Severus Snape

Severus Snape
Biographical information
Born	9 January, 1960 49 Spinner's End, Cokeworth, Derbyshire, England, Great Britain
Died	2 May, 1998 (aged 38) Shrieking Shack, Hogsmeade, Highlands, Scotland, Great Britain
Blood status	Half-blood
Signature	Severus Smape
Physical description
Species	Human
Gender	Male
Hair colour	Black
Eye colour	Black
Skin colour	Salloe
Family information
Family members	Douglass Snape (paternal grandfather) + Caroline Snape (paternal grandmother) + Kalovan Prince (maternal grandfather) Tobias Snape (father) + Eileen Snape (nee Prince) (mother) +
Magical characteristics
Boggart	Voldemort
Wand	Unknown
Patronus	Doe
Affiliation
Occupation	Death Eater (After he finished Hogwarts-1980) Favourite Colour: Blue Potions Master at Hogwarts (1981-1996) Head of Slytherin House at Hogwarts (1981-1997) Professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts at Hogwarts (1996-1997) Headmaster of Hogwarts (1997-1998)
House	Slytherin
Loyalty	Snape family Prince family Lily Potter Harry Potter Talis Weasley Albus Dumbledore Voldemort (defected) Hogwarts School of Wizardry and Witchcraft Slytherin Death Eaters (defected) Order of the Phoenix
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"Albus Severus, you were named after two headmasters of Hogwarts. One of them was a Slytherin. And he was the bravest man I've ever known."

-- Harry Potter's high opinion of Snape.

Professor Severus Snape (9 January, 1960^[1] – 2 May, 1998^[2]) was a half-blood^[3] wizard serving as Potions Master(1981-1996), Defence Against the Dark Arts professor (1996-1997), and Headmaster (1997-1998) of the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry as well as a member of the Order of the Phoenix and a Death Eater. His double life played an extremely important role in both of the Wizarding Wars against Voldemort. The only child of Muggle Tobias Snape and Gobstones witch Eileen Snape (née Prince), Severus was raised in the Muggledwelling of Spinner's End, which was in close proximity to the home of the Evans family, though in a poorer area. He met Lilyand Petunia Evans when he was nine and fell deeply in love with Lily, becoming a close friend of hers. 

Severus started at Hogwarts with Lily in 1971, where he was Sorted into Slytherin House. This put him in the same year as Lily but unfortunately for him in rival houses. Severus became the immediate enemy of James Potter and Sirius Black and was a frequent victim of their bullying. This led him to be irritable towards James's son Harry when he was a professor. Snape, when young, developed a passion for the Dark Arts, which increased as his desire for revenge grew stronger. Snape became involved with the bullies in Slytherin House, many of whom were pure-blood supremacists. This put his friendship with Lily, a Muggle-born, under great strain until it was eventually broken in their fifth year. In an attempt to win back Lily's affections^[15], Snape joined the Death Eaters along with a group of his fellow Slytherins.

Severus was made a member of the Slug Club presumably because of his talent at potion-making and Horace Slughornkept a picture of him as a student, clutching his copy of Advanced Potion-Making. Despite this, Horace did not have many hopes for Severus's future, as his photograph was kept behind many others.^[16]

Shortly before Lily Evans was murdered by Lord Voldemort, Snape changed sides and became a member of the Order of the Phoenix as well as a double agent during the Second Wizarding War. With tremendous difficulty, Snape prevented Lord Voldemort from learning the truth about his loyalties. Despite the opinions of most others including Harry during his early life, Albus Dumbledore trusted Snape for reasons that were kept between them both until their deaths. Despite Snape killing Dumbledore, it is learned that they had a special agreement for him to do so. When he died, it was revealed that his deep strong love for Lily Evans caused him to redeem himself, joining Dumbledore's cause for her protection (and, after her death, that of her son) from Lord Voldemort.

The relationship between Dumbledore and Snape would be one of an unusually strong loyalty, so much so that Snape agreed to kill Dumbledore upon the latter's own request. Before Dumbledore's death, Snape promised to protect the students of Hogwarts from the Death Eaters, who would inevitably take control of the Ministry of Magic as well as the school. Snape later participated in the Battle of Hogwarts but was murdered by Lord Voldemort who mistakenly believed that Snape was the master of the Elder Wand (an immensely strong and powerful wand that Voldemort deeply desired, as well as one of the Deathly Hallows) when in reality, Harry Potter was the master of the Elder Wand, because Draco Malfoy had disarmed Dumbledore on the night of Dumbledore's death on top of the Astronomy Tower, and Harry had disarmed Draco at Malfoy Manor.

After Snape's death, Harry Potter ensured that his portrait remained at Hogwarts, honouring him as a hero, despite their significant personal differences. In addition, Harry later named his second son Albus Severus Potter in honour of Dumbledore and Severus, both of whom were an inspiration in Harry's life after the Battle of Hogwarts. Harry also was influenced by Severus' Hogwarts house, and freely admitted that Albus could choose Slytherin if he wished.