Prof. Severus Snape

 Severus Snape a.k.a The Half-Blood Prince

Biographical information

Full Name

Severus Tobias Snape

Nickname(s)

• Sev (by Lily Evans)

• Snivellus (by the Marauders)

• Traitor (by Lucius Malfoy)

Date of Birth

9 January, 1960

Blood status

Half-blood

Marital status

Married

Also known as

• The Half-Blood Prince

• Professor Snape

• The Potions Master

• Headmaster

• The Bravest Man I've Ever Known (by Harry Potter)

Family information

Children

• Eileen Snape II (eldest daughter of Hermione)

• Helena Snape (youngest daughter of Hermione)

Parents

• Tobias Snape † (father)

• Eileen Prince-Snape I † (mother)

In-laws

• Mrs. Granger (mother-in-law)

• Mr. Granger (father-in-law)

Great-Great-aunts/uncles

Dulcibella Prince-Shepley (maternal great-great-aunt)

Relationships

Allies/Friends

• Lily Evans † (childhood best friend and former love interest)
• Prof. Albus Dumbledore † (his consensual victim and former boss)
• Harry Potter (his former student)
• Draco Malfoy (his godson and former student)
• Narcissa Black-Malfoy
• Lucius Malfoy (possibly)
• Prof. Remus Lupin † (his former bully and colleague)
• Alastor Moody †
• Argus Filch
• Rubeus Hagrid
• Prof. Minerva McGonagall (his boss and colleague)
• Prof. Horace Slughorn (his colleague)
• Hogwarts' staff
• Ron Weasley (his former student)
• Hermione Granger (his wife and former student)
• Ginny Weasley (his former student)
• Prof. Neville Longbottom (his colleague and former student)
• Prof. Luna Lovegood (his colleague and former student)
• Sirius Black III † (hated ally-by-proxy)
• Lord Voldemort † (intended killer and former ally)

Romances

• Hermione Granger (wife by arranged marriage)

• Lily Evans † (one-sided in love)

Enemies

• Lord Voldemort † (his archenemy and intended killer)
• Bellatrix Black-Lestrange † (she was killed by Molly Weasley)
• Peter Pettigrew † (his former bully during Hogwarts years and also his former servant)
• Barty Crouch Jr. †
• Corban Yaxley
• Amycus Carrow
• Alecto Carrow
• Nagini † (intended killer)
• Prof. Quirinus Quirrell †
• Prof. Gilderoy Lockhart
• Prof. Dolores Umbridge (imprisoned in Azkaban)
• Petunia Evans † (told he and Lily were freaks both)
• James Potter I † (his former bully)
• Sirius Black III † (his former bully)
• Prof. Remus Lupin † (his former bully)

Magical information

Boggart

• Losing a loved one

• Lord Voldemort (overcome)

Powers/skills

• Genius-level intelligence
• Charisma
• Occlumency/Legilimency
• Exceptional talent in potion-making
• Alchemy
• Dark Arts
• Defence Against the Dark Arts
• Dueling
• Spell creation
• Charms
• Jinxes and curses
• Healing
• Unsupported flight
• Non-verbal and wandless magic
• Love
• Leadership
• Teaching
• Eloquence
• Intimidation
• Acting
• Deception

Wand

Unknown length, wood and core

Patronus

• Lion

• Doe (formerly)

Affiliation

Occupation

• Professor of Defence Against the Dark Arts at Hogwarts (1996 - currently)
• Head of Slytherin House (1981 - currently)
• Headmaster of Hogwarts (1997 - 1998)
• Potions Master at Hogwarts (1981 - 1996)
• Death Eater (defected, but continued to work for Dumbledore)
• Spy for the Order of the Phoenix (formerly)

School

Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry (1971-1978)

Loyalty

• Snape family

• Prince family

• Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry

• Slytherin

• Gang of Slytherins

• Lily Potter †

• Albus Dumbledore †

• Order of the Phoenix

• Lord Voldemort † (defected)

• Death Eaters (defected)

• Granger family (in-laws)

• Potter family

• House of Weasley

Prof. Severus Snape was a half-blood wizard, the son of the witch Eileen Snape (née Prince) and Muggle Tobias Snape. During his lifetime, Severus Snape was Potions Master (1981–1996), Defense Against the Dark Arts professor (1996-), and Headmaster (1997-1998) of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry (which he attended as a student from 1971 until 1978). He was also a member of the Order of the Phoenix and played a vital role in both of the Wizarding Wars against Lord Voldemort.

Despite Severus Snape's wizarding heritage, he was raised in the Muggle dwelling of Spinner's End, near the Evans family's home. He met Lily and Petunia Evans when he was nine, and fell deeply in love with Lily, becoming a close friend of hers. In 1971, he began his first term at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, where he was sorted into Slytherin. This put him in the same year as his true love, Lily Evans. Severus became the immediate enemy of James Potter and Sirius Black and was a frequent victim of their bullying. Snape developed a passion for the Dark Arts at a young age and followed the pure-blood supremacists in Slytherin House, despite his barred pedigree and his love for Lily, a Muggle-born. This put his friendship with Lily under great strain. After leaving school, he joined the Death Eaters along with a large group of his fellow Slytherins.

Severus was made a member of the Slug Club, presumably because of his brilliance at potion-making, and Horace kept a picture of him as a student, clutching his copy of Advanced Potion-Making. Despite this, Horace had few hopes for Severus' future, as his photograph was kept behind many others.

Shortly before Lily Evans was killed by Lord Voldemort, Snape changed sides, becoming a member of the Order of the Phoenix and a double agent during the Second Wizarding War. With great difficulty, Snape prevented Lord Voldemort from learning the truth about his loyalties. Despite the opinions of most others, Albus Dumbledore trusted Snape for reasons that were kept between them until their deaths. Upon his death, it was revealed that his deep, strong love for Lily Evans caused him to redeem himself, joining Dumbledore's cause at the prospect of her protection from Lord Voldemort.

The relationship between Dumbledore and Snape is one of unusually strong loyalty, so much so that Snape agrees to kill Dumbledore upon Dumbledore's 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 participates in the Battle of Hogwarts but is almost killed by Lord Voldemort when Hermione's love does not save him. Later on, in the hospital wing, they were discussing their marriage and whether they should continue or not. Hermione decided they would try to work out their marriage.

Relationships

Family:

Parents

Lily Evans: "Doesn't your dad like magic?"

Snape: "He doesn't like anything much."

— Snape regarding his father's horrible personality

Snape never regarded the place where he grew up as a home. Rather like Voldemort and Harry, Hogwarts was his real home. He likely suffered neglect as a child. His parents seem to have had a dysfunctional, even abusive relationship. This troubled, lonely childhood is strongly suggested to have accounted for his severe demeanor, depression, sadness, bitterness, and bouts of rage, as seen later in his life.

Despite having a father who disliked the wizarding community, Snape was skilled with magic before he even received his Hogwarts letter. Sirius Black would later remark that Snape knew more curses than many of the seventh-year students when they first arrived at school. He had a slightly better relationship with his witch mother. During his school years, he nicknamed himself the "Half-Blood Prince". In addition, Eileen likely gave her son most, if not all, of his school things. His sixth-year Potions book was, according to Harry, at least fifty years old.

Since at least 1996, Snape has stayed in his family's home during the summers between school years. It is unknown what happened to his parents. As he was only thirty-six years old in 1996, his parents may well have been alive, but they had moved away and left the house to him. His salary as a Hogwarts professor made it possible for him to afford other lodging during summers, but his childhood memories of Lily may have stopped him from abandoning the house.

Wife and Children

Hermione Granger

Hermione is Severus' wife. Their relationship was forced, and their marriage was arranged by the Order and Dumbledore.

Eileen Snape II

Eileen was Hermione and Severus's firstborn child and daughter. She was named after her deceased paternal grandmother, Eileen Prince-Snape.

She was born in 1998 during the Battle of Hogwarts and had a rare ability, Ancient magic, a very old, mysterious, and powerful form of magic, the ways of which had been all but forgotten in the wizarding world by the late 19th century.

Helena Snape         

Helena is Severus and Hermione's youngest daughter and the last child in the Snape family.