Severus Snape

**Professor Severus Snape Regent Prince** is the current Potions Master at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, a defected Death Eater, a confidante of Albus Dumbledore and a trusted associate of Hadrian Black and member of the Azkabal.

## Biography

### Family Lineage

Severus Snape is descended from the Noble House of Prince on his mother's side, as his mother was Eileen Prince. His maternal uncle Edward Prince, was an unmarked Death Eater. A fact that caused his father to make his sister the Prince Heir instead of him. He hatched a plan to gain the Prince lordship in the late 1950s, slipping his sister a dose of a love potion to get her to fall in love with the muggle Tobias Snape, who had also been enthralled. He then got them to swear an Unbreakable Vow to marry and stay faithful to each other even after the spouses death, and for Eileen to renounce the Prince Ladyship and sever her ties to the Wizarding World. As Eileen’s treacherous brother swore the oaths to never cause harm to his family, he was struck dead by his magic, as the harmful Unbreakable Vow was still active on his sister.

### Early Life

Severus Snape was born in 1960 to the muggle Tobias Snape, and the disowned pureblood Eileen Prince. His father was violently abusive towards Eileen and Severus as a consequence of the circumstances behind the marriage. He lived in Spinners End and befriended Lily Evans who lived a block over after discovering she was a muggleborn witch. He told her everything his mother taught him about magic and the Wizarding World and the duo eagerly awaited 1 September 1971, the day they enrolled at Hogwarts.

On the fateful day he met Sirius Black and James Potter for the first time, where they proceeded to insult each other for the houses they hoped to be in, an antagonistic beginning that would mark the beginning of the infamous feud between Severus Snape and the Marauders.

He was sorted into Slytherin House and quickly proved his mettle as a prodigious potioneer, and expert in the Dark Arts establishing a place among the Slytherin hierarchy as the fixer for a gang of influential Slytherins which included Avery, Mulciber, Evan Rosier, and Wilkes, falling into the Death Eater crowd, much to the concern of his Gryffindor sorted best friend Lily Evans.

His time at Hogwarts was primarily spent experimenting with various magics, usually with Lily Evans, the duo developing an improved Drought of Death and learning Occlumency and legilimency, something noticed by Augustus Rookwood when he secretly legilimized them whilst serving as their 2nd Year Defence Professor. He additionally developed proprietary spells of his own including the Livracorpus hex and its counterjinx Liberacorpus. He also developed a vicious rivalry with James Potter and his prankster gang, whose favourite targets were Severus and his peers.

In his 5th Year in exchange for learning the memory charm, he gave Mulciber a potion to play a vicious prank on Mary Macdonald, a friend of Lily’s who openly disliked him for his creepy demeanour and shady friends, and told him to put 3 drops in her drink. Mulciber poured half the bottle of potions and the ensuing breakdown permanently put the girl in the long term spell damage ward of Saint Mungo’s, much to Severus’ shame

In an attempt to prevent himself from being bullied by his fellow Slytherins after a particularly humiliating incident between him and the Marauders at the end of his 5th Year, he called Lily a mudblood, which pushed the limit on the behaviour she was willing to tolerate from him and she ended their friendship as a result. However, Frank Longbottom noticed the event and talked with Snape about his reasoning behind the insult. Although Frank couldn't help repair his friendship with Lily, he agreed to talk the boy up to the other prefects to help his standing in Slytherin, an act that gave him Severus' lifelong respect.

That summer he went to Lily’s home and explained that he had 2 choices, do nothing and be deemed a blood traitor fit to be hexed for the next 2 years or call her a mudblood. She wasn’t swayed and cut Severus out of her life for decades.

At the start of his sixth year at Hogwarts, he slipped The Maruaders a potion that made them feel arousal by the sound of Professor McGonagall’s voice, the effect being amplified the louder her volume was. He was absolutely ecstatic watching them squirm in Transfiguration for 2 weeks before they fixed it.

On 5 November, 1976, Severus was the victim of an impulsive murder attempt made by Sirius Black, who tricked him into going down to the Shrieking Shack where Remus Lupin went to transform, expecting Severus to meet a gory end by a rabid werewolf. When he entered the shack despite Potter’s warnings of danger, he discovered Project Romulus, a project undertaken by the Unspeakables to with the goal of finding a cure lycanthropy, and the fact Remus Lupin was a werewolf. In exchange for having his knowledge of the project sealed away, he was offered the chance to potential work under Damocles Belby and get his Potions Mastery. Severus agreed to the terms if Lily Evans received the same chance at the apprenticeship. However, the Unspeakable that applied the memory lock was Augustus Rookwood, who infected Severus with wolf-fear (a werewolf-triggered PTSD episode) in an attempt to weaponize it. As such, Severus believed that Sirius tried to have him killed by a transformed Lupin, but was saved by James Potter.

He also developed the werewolf killing spell Sectumsempra that year along with its counter curse and the only known method of healing Sectumsempra wounds the healing spell Vulnera Sanentur (which became a popular healing spell for healers and mediwizards after he published it).

After he graduated Hogwarts in June of 1978, Snape passed Belby’s screening process to become his apprentice.

He kept in contact with his school friends, most of whom joined the Death Eaters took the Dark Mark, they then recruited him into joining their ranks, promising Severus he'd be able to claim the inheritance of The Noble House of Prince upon Lord Voldemort’s conquest of Wizarding Britain.

He earned his Mastery after only two years of studying on the European Mainland with Belby and decided to return to Britain to pursue the Prince Inheritance he’d craved for so long.

In January of 1980, Severus heard that Horace Slughorn was retiring and he decided to meet with Albus Dumbledore at the Hog's Head to discuss his credentials for the role of Potions Instructor at Hogwarts. However, he overheard part of the Sybill Trelawney's First Prophecy before he was thrown out by the Hog's Head's owner for spying. Hoping to win a spot in Voldemort's Inner Circle, he relayed the information he heard to Voldemort. His hopes were successful and he took the Dark Mark, joining the Inner Circle as **Mr. Aconite.** He later became Voldemort's personal Potions Master after Boruslav Lestrange’s death 4 months after his induction.

However, Snape didn't understand that the prophecy referred to a child, believing it referred to a foreign wizard/witch whose parents had fought Voldemort in the past. This was until Voldemort announced his plan to destroy St. Mungo's Hospital. Luckily, him along with 2 other Death Eaters talked Voldemort out of it. Once he learnt that the prophecy related to the Potters and the Longbottoms, Snape contacted Dumbledore and become a spy for him, taking the position of Potions Instructor at Hogwarts in order to better facilitate his newfound responsibilities.

He also decided to teach Occlumency and Legilimency to members of the public during the summer as a way of supplementing his income, with Dumbledore’s permission. As a means of protecting his identity while performing this work, he created the false identity of **Mr. X**.

### Book 3 - The Death-Eater Menace

After being caught out by the Azkabal as being Harry's Occlumency instructor Mr. X, Severus Snape was recruited into the group as the legilimency interrogator of the Lestranges (he refused to do Rookwood). This is partly due to Lucius Malfoy revealing that he can arrange for Severus to become the Regent of House Prince after discovering the identity of a potential Prince Heir.

Upon interrogating Rabastian Lestrange, he discovers that Voldemort left a golden chalice to Bellatrix Lestrange, which the Azkabal deduce to the the Cup of Hufflepuff, stolen by Tom Riddle decades earlier. He also learns of Bellatrix Black’s brainwashing by Mr. Nemo’s Occlumency: A Beginners Guide, given to her by Narcissa Black. He also finds evidence that Bartemius Crouch. Jr may still be alive.

During the Wizengamot session in which the Death Eater threat is official ended and Sirius Black is reinstated into the Wizengamot, Snape is recognized as Justin Finch-Fletchley's magical guardian. With a magical guardian, Justin Finch-Fletchley is able to become Heir Apparent to House Prince and claim the Prince Wizengamot Seat. Snape is simultaneously recognized as Regent to House Prince.

## Magical Abilities & Skills

### Potions

Severus Snape is a fully licensed Potions Master. He was able to receive his Mastery after studying in Italy with Damocles Belby, the inventor of the Wolfsbane Potion. His proficiency with potions was so great that he became the personal Potions Master to Voldemort himself. After Voldemort's fall in the First Wizarding War, Snape eventually became the Potions Instructor at Hogwarts.

### Dark Arts

Severus Snape is a master of the Dark Arts, having created several curses and hexes himself. He is also more than qualified to act as Hogwarts' DADA professor. However, he hasn't gained a Mastery in DADA due to him being unwilling to reveal to the Ministry how many illegal spells he knows and invented, which is a requirement for the Mastery.

### Occlumency & Legilimency

Severus is a skilled Occlumens and Legilimens. He became so skilled in these disciplines that he is able to deceive Voldemort with false memories, created false identities for himself, and navigate highly dangerous memory palaces. He has mastered this skill so much that he teaches it for profit to members of the public.

## Relationships

### Harry Potter

Initially hating Harry, Snape quickly became his mentor. He arranged for him to be taught Occlumency, had him checked for curses, and investigated his upbringing. Harry trusts Snape as much as anyone, though will not reveal all his secrets to him, due to Snape's multiple oaths and allegiances.

### Jim Potter

When Jim disrupts his first Potions class by calling him names and being disrespectful and displays his unpreparedness for class, Snape’s initial dislike for him is cemented. He is openly condescending, calling him “Other Potter”. However, when Jim finally apologises to him, Snape tells him he will accept it if he truly makes an effort.

### James Potter

James and Severus hate each other. James calls Severus names in front of others. This hatred is rooted in James’ hatred of all things Slytherin, which may be intensified if James is aware, as is likely, that Severus delivered the prophecy which resulted in his family being targeted. James is, however, aware of Snape's status as a former Death Eater. Despite this, the two have been shown to work together to protect the students of Hogwarts.

### Lily Potter

Severus tries to convince himself that he is over Lily, but his Patronus remains a doe and he cannot continue to hate Jim when he sees Lily’s eyes. Lily seems to have ignored Severus from the time they were in school to the time when she becomes a professor at Hogwarts herself. She seeks Severus’ help in getting to know Harry. Severus commends her intellect, sensibility, and decency to Jim Potter.

### Albus Dumbledore

Snape and Dumbledore seem to have a professional relationship. Snape is bound by oaths to his boss. Dumbledore has expressed his complete trust in Snape, and Snape trusts him in return as much as he trusts anyone. Snape does not know what will be required of him in the future so stores memories which depict his irritation with the headmaster; likewise, the headmaster is willing to help him fabricate memories if necessary.

### Sirius Black

As shown in Chapter 1, Snape and Black eventually become allies, but it was hard to come by. Snape is convinced Black tried to murder him as a student. Black initially denies it but later confesses he told Snape how to get to the Shrieking Shack as a way to some way avenge the death of Marlene's parents but almost immediately regretted doing so. Ironically, Sirius spent more time in Azkaban for a crime he didn't commit than he would have if he had been sent there for attempted murder while a juvenile. Severus and Sirius agree to work together. Sirius confesses that if he had been in Slytherin the two outcasts would have been friends.

### Lucius Malfoy

Lucius knows Snape well. He knows Snape turned to Voldemort in part in an effort to regain the Prince inheritance and that he regretted doing so ever since. He is the one who arranges for Snape to become Regent for a muggle-born classmate of Harry’s who is willing to share the Prince vaults in exchange for helping him to fully transition to the wizarding world.

## Canon Divergence

Canon-Snape was against giving Harry Potter Occlumency lessons due to the mutual hostilities between the pair of them. This isn't the case for POS-Snape, as not only does he as a much better relationship with Harry (due to him being a Slytherin and hating James Potter) but Snape is more open to teaching the art to others in general, going so far as to teach wealthy members of the public to supplement his income.

## References

Book 1 - HP&PoS - Ch. 32 - The Death Eater Snape,

Severus remembers Frank Longbottom.
Book 3 - HP&DEM - Ch. 120 - What's Past is Prologue (Pt 2),

Albus reveals to Snape the truth.
Book 1 - HP&PoS - Ch. 32 - The Death Eater Snape,

Mr. Aconite's history revealed.
Book 3 - HP&DEM - Ch. 93 - Reactions & Overreactions (Pt 4),

Mr. X's history revealed.
Book 3 - HP&DEM - Ch. 94 - Back to School (Pt 1),

Lucius holds the Prince Regency over Snape's head, like Voldemort did.
Book 3 - HP&DEM - Ch. 132 - Lords of the Wizengamot,

House Prince is finally revived.
Book 3 - HP&DEM - Ch. 110 - Dreamscapes, Memories and Nightmares (Pt 3),

Snape finds his way through Bellatrix Lestrange's memory palace.
Book 2 - HP&TSE - Ch. 36 - Healers and Hospitals,

Snape investigates the Dursleys.
Book 2 - HP&TSE - Ch. 65 - Aftershocks,

Snape will talk with Harry about protecting his secrets with violating his other oaths.
Book 1 - HP&PoS - Ch. 7 - Potions and Process,

Snape verbally spars with Jim in Potions.
Book 1 - HP&PoS - Ch. 14 - Halloween 1991 (Finale),

Snape first refers to Jim as the Other Potter whilst giving Harry advice.
Book 3 - HP&DEM - Ch. 99 - Feasts, Electives & Student Organizations (Conclusion),

Jim apologies to Snape for his behaviour, which Snape accepts 'cos Lily.
Book 2 - HP&TSE - Ch. 73 - The Final Lesson of Gilderoy Lockhart,

Snape provides James directions to "Lockhart".
Book 1 - HP&PoS - Ch. 19 - Parent-Teacher Conference,

After Lily tries to repair her friendship, Snape tells Lily he's over her.
Book 2 - HP&TSE - Ch. 69 - Petrifications, Patronuses & Picnics,

Snape still has a silver doe Patronus.
Book 3 - HP&DEM - Ch. 94 - Back to School (Pt 1),

Dumbledore and Snape reveal their trust for each other.
Book 3 - HP&DEM - Ch. 94 - Back to School (Pt 1),

Snape reveals this tactic before meeting with Dumbledore.
Book 3 - HP&DEM - Ch. 94 - Back to School (Pt 1),

Snape reveals his memory of the Prank to Regulus.
Book 3 - HP&DEM - Ch. 113 - The Blackest Day (Pt 2),

A drunk Sirius and a drunk Snape talk.