Sirius Leander

## Sirius Jedidiah Leander

**Sirius**: "*Of course you look up to me! Who wouldn't? You thought you'd made it the day I offered to show you around Hogwarts. I was your ticket in. Oh, I hope somebody I'll be Sirius — no, I pray someday I'll be like Sirius.*"
**Aries Peltier III**: "*And now I can think of nothing worse than being you! I get it, you've always been selfish. You do what you like because you want something. Whatever. It makes sense. But now — now you only do things because you can! You play with people and I don't get why. You have no friends, no girlfriend, no one left. Not even the twins are talking to you. So you were right, they are clever. You're lonely, Sirius. You're sociopathic. You brought it upon yourself.*"
— An argument regarding Sirius' controlling nature

**Sirius Jedidiah Leander** (b. 31 December) is a half-blood wizard of the Leander and Potter families, the eldest child born to the late Jedidiah and Lattice Leander (née Malfoy-Potter). He is the elder brother of twins Lily and Odysseus, as well as the godson of Nicodemus Potter. After the unexpected death of their father, the Leander children were raised by their mother alone in Godric's Hollow. At the age of nine Sirius was hugely devastated by the loss and marked by the abject ability to see Thestrals.

## Personality and traits

**Sirius**: "*Look around, Aries. Fuck all ever happens in this little world anymore. You've got to improvise.*"
**Aries Peltier III**: "*No matter who you hurt?*"
**Sirius**: "*What does it matter who I hurt? He was bored, I was bored, she was bored, and now we're not.*"
— Sirius' imprudent and unflinching attitudes towards life

## Magical abilities and skills

"*You know how magic is random? It acts according to talent. Chance, chaos, confidence. It all depends on the movement of your wrist and your concentration, and then boom! Magic! We're the same thing as that. That's the great thing about magic. It's unpredictable. That's why it's so much fun.*"
— Sirius proclaiming his passion and understanding of magic

## Possessions

* **First wand**:
* **Second wand**:
* **Erebus broomstick**:

## Etymology

The name **Sirius** is derived from the Ancient Greek Σείριος, *Seirios*, meaning *"glowing"* or *"scorcher."* The star Sirius is known as the Dog Star and is the brightest star in Canis Major, the Great Dog constellation. In Arabic, the star is known as *al-shira*, *"the leader,"* and in Scandinavia, it has been referred to as *Lokabrenna*, meaning *"Loki's torch".* Loki was a trickster god in Norse mythology, a possible allusion to Sirius and his calculating ways.

The name **Jedidiah** is a Hebrew baby name, meaning *"beloved of the Lord"* or *"friend of God"*. In the Hebrew Bible, Jedidiah (*Jeddedi* in Brenton's Septuagint Translation) was the second or blessing name given by God through the prophet Nathan in infancy to Solomon, second son of King David and Bathsheba.

The name **Leander** is a Greek baby name, although it can be used as a surname; the meaning of this name is *"lion-man"*, which could perhaps be cleverly attributed to the Leanders' most commonly being sorted into Gryffindor.

## Notes

* Sirius' theme song was Play God by Sam Fender.
* Sirius' specialised soundtrack, titled *boy god*, can be found on 8tracks.