PERSONALITY

History

Since many know his history up to a point, I'll keep it short so it doesn't take forever reading over things people already know.

Severus was born to the muggle Tobias and witch Eileen. Throughout his younger years, he watched as his mother was abused by his father, even being abused himself, so he would run off to try to get away most of the time. Then he wouldn't have to see it at least. He met Lily not too far, and instantly figured out she was a witch - a muggle born. The two became inseparable. However, when he went to Hogwarts and became a Slytherin and her a Gryffindor, he felt downtrodden given the rivalry and how some mean boys from the train had also gotten into Gryffindor, of course.

Having been ostracized from most of the school body, Severus found himself being friends with other Slytherins, but they weren't good in general - mostly practicing the dark arts. Lily had been angry at him for it, and they had talked about it many times. It wasn't that he really liked them a whole lot - they were the only ones who showed him any sort of kindness, they enticed him with visions of power - the power to get back at those who had hurt him. However, with Lily its starting to get to a breaking point - even if Severus doesn't realize it - he keep associating with them and is still planning to join the death eaters despite it being very much against Lily's moral compass.