you’ve been a good and faithful servant severus,
but only i can live forever.
Severus Snape became a Death Eater in the
First Wizarding War. He was extremely loyal
to Voldemort until he realised that the Dark
Lord planned to murder Lily Evans. Snape appealed
to Albus Dumbledore, becoming a spy in exchange
for her protection. From that point on, Snape
used Occlumency to prevent the Dark Lord from
discovering his true allegiance.
Following the death of the Potters, Snape's
loyalty did not stopped , and he swore to
protect Harry from the Dark Lord, honouring
Lily's sacrifice.
so did Voldemort ever doubt or question Snape’s
loyalty ?
if he did then why didn’t he get rid of
Snape or try to kill him earlier ?
and if he didn’t, how could Snape outsmart
Voldemort ?
Snape 
was probably the best Occlumens in the wizarding
world. He had absolute control over his emotions
and thoughts, making it impossible for anybody
to detect his true motives and plans. He was
a highly skilled wizard and his introvert
personality made him perfect for Occlumency.
Voldemort always used Legilimency which is
reading people’s mind to check Snape’s
information.
so whenever Voldemort used his Legilimency
on Severus, the Half-Blood Prince used his
Occlumency to allow Voldemort to see only
those things that could do nothing but convince
voldemort of Snape’s allegiance.
he never expected Snape to be just as accomplished
in occlumency. So when Snape was able to lie
to him, he was able to tell him falsehoods
and block important information from him,
he never once thought that he could be fooled
and couldn’t imagine that someone other
than himself could be so good at anything.
Snape was visited by Bellatrix Lestrange and
Narcissa Malfoy at snape home in Spinner's
End.
and he was questioned by Bellatrix about his
loyalty, as she didn’t trust snape as one
of her fellow death eaters.
I don’t trust you, Snape, as you very well
know!”
Snape. “Why is it that you do not trust
me?”
“A hundred reasons!” she said loudly,
Bellatrix asked him questions that she wanted
their answers so bad.
questions that voldemort himself would have
asked.
Where were you when the Dark Lord fell?
Snape said that he was where voldemort had
ordered him to be, at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft
and Wizardry, because he wished him to spy
upon Albus Dumbledore. and that it was on
the Dark Lord’s orders that he took up the
post.
Why did you never make any attempt to find
him when he vanished?
it was For the same reason that, Yaxley, the
Carrows, Greyback, Lucius and many others
did not attempt to find him. he believed him
finished. all of them were wrong but If he
had not forgiven who lost faith at that time,
he would have very few followers left.
What have you been doing all these years that
you’ve lived in Dumbledore’s pocket?
he claimed that he had sixteen years of information
on Dumbledore to give voldemort when he returned.
and the reason he stayed at Hogwarts is that
he had a comfortable job that preferred to
a stint in Azkaban. the ministry was rounding
up the Death Eaters, and Dumbledore’s protection
kept him out of jail; it was most convenient
and he used it.
Why did you stop the Dark Lord procuring the
philosopher’s Stone?
he said that Voldemort didn’t know whether
he could trust Snape. He thought that he had
turned from faithful Death Eater to Dumbledore’s
stooge. He was in a pitiful condition, very
weak, sharing the body of an average wizard.
He did not dare reveal him- self to a former
ally if that ally might turn him over to Dumbledore
or the Ministry. Snape showed that he deeply
regret that voldemort did not trust him because
voldemort would have returned to power three
years sooner.
Why did you not return at once when the Dark
Lord was reborn?
When Voldemort was reborn and called his Death
Eaters to him, Snape did not appear until
two hours later. The Dark Lord was suspicious,
and feared that Snape had abandoned his service.
And here we have six missing Death Eaters…
three dead in my service. One, too cowardly
to return… he will pay. One, who I believe
has left me forever… he will be killed,
of course… and one, who remains my most
faithful servant, and who has already reentered
my service.”
There’s some debate over the identities
of these Death Eaters, but it’s certain
that Snape is the one whom Voldemort believed
as left him forever while the two others are
Igor karkaroff and bary crouch jr.
On Dumbledore's orders, Severus claimed that
his delayed return had ensured the Headmaster's
continued trust. The Dark Lord questioned
Snape extensively, and found all his answers
satisfactory; Snape was then welcomed back
to the inner circle.
Where were you a few weeks ago when we battled
to retrieve the prophecy for the Dark Lord?
he claimed that his orders were to remain
behind and that Dumbledore would definitely
have noticed if he had joined forces with
the Death Eaters to fight the Order of the
Phoenix.
And why, Snape, is Harry Potter still alive,
when you have had him at your mercy for five
years?
If Snape had murdered Harry Potter, the Dark
Lord could not have used his blood to return,
making him invincible.
It was only Dumbledore’s protection that
was keeping Snape out of Azkaban! murdering
his favorite student might have turned Dumbledore
against him.Voldemort realized the value of
this and understood the importance of keeping
Snape at Hogwarts.
Voldemort had asked him each and every one
of those questions And if Snape hadn’t been
able to give satisfactory answers, he wouldn’t
be sitting there talking to Bellatrix.
but Voldemort never trusted anyone, no matter
how loyal they seemed to be. It is quite possible
that Voldemort purposefully sent Wormtail
to work with Snape to keep a watch on him.
In the Spinner's End chapter, Snape tells
Bellatrix that Voldemort has sent him to assist
him. It is quite also possible that Voldemort
asked Snape to keep watch on Wormtail too
since we know Wormtail owed Harry a life debt.
Voldemort's trust in Snape was further promoted
when he murdered Albus Dumbledore; the Dark
Lord did not know that Dumbledore had previously
arranged the assassination with Snape. Snape
became the Dark Lord's most trusted advisor
and was given the position of Hogwarts Headmaster
after the Fall of the Ministry of Magic. Snape
continued to undermine him as much as possible,
following Dumbledore's instructions.
and provided Voldemort will all information
he needed such as informing the Death Eaters
the correct date of Harry’s departure from
the dursleys house, as to continue Voldemort's
trust in him.
One of the possible reasons why Voldemort
placed so much trust in Snape was due to their
rather similar backgrounds. Both men were
the only children of Muggle fathers and pure-blood
mothers. Both men's fathers had nothing but
hatred for their sons and wives—Voldemort's
father had abandoned his wife when she was
pregnant with their son, while Snape's father
was abusive towards his wife Eileen and their
young son. Both men grew up in poverty—Voldemort
grew up in an orphanage, while Snape lived
in Spinner's End. In addition, both Riddle
and Snape were sorted into Slytherin, and
were known for their intelligence. Both men
had a passion for the Dark Arts and blood
purity in their childhoods, and gave grand
titles onto themselves (Riddle was known as
Lord Voldemort, while Snape adopted the name
the Half-Blood Prince). Both saw Hogwarts
as sort of a real home as opposed to their
default home.
However, there were differences between Snape
and Voldemort. Snape had a secret love for
Lily Evans for all his life, which motivated
him to defect from the Death Eaters and protect
her son, on the other hand Voldemort disregarded
love as a weakness that was beyond his understanding
, and had an allegiance to only himself.
Voldemort does not understand love. If he
read Snape's mind and saw Lily, he would see
a lot of things that wouldn't make sense to
him. And Voldemort dismisses everythig he
doesn't understand. I think this is similar
to why Narcissa was able to lie to Voldemort,
because she was doing it out of love for Draco
and voldemort couldn't see this.
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