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| In Greek Sirius means burning. Again Sirius, the Dog Star is the brightest star in the Canis Major. The name actually alludes to Sirius Black power of turning into a large black dog. Another name of Sirius Black, “Padfoot” hints at his animal self. Apart from the people in north and central England used to call magical black dog, the Padfoot. Padfoots were entrusted with the duty to protect the churchyards or some roads. These dogs were exceptionally large and had blazing eyes. They could vanish whenever they wanted to.
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Sirius Black was born in 1959 or 1960. He was the predecessors of the pure blood and left all his wealth to Harry Potter before he was dead. Bellatrix Lestrange, the cousin of Sirius Black killed him in 1996. He was the predecessor of Phineas Nigellus Black, a former headmaster at Hogwarts.
Sirius Black and James Potter were bosom friends. Later on he became the godfather of Harry. He was falsely accused of murder and betraying and got imprisoned at Azkaban. Sirius Black was the eldest of the two brothers. He belonged to an aristocratic family that were proud of their pure blood and always looked down upon the Muggles. He was exasperated with his family’s obsession for their pure blood standard and by the time he was 16 he cut off all his relationship with his family.
Peter Pettigrew, Remus J. Lupin and Gryffindors James Potter erre the friends of Srius at Hogwart. On each full moon night, the Marauders, viz. Prongs (James), Padfoot (Sirius), Wormtail (Pettigrew) and Moony (Lupin) used to explore the Hogwarts School. On those days they also visited the Forbidden Forest. They used to keep a record of whatever they used to explore on a magical map called the Marauder’s Map.
After completing their studies at Hogwarts, Sirius and three other Marauders joined the Order of the Phoenix of Dumbledore. Around this time Lily Evans and James Potter got married. According to a premonition both of them died early and Sirius Black was wrongly accused of the death of 12 Muggles, while he attempted to escape the Ministry of law enforcement.
After some 12 years Sirius escaped from the prison of Azkaban. After a little effort he could convince Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix that he was innocent. As he could not prove his innocence with the help of any concrete evidence, he had to remain fugitive.
After a long search Harry was abled to find out Sirius, the father figure to him. But, Sirius Black showed least interest in finding back his old days of glory and camaraderie. In the battle of the Department of Mysteries saw Sirius’s death in the hand of his cousin Bellatrix. According to the story of Harry Potter, after the death of Sirius Black his body fell through a veiled arch and the body was never discovered again. According to the story of Harry Potter, Sirius Black used to be good looking in his youth. Long dark hair and gray eyes made him look elegant in a casual way. After his imprisonment he became unkempt.
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