Sirius Black

Sirius Black III (3 November 1959 – 18 June 1996), also known as Padfoot or Snuffles (in his Animagus form), was an English pure-blood wizard, the eldest son of Orion and Walburga Black, the older brother of Regulus Black, and godfather of Harry Potter. Although he was the heir of the House of Black, Sirius disagreed with his family's belief in blood purity and defied tradition when he was Sorted into Gryffindor House instead of Slytherin at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, which he attended from...

Blood status

Pure-blood

Born

3 November 1959

Patronus

Non-corporeal