Game News Hogwarts Legacy: No, Slytherin is not the house of the bad guys!
Granted, most Harry Potter villains come from Slytherin house, but not all Slytherin students are pure villains.
A surly brat by the name of Draco Malfoy, elitist students who swear by pure blood, a house known for its mischief… the image of Slytherins in the Harry Potter saga is clearly not the most salient . This is probably partly because of the founder of their house, a certain Salazar Slytherin nicknamed “Serpenttongue”, a powerful wizard who knew how to wield dark magic and was a strong believer in wizarding supremacy. Salazar had a deep hatred for muggles, which caused him to crumble with his friend Godric Gryffindor, another co-founder of Hogwarts. Before definitively turning his back on the school and disappearing forever, he will leave behind him a terrible legacy: the chamber of secrets and its murderous basilisk responsible for killing Muggle-born students. With such a history, it is difficult to restore the reputation of the house.
house values
Closely knit together, Slytherins traditionally share the same values: pride, ambition, cunning, disdain for rules, grandeur, nobility and the art of provocation. So many characteristics which, if they can lead to great things, are necessarily not always seen with a good eye.
I’m going to tell you something that those from other houses don’t like to talk about much: Merlin was a Slytherin. Yes, the great Merlin, the most famous wizard of all time, studied in our house! It was here that he learned everything. Would you follow his illustrious example? Or would you rather study at the old desk of Eglantine Puffett, that former Hufflepuff made famous for her invention of the self-foaming sponge? No, that’s what I thought!
But there is no need to dwell on what we are not. Let’s talk about what we are instead: the most brilliant and provocative house of Hogwarts. Here, when we play something, it’s only to win. The honor and traditions of Slytherin are values we hold dear.
We also command respect for all of our classmates. It is true that because of our reputation for sinister memory, this respect is sometimes tinged with fear. But you know what? Being perceived by others as provocateurs and rogues has a few advantages that can sometimes be very funny! Have fun, for example, making other students believe that you have access to a huge collection of spells and you’ll quickly see that no one will dare to steal your pencil case!
But we’re not bad at heart. We resemble our emblem, the serpent: we are sinuous, powerful and often misunderstood.
In Slytherin, for example, everyone sticks together at all costs, which is far from the case in Ravenclaw. Not only are the Ravenclaws the biggest hogsheads we’ve ever seen, but they’re all in a ruthless war with each other for top grades. Here it is different: the Slytherins are united like the fingers of the hand. The corridors of Hogwarts contain many surprises for the timorous, but, thanks to the protection of the Serpents from which you benefit, you will be able to walk without fear throughout the school. When you become a snake, you become one of us. You are one of the elite.. Excerpt from Welcome to Slytherin message via Pottermore, Harry Potter Wiki
Merlin the Slytherin
On closer inspection, there are all the same very sympathetic characters who rubbed shoulders with the common room of Slytherin, starting with the famous Merlin. Yes, the most famous wizard in the world of magic was a Slytherin and if he studied at school probably during Salazar’s service, his vision of things was very different. As proof, he founded the organization of the Order of Merlin, which protected Muggles by promoting their rights. After his death, the Order of Merlin became nothing more than a distinction given to those who performed any heroic deed.
These sorcerers with good background
Aside from Merlin, there is another Slytherin who is generally considered the nicest of them all: Horace Slughorn, one of the directors of the house. The man is obviously not free from faults: he is a bit cowardly, too often shows favoritism with the students he deems more promising than others, and has released a little too much compromising information to Tom Jedusor . But he is also quite tender and helped a lot during the battle against Voldemort. This makes him a very courageous person in addition to being particularly jovial. Finally during his schooling, he was not reluctant to make friends with Muggle-born wizards unlike other comrades.
Finally, even in those who seem unpleasant to us, there is an element of good. As cruel as he is, Severus Snape has a good heart. Granted, you clearly wouldn’t want to have him as your teacher, but his sincere love for Lily Evans helped save the entire wizarding community. MEven Draco Malfoy will end up lying to Voldemort and the Death Eaters to protect Harry. and will even raise a rather nice son, Scorpius Malfoy, friend of Albus Severus Potter, both Slytherins.
Oh and then let’s quote Regulus Black, a beloved son of the Black bloodline who was a perfect candidate to join the ranks of Voldemort’s Death Eaters. Eventually terrified of his master after helping him hide a Horcrux, he ends up stealing it and saving his house-elf, Kreacher, before drowning. There you go, it’s not just bad guys in Slytherin. After all, Peter Pettigrew was in Gryffindor, and he was an awful Death Eater.
