Sirius Black was born in autumn 1959 to Orion and Walburga Black. 'Sirius' is a traditional Black family name, recurring in at least three generations and following a family tradition of naming children after stars, constellations, and galaxies. His parents were both Black's, being second cousins. He had a brother, Regulus, who was a little under a year younger than him, although never got on well with him. He was a pure-blood wizard.Growing up, Sirius experienced conflict with his family as he didn't agree with their views on muggles, half-bloods, squibs or muggle-borns. His family even disowned Sirius' favourite cousin Andromeda, after she married a muggle-born wizard.In 1971, Sirius was accepted to and began attending Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, where he was placed into Gryffindor house. As his entire family before him was placed into Slytherin, they felt Sirius betrayed them, slowly distancing themselves and eliminating contact. At some point when he was sixteen, Walburga kicked Sirius out, so he stayed with James and his family.At Hogwarts, Sirius befriended James Potter, Remus Lupin and Peter Pettigrew, along with many others. James, Peter and Sirius eventually became animagi, having the ability to transform into animals at will.The four became known as the Marauders, each with their own nickname, with Sirius' being Padfoot, due to his animagus form being a dog. Sirius aged out of Hogwarts.In the following years, Sirius was made godfather to Lily and James Potter's son, Harry.Pettigrew revealed the location of the Potter family to Voldemort and were effectively murdered. On Halloween night 1981, Sirius went to Pettigrews hiding place and found him missing. 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. When Rubeus Hagrid appeared on the scene to rescue Harry, Sirius offered to take Harry himself. Hagrid told him that Dumbledore had made arrangements to send Harry to Lily's sister, Petunia. Sirius conceded, and gave Hagrid his flying motorcycle for the journey.He attempted to kill Peter Pettigrew for : it was he who had betrayed the Potters to Voldemort and sealed their fate. But Pettigrew strategically chopped off his finger and set off a curse which caused an explosion and left a large crater in the area around them, killing 14 muggles. Sirius Black was seized and imprisoned in Azkaban as Pettigrew had framed him. For 12 years, Sirius Black remained trapped in Azkaban, until one day he got wind that Peter Pettigrew was in the Hogwarts castle. Knowing what he was capable of, he set out to enter the castle and protect his godson. The year was 1993. Show less «