RE: When did Snape's spying career begin?
Dicentra asked:
Somebody check GoF again. (I've only got PoA with me today. Does it say that Snape was a DE who turned or does it only say that he was a spy? What if he never was a DE? That would be interesting.
Cassie replied:
Well, I think we can be sure that he was a DE. Why? Because he has the Dark Mark burned on his arm.
He's got the Dark Mark, and from his reaction to Crouch/Moody in "The Egg and the Eye," he would seem to be deeply ashamed of it.
Also, Dumbledore told the tribunal that he was, in the Pensieve chapter:
"I have given evidence already on this matter. . . .Severus Snape was indeed a Death Eater. However, he rejoined our side before Lord Voldemort's downfall and turned spy for us, at great personal risk. He is now no more a Death Eater than I am."
I don't think he was lying (although like Athena, I do often find myself wondering why he chose announce it to the entire room like that).
Yeah. Snape was a DE, all right.
—Elkins
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