Severus Snape: From the Dust Risen

As a youth, Snape was an outcast, bullied by James Potter and his friends. This left him bitter and contemptuous of those he saw as privileged and arrogant. His fascination with the Dark Arts was an attempt to gain power and control, but it only served to deepen his alienation. Snape's love for Lily Evans was his only hope for a bright future. Her death, caused by Voldemort's actions, was a crushing blow to him. The feeling of guilt and irreparable loss determined the rest of his life. As the Potions professor, Snape showed sadistic cruelty towards his students, especially Harry Potter, in whom he saw echoes of the hated James. However, behind the mask of malice was a deep devotion to Dumbledore and the Order of the Phoenix. He risked his life as a double agent to protect Harry from Voldemort, fulfilling a promise he made to Lily. Snape is a broken man, a victim of circumstances and his own mistakes.

In Russia, the attitude of wizards towards Muggles was much more friendly than in other European countries: this was caused by the revolution of 1917, which united the people - then the world of magic and, in particular, Koldovstvorets, offered refuge to the White Guards, the repressed and dispossessed, creating a kind of ghost towns - Rezhgrad in the west, on the border with Poland, Veliky Kitezh in the Urals, near Koldovstvorets, and many others. And after the Great Patriotic War, the relations became even better: the inhabitants of the surrounding villages near Koldovstvorets were tacitly aware of the world of magic, and some Muggle partisan detachments hid in the school - in one of its courtyards there is still an anti-aircraft gun as a reminder of the friendship between wizards and Muggles. The concept of "purity of blood" has no meaning for them either - they treat muggle-borns, pure-bloods and half-bloods equally well. The cities that are the centers of the magical world of Russia are Perm, St. Petersburg, Moscow, Yekaterinburg, Krasnoyarsk, Ulan-Ude.

In Koldovstvorets, located deep in the Ural Mountains and founded by the Mistress of the Copper Mountain more than one and a half thousand years ago, there were many unusual things, by the standards of European schools. For example, there was no disqualification based on blood purity, and on the school grounds you could meet any representative of an intelligent magical race: from werewolves to centaurs and giants. In Koldovstvorets, they practiced blood magical brotherhood, and bullying of comrades was strictly prohibited - students were taught: "A wizard is a friend of a wizard." Children were sorted into faculties not by personality traits, as in Hogwarts, but by skills, and they could study in two faculties at once. In Koldovstvorets, they use rings instead of magic wands. There are the following faculties: Combat magic - red (carnation), Dean - Ilya Muromets, the last of the Three Bogatyrs, who survived the battle for Koldovstvorets Magic weapons and blacksmithing - silver (chrysanthemum). Akinfiy Nikitich Demidov: descendant of the famous Nikita Demidov and the fire spirit. Potion-making and herbology - bright green (violet) Epraxia Mstislavovna Dobrodeya Study of Magical Creatures - Orange (Snapdragon) Antony Pogorelsky Shamanism and Spirit Magic - Blue (Rhodiola) Shushurun Runecraft - Yellow (Bindweed) Johann Bernoulli Clairvoyance - Lilac (Astra) Carmen Amaya Magical Art History - Bright Blue (Forget-me-nots) Morena Witchcraft and Wild Magic - Light Pink (Poppy) Helga Wammatar Scrolls and Magical Writings - Golden (Sunflowers) Jacob Bruce Natural Magic - Ultramarine (Aconite) Devana Dark Arts - they have a black uniform (everyone else has white), a dark purple ribbon and a black rose, the Dean is Koschei the Deathless.

Combat magic - Ilya Muromets, the last of the Three Bogatyrs who survived the battle for Koldovstvorets. Tall, muscular and broad-shouldered, with a long beard and blond hair. He has a hoop earring in his right ear. Kind, laconic, strict and maintains discipline. He trains each student individually to wield a certain type of weapon. He wears military boots, comfortable trousers and a Slavic-style shirt with leather cuffs. His magic ring is gold and tiger's eye.

Magic weapons and blacksmithing - Akinfiy Nikitich Demidov: descendant of the famous Nikita Demidov and the fire spirit. A real jack of all trades, fiery red-haired. Curious and uncompromising to those who are careless about other people's work. Wears a dark sweatshirt, trousers and a black bandana on his head. His ring is copper and aventurine.

Potion making and herbology - Epraxia Mstislavovna Dobrodeya. A very kind and affectionate woman, absolutely everyone loves her. The only thing that can anger her is cruelty to the weak. She does not forgive this and punishes so that everyone remembers. She has green eyes, a long blonde braid, wears delicate classic dresses, Her ring is platinum and emerald

Study of magical creatures - Antony Pogorelsky, author of the Eurasian Bestiary and the famous fairy tale "The Black Hen or the Underground Dwellers", the fantasy story "Lafertovskaya Makovnitsa" and others. An intelligent man, an aristocrat and an aesthete to the core. In the past, he had a reputation as an inveterate duelist. Chestnut curls, a small beard, golden pince-nez and a tailcoat. His ring is zinc and onyx.

Shamanism and Spirit Magic - Shushurun. A grumpy and quarrelsome old man, who is distinguished by his rare observation and insight. He hides kindness behind his quarrelsomeness, and he has advice for any occasion. His ring is a bear bone and serpentine.

Runecraft - Johann Bernoulli. A well-known cryptographer since the 19th century. He is somewhat secretive, and also holds the position of keeper of the Sorcerer's archive. He wears gothic shirts in the 19th century style and frock coats. His ring is gold and ruby.

Clairvoyance - Carmen Amaya. Gypsy, wears a dark dress with open shoulders, colorful plataks wrapped around the waist. Distinguished by her temperamental character and a penchant for everything mysterious. Her ring is copper and emerald.

Magical Art History - Morena, daughter of Koshchei the Deathless. Wears traditional Russian princely clothing in scarlet shades and a veil covering her face. A very kind girl, despite her external coldness. Her ring is a carbuncle and black gold.

Witchcraft and Wild Magic - Helga Vammatar. Charismatic and stern woman. Likes to get up a caustic word, smokes a carved pipe, but her words are always wise and not without meaning. She has blue eyes, black long hair, wears gray gothic dresses with black lace and leather gloves.

Scrolls and Magical Writings - Yakov Bruce. Court magician since the time of Peter the Great, but retains a youthful appearance. Smart and tactful, insightful. Holds the position of the Balance Wizard, protecting the school from anomalies of other worlds. Wears light office suits, blue eyes, shoulder-length golden hair tied with a brown ribbon into a bow. On his right eye is a monocle. His ring is ivory and pearls.

Natural magic, Devana is a descendant of natural spirits - children of Perun and Prince Rurik. He is distinguished by his proud nature, but has a penchant for cute magical spirits.

Dark Arts, Koschei the Deathless. He is over a thousand years old, and maintains his youthful appearance with the help of time charms. He has a dark past and is full of skeletons in the closet, but he is very kind and indulgent to students. A tall and slender man with an icy pale face, long gray hair, intercepted by an iron tiara on his head. His ring is oak with an emerald - to match his green eyes, and on his neck is a medallion with the sun and the moon.

On the night of Ivan Kupala: young men give homemade combs and bracelets to girls to whom they want to confess their love, and girls, in turn, weave flower wreaths to attract the attention of guys they like. Traditionally, they play "gori-gori yasno", launch flying lanterns into the sky, jump over a fire, dance, and swim in Lake Gao. On the night of Radogosh, they make masks of mythical creatures and spirits, dance around a fire, which they light with their elemental magic during the dancing process, and sing songs. Usually, students of the Sorcerer wear either a uniform in the colors of their faculty (shirt, jacket and trousers/skirt), or casual clothes with a brooch-flower of the faculty. On holidays, students wear bright clothes - ethnic shirts with patterns, wide leather belts with patterned metal buckles, headbands - fabric or leather headbands with various decorations, girls tie scarves around their waists like skirts, draw runes on their faces.

In Koldovstvorets they teach not to differentiate between purebloods and half-bloods, and not to despise Muggles. In part, this position is due to the history of Russia and the CIS countries. In Koldovstvorets, they take a common oath about not causing harm to comrades, respect for living creatures and protecting the innocent. Bullying and ridicule are strictly prohibited, as are fights. Those who break the oath have the whites of their eyes turn blue - this is considered a disgrace. For minor offenses, students are punished with detention in the greenhouses, bestiary, kitchen, archive or with cleaning the school. For especially serious ones (bullying comrades, for example), they are deprived of a magic ring and put on a disciplinary bracelet that blocks magic and causes pain.

from the fifth year - there are only ten of them, three special forces squads are formed from the best students, each of whom has their own task and their own curator among the teachers. The squads are as follows: Machine Mind - it includes students from the faculties of Artifacts and Scrolls, Seekers of Secrets - it includes researchers of the Otherworldly and clairvoyants and are engaged in collecting information on many issues and Night Hawks - Combat Magic, Witchcraft and Shamanism - these are sent into the field on missions. Each squad has its own duties and strict discipline and in general, all squads have more duties than rights and privileges that would distinguish them from other students. Nevertheless, being among them is an honor.

He was tired of the life he was leading, of his own hypocrisy and the deceit of the world around him, and decided to leave Britain to hide in magical Russia, where no one knew him, to hide his past. In his boomslang skin pouch, in addition to money and belongings, there is a portkey to Warsaw, from where he will travel by train to St. Petersburg. Severus will use the portkey at the first opportunity to leave.