Severus Snape Slytherin
Tuesday, August 26th, 2008
Could Severus Snape belong to ANY other house than Slytherin? Probably not. Could he be anybody else BUT the head of said house? Again, probably not.
But that’s exactly what he is. For six of the seven Harry Potter books Severus Snape is the head of the Slytherins, a group of students known for their cunning and deceitful ways. Slytherin is also known as the one house at Hogwarts most responsible for churning out dark wizards. That’s not surprising, really, given that they prize power more than anything else, and that Snape regularly encourages his students to do less-than-scrupulous things to get their house ahead. He also has no problems penalizing other houses while giving his an unfair advantage.
Snape doesn’t remain head of the house forever, though - once he’s forced to flee, after killing Albus Dumbledore, he loses the spot to a former head turned teacher, Horace Slughorn.
Snape takes on a more prestigious role soon after his flight, however - that of head of Hogwarts, appointed as such by Lord Voldemort.