sirius Black is Harry Potter's godfather. Sirius immediately got off on the wrong foot with Severus Snape when they met on the Hogwarts Express in their first year, as did James Potter, who would become Sirius's best friend. Though his intentions were noble, Sirius could not bring himself to appreciate Dumbledore's actions, as he utterly despised the home which brought him many bitter, unhappy memories, and the fact that he was to be alone in the house most of the time with only his house elf for company made it all the more intolerable. [22] When Rubeus Hagrid appeared on the scene to take Harry from him on Dumbledore's orders, Sirius offered to take Harry himself as he was the chosen guardian in the events of James and Lily's death. Laying on the bed, that was hidden away from the door (aka Sirius Black's bed), was two naked men (if count only wearing socks as naked) smoking a joint, both covered in scars and sweet. Whereas all other members of the Black family were Sorted into Slytherin, Sirius was placed in Gryffindor during his Sorting in 1971, showing that his views had already diverged from those of the rest of the family before he came to school. He accomplished this with a list of passwords Crookshanks had stolen from Neville Longbottom and shredded Ron's bed-curtains in his search for "Scabbers". Later, Snape delighted in taunting Sirius about his "uselessness" to the Order of the Phoenix while he was forced to remain cooped up in 12 Grimmauld Place, and the two needled each other at every opportunity. The simple fact that he was able to take care of Buckbeak would suggest he had skills in certain creatures. In several instances, he risked getting caught by the Ministry because he felt stir-crazy in his house, and advised Harry to take rash actions. A mutual hatred sprang up between James Potter and Severus Snape. Feeling partly responsible for Ron's loss, Sirius gave him an owl to replace "Scabbers". However, Ron awoke, saw Sirius and, frightened out of his wits, screamed, alerting the whole dormitory and forcing Sirius to flee for his life. Horace Slughorn, the Head of Slytherin House, mentioned that he would have liked to have Sirius in his house, having had all of his family. I'm grateful it will make everything much easier.Sirius Black greeting Harry Potter for the first time in the Shrieking Shack. I believe the subject he i. When he briefly left the house to see Harry to the Hogwarts Express, Draco Malfoy nastily complimented Harry on his "pet dog," which, coupled with comments Malfoy made on the train, suggested that the Malfoys recognised Sirius in his Animagus form. siriusblack, lu. [17], "Sirius" was a traditional Black family name, recurring in at least three generations and following a family tradition of naming children after stars, constellations, and galaxies. However, in Sirius's case, it may have been done purposely to help represent how much the trauma he suffered in Azkaban greatly aged him well beyond his actual years. Eventually, he was able to enter the Gryffindor common room. During their earlier years at Hogwarts, Lily came to believe that Sirius was nothing more than a common highly arrogant bully, just like his best friend, James, so their relationship was not likely a friendly one. After receiving an issue of the Daily Prophet from Cornelius Fudge during an inspection, he discovered that Pettigrew was indeed hiding in his Animagus form as Ron Weasley's pet rat, Scabbers. The Marauders were a group of four best friends who all went to Hogwarts together. Though he became increasingly estranged from his own family, Sirius gained three good friends who were in Gryffindor with him: James Potter, Remus Lupin, and Peter Pettigrew. "Point me!" Harry Potter Wiki is a FANDOM Movies Community. Eventually, his death was avenged by Molly Weasley. One time Sirius and James physically bully him simply out of boredom. Sirius stated that despite his disdain towards him, Crouch's principles may have been right to start off with as they were fellow opponents against Voldemort at the time, although he also said that Crouch became just as cruel and ruthless as the forces he was fighting against. Sirius Black III (3 November 1959 - 18 June 1996), also known as Padfoot or Snuffles (in his Animagus form), was an English-French pure-blood wizard, the older son of Orion and Walburga Black, the brother of Regulus Black, and godfather of Harry Potter.Although he was the heir of the House of Black, Sirius disagreed with his family's belief in blood purity and defied tradition when he was . Teachers respected his intelligence (though not his behaviour) and girls adored his dark handsome looks. Like the rest of the wizarding world, Dumbledore initially believed it was Sirius who betrayed James and Lily to Voldemort, but was quick to accept Sirius's innocence when he learned the Secret-Keeper had actually been Pettigrew, and helped Hermione and Harry to save Sirius from the Dementor's Kiss, and to escape from his Ministry captors, by means of a Time-Turner and Buckbeak. The surviving Muggles who witnessed the event were pretty certain they saw Sirius murder their twelve companions and Pettigrew with the curse, and Fudge claimed to have seen Sirius laughing maniacally at the scene of the crime. He later told Harry that he cared deeply for James and Lily, and that he would have rather died than betray them. Following the final task of the tournament, Dumbledore summoned Sirius to his office to meet with Harry, who had barely survived an encounter with Lord Voldemort. Then, he slipped out of Azkaban and swam across the North Sea in his dog form back to the mainland and to freedom. [5] His other cousin, Narcissa Malfoy, also seemed to hold Sirius in low regard, as she taunted Harry Potter about his death when they argued in 1996.[27]. [22], I COMFORTED THE MURDERIN' TRAITOR!Rubeus Hagrid recollecting his last meeting with Sirius, On Hallowe'en night 1981, Sirius went to Pettigrews hiding place and found him missing. Sirius and Snape maintained their hatred of each other into adulthood. He is also depicted in the books as being somewhat less in control than he is shown to be in the, In the films, after Sirius's death, it seems that Harry has picked up Sirius's fashion sense of occasionally wearing a blazer as regular wear, much like Sirius, who in the. Sirius admitted that it was fishy, but told Harry to focus on the task at hand and leave the mystery surrounding Crouch's "illness" to others. Unfortunately, by the next spring, his condition deteriorated, and he reverted back to a state that was only slightly better than that which he had been in a year ago: unshaven, with a faint scent of stale drink around him, and he did not bother to change his clothes at night (presumably a result of his "imprisonment" at the home he utterly despised and his conviction of his apparent uselessness). In 1993, Sirius Black escaped from Azkaban after seeing Scabbers in a Daily Prophet article, of the paper Cornelius Fudge gave him, in July 1993, recognising him as his traitorous former friend Peter . Harry Potter and the Order of the PhoenixJames and Sirius tormenting Severus Snape in their fifth year. Also, in the film version of the Department of Mysteries battle, Sirius is hit in the shoulder and arm with a, The names Sirius and Regulus are also names of two main characters in the video game, There is also a suggestion that Sirius might have done under-age magic. Sirius and Ron fought alongside one another during the Battle of the Department of Mysteries, and when Sirius was killed by Bellatrix Lestrange, Ron grieved for him, and grew to share Harry's intense hatred of Bellatrix. Death, however, served to restore him to the peak of his good looks and vitality his spirit was described as "tall and handsome, and younger by far than Harry had ever seen him in life. Despite this hatred for Snape, Sirius did display shame for his treatment of him in their youth. Like the fact that you were coming to regard Sirius as a mixture of father and brother. What did Sirius Black get in his owls? He even put permanent-sticking charms of Gryffindor banners, as well as pictures of Muggle girls in bikinis and motorcycles, as well as a picture of himself and his Gryffindor friends on the walls of his room to emphasise his differences from the family and annoy his parents. Sirius and his cousin, Bellatrix, met their deaths in a similar way because they were both taunting their killers before they died (and their taunts were their last words). When Sirius attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, the professors were very fond of him, knowing him to be a witty and charming wizard with a good heart. Because he died in the service of the Order of the Phoenix his picture had a giant red X crossed over it. When they discovered that Remus was a werewolf, instead of ostracising him as many would have, they endeavoured to become Animagi in order to keep him company during his monthly transformations. News of his escape caused an unprecedented panic, as he was the first known escapee of the notorious prison, and many people believed that he was planning another mass murder, as well to murder Harry in a mad attempt to bring Lord Voldemort back. Sirius and various other members of the Order of the Phoenix arrived at the Department of Mysteries to rescue Harry, but Sirius was tragically killed in the ensuing battle. Outraged , he stabbed the portrait and fled. This turned out to be a fatal mistake that Sirius regretted for the rest of his life, as Peter betrayed them all. I think the only reason I never lost my mind is that I knew I was innocent. In his fifth year[20] at Hogwarts years, Sirius played a potentially lethal practical joke on Snape. Firstly, she severely disapproved of his indifferent and occasionally cruel treatment of his house-elf, Kreacher, despite the fact that Kreacher initially appeared to be disgusted by her and addressed her as "the Mudblood" (which Hermione often attributed to Kreacher being senile due to his old age.). However, through it all, Sirius had good intentions. I would have died before I betrayed them.Sirius's firm loyalty to James and Lily Potter. The Black family believed strongly in pure-blood elitism. Remus also once stated that he had been one of the cleverest Hogwarts students of his time. The students made their way through the deserted Ministry of Magic and gained access to the Department of Mysteries, only to be ambushed by Death Eaters. When Barty Crouch mysteriously disappeared in the castle grounds after Harry left to retrieve Dumbledore, Sirius warned Harry that someone did not want Crouch to get to the headmaster. Much of this can likely be attributed to the vast amount of time spent in jail, which stunted his emotional development and making him especially eager to spend time with and protect his loved ones. Harry and Sirius stayed in touch during Harry's school year via owls and the Floo Network, though Sirius's presence was nearly discovered by Dolores Umbridge during her dictatorial managing of Hogwarts that year. Fleamont and Euphemia Potter generously adopted Sirius as a son. Sirius was described as a powerful wizard by his former teacher, McGonagall. Sirius first met Ron Weasley in 1994. Keeping everyone else, including Remus Lupin and Albus Dumbledore, in the dark, Sirius and the Potters reassigned Pettigrew to be Secret-Keeper with Sirius as a decoy. [22] After Sirius's innocence was proven by the end of the 1994-1995 school year, however, Dumbledore insisted that the two put their differences aside and ally against Voldemort, which they accepted. Sirius disapproved of Molly's overprotective behaviour towards Harry, who had proven time after time that, despite his age, he was brave and matured far beyond his years. INSTALLATION: Place the files .pak / .ucas / .utoc into \Hogwarts Legacy\Phoenix\Content\Paks\~mods. UPDATES: Sirius Wand V2: New Version of SIrius' wand. His favourite cousin, Andromeda, was disowned by the family as a "blood traitor" when she married Ted Tonks, a Muggle-born wizard. He put up pictures of motorcycles and fighter jets, as well as posters of bathing beauties. How Sirius Black Escaped From Azkaban. Then he pushed Antonin Dolohov, which tried to curse Harry and use the Summoning Charm on the prophecy. These are not harry potter how did. Gary Oldman was 46 when he first played Sirius in Prisoner of Azkaban and 53 when he last played him. During a break from testing in their fifth year, the group of Gryffindor friends known as the Marauders - James Potter, Remus Lupin, Peter Pettigrew, and Sirius Black - are sitting outside on the Hogwarts grounds near the lake with their classmates. He got very angry when she wouldn't let him in, you see. Sirius was left financially independent by his uncle's generous bequest, and eventually got a place of his own. The ending of the three Marauders who had stayed true to their friendship to the very end James, Sirius, and Remus was bittersweet: though they all lost their lives to the two wizarding wars, it can be theorised that they were reunited in death, never to be parted again, as seen when Harry summoned the three of them with the Resurrection Stone. Even the other remaining Marauder, Remus, believed it was Sirius who betrayed their brotherhood.[24]. who did sirius black date at hogwarts . Both wanted to kill their former friend for betraying James and Lily, but Harry prevented them from doing so, believing that it would be better to force Pettigrew to face justice at the hands of the Dementors. Though Sirius did admit that he and James were "arrogant little berks" and that he was not proud of his behaviour, but had done nothing to rectify it. Start your day off right, with a Dayspring Coffee However, the light-hearted exchange becomes more serious when three wizards show up on broomsticks. Sadly, according to the Black Family tapestry, Sirius did not survive into adulthood. He made the acquaintance of Hermione Granger's cat Crookshanks, who had recognised that Sirius was not actually a dog, and who had also recognised Peter for what he was. This Quote is from the Harry Potter wikia, but its sort of conjectural (at least the article said that), it matches the other answers though. It was discovered that Sirius (along with others) had a file kept by the Ministry of Magic while it was under Lord Voldemort's control in 1997. Thus, he did not reveal to Remus that he decided not to be the Potters' Secret-Keeper when they became targets of Lord Voldemort, instead giving the job to Peter, who was less likely to be suspected of holding the secret. First, he made his way to Little Whinging to catch a glimpse of his godson as a teenager, where his Animagus appearance startled Harry before the Knight Bus turned up. Buckbeak passed back into Rubeus Hagrid's care under the assumed name "Witherwings". Together, Lupin and Sirius revealed Peter's true form. He, along with James, were acknowledged to be some of the most brilliant students Hogwarts had ever seen, as proven by their ability to become Animagi as underage wizards and by the creation of the Marauders' Map. Your father and Sirius here were the cleverest students in the school, and lucky they were, because the Animagus transformation can go horribly wrong one reason the Ministry keeps a close watch on those attempting to do it. We'll see each other again, You are truly your father's son, HarrySirius Black's love and eternal gratitude for his godson Harry Potter. Voldemort used Legilimency to implant a false vision into Harry's mind that Sirius was being tortured in the Department of Mysteries, convincing Harry that Sirius had in fact been captured. In the books, Sirius gives Harry an enchanted mirror (by which they should be able to communicate with); however, in the films, this is not shown on-screen. Although Hagrid initially believed that Sirius was a traitor, he understood the real situation after it was explained to him, and it is likely that they resumed their friendship. Secondly, she grew to believe that Sirius could be very selfish when it came to Harry, even voicing her theory that a part of Sirius had actually been hoping for Harry's expulsion from Hogwarts, so that Harry would stay with him at Grimmauld Place instead of going back to school for his fifth year. Sirius's popularity was not universal, however. July 30th, 1993 : Sirius Black escapes from Azkaban. They refused to consort with Muggles or Muggle-borns, Squibs and blood traitors and even disowned Squib family members, such as Sirius's great-uncle Marius Black, and insisted that their family members only marry within respectable pure-blood classes; because of these beliefs, they were forced to marry their own cousins. The only time James ever stopped was in front of Lily Evans, a pretty red-head who disapproved of such behaviour, whom James later married right after they left Hogwarts. This most likely meant that Pettigrew went into hiding as a rat in hopes of avoiding the half of Voldemort's followers who avoided imprisonment, afraid that they will be motivated to kill him if his continuing existence became known, if not return to their master. The surviving Muggles were Obliviated and given an excuse by the Muggle-Worthy Excuse Committee that a gas-leak occurred before they could remember who really cast the Blasting Curse. The bike ended up crashing, as the Order was ambushed by Death Eaters. Ginny eventually named her eldest son after her father-in-law and Sirius. Sirius met Lily Evans on the Hogwarts Express, where he and James Potter almost immediately made a bad impression on her by insulting her best friend, Severus Snape. Sirius would later share this designation and was held in contempt, even hatred, by some members of his family. J. K. Rowling has said that she likes Sirius as a character, but she does not think he is "wholly wonderful": Rowling also described Sirius as a "bit of a loose cannon" and a "case of arrested development"[28] and once described Sirius as "brave, loyal, reckless, embittered and slightly unbalanced by his long stay in Azkaban."[30]. [22][25], If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.Sirius giving advice to Harry. He was the last remaining heir of the House of Black, a once-notable pure-blood wizarding family. Despite this, Sirius assured Molly that Percy would eventually reconcile with them after he fell out with his family, something which ultimately did happen at the Battle of Hogwarts. Sirius' middle name is often said to be Orion; however, there is no canonical evidence for this. K. Rowling about Sirius's character. Harry Potter and the Order of the PhoenixSirius talking with friends in their fifth year, during their O.W.L. It took its toll by October, 1981, he no longer trusted his old friend Remus Lupin, suspecting he was a spy and excluding him from important information. They later discovered that Remus was a werewolf. He was killed by his cousin Bellatrix Lestrange during the Battle of the Department of Mysteries and subsequently cleared of all charges by the Ministry of Magic, though it was too late for him to enjoy his freedom. She learned the truth in 1995, and it's possible that she and Sirius had a good relationship until his death. harry potter: 80% voldemort: 30% ron weasley:10% sirius black: 1% dumbledore: 0.0001% - DOOMBREAKER. Well, I thought that paper was a piece of cake. The names Cygnus, Arcturus, and Regulus have also occurred at least twice each. Sirius's other dog-like traits include his need to protect his loved ones, his selfless nature, great sense of loyalty, and his need to be part of something bigger than himself, such as when he helped to plant the seeds of Dumbledore's Army and encouraged and enabled Harry to further the movement against Umbridge's increasingly totalitarian hold over Hogwarts. With Lord Voldemort restored to his physical form, Dumbledore reinstated the Order of the Phoenix, sending Sirius to gather the "old crowd" and inform them of the situation. After giving Severus Snape a cryptic message informing him of the situation and then ditching Umbridge in the Forbidden Forest, Harry, along with Ron, Hermione and fellow D.A. After he escaped from prison in 1993, he told Remus the truth and, together, they planned to kill Peter for his treachery, though they were stopped by Harry. Sirius Black is a character in J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series. Sirius was also godfather to Lily's son, Harry, and they shared a strong bond of friendship, love, and trust. Harry Potter and the Deathly HallowsLily's friendship and affection toward Sirius. Sirius had a good relationship with most of the Weasley family, and was so thrilled to have their company during the Christmas of 1995 that he was heard singing "God Rest Ye, Merry Hippogriffs" at the top of his lungs. Sirius wished for Harry to be allowed to rest for his ordeal but was overruled by Dumbledore. Sirius was allowed to stay with Harry in the hospital wing in his dog form Dumbledore telling Madam Pomfrey that he was very well trained and remained so even as he heard Cornelius Fudge besmirch Harry and question his credibility on Voldemort's return. When He Died. He had a gaunt, sunken face, waxy skin, yellow teeth, and long, matted hair. There is a misconception that Sirius Black got kicked out by his family.
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