Severus Snape

I can teach you how to bottle fame, brew glory, even stopper death -- if you aren't as big a bunch of dunderheads as I usually have to teach."

-- Severus Snape

Personality
Severus is, at best, a sour, anti-social man. He doesn’t like social functions, he prefers being alone and he keeps everyone at arms distance. He’s hard on his students, intimidating and all around not someone most people choose to be around.

Early Life
Born to Tobias and Eileen (Prince) Snape, Severus was an only child and had an abusive father. He grew up in a rather shabby, poor way. His childhood best friend and first love was Lily Evans. Once they both went to Hogwarts Lily was sorted into Gryffindoor while he became a Slytherin.

At Hogwarts
An outcast in school, his relationship with Lily became stressed and what few friendly acquaintances he did have had a bad influence on him. He eventually lost Lily as a friend and by the time he left Hogwarts in his 7th year, he was ready to join Lord Voldemort’s cause.

After Hogwarts
A full fledge Death Eater, Severus turned on the Dark Lord when he felt that Lily was in danger. Though she, her husband (and Snape’s childhood tormentor), James died, their infamous son lived and seemingly defeated the Dark Lord.

The Harry Potter Years
Once Harry made it to Hogwarts Severus was particularly hard on him but often protected him from harm. Once the Dark Lord rose again just months before our game starts, he seemingly took up his role as a Death Eater though in actuality he’s a spy for the Order of the Phoenix.

Play By
We love- adore- Alan Rickman (RIP) as Snape. But, in some cases we wanted to make some casting changes. Benedict Cumberbatch has a riveting voice the way the late Mr. Rickman did and can do an amazing job at playing a frightfully brilliant, anti-social, mean anti-hero (Have you seen BBC's Sherlock Holmes?). We felt that he was a good choice.