Name: Sirius Black Alias: Padfoot / Snuffles Heritage: Pureblood Eye colour: Grey Hair colour: Black Birthday: 1960 (died at the age of 37) Father: Mr Orion Black Mother: Mrs Walburga Black Sibling: Regulus Black 1st Cousins: Bellatrix Lestrange & Narcissa Malfoy 2nd Cousins: Nymphadora Tonks & Draco Malfoy Friends: James Potter, Remus Lupin and 'Peter Pettigrew' School: Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry House: Gryffindor Animagus: black dog / a grim look-alike

Biography

The Black Family
The Black family is a Pureblood and dark family (related to the Malfoys and Weasleys in a way). Sirius' father and mother, Mr and Mrs Black were black wizards (along with the rest of the family). Sirius' little brother, Regulus Black, were what they said 'a better son'. His parents died (mother died in 1985), Regulus died in 1980, leaving Sirius the only heir of the Black family.

At Hogwarts
When Sirius aka Padfoot went to Hogwarts, he was sorted into Gryffindor. There he became best friends with James Potter aka Prongs, Remus Lupin aka Moony and Peter Pettigrew aka Wormtail. Together they were the Marauders. Sirius was quite brilliant at school and he was a looker.

During his fifth year at Hogwarts he became an animagus (with James and Peter), in order to help Remus (whom they found out to be a werewolf). James, as a stag, Peter, as a rat, and he himself as a black dog. They, together, created the Marauders Map.

When Sirius was sixteen he ran away from home and stayed with James and his parents. They took him in as a second son. During his sixth year at Hogwarts he tried to kill Severus Snape aka Snivellus, by using Remus (when he was in his werewolf state).

After Hogwarts
When James Potter and Lily Evans married he was their Best Man and in 1980 he became godfather to James and Lily's son, Harry Potter. He was then made as Harry’s godfather.

He was assigned as James’ and Lily’s secret keeper, in which he transferred the responsibility to Peter Pettigrew.

He joined The Order of the Phoenix to fight against Lord Voldemort. On Halloween 1981 Sirius life turned up side down, James and Lily were killed. Sirius got the blame and was locked up in Azkaban (the wizard prison) for 12 years, after he was falsely accused of killing a wizard (Peter) and twelve muggles.

None knew of his innocence, and the real criminal; Peter Pettigrew, who betrayed his friends, using his ‘secret keeper’ advantage of informing Voldermort of their whereabouts. He faked his death by cutting his finger and stayed with the Weasleys as Ron’s pet rat, Scabbers.

Sirius, escaped from Azkaban after rotting there for 12 years. Although living undercover, Sirius joined the re-formed Order of the Phoenix in 1995, allowing them to use his old family house in Grimmauld Place as their headquarters. In this he was even working alongside Snape (who had initially joined the Death Eaters but then defected to the Order around 1980), but although the two were fighting on the same side, they never lost their animosity. During the final battle in the Department of Mysteries, Sirius was struck by a Stupefy spell from Bellatrix Lestrange (his cousin), and subsequently fell through a veil into the world of the dead.

The spell was not fatal but it is unclear whether falling into the afterlife actually kills you or not. Sirius may well return in some form, but whether dead or alive remains to be seen.

After his tragic death, his last will and testament surfaced and revealed that he had left everything to Harry: Grimmauld Place, everything in it, and of course, the insane and detestable house-elf, Kreacher. There was some uneasiness at first, as Bellatrix should have legally been the rightful heir to the family estate and property. The Order of the Phoenix has temporarily moved headquarters to an undisclosed location until the matter is sorted out, fearing that she may show up to stake her claim at any time. As for Kreacher, Dumbledore performed a test to see where his loyalties lie; he told Harry to give Kreacher an order to see if he obeyed it, which he did. While this small triumph bodes well for the Order, no one can be sure if there are any enchantments or magical loopholes that will thwart Harry's claim as heir. Where Grimmauld Place is concerned, it would do well to proceed with caution.