Severus Snape

I try to write extensive backstories for major characters in long works before and during writing.

When it’s a major canon character, it’s largely a case of filling in the gaps that Rowling left, which is something I really enjoy doing.

In honor of his sixty-first birthday, I’m posting my backstory for Severus Snape in the Epithalamium Series.

Severus Tobias Snape

Main Character, Canon Character

Former Death Eater; Hogwarts Potions Master and Head of Slytherin House.

Birth: 9 January 1960

Death: 2 May 1998

Blood Status: half-blood

Wand: acacia and dragon heartstring, 12¼ inches, unyielding

Patronus: crow, later a doe

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