Sirius Black

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Sirius Black was imprisoned in Azkaban on false murder charges, but escaped to find Harry Potter. He is a character whose courage, penchant for evil, and animagus form are unforgettable and essential in helping Harry Potter learn more about his parents and himself. Every Padfoot fan will need this Pop! by Sirius Black for their collection. The collection measures approximately 3.75 inches tall.

Sirius Black was born on November 3, 1959 to Orion and Walburga Black. He was never married. Sirius does not share the opinions of the Black family, an old line of proud pureblood wizards, considering it nobility, and generally agreeing with Voldemort's ideas. Sirius was the only one in his family to be in Gryffindor house, his whole family was in Slytherin house. He died on June 17, 1996 in the Death Room, Department of Mysteries, killed by Bellatrix Lestrange.

Sirius is James Potter's best friend. With Remus Lupine and Peter Pettigrew, they form the Marauders group. At 16, Sirius ran away from the family home he hated to live with James. His mother Walburga never forgave him and disowned him. He is stopped by the Muggle police for speeding (episode recounted in the prologue to Harry Potter ). A year later, the Marauders finish their schooling. James marries Lily Evans, Sirius is his best man, and in 1980, when Harry is born, he becomes his godfather.

In the same year, the war against Voldemort has already begun. The Marauders and Lily belong to the Order of the Phoenix. The Potter family is in danger because Voldemort has discovered a prophecy targeting their son Harry. They cloister themselves in their home in Godric's Hollow thanks to the Fidelitas spell and make Sirius Black their secret keeper. Therefore, he is the only one who knows their hiding place. However, Sirius finds the idea too obvious for Voldemort to ignore and convinces them to take Peter instead. The latter, having already gone over to Voldemort's side, reveals to him the hiding place of James and Lily, which allows him to kill them.

Sirius, suspecting the plan, goes to Peter's house to check that he is safe but his hiding place is empty. He then flies to Godric's Hollow on his flying motorcycle and discovers the disaster. Hagrid, sent by Albus Dumbledore to collect Harry, follows Dumbledore's instructions and refuses to entrust the child to Sirius. Sirius then gives him his motorbike and then sets off after Peter. He corners him on a street full of muggles. Peter then shouts that Sirius killed James and Lily then he causes an explosion which killed a dozen muggles, cuts his finger to make it appear that Sirius killed him and flees through the sewers, in his rat form. Sirius is then arrested without any resistance on his part. Barty Crouch Sr. sends him to Azkaban without giving him a trial for the murder of Peter Pettigrew and twelve muggles.

In Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban , while Sirius is imprisoned in Azkaban, he recognizes Peter Pettigrew in his rat form in a newspaper and decides to escape to kill him. At the end of the volume, he manages to bring Ron, Hermione and Harry together in the Shrieking Shack and explains to them what really happened. Harry, still believing Sirius responsible for his parents' deaths, refuses to believe that Scabbers, Ron's rat, is the animagus form of Peter Pettigrew. It was then that Remus arrived in the cabin and hugged Sirius, Remus having seen Peter Pettigrew's name on the Marauder's Map, he deduced that he was still alive. They are then interrupted by Severus Snape whom Harry incapacitates. The two Marauders then return Peter to his human form and Harry accepts the truth. He stops Sirius and Remus from killing Peter and decides to hand him over to the dementors. However, Remus not having taken his Wolfsbane potion, transforms into a werewolf and in the confusion, Peter manages to transform into a rat and escape. Sirius therefore loses any chance of rehabilitation and is taken prisoner at Hogwarts while waiting for the Dementors. By going back in time thanks to Hermione's Time Turner, Harry and Hermione manage to save Sirius from the dementor's kiss which consists of sucking his soul, and Sirius flies away on the back of the hippogriff Buck, who also saved this that night.

In Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire , Sirius hides in a tropical region, far from dementors. He corresponds regularly with his godson Harry, for whom he means a lot. When he learns that his scar hurts, Sirius decides to return to the North, for Harry, much to Harry's dismay. Sirius is still actively sought by the Ministry of Magic. He hides with Buckbeak in a cave near Hogsmeade. He gives information and advice to Harry throughout the year. After Voldemort's rebirth, Sirius is present when Harry recounts his evening in Dumbledore's office and watches over him in the hospital wing. He then leaves Harry to contact the former members of the Order of the Phoenix according to Dumbledore's wish.

In Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix , Sirius made available to the Order of the Phoenix the house at 12 Grimmauld Place in which he spent his childhood so that it could become its headquarters. Sirius must remain cloistered in this house that he hates, with a price on his head and the Death Eaters knowing his status as an animagus thanks to Peter. He keeps in touch with Harry as often as possible by means of letters or by his nocturnal appearances in the fireplace of the Gryffindor common room, but he will miss being captured by Dolores Umbridge who watches over all the fires at Hogwarts. Sirius explains almost everything about Voldemort's plans, which is criticized by Molly Weasley, who accuses him of confusing his godson with his best friend James, Harry's father. At the end of June, Voldemort sends Harry a false vision that Sirius is his prisoner in the Department of Mysteries of the Ministry. This is a ruse to gain possession of the prophecy, Voldemort needing Harry to have it. Thanks to Snape who raised the alarm, the members of the Order of the Phoenix, including Sirius, join Harry and his friends at the Ministry of Magic as quickly as possible. Away from the ensuing battle, Sirius confronts his cousin Bellatrix Lestrange near a mysterious arch in front of which is stretched a veil that seems to undulate of its own accord. Bellatrix quickly ends the fight by casting a spell on him, which throws him through the ark without hope of return. The film version differs on this point, with Sirius being struck down by an avada kedavra and his soul sucked through the veil.

In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows , as Harry heads towards certain death, he uses the Resurrection Stone to summon his parents, Remus and Sirius. They then appear less solid than a living human but more real than a ghost. All four of them have a young, happy and serene appearance.

Sirius Black is played in the cinema by Gary Oldman and James Walter, who plays the role of 17-year-old Sirius.

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