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Hometown: Spinner's End, northern England; Hogwarts School
Family: Eileen Prince (witch), Tobias Snape (muggle)
Ancestry: English; Half-blood wizard
Birthdate: January 9
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn (Scorpio Moon; Capricorn Ascendent)
Blood type: AB-
Myers-Briggs Personality Type: INTJ
Alignment: True Neutral
Sexual Orientation: Heterosexual. He has harbored a crush on childhood friend Lily throughout the years.
Hair Color: Black and unwashed.
Eye Color: Black.
Dexterity: Right-handed

Favorite Color(s): Black
Favorite TV Show(s): None
Favorite Movie(s): None
Favorite Music: None
Favorite Books: anything to do with magic, particularly the dark arts
Favorite Quote: "Morality is herd instinct in the individual." -Friedrich Nietzsche

Likes: dark arts, curses, potions, charms, inventing spells, slytherin house, lily evans, studying, reading, writing, homework, being alone, solitude, the dark lord, voldemort, dedication, focus, logic, being right, challenging himself, perfectionism, legilimency, occlumency

Dislikes: everything, the Incident, james potter, sirius black, remus lupin, peter pettigrew, marauders, werewolves, most Gryffindors, people (especially other students), his father, his home, laziness, loud people, pointless pursuits, emotions, criticism, shampoo (apparently lol), being misunderstood, other people having authority over him, people who claim to be from the future (most especially Harry Potter)

History: Snape had a pretty rough upbringing, coming from an unhappy home. His father was a muggle, his mother a wizard, which makes him a halfblood. During his childhood, the young Snape was often neglected, and his parents would fight a great deal. It was because of this and treatment by others that gave him a bitter attitude about other people. Perhaps also because of his dark and untidy appearance, others were also more than willing to stay well away from him.

The one person who he ever had much of a connection with was a neighborhood girl, Lily Evans. When the young Snape discovered she was also able to cast magic, he felt a kinship with her. Eventually, he got enough courage to sneak up and then speak to her, telling her the truth about what she was. She was distrustful of him at first, but eventually a friendship formed between them. The two went to Hogwarts, but the first rift in their friendship formed when Lily was placed in Gryffindor, and Snape in Slytherin. Also, Snape was acquainted with James Potter and Sirius Black early on, on his trip to Hogwarts, retorting to their preference for Gryffindor. Later on, the duo would nickname him "Snivellus".

Despite the slight problems, Snape and Lily remained friends up to their fifth year. Lily never approved of Snape's friends, who all shared an interest in the Dark Arts. But Snape defended that, since he had a natural interest in the Dark Arts himself. He had always had most interest in studying curses and other dark types of spells. In fact, he had always been very involved in his studies, even allegedly inventing some spells himself. During those five years at school he endured a lot of teasing and bullying from the Marauders, especially James and Sirius. But Snape in turn was capable of just as much cruelty as they were. One incident nearly cost Snape his life, as he was tricked by Sirius to visit the Shrieking Shack with a transformed Lupin inside. James saved his life, thus adding another reason for Snape to be bitter.

But the worst incident occurred at the end of his fifth year, the afternoon of their OWL in Defense Against the Dark Arts. Amid a watching crowd of laughing students, James levitated Snape to humiliate him. The worst part of this, beyond the embarrassment, was his losing his temper and calling Lily a Mudblood. In the days following that, she would never forgive him, and Snape knew it was unlikely to ever change, even in years. He entered Arcadia Garden not long after this incident, having hunted around Hogwarts for some means of revenge. Instead of revenge, he found escape in the Room of Requirement. A door opened for him, and there was Arcadia Garden. A new place, perhaps, from where he might start over. But with thoughts of Lily still bothering him, along with the irritation over the Marauders, it was he would find it much better here. His thoughts increasingly leaned toward practicing more Dark Arts, and thus to becoming a follower of Lord Voldemort.

At Arcadia, Snape was disturbed to see old classmates present, along with some bizarre people claiming to be from the future. Their claims annoyed him on a deep level. The fact that one of these future people was supposedly Lily and James' son gave Snape further resentment toward them. A couple other Death Eaters also joined him for a time, though, which allowed him to focus along with their plans. An extremely brief return of Lily gave Snape some questions about his loyalty, but she left abruptly, and he knew it was not meant to be. He reasoned he had more important things to do. Thus, he put extreme focus on his studies. He did very well in them, particularly Occlumency, taught by none other than Voldemort himself. However, as much as he may have wanted to deny it, his pining over Lily was far from over... and when she returned, he had another chance. Unfortunately, many others from his past arrived- the group of Mauraders who were always a constant torment to him. Meanwhile, he developed new ideas for spells- especially curses. He spent his more boring classes working on these plans. When Voldemort took interest in a strange man known mainly as the Doctor, he involved Snape in a plot to kidnap his companion, Rose. Snape carried this out, even using one of his new spells in the process. But the plans were ultimately ruined and Snape punished for his efforts. He attempted to continue to please the Dark Lord in hopes of gaining more power and thus, in the end, be able to impress Lily. But Lily transferred back to Hogwarts again, leaving the boy again saddened for her presence. He therefore decided to return to Hogwarts for the upcoming seventh year.

However... at the same time, there was a strange shift in dimensions. A sudden thought occurred to Dumbledore of the present time to send in someone to watch over Harry and the others and ensure nothing harmful happened. Knowing Snape would remain loyal by now, he directed the grown version to Poseidon. Snape agreed, grudging, but willing because of his past with Lily. He was sent along and found himself already set up in a new position. His memory of his time there before was mysteriously gone... for now. A few strange comments from students have perked his interest, and caused him to begin investigating further as to their meaning. He has also confirmed the presence of the students in question, and will do what was asked of him.

Personality: Snape is a very bitter, cold person for the most part, always ready with a cutting sarcastic remark when he needs one. He doesn't care for other people, and tends to feel most of them are not worth his time. He doesn't have much tolerance for anyone thinking differently than him, either. As far as he's concerned, popular and loud classmates are just obnoxious nuisances the school would be better off without. If he decides he loathes someone, there is almost no chance for them to redeem themselves in his eyes. He holds grudges for a long time and never forgives and forgets. He is capable of feeling very powerful affection, but conceals it so deeply no one would ever think it possible. Snape likes learning, and does well in his studies; he prides the idea of 'brains over brawn.' He is ambitious in this regard, and seeks to deepen his knowledge on subjects of interest. He has a strong fixation on the Dark Arts, which is becoming his favorite subject of all.

Weapon(s): Wand (ebony and dragon heartstring); Patronus- Doe

Appearance/physical attributes: Snape is a scrawny young man with extremely pale skin and greasy, lank hair. He has a distinctive hooked nose, and very dark eyes in contrast to the near-white skin. He has a twitchy walk, described as being like a spider. Overall, it gives him a creepy and unapproachable look. He's not much of a physical fighter, being mostly reliant on magic to fend for himself. Nor is he very good on a broomstick. But he's surprisingly resilient despite that, being in good health. In magic, he excels, having a great deal of curses at his disposal. He prefers wearing black, and his clothing doesn't stand out, aside from being worn out or ill fitting. He's about average height, though being so thin he seems somewhat tall. He's inevitably scowling or a similar expression.