Sirius Black III

 Sirius Black a.k.a. Black Sheep

Biographical information

Full Name

Sirius Black III

Nickname(s)

Padfoot (by James, Remus, and Peter)

Date of Birth

Sept 1959 to Aug 1960

Blood status

Pure-blood

Marital status

Single

Physical information

Species

Human (Wizardkind)

Blood status

Pure-blood

Family information

Siblings

Regulus Black II (brother)

Parents

• Orion Black † (estranged father)

• Walburga Black † (estranged mother)

In-laws

• Hermione "Mione" Granger (sister-in-law; via Regulus)

• Edward "Ted" Tonks (cousin-in-law; via Andromeda)

• Rodolphus Lestrange † (estranged cousin-in-law; via Bellatrix)

• Lucius Malfoy II † (estranged cousin-in-law; via Narcissa)

Cousins

• Bellatrix Black-Lestrange † (estranged cousin)

• Andromeda Black-Tonks (cousin)

• Narcissa Black-Malfoy (cousin)

• Draco Lucius Malfoy (first cousin once removed)

• Edward Remus Lupin (first cousin once removed)

Guardians

• Fleamont Potter † (legal guardian)

• Euphemia Potter † (legal guardian)

Relationships

Allies/Friends

• James Potter (closest)
• Remus Lupin (closest)
• Peter Pettigrew † (closest, formerly)
• Regulus Black II
• Lily Evans
• Hermione "Mione" Dagworth-Granger
• Prof. Albus Dumbledore
• Prof. Minerva "Minnie" McGonagall

Romances

• Hermione Granger (ex-fiancé)

• Unnamed two girls (flirted with them at the ball)

Enemies

• Lucius Malfoy II †
• Regulus Black II (formerly)
• Lord Voldemort †
• Bellatrix Black †
• Death Eaters
• Peter Pettigrew †

Magical characteristics

Animagus

Black dog (unregistered)

Boggart

Lord Voldemort

Wand

Unknown length, wood, and core

Patronus

Black cat

Affiliation

School

Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry (1971 - 1979)

House

Gryffindor

Loyalty

• House of Black (disowned)

• Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry

• Gryffindor

• Slug Club

• Marauders

• Potter family

• Albus Dumbledore

• Order of the Phoenix

• House of Weasley

Sirius Black III was a pure-blood wizard and a member of the House of Black. Sirius conflicted with his family's belief in blood purity and disregarded the rules when he was sorted into Gryffindor House rather than Slytherin at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, which he attended from 1971 to 1978. As the rest of his family had been in Slytherin, he was the 'peculiar one'. Born both pure-blood wizards, Orion and Walburga Black. He had a younger brother named Regulus Black II, who was his parents' favored child; however, he wasn't very close to his brother. He earned a lifelong friendship with James Potter and Remus Lupin. He was also mates with Peter Pettigrew. The four mates, also known as the Marauders, united the Order of the Phoenix to battle against Lord Voldemort and his Death Eaters during the First Wizarding War, but when Pettigrew backstabbed the Potters to Voldemort, Hermione understood all this before and moved privately to Potter's somewhere else where nobody could find them, even Voldemort or Death Eaters, but Sirius still desired to get vengeance on Pettigrew and Voldemort.

Relationships

Family

"I despised the lot of them: my parents with their pure-blood obsession, persuaded that being a Black produced you basically royal... my fool brother, weak enough to think them... They considered Voldemort had the good idea; they were all for the sanctification of the wizarding ethnicity, getting rid of Muggle-borns and having pure-bloods in ward."

— Sirius's alienation regarding his family and his resentment of their views.

The nature of Sirius's relationship with his family during his early childhood is unclear, but at the age of eleven, he earned the severe disappointment and disapproval of his family by being sorted into Gryffindor house at Hogwarts. Sirius, in turn, became increasingly disobedient by exhibiting his house association and his disgust for his family's pure-blood importance. His relationships with his mother and cousin Bellatrix became quite aggressive; Walburga disowned Sirius when he fled home at the age of sixteen, burned his name off the family tree, and even subjected her brother Alphard to the same discipline simply for leaving funds to his nephew.

Sirius' relationship with his younger brother Regulus wasn't close; however, he expected that Regulus had not been ridiculous enough to go with what their parents advised him to do, and he was somewhat bitter about almost failing his little brother to the Death Eaters at such a young and advantageous age. However, it was averted by Hermione when she informed him that Regulus is gonna die in the future. Their relationship got revived when Regulus stood up to his brother in front of his parents and left the Black family for good. Also, Sirius was the best man at his brother's wedding to Hermione.

Outside family

Allies/Friends:

Marauders

Sirius Black: "Put that away, will you? Before Wormtail wets himself from excitement."

James Potter: "If it bothers you."

Sirius Black: "I'm bored. Wish it were a full moon."

Remus Lupin: "You might. We've still got Transfiguration; if you're bored, you could test me..."

— Sirius talking with friends in their fifth year, during their O.W.L. exam period

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. The group was very popular and loved to play pranks. When they discovered that Remus was a werewolf, instead of ostracising him as many would have, they endeavoured to become Animagi to keep him company during his monthly transformations. Together, this group created the Marauder's Map. When Sirius ran away from home at age sixteen, James's family took him in. After graduating from Hogwarts, the group of friends joined the Order of the Phoenix. Sirius was James's best man at his wedding to Lily Evans, and the godfather to their son.

At some point during the First Wizarding War, Sirius came to mistrust Remus, guessing that he might be a spy. Thus, he did not demonstrate to Remus that he chose not to be the Potters' Secret-Keeper when they became prey to Lord Voldemort, rather giving the job to Peter, who was less likely to be doubted of holding the secret. However, when Hermione informed him of everything about the future, they began to plan what to do next, how to protect the Potters from Voldemort and the Death Eaters. Hermione proposed that the Potters transfer to another place, but they must not reveal anything.

Lily Evans

"Lots of love, Lily."

— Lily's friendship and affection toward Sirius

Sirius met Lily Evans on the Hogwarts Express, where he and James Potter almost directly made a bad impression on her by humiliating her best friend, Severus Snape. She fast moved to leave the compartment they were all sharing on the train, with Snape in tow, and turned her back on Sirius when she was sorted with him into Gryffindor House.

During their earlier years at Hogwarts, Lily came to believe that Sirius was nothing more than a typical, favorably snobby bully, just like his best friend, James, so their relationship was not likely to be a pleasant one. That changed in their later years at Hogwarts, presumably after she had ended her friendship with Snape and gotten to know and understand Sirius better. During the First Wizarding War, they both became members of the Order of the Phoenix and fought in several battles. She also mailed a letter to Sirius, which revealed that they were still friends despite the harsh doubt and dread fanned by the First War.

Hermione Granger

Sirius Black: "You must be Hermione?"

Hermione Granger: "Yes. Er—Mr Black— Sirius?"

Sirius Black: "Sirius just, kitten!"

— Sirius meets Hermione Granger for the first time in the Great Hall.

Sirius also met Hermione Granger during the 1975–1978 school year, observing her traveling with the Time-Turner without his knowing. She was sorted into Gryffindor house, and Sirius named her "kitten" every day when he glimpsed her.

Albus Dumbledore

"I proposed it to Dumbledore for Headquarters — about the only reasonable thing I've been capable of doing."

— Sirius is trying to be useful

Albus Dumbledore was Sirius's Headmaster at Hogwarts. 

Severus Snape

Sirius: "I've warned you, Snivellus, I don't care if Dumbledore thinks you've reformed, I know better —"

Severus Snape: "Oh, but why don't you tell him so? Or are you afraid he might not take very seriously the advice of a man who has been hiding inside his mother's house for six months?"

— Sirius and Snape have a heated argument whilst Snape is informing Harry about his Occlumency lessons

Sirius instantly 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. Sirius snapped at Snape after he sneered at James's wish to be sorted into Gryffindor house, and the two bestowed the mocking name of "Snivellus" on the Slytherin student. They loathed Snape as an "oddball up to his eyeballs in the Dark Arts." He also described him as a "greasy, oily-haired kid."

According to Sirius, the other boy was jealous of him and James's popularity and took to following them around, trying to get them into trouble. Sirius and James outright bullied Snape frequently during their years at Hogwarts, sometimes simply out of boredom, even in front of his childhood friend Lily Evans.