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Name: Severus Tobias Snape
Age/Date of Birth: 38/9 January 1960
Date of Death/Cause of Death: 2 May 1998/Bitten on the neck by Nagini in the Shrieking Shack
Bloodstatus: Halfblood
Wand: 14 ½ “ made out of Yew and Dragon heart string
Boggart: Lily being killed
Patronus: Doe- in representation of his childhood friend and person he loved, Lily Evans
Sexuality: Straight
Marital Status: Single
Character 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.
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. This war between the three of them grew until Snape got too curious as to where Lupin went during the full moon and Black told him how to get to the Shrieking Shack. If Potter hadn't realised in time what his friend had done Severus would have died. This fueled Severus's hatred of them even more and he truly began to hate Lupin at that point as before he only annoyed him as he wasn't directly involved in the bullying of him.
During his last two years at Hogwarts Severus invovled himself deeper and deeper with his Slytherin friends and the dark arts before joining Voldemort as one of his death eaters after what he considered Lily's greatest betrayal- she married Potter just after they left Hogwarts even though Severus was still in love with her. Another thing that turned him to join the death eaters was his father's murder of his wife, Eileen during Severus's seventh year in one of his drunken rages. Severus killed his father when he joined the death eaters as a test to prove his loyalty to the cause. Not long after he graduated from Hogwarts he gained his mastery in Potions become the youngest ever to do so.
On Voldemort's order, in the summer of 1980, Severus was to apply for a position at Hogwarts so hewent to the Hogs Heads to find out Dumbledore's style of interviewing and was an unwilling observant to the prophecy made by Trewalney predicting his lords downfall. Before he could hear the whole prophecy Aberfoth Dumbledore, the barman for the inn, discovered him and threw him out. He then went and reported what he had over heard to his lord.
When his lord decided that out of the two boys who were born at the end of July, Lily's son was the biggest threat Severus panicked and went to Dumbledore admitting everything that he had done and asking that he protect Lily and her family. He couldn't bear to have Lily's death on his conscious even though they weren't talking. Not only did Dumbledore grant that wish he offered Severus a position at Hogwarts as the Potions Master if Severus was willing to spy for him on Voldemort. Severus agreed to this as he knew it was the only way Lily would be protected. He spied for a year before Voldemort was felled by baby Harry but he continued to teach at Hogwarts despite that.
Over the next ten years he taught at Hogwarts before his childhood's friend, son, Harry started as a first year. Severus automatically assumed that he was a carbon copy of his father and took an instant disklike to him even though on many occasions he saved young Harry's life. This was only due to his promise to Lily that he would protect her son. Lily managed to extract this from him not long before she died even though they were no longer friends.
When Voldemort came back to life Severus was sent by Dumbledore to continue spying on him for the Order of the Phoenix. Severus, to his chargin was asked to teach Occlumency to the young Potter boy during the following year which he would admit he didn't do to the best of his ability as he let his dislike for all things Potter get in the way of teaching him properly. He also alerted the Order to Potter's adventure to the Ministry to rescue his godfather even though Harry believed that he wouldn't do so.
During the summer of 1996, Severus was called into his role as Dumbledore's healer after he was injured while trying on the Pervell ring which Voldemort had turned into one of his horcuxes. Severus managed to stop the poison but said that the headmaster would have less than a year to live. Dumbledore, then knowing of the plan to kill him using the young Malfoy boy ordered Severus to kill him to maintain his position as a spy and save the young Malfoy. While Severus didn't want to kill his mentor and friend he knew he had to do it. Not long after that Nacrissa and her sister Bellatrix who didn't believe that Severus was a loyal death eater despite all the facts, came to him to elict an unbreakable vow to help and protect Draco as well as "carry out the deed that the Dark Lord ... ordered Draco to perform." Throughout the year he tried to help Draco but he continually refused his help until the Battle of the Tower came when Severus ended up killing the headmaster in front of Harry and a couple of other death eaters. This cemented his position in Voldemort's inner circle and one of his most trusted.
During the summer he went on a few raids for Voldemort but was mainly brewing potions for him. When the Death Eaters managed to take over the ministry he was appointed as headmaster of Hogwarts much to Minerva's chargin who assumed she was going to get it so naturally they went at it a few times at the beginning before they managed to settling down and act cordially with each other since Minerva believed him to have betrayed them to Voldemort.
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.
Appearance:While Severus has pale skin and has shoulder lenghth black hair it is rather greasy and he looks a bit like a Vampire though he is fully human. His fingers are long and thin giving him the precision required for delicate potions brewing. His nose is large and prominant and looks like it has been broken numerous times- probably from fighting with Potter and Black too many times. His eyes are a deep black colour which look like endless tunnels due to the coldness of them. He is also rather skinny due to the neglect he experienced as a child though he is reasonably tall for his age but that could be the result of nutrient potions he has taken on and off during his years at Hogwarts.
Likes/Dislikes: 1) Potions, true ability, hard workers, flying, rasberry muffins, reading, inventing spells, Dumbledore 2)Divination, chocolate muffins, Gryffindors, arrogant people, pranks, Dumbledore, Voldemort
Strenghts/Weaknesses: 1)Potions, Defence Against the Dark Arts, Dark Arts, sarcasm, keeping secrets, occlumency, legilimency 2): Opening up to people, divination, people-skills, herbology (surprisingly enough considering his skill with potions)
Alliance: Dumbledore and the Order of the Phoenix (previously has sworn alliance to the Dark Lord though he still believes that Severus is loyal to him)
Played By: Adrien Brody- http://www.hyenaproductions.com/images/brody3.jpg
Alan Rickman
Writing Samples
http://deatheaterspy.insanejournal.com/645.html
http://asylums.insanejournal.com/darkvoices/23950.html
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http://asylums.insanejournal.com/darkvoices/28849.html
http://asylums.insanejournal.com/langlock_rpg/3059.html
http://asylums.insanejournal.com/langlock_rpg/873.html