Application for Severus Snape @ Accio Patronus
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CHARACTER
Name: Severus Tobias Snape
Age/birthday: January 9 1960
House (if student or former student): Slytherin, 1972-1977
Class (if teacher): ---
Employment (If other): ----
Character PB (Provide link): Adrien Brody- http://www.waposdecine.com/adrienbrody/adb008g.jpg
Family History: Severus was an only child and was born on January 9th 1960 to pureblood witch Eileen Prince and Tobias Snape a muggle. He grew up in Spinner’s End in the northern Industrial part of England where he didn’t have the best of childhoods. While Severus was growing up his father drank a lot and took out his anger on his wife while ignoring and occasionally hitting his son. While Severus loved his mother he thought she was weak for not standing up to his father’s abuse as she was a witch and therefore could have used magic on him though she tried to tutor him in magic whenever she could. As he was growing up Severus took a dangerous fascination with potions as well as the Dark Arts which also steemed from his mother as she was part of an ancient Dark family.
When he was nine he met Lily Evans and her sister Petunia in the local park where Lily was performing magic. Severus was immediately besotted with the young Lily who he introduced to the idea that magic was real. They quickly became the best of friends causing Petunia to become quite jealous as she had always wanted a true friend apart from her sister as well as loving the idea that magic was real.
When they went to Hogwarts they were sorted into the two rival houses- Severus in Slytherin and Lily in Gryffindor which put a strain on their friendship as their other friends didn't understand their friendship but yet they still remained best friends. Their friendship came to an end when Severus called Lily a mudblood after he was accosted by the Gryffindor males in their year and she tried to help him. Lily also didn't approve of his and his friends growing fascination with the dark.
When they went to Hogwarts they were sorted into the two rival houses- Severus in Slytherin and Lily in Gryffindor which put a strain on their friendship as their other friends didn't understand their friendship but yet they still remained best friends. Their friendship came to an end when Severus called Lily a mudblood after he was accosted by the Gryffindor males in their year and she tried to help him. Lily also didn't approve of his and his friends growing fascination with the dark.
Throughout his years at Hogwarts he was always a bit of a loner despite his few friends. He excelled in potions and was quickly proclaimed to be one of the best potions makers ever. Nearly straight away he became enemies with Black, Potter and their group of friends but mainly those two. This resulted in from the fact that they were both attracted to Lily who wouldn't give James the time of day as well as Severus's fascination with the dark which Potter was strongly against. Their petty pranks and teasing turned slowly into full out bullying on the Gryffindor's part which made Severus hate them even more. They could get away with anything while blame was always directed towards himself as he was a 'slimy snake' like Potter and his friends would call him. In revenge Severus was always trying to find ways to get them expelled.
Personality: While Severus has a few friends he is more of a solitary person than a people-person which may stem from being neglected by his parents as he was growing up. He is an overall snarky person who enjoys insulting people by using sarcasm rather than outright insults. This means that the majority of people view him as snarky and unapproachable which he doesn't mind at all though he would prefer to have a few true friends. He is a secretive person who doesn't open up to people easily and would prefer to work on his own. Snape is very methodical and always gets things done if he wants them done and does them his own way. He rarely, if ever asks for help from other people viewing it as a weakness though deep inside he desires to be loved and cared for.
Likes: Potions, true ability, hard workers, flying, rasberry muffins, reading, inventing spells, Voldemort
Dislikes: Divination, chocolate muffins, Gryffindors, arrogant people, pranks, Dumbledore
Character Strengths:Potions, Defence Against the Dark Arts, Dark Arts, sarcasm, keeping secrets, occlumency, legilimency,
Character Weakness: Opening up to people, divination, people-skills, herbology (surprisingly enough considering his skill with potions)
Who do you see your character interacting with most (Feel free to name any potential relationships that you see your character getting involved in)?: James Potter, Alecto Carrow, Sirius Black, Regulus Black, Voldemort, Remus Lupin, Nacrissa Black, Lily Evans?, Lucius Malfoy, Antonin Dolohov, Andromeda Black, Bellatrix Black, Rabastion Lestrange, Rodolphus Lestrange, Horace Slughorn, Augustus Rockwood
WRITING SAMPLE:
Severus made his way up the front stairs of Hogwarts to the entrance hall which was luckily deserted. The ministry had just announced that he would take over as the headmaster of Hogwarts and he really didn’t want to take on that position or meet any of the fellow staff members. The headmaster’s position belonged to Albus in his mind and no one else. He knew that Albus had a portrait in the headmaster’s office which would be able to give him advice on how to run the school. He had to make sure that everyone thought he was loyal to the Dark Lord but keep the students from coming to too much harm. Severus knew it would be difficult as the Carrow siblings had also been installed as teachers at Hogwarts teaching ‘muggle studies’ and ‘defence against the dark arts’ but in truth Severus knew they would turn them into ‘muggle hating’ and ‘dark arts’ as their lord had ordered them to do. He had to let them do it but hopefully they wouldn’t harm the students too much but he had a bad feeling about the coming year. The only good thing was that the blasted goody-two shoes Potter and his bunch of merry men weren’t coming back for their seventh year but going to search for a way to destroy the Dark Lord.
Severus settled into his new office not changing much of it as he wanted to keep the office like how Albus had it in hopes of not aggravating the other teachers to much. He hoped we could work calmly with all the teachers but he knew it would be a hard job. He just hoped that the war finished quickly as he wasn’t sure for how long he could successfully keep up the act of being loyal to the Dark Lord.
Severus looked up and saw Albus’s portrait who gave him a bright smile showing that he understood Severus’s position and would help him in any way he could without raising to much suspicion. He also knew that Albus was thinking that he could keep up the act as he had been fooling the dark lord for close on twenty years and had yet to have any serious repercussions.
Severus prayed that he would be able to survive this year without coming to, too much harm.