What took Sirius when he died?

Upon the dais is a stone archway, covered with a tattered black veil. Sirius is hit by Bellatrix's curse, and his stunned body arcs into the air and floats through the archway, disappearing behind the veil.

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What did Sirius fall through when he died?

But most of all, look at the ancient stone archway that stands in the middle of the Death Chamber, with its veil, through which Sirius Black famously fell, never to return. It's a portal from which the whispers of the dead can be heard. What is the veil? It's one of the Harry Potter series' great questions.

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What is the thing that killed Sirius Black?

The Order battles the Death Eaters in the "Death Chamber." During a frenzied duel with Bellatrix, Sirius taunts her for failing to harm him. Bellatrix strikes Sirius with a curse, sending him backwards into the veil and to his death.

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Why was Harry's scream muted when Sirius died?

In the final cut of the movie, Harry's scream is muted entirely. According to director David Yates, he wanted to slow the scene down to allow the audience to allow themselves to process the death without interruption.

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Why was Sirius Black imprisoned?

Sirius Black

He was then subsequentally burnt out of the family tapestry for daring to be different. Next up: he was imprisoned in Azkaban for over a decade for the murder of 12 Muggles and his former best friend Peter Pettigrew, who actually framed him and faked his own death.

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What KILLED Sirius Black? What Happened to Him? - Harry Potter Explained

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Where did Sirius go after death?

Upon the dais is a stone archway, covered with a tattered black veil. Sirius is hit by Bellatrix's curse, and his stunned body arcs into the air and floats through the archway, disappearing behind the veil.

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What were Sirius Black's last words?

Sirius Black

"Come on, you can do better than that!"

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Was it Harry's fault that Sirius died?

Dumbledore admits it's his own fault that Sirius is dead because he never told Harry the whole truth about his scar.

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Was Sirius died before he fell through the Veil?

In the film, Bellatrix hit Sirius with the Killing Curse, Avada Kedavra, killing him before he passes through the Veil. In the book, the curse that hits Sirius is not identified (although it is rumoured to be Stupefy because of the red light), and him being knocked through the Veil is what causes his death.

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How old was Sirius when he died?

Sirius Orion Black (born November 3, 1959 - died June 18, 1996, aged 36), also known by his nickname Padfoot, is a major character from the Harry Potter series.

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Does Sirius come back to life?

Everybody thought they'd seen the last of Sirius Black when he fell through the veil at the Department of Mysteries after being killed by Bellatrix Lestrange in the Order of the Phoenix. But he's the fourth and final person to briefly return from the dead thanks to the Resurrection Stone.

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What was the spell that killed Sirius?

Cruciatus Curse ('Crucio')

Harry tried to use this spell himself. The first time was against Bellatrix after she had killed Sirius.

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Who killed Fred Weasley?

In 1998, Fred participated in the Battle of Hogwarts, defending the castle's passageways with his twin. While fighting alongside his brother, Percy, he was killed in an explosion possibly caused by Death Eater Augustus Rookwood.

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How did Remus react to Sirius death?

How did Remus feel when Sirius died? Remus grasped his shoulders as he made sure that he was standing - he was still too afraid to let him go entirely, sure that he would try to run. But he stood there, gazing at the arch hopelessly, realisation setting his expression into dazed grief.

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What spell did Bellatrix use on Ginny?

In the film, Bellatrix casts a blue spell at Ginny Weasley instead of a Killing Curse, who deflects it using a Shield Charm.

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Did Sirius have a child?

Black did not have a wife or children. As the portrait of Phineas Nigellus, Black's deceased great-great-grandfather, stated, the direct line of the ancient Black family ended with Sirius' death.

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Where did Sirius go into hiding?

After Harry wrote to Sirius to tell him that his name ended up in the Goblet of Fire, Sirius settled down in a cave near Hogsmeade, where he could pick up newspapers as a stray dog, in his Animagus form. How much do you know about Sirius Black?

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Who did Sirius marry?

It never happened though. Some fans do like to theorize that he was married to Marlene McKinnon, but as far as we know he never got married.

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What spell did Bellatrix use on Sirius in the books?

Stupefy and avada kedavra | Fandom. Okey, we all agree that Bellatrix did not use tha avada kedavra when killing Sirius and that she used stupefy.

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What does Dumbledore say to Harry after Sirius dies?

Dumbledore informs Harry, "It is my fault that Sirius died [...] Or should I say, almost entirely my fault – I will not be so arrogant as to claim responsibility for the whole.

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Did Sirius betray Lily and James?

It wasn't Sirius who betrayed the Potters to Voldemort, but he did persuade them to make Pettigrew their Secret-Keeper.

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Why can't Harry live with Sirius?

Easy answer: Dumbledore could never have allowed Harry to live with Sirius had he lived at the end of Prisoner of Azkaban. The complex protection spell Dumbledore wove when he left Harry with the Dursleys was one of family blood. Harry must live long enough with the Dursleys each year for it to be his home address.

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What was Fred Weasley's last words?

His last line is spoken to George.

In Fred's last film line, he responds to George's question about him being OK and says, "Yeah."

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What did Draco's mom whisper to Harry?

'Is Draco alive? Is he in the castle? ' The whisper was barely audible; her lips were an inch from his ear, her head bent so low that her long hair shielded his face from the onlookers.

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What was Snape's last words?

12. Snape's Last Words. In the [Deathly Hallows] book, Snape's dying words to Harry were "Look at me". Right then we did not realize the significance of his words but in the very next chapter when Harry goes through Snape's memories in the Pensieve, he comes to know how much Snape loved Lily.

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