Snape

Biodata

History

Previous Life and Rebirth

In his original life, Snape joined the Death Eaters in pursuit of power. Lucius Malfoy recognized his talent and recommended him to Voldemort, improving his standing as an otherwise unwelcome half-blood in Slytherin. He later maneuvered between Voldemort and Dumbledore before dying from Nagini’s bite in the Shrieking Shack 6 8 12 47.

After death, he wandered through darkness until a silver-white butterfly led him onward. He awoke in the cramped cupboard of his childhood home, with his fatal neck wound gone and his body reduced to that of a young child. Retaining his adult memories, he immediately used Occlumency to contain his reaction 6.

Anna and North Nagel arrived shortly afterward seeking Eileen Prince. Anna’s hair reminded Snape of the butterfly, while his presence caused the Death Contract in her palm to stir. Despite his suspicion, he admitted them into the house 6.

Leaving Spinner’s End

Snape initially distrusted Anna’s willingness to give Eileen an exceptionally valuable Soul Stabilizing Potion. Nevertheless, he accompanied his mother and North to Grindelwald Manor after Anna persuaded Eileen to leave. He declined North’s invitation to join their organization, privately resolving that his second life would not repeat the tragedy of Lily’s death 7 8.

Eileen subsequently apologized for neglecting him and promised to divorce Tobias and live with him at Prince Manor. Snape accepted her apology as an opportunity for both of them to move forward. After the divorce, he refused to abandon the surname Snape because he did not want to deny his own past; Eileen instead changed his middle name to Prince 11 47.

Contract with Anna

Anna recognized that Snape possessed an adult soul and confronted him privately. He confirmed that he had returned after his death, and she told him that Harry Potter ultimately defeated Voldemort and destroyed his Horcruxes 11 13.

Seeking his help against a future upheaval affecting both magical and Muggle society, Anna offered protection for the Prince family and Lily. Their agreement used ordinary parchment with a true-name spell authenticating their signatures—not an Unbreakable Vow or another coercive enchantment 13 25.

Anna later gave Lily a powerful protective necklace commissioned after their agreement. Recognizing its quality and expense, Snape was deeply moved that someone had taken a promise to him seriously. He thanked Anna for protecting Lily and becoming her genuine friend 17.

Returning to Hogwarts

Before term began, Snape stayed with Anna and Keke at a temporary London villa and bought a new wand at Ollivander’s. At King’s Cross, North entrusted him with herbs and Soul Stabilizing Potions, warning that excessive magic or emotional distress could endanger Anna 14 15 18.

Snape was sorted into Slytherin again, while Lily entered Gryffindor and Anna joined him in Slytherin. His retained expertise quickly showed in class: he successfully transformed a match into a needle during his first Transfiguration lesson, earning five house points 21 29.

When Anna suffered a magical outburst, Snape rushed to the Hospital Wing and administered a Soul Stabilizing Potion. Her uncontrolled magic cut his hand, leaving a wound that could produce a lasting scar. He downplayed the injury, but Anna brewed a treatment that had reduced it to a faint mark by Halloween 31 33 44 50.

Choosing His Own Allegiance

During Halloween, Snape remained nearby while Anna confronted Voldemort. Observing Voldemort’s reaction to her outstretched hand, he connected it to Anna’s habit of studying her palm and suspected that her mysterious contract explained the Dark Lord’s unease 45 46 47.

Lucius subsequently urged him to stand with the pure-blood families. Snape answered that he, too, was a half-blood and warned Lucius that the visible balance of power was only “the tip of the iceberg” 47.

When Anna offered to distance herself to spare him trouble, Snape rejected the suggestion. He chose to stand beside her personally, without joining the Acolytes. By the end of the Halloween feast, he recognized that her companionship was helping his old despair and grievances fade 48 50.

Personality

Snape retains his adult self’s reserve, sarcasm, and habit of suppressing distress. He often disguises concern as criticism: after helping stabilize Anna, he scolds her for exhausting herself rather than openly admitting how frightened he was. He also minimizes his own injury when she asks about it 13 26 31 32 33.

His central priority after rebirth is protecting the people he cares about, especially Lily. Initially, he insists that his alliance with Anna is merely practical and wants nothing to do with either Death Eaters or Acolytes. His later decision to support Anna as a person marks a shift from defensive cooperation to freely chosen loyalty 8 34 48.

Old resentments remain close to the surface. James Potter’s arrival on the train leaves him gripping an ice-cream spoon hard enough to bend it, and he privately resents no longer having the authority to deduct Gryffindor points. Even so, Anna gradually helps him approach his new school life as a second chance rather than a repetition of past suffering 19 27 50.

Abilities & Skills

Occlumency

Occlumency is identified as Snape’s greatest specialty 13.

• Uses it immediately after rebirth to suppress shock and guard himself around unfamiliar wizards 6.
• Relies on it when Anna exposes his secret or expresses trust that unsettles him 13 26.
• His childhood body limits its safe use: Anna warns that excessive Occlumency can drain his unstable magic and trigger an outburst 13.

Potions Expertise

Snape retains the knowledge gained through a lifetime of studying Potions 7.

• Recognizes a Soul Stabilizing Potion so refined that even his former peak self would have struggled to brew it 7.
• Supplies an improved Wolfsbane Potion formula to the Dawn Archipelago research center; the original creator, Damocles Belby, is still a student in this timeline 39.
• Discusses further improvements with Anna, though research has not found a way to prevent werewolf transformation 39.
• Earns Slughorn’s recognition as an exceptionally gifted Potions student 44.

Spellwork and Magical Assessment

• Casts anti-eavesdropping magic around a conversation in Diagon Alley 16.
• Places a Notice-Me-Not Charm on the train compartment and noise-reducing charms on Anna and Lily before the Sorting Hat sings 20 21.
• Completes the match-to-needle transformation in his first Transfiguration lesson 29.
• Identifies the exceptional protective power and material quality of Lily’s alchemical necklace 17.

Broom Flight

Flying is a weakness despite his previous-life experience. Tension makes his broom unstable, and he initially practices alone to avoid embarrassment 38.

• Anna helps him relax by comparing the broom handle to a Potions stirring rod 38.
• Progresses from unsteady flight to controlling his broom independently above Hogwarts 38.
• By the next Flying Class, he can hover smoothly, although landing still leaves him pale 40.

Retained Knowledge

• Remembers Voldemort’s rise, fall, and return, as well as his own relationships with Death Eaters and Dumbledore 8 47.
• Knows Lupin’s secret and recognizes the familiar hostility surrounding Hogwarts house politics 12 39.
• His knowledge is incomplete in the changed timeline: Anna and her organization never appeared in his previous life 8 47.

Equipment & Items

• Wand — Purchased at Ollivander’s before his second first year; its materials and dimensions are not specified 15.
• Storage ring — Bought by Eileen during a visit to China and worn around his neck; used to carry possessions, including a broom 14 38.
• Emergency supplies — Herbs and Soul Stabilizing Potions supplied by North for Anna’s condition 18 31.
• Protective items and Portkeys — Carried while living in London so that he and Anna could defend themselves or escape danger 14.
• Flying brooms — Practices with a battered broom before accepting a new one from Anna 38.

Relationships

• Anna Grindelwald — Contract partner, confidante, and chosen ally. Their shared knowledge of another life develops into trust; he explicitly distinguishes supporting her from joining the Acolytes 13 25 26 48.
• Lily Evans — Close childhood friend whose survival is his foremost concern. He makes her protection a condition of helping Anna and becomes flustered when Anna suggests courting her at eleven 8 13 40.
• Eileen Prince — Mother. Their estrangement begins to heal after she acknowledges her neglect and leaves Tobias 9 11 47.
• Tobias Snape — Father, whom he loathes. Despite this, Snape retains the family surname rather than erase part of his history 6 47.
• North Nagel — Helps remove him and Eileen from Spinner’s End and later entrusts him with Anna’s emergency care 7 18.
• Lucius Malfoy — Former-life friend and the person who recommended him to Voldemort. In the new timeline, Snape rejects his appeal to pure-blood solidarity but offers him a warning 47.
• Albus Dumbledore — Former-life associate whom Snape frequently calls the “old bee” or “old bumblebee.” Snape demands that Anna’s promised protection be more effective than Dumbledore’s had been 8 13 32.
• Voldemort — Former master responsible for his death. Snape has no intention of returning to his side 13 48.
• James Potter — Rival whose presence immediately revives Snape’s hostility from his previous life 19 43.

Notable Quotes

“He would give Eileen a chance, and give himself a chance to let go.”
— Snape’s thoughts on his mother’s apology 11.

“Malfoy, perhaps I should have reminded you sooner, before you said that.
I’m a half-blood too.”
— Rejecting Lucius’s appeal to family allegiance 47.

“So even if I stand beside you, that’s my own choice. It has nothing to do with anyone else.”
— To Anna 48.