Together, Lupin and Sirius revealed Peter's true form. Sirius was born at autumn, something that possibly relates to the Dog sign of the Chinese Zodiac being associated with that season. In the film of Deathly Hallows, Ron broke down as we saw Molly stroking his forehead, desperately needing to comfort him. I don't know whether to be proud or concerned. [23], After leaving Godric's Hollow, Sirius, overcome with grief and rage, tracked Pettigrew down, determined to kill him in vengeance. Buckbeak passed back into Rubeus Hagrid's care under the assumed name "Witherwings". The document listed Sirius's blood status, his status of his family, and his security status. The resentment Snape felt for Sirius was never healed. [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. It was kept in Dolores Umbridge's office. He also seemed to have taken to drinking, as he had a "Mundungus-like whiff of stale drink about him". Since Dementors have difficulty sensing the less complex emotions of animals, he was able to remain relatively unaffected by them. That, and he did not want his father's friends to become murderers, as he did not think that would be what his father wanted. Sirius was weakened following his encounter with Lupin's werewolf form and could not protect himself when hundreds of Dementors guarding Hogwarts arrived. 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. However, through it all, Sirius had good intentions. Harry Potter Dobby said gently, for the last time. 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. [17] Had Regulus Black lived, he would have been the heir of the Black home; however, he predeceased Sirius. He put up pictures of motorcycles and fighter jets as well as posters of bathing beauties. Sirius also, however, told Harry that he was ashamed of his treatment of Snape in their younger years.[17]. This article is about the character nicknamed the "Prisoner of Azkaban". Sirius later claimed Snape was "this little oddball who was up to his eyes in the Dark Arts", from Snape's first moments at Hogwarts. This gives Sirius time to process Harry's arrival and consider why Harry did not use the mirror instead. Dolohov tried to use the same curse on Sirius, but Harry placed Dolohov under Body-Bind. 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". In order to protect Harry, Ron, and Hermione from Lupin, Sirius turned back into a dog, giving Pettigrew an opening to escape and flee. He simultaneously claimed it "served Snape right". She was loyal, capable and she fought for the person she wanted to be with. Manage all your favorite fandoms in one place! Sirius would have known exactly what was in the package he gave Harry, and therefore, should have been surprised not only by Harry's sudden appearance in his fireplace, but by Harry's decision not to use the tool he was given for this exact scenario. Fortunately, for the sake of the wizarding world, he . K. Rowling about Sirius's character. Harry begged and bargained, pleading for Dobbys life as the little house-elf lay dying in his arms. When Harry arrives in the fire, Sirius never even questions why Harry has decided to use the much riskier floo network instead of the very convenient two-way magic mirror Sirius had given him just a couple of months earlier. It took them the best part of three years to work out how to do it. Posted by 1 year ago. Harry later named his first son James Sirius Potter after him and his father James Potter I. Sirius Black III was born on 3 November 1959, in the London borough of Islington, England, to Orion Black and Walburga Black, both of whom were Dark wizards and second cousins. Sirius was true to the ideal of a Gryffindor student. Archived post. 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. It was revealed, however, that Sirius had wished that Regulus had not been foolish enough to go with what their parents told him to do, and he was rather upset with losing his little brother to the Death Eaters at such a young and promising age. 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). On 6 June 1994, Harry Potter and Hermione Granger were led into the shack when Sirius Black, as a dog, dragged Ron off into the underground passage, located underneath the Whomping Willow. Sirius was left financially independent by his uncle's generous bequest and eventually got a place of his own. Pettigrew was unjustly awarded the Order of Merlin, First Class for his confrontation with Sirius, which, along with the finger that they recovered, were "posthumously" given to his mother. This really undermines the tragedy of the situation. In 1981, the Potters were aware that Harry, along with the son of fellow Order members Alice and Frank Longbottom, had become Lord Voldemort's specific targets. Harry's kind of outgrowing that now. Nevertheless, she had a generally good relationship with Sirius, knowing him to be an ultimately good person, and was greatly saddened by his death at the Battle of the Department of Mysteries, and was one of the last people to duel his killer Bellatrix Lestrange during the Battle of Hogwarts. He communicated with Harry but very seldom to retain the secrecy of his location. 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 is derived from the Ancient Greek , Seirios, meaning "glowing" or "scorcher." Unfortunately, Dementors attacked the group and allowed Pettigrew to escape. And yes, their fire conversation was cut short by the appearance of Argus Filch. [19] Harry later gave his first son the middle name Sirius to honour his godfather's memory. In the scene, Harry, Ron, Hermione, Ginny, Neville, and Luna ended up in the Ministry's death chamber and encountered the veil that separates the living from the dead. When Sirius ran away from home at age sixteen, James's family took him in. Afterwards, the two reclaimed their friendship, but it was tragically cut short by Sirius's death two years later. Sirius was a tall, well-built, darkly handsome man with fair skin, medium, lustrous black hair[10], which sometimes appeared light in the sun, striking grey eyes,[11] and an air of "casual elegance"; Harry also noted that as a teenager, Sirius always had a slightly haughty look on his face. [3] While inside the shack Harry then found out who had really betrayed his parents and . Such examples are when James Potter points out Snape, and Sirius is described as "perfectly still like a dog smelling a rabbit." You may be looking for the, The Harry Potter Wiki has 277 images related to, *Disclosure: Some of the links above are affiliate links, meaning, at no additional cost to you, Fandom will earn a commission if you click through and make a purchase. Sirius excused his own actions, explaining that he had simply told Snape what he wanted to know about the tunnel while omitting crucial information. It was also a death that only happened as a result of a plot hole due to an event earlier in the same novel . He had such a difficult life and just when hed found love and acceptance and become a father he died. Radcliffe added that "the character's death just comes so out of the blue as well" and "was a real shocker. 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. 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. Heres how we feel they relate to seven of the saddest moments in the Harry Potter books and films. When Pettigrew betrayed the Potters to Voldemort, Sirius sought to get revenge on Pettigrew. After begging Hagrid to give him baby Harry - a request Hagrid refused because he had orders to take young Harry to Little Whinging - Black gave Hagrid the bike before setting off to hunt down Peter Pettigrew. It was the strength of her love for Remus that brought her to Hogwarts for the final battle and ultimately, to her death. And Sirius Black was born on the 3rd of November xxxxxxxx, "Immeritus" on J. K. Rowling's Official Site (available via Internet Archive), 16 July 2005 Leaky Cauldron and MuggleNet interview with J.K. Rowling, Height of Individuals by gender in England UK - Statista, http://www.accio-quote.org/themes/sirius.htm, Attack on Godric's Hollow (1981) participants, Battle of the Department of Mysteries participants, Plot to murder Peter Pettigrew participants, Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. 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. 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. In 1995, she lived for a few weeks at Sirius's house, along with other members of the Order of the Phoenix. She loves a good story, even if she has to write it herself. Even after Crouch's death, Sirius was still resentful of Crouch's decision to sentence him in Azkaban without a trial, commenting that he was unsure he would accept an apology from the Ministry of Magic even if they acknowledged Voldemort's return. They also used an illegal hex on a boy named Bertram Aubrey that caused his head to grow twice its original size. When Sirius was going over the Black Family Tree with Harry, he mentioned that he was distantly related to both Molly and Arthur, although they were not on the tapestry due to being known as "blood traitors". 5. Severus placed himself in constant danger for the woman he always loved, Lily Potter. But Sirius had his flaws I've sort of discussed that before some quite glaring flaws. How could this be? As Harry explained the night's events, Sirius nearly interrupted twice and was greatly angered. 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Eventually, he was able to enter the Gryffindor common room. This gaping omission is not inkeeping with Sirius' previous behavior, and feels notable because there is no explanation for him neglecting to mention the mirror that does not feel contrived. 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. That's the reason why, the commenter claims, that Radcliffe was so convincingly distraught and overcome with emotion in that particular scene. Sirius's popularity was not universal, however. These are the characters you look forward to spending time with on the page or screen: they may intrigue you, inspire you, enrage you or make you laugh. 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. 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. Unfortunately, Sirius's handsomeness - much like his imprisoned cousin Bellatrix - suffered due to the depression and maltreatment he underwent during the twelve years he spent in Azkaban. After graduating from Hogwarts, the group of friends joined the Order of the Phoenix. They also held the Dark Arts in reverence. The trio, Remus Lupin, and Sirius Black in the Shrieking Shack. This, in turn, caused Karkaroff to land himself on the wrong side of Death Eaters still loyal to Voldemort, one of the names he gave up was Augustus Rookwood. James was adamant about Sirius being their Secret-Keeper, believing that Sirius would willingly die rather than reveal where they were. Minerva McGonagall was Sirius's Head of House during his years at Hogwarts. And as those big, wide eyes glazed over, there was that devastating sentence from the book: his eyes were nothing more than great, glassy orbs sprinkled with light from the stars they could not see.. Harry Potter theories, video essay and reviews. Witch Watchers that operated as a special Ministry force were used as a means of trying to catch him, but to no avail. However, due to his use of exotic birds, Harry suspected him of hiding somewhere in the tropics. 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 . As they made their way back to the castle, Sirius hesitantly asked Harry if he would like to live with him, thinking Harry would not want to; but Harry enthusiastically agreed, thrilled at the idea of leaving the Dursleys and finally having a real home. Ginny eventually named her eldest son after her father-in-law and Sirius. Molly, in turn, thought Sirius was wrong to treat Harry like an adult and that he treated Harry as though he were James. The two resumed their friendship, and Sirius helped Dumbledore to recall the Order of the Phoenix an hour after Voldemort returned. When Harry first sees his parents in the Mirror of Erised in The Sorcerer's Stone. Sirius was hysterical when the Aurors lead him to jail because James and Lily's death had unhinged him. Sirius's death was also a factor that led to Dumbledore finally revealing to Harry things that had been kept secret from him, mainly about the true power of his mother's sacrificial protection and the prophecy about him and Voldemort. The names Cygnus, Arcturus, and Regulus have also occurred at least twice each. Stay up to date with what you want to know. He was, however, unknown to the public, beaten by Barty Crouch Jnr through his mother's sacrifice. 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 Sorted into Gryffindor House instead of Slytherin at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, which he attended from 1971 to 1978. . Miraculously, and by Albus Dumbledore's suggestion, Harry and Hermione used Hermione's Time-Turner to help Sirius escape; as Dumbledore had also hinted that "more than one innocent life" could be saved that night, they rescued the hippogriff Buckbeak from execution, thus granting Sirius a form of travel. Yet, forgetting Sirius' gift was a communication device led Harry to break into Umbridge's office to use her unmonitored fireplace to access the floo network so he could speak to Sirius. 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. Close. During the Second Wizarding War, Ron and Sirius grew closer, as they both lived at Sirius's house for several weeks and eventually became good friends. Here, then, are the seven saddest moments from the Harry Potter movies. Harry later named his first son after both James and Sirius. Sirius felt that Harry should have the right to know difficult truths, and considered him perfectly capable of taking on heavy burdens that many other fully-grown wizards could not. 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. James Sirius's personality was very similar to Sirius's. That changed in their later years at Hogwarts, presumably after she had ended her friendship with Snape and got to know and understand Sirius better. Black assured his godson that dying was not painful, that it was faster and easier than falling asleep. Albus Dumbledore advised the Potters to go into hiding using the Fidelius Charm, which Dumbledore hoped would conceal them from doom. Harry told Sirius about seeing Barty Crouch when he was working on the second clue on his way to the prefect's bathroom. 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. When their son Harry was born, James and Lily named Sirius godfather, thus designating him as Harry's guardian in the event of their deaths. I love when they accurately portray those scenes from the books. 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. However, by having Sirius uncharacteristically also forget the mirror's existence, an unfortunate plot hole is created that is the root cause of the character's death. Much of Daniel's time as Harry Potter was fraught with emotion and speculation. Sirius fled Europe beyond the Ministry of Magic's jurisdiction. [19] When his cousins Bellatrix and Narcissa made the desirable pure-blood marriages, to Rodolphus Lestrange and Lucius Malfoy respectively, Sirius held them in contempt. [25], I don't like being back hereI never thought I'd be stuck in this house again.Sirius on being forced to remain in his family home. The fact that he was able to completely resist the psychological effects of the Dementors for so many years suggests that he had an unusually strong sense of self, and therefore was capable of withstanding long periods of emotional torture and despair. Dudley Dursley is present for Harry's big blunder at the beginning of Prisoner of Azkaban, which involves Harry "blowing up" his Aunt Marge. Delivering the latest news and official products from the Wizarding World and our partners. The closest connection to his parents was lost forever, and were left broken-hearted for him. Despite being innocent of murdering Pettigrew and the Muggles, a crime for which he was sent to Azkaban, if he had been discovered as an unregistered Animagus, it carries a sentence in Azkaban. Warner Bros. During an interview with BuzzFeed, Daniel Radcliffe said the death of Sirius Black (played by Gary Oldman) was the hardest death to get over in the "Harry Potter" movie franchise. On the anniversary of the battle in 2015, J.K. Rowling tweeted how sorry she was at writing Freds death and all of the sadness came flooding back. The name "Sirius Black" is a play on his Animagus form of a black dog since the star Sirius is known as the Dog Star and is the brightest star in Canis Major, the Great Dog constellation. I think you see that from his relationship with Harry in Phoenix. He kind of wants a mate from Harry, and what Harry craves is a father. Sirius was briefly recaptured by Snape and was sentenced to the Dementor's Kiss, a fate worse than death. I see Sirius as someone who was a case of arrested development. In the film versions of the series, Sirius has multiple tattoos, but it is never stated in the books if he has any. Surely, Sirius would have kept a close eye on the mirror should Harry have needed him, so its existence would be fresh in his memory. He also described him as a "greasy, oily haired kid."[25]. He got very angry when she wouldn't let him in, you see. Unsettled by the lack of signs of a struggle, Sirius frantically sped to Godric's Hollow, discovering the Potters' house destroyed and his friends dead; only baby Harry was still alive. As Sirius's relationship with his relatives deteriorated, he gained a lifelong friendship with James Potter and Remus Lupin. Harry thought he looked as a corpse might. Sirius conceded after an argument and gave Hagrid his flying motorcycle, telling him he wouldn't need it; nevertheless, after Hagrid had handed over the baby, he intended to return Black his bike but never got the chance. 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. Harrys disbelief mirrored our own. It is so shocking and sad; everything we thought we knew changed. 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. The bike ended up crashing, as the Order was ambushed by Death Eaters. Maybe you slammed the book shut at the moment Snape uttered Avada Kedavra!, or paused the film to make a cup of tea, because there was absolutely no way you could handle Dumbledore dying. 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. He was vicious towards those he hated, sometimes unjustifiably deliberately sending the teenage Snape off to the Shrieking Shack when Remus Lupin was a full-fledged werewolf while knowing that it could be fatal for Severus. 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. And there he was his face wasn't waxy at all but handsome and full of laughter.Sirius's appearance before Azkaban. His relationships with his mother and cousin Bellatrix became particularly antagonistic; Walburga disowned Sirius when he left home at the age of sixteen, burned his name off the family tree, and even treated her brother Alphard to the same punishment simply for leaving money to his nephew. However, the Dementors evidently were not concerned about these apparent temporary disappearances since they thought it meant he was losing his mind like every other convict in their custody, including Bellatrix and some of her fellow Death Eaters. Sirius was James's best man at his wedding to Lily Evans, and the godfather to their son. Showing my 7 year old nephew the movies and now he is pretending to speak parseltongue. Around 1977, he and James were involved in a motorbike chase with two policemen. James would become a stag (Prongs), and Peter would become a rat (Wormtail). He was one of the many people who hated Snape. Marked as Prisoner 390, Sirius was placed in solitary confinement at the mercy of the Azkaban guards, the Dementors. According to Sirius, the other boy was jealous of his and James's popularity, and took to following them around, trying to get them into trouble. There's no word on either Daniel's paternal or maternal grandfathers, however, so it's possible that fans' Quora theories are true. once everything star. However, believing Voldemort would suspect him, Sirius suggested Peter Pettigrew as a less obvious choice. Harry Potter and the Deathly HallowsLily's friendship and affection toward Sirius. According to the publication, Daniel went ahead with his Broadway performance rather than going home for her funeral because that's what she would have wanted, according to his family. It makes sense that Rowling wanted Harry to forget about the mirror because it would serve as a tragic learning opportunity for Harry, and would create an even sadder layer to Sirius' death. 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 Dementors nearly succeeded in sucking out Sirius's soul until a powerful Patronus resembling a stag warded them off. But then it hit us, and as Harry tried to absorb the enormous and incomprehensible truth: that never again would Dumbledore speak to him, never again could he help so did we. Though, Sirius did admit that he and James were "arrogant little berks" and that he was not proud of his behaviour, but he had done nothing to rectify it.
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