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Sirius was a well-built man with a pale complexion, long, lustrous black hair, striking gray eyes, and an air of "casual elegance." This vestige of aristocratic beauty was apparently an attribute passed down through the Black family.

Unfortunately, Sirius's good looks disappeared due to the depression and mistreatment he suffered during the twelve years he spent in Azkaban.

True to the ideals of a Gryffindor student, Sirius was incredibly brave and loyal, as demonstrated by his participation in both wars and his willingness to die for his loved ones. He was a talented and intelligent wizard, though also quite troublesome, arrogant, and mischievous in his youth, with a habit of bullying and harassing people alongside his best friend, James; he particularly enjoyed doing this to Severus Snape. Sirius could be considered a nuisance by those he disliked, sometimes without justification; an example of this is when he sent Snape to the Shrieking Shack when they were teenagers. He could have gotten Snape killed, risked exposing his friend Remus's werewolf condition, and risked expulsion for himself and his friends had his "prank" worked.

Despite Sirius's generally good nature, he sometimes proved capable of explosive tempers when angered. This trait is shared by both his mother, Walburga Black, and his cousin, Bellatrix Lestrange. His years in Azkaban greatly contributed to his behavior, which became particularly evident during the events of 1993 and 1994 when capturing Peter Pettigrew became an obsession. It should be noted, however, that despite his anger towards Pettigrew, Sirius was able to respect Harry's request not to kill the man who had escaped from Azkaban to kill, choosing instead to expose Pettigrew (a plan that, unfortunately, failed).

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Sirius with his godson Harry Potter.
Although Sirius was a kind, loyal, brave, and selfless person, he also showed that he could be a hypocrite. He also stated that he wasn't purely good or bad and that everyone had light and darkness within them—a noble statement, but his behavior toward Snape strongly suggests that he himself didn't have good qualities toward everyone.

The nature of Sirius's relationship with his family during his early childhood is unknown, but at the age of eleven, he received severe disappointment and disapproval from his family for being sorted into Gryffindor House at Hogwarts. Sirius, in turn, became rebellious, emphasizing his affiliation with his house and his disdain for his family's puritanical values. His relationship with his mother and cousin Bellatrix became antagonistic; Walburga disinherited Sirius when he left home at the age of sixteen, burned his name from the family tree, and even did the same to his brother, Alphard, for lending money to her nephew.

Little is known about his relationship with his younger brother, Regulus, as he never spoke about it. It is known, however, that Sirius wished Regulus hadn't been foolish enough to follow his parents' advice, and he was distraught at losing his brother to the Death Eaters at such a young age. It could be assumed that he would have found some comfort in knowing his brother died defying Voldemort. Sirius later claimed to have hated them all, referring to his family, apart from his cousin Andromeda, who had also rejected the notion of blood purity and married a Muggle-born wizard.

Kreacher was the Black family's house-elf for years. He mimicked the family's supremacist values, believing he should only serve pure-blood wizards; therefore, he accused Sirius of being a "blood traitor" and "breaking his mother's heart." Sirius, for his part, cared little for Kreacher, seeing everything he hated about his family in the malevolent elf and treating him as an unworthy servant of little interest to him.

While continuing to distance himself from his own family, Sirius gained three close friends who were in Gryffindor with him: James Potter, Remus Lupin, and Peter Pettigrew. The group was very popular and loved to play pranks. When they discovered that Remus was a werewolf, instead of distancing themselves from him as many would have done, they rushed to become Animagi so they could keep him company during his monthly transformations. When Sirius ran away from home at sixteen, James's family took him in. After graduating from Hogwarts, the group joined the Order of the Phoenix. Sirius was James's best man at his wedding to Lily Evans and godfather to their son, Harry.

Sometime during the First Wizarding War, Sirius began to distrust Remus, suspecting he might be a spy. Therefore, he didn't reveal to Remus that he had chosen not to be the Potters' Keeper when they entered Lord Voldemort's Viewfinder, opting instead for Peter, who was the least likely to possess the secret. This proved to be a terrible mistake that Sirius regretted for the rest of his life, as Peter betrayed them all. The tragic deaths of James and Lily were a cruel and brutal blow to Sirius, as he would gladly have died for them, and he confessed that he desperately missed his best friend every single day. He was sent to Azkaban for Peter's crimes, and Remus initially believed him to be guilty.

Sirius got off to a bad start with Severus Snape when they met on the Hogwarts Express in their first year, as did James Potter, who would later become his best friend. Sirius confronted Snape after Snape laughed at James's wish to be sorted into Gryffindor. They both hated Snape, whom they considered a freak involved in the Dark Arts. According to Sirius, Snape was jealous of his and James's popularity and began to follow them, trying to get them into trouble. Sirius and James frequently bullied him throughout their years at Hogwarts.

Sirius met Lily Evans on the Hogwarts Express, where he and James Potter almost immediately made a bad impression by insulting his best friend, Severus Snape. She quickly left the compartment with Snape in tow, and literally turned her back on Sirius when she was sorted with him into Gryffindor.

During her early years at Hogwarts, Lily came to believe that Sirius was nothing more than a highly arrogant bully, much like her best friend James, so their relationship wasn't very friendly. This changed in her later years at Hogwarts, probably after ending her friendship with Snape and beginning to understand and get to know Sirius better. During the First Wizarding War, they both became members of the Order of the Phoenix and fought in several battles. She even wrote a letter to Sirius, indicating that they remained friends despite the intense mistrust and fear caused by the First War.

After Lily and James were killed by Voldemort, Sirius was devastated; he attacked their traitor, Peter Pettigrew, and tried to kill him. He later told Harry that he cared deeply for James and Lily, and that he would have preferred to die rather than betray them.

Sirius was also the godfather of Lily's son, Harry, and they shared a strong bond of friendship, love, and trust.

Albus Dumbledore was Sirius's headmaster at Hogwarts. Like the rest of the wizarding world, Dumbledore initially believed that Sirius had betrayed James and Lily.

When Sirius attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, the teachers were very fond of him, knowing him to be a charming and witty wizard with a kind heart. Their affection, however, didn't prevent them from noticing that he was a mischievous troublemaker and prankster, and they punished him and his best friend, James, when they crossed the line.

Minerva McGonagall was Sirius's Head of House during his years at Hogwarts. She described him as a powerful wizard, but believed that he was the one who had betrayed her.