Why is snape killed by voldemort

Since Snape was the one to kill Dumbledore, Voldemort logically concluded the Elder Wand was his and so he had to kill Snape to gain mastery of the wand.

CaptainKaibyo sounds very logical but then why didn't he immediately kill Snape? It did seem like the first time he noticed something wasn't going right with the elder wand was at the battle He already knew he couldn't take his original wand against Harry in the beginning of DH so why would he wait?

He could've used any other Deatheater for Snapes job after taking over the ministry so he wasn't of much individual use anymore. However, his experience with wands had taught him to be wary. Voldemort assumed that even though Nagini is the one killing Snape, the order was his, and therefore nothing would go wrong.

He was wary of the situation, because he had already been through a time when Avada Kedavra backfired on him. This question originally appeared on Quora - the place to gain and share knowledge, empowering people to learn from others and better understand the world.

More questions:. News U. Harry, Ron and Hermione then entered and Harry approached Snape as he was dying, and tried to stop the bleeding, but Snape simply grabbed Harry's robes and told him to "take it", and produced silvery blue whisps from his mouth, ears and eyes, which Hermione contained in a conjured flask. Snape then asked to look into Harry's green eyes, and the two looked into others eyes, as Snape died from his wounds. After Voldemort announced a one-hour armistice during the Battle, Harry realised he had to take Snape's memories and pour them into the Pensieve in the Headmaster's Office , in which doing so, he learned of Snape's true intentions and loyalty to him.

Harry Potter Wiki Explore. Rowling Story. Explore Wikis Community Central. And if that happened then Harry wouldn't have then been the rightful owner once he disarmed Draco in the Manor. Furthermore Rowling wrote about this - that if Voldemort knew Draco was the owner he would have been killed immediately.

And finally the reason the wand failed Voldemort is exactly because Harry was the owner and not Voldemort. So your comment is completely wrong. Rowling even says otherwise: Draco never realises that he becomes, for the best part of a year, the true owner of the Elder Wand. It is as well that he does not, partly because the Dark Lord is skilled in Legilimency Maybe you should look into what I said rather than believe yourself infallible? I even said that Rowling stated it and you ignored that.

Well I just quoted it. Furthermore Harry directly warns Voldemort. I also advise you to reread the chapter King's Cross. Dumbledore and Harry discuss it directly: I was fit to own the Elder Wand, and not to boast of it, and not to kill with it. I was permitted to tame and to use it, because I took it, not for gain, but to save others from it. Put those two quotes together and what do you have? You have that I was right in the first place. Maybe you forgot, maybe you didn't read the books maybe something else entirely.

But yes we do have evidence that Harry ended up being the master of it. That was no ad hominem. Not even remotely close. If you read my message again and try and think of how it might be meant another way you do understand the irony here I hope?