James and Lily were in the original Order of the Phoenix and therefore knew they were risking their lives in the war against Voldemort. Still, the Dark Lord's whole reason for trying to kill them all was to eliminate the threat posed by a certain prophecy.
Lily was considered such a powerful and accomplished witch, that Lord Voldemort overlooked her Muggle-born status and actively tried to recruit her. Lily was noted for her particular talent in Potion-making. She was also able to conjure a corporeal Patronus in the form of a doe, a mark of superior magical ability.
Lily only met this criteria because one of Voldemort's followers, Severus Snape, had begged the Dark Lord not to kill her. The Harry Potter books are never entirely clear why Voldemort would humor Snape in this way, but he followed through on his promise and offered Lily her life in exchange for her son's.
He begged Voldemort to spare her, who agreed. However, knowing that he could not leave Lily's safety in the hands of someone who could turn back at his word on a mere whim and that Lily would probably defend her child to the last breath, Snape also approached Albus Dumbledore to ask him to save Lily.
J.K. Rowling apparently confirmed that Lily Potter was pregnant again when Voldemort murdered her | Fandom. Thus, in murdering the Potters, save for Harry, Voldemort also killed a younger brother or sister that Harry would ultimately never know before it was even born.
Why Did Voldemort HAVE to Kill the Potters? - Harry Potter Explained
Did Lily want Snape to be Godfather?
She was pregnant with a second child when she was murdered and was going to ask James to make amends with Severus Snape. Lily even intended to make Severus the godfather of her child (as stated by J. K. Rowling).
In the play "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child," which has become part of "Harry Potter" canon, it was revealed that Bellatrix conceived a child with none other than Lord Voldemort.
She missed Snape, but she knew she could never forgive him. Snape never stopped trying to make amends. But Lily remained steadfast. She could not, would not, forgive him.
Snape's strained relationship with Lily, who chose James and allowed him and his clique to bully Snape, further pushed him towards the Death Eaters. Despite his love for Lily, the pain from his adolescence couldn't erase the trauma. Snape's redemption came when Lily was murdered by Voldemort.
The fact Snape and Lily were only friends, and she only saw it as such, reveals a lot about his refusal to respect her boundaries. It seems his love was an ongoing obsession with her that lasted long after her death.
James is destined to die, as Voldemort never gives him an option to save himself. On the other hand, Lily has the choice to step aside — most likely because Snape had requested Voldemort to spare her life, in exchange for details about the prophecy.
He was incapable of love for the reason that he got no love or acceptance, ever, from anyone and he would never have got were it not for Bellatrix. So, she was unexpected, the exception. He still didn't love her truly or sacrificially or purely because he wouldn't die for her (but he would certainly kill for her.
When he attempted to murder Harry, Lily's loving sacrifice allowed Harry to live and rebounded Voldemort's Killing Curse. The rebounded curse caused a shred of Voldemort's already mutilated soul to be ripped from his destroyed body. This event marked the end of the First Wizarding War.
As Ilovecats13 and DelphianDragon said, James' father Fleamont quadrupled the family's gold by inventing Sleekeazy's Hair Potion (the same that Hermione used before the Yule Ball to tame her mane). The family fortune was passed down to James, their only child, and then onto Harry. Rowling wrote about it on Pottermore.
Voldemort seduced Snape to his cause and Snape did betray Lily and James to him when he told Voldemort a part of the prophecy connecting him and Harry. It is for this reason that he went to kill the Potters, and Snape never forgave himself for that.
Snape asked Voldemort to spare Lily's life, and Voldemort was apparently actually trying to do it, in his own twisted way; asking her to step aside to let him kill Harry.
Why did Snape stay loyal to Dumbledore after Lily died?
But when Lily's life is directly threatened, he has to make a choice, and he chooses to stand between Voldemort and Lily. To do that, he aligns himself with Voldemort's chief opposition, Dumbledore, and becomes his spy. Even after her death, he remains at Dumbledore's side at Hogwarts and vows to protect her son.
Severus Snape spent the majority of his life in love with Lily Potter. It is easy to understand why Snape, who had an unhappy homelife as a child, fell hard for the first person to show him love and kindness.
One with a severe dislike of Lily's former best friend. Let's get into your points one by one, though I would like to say first that I'm not sure if that quote from Lily about James making her sick really matches up with her being the 'submissive one'. - Yes, Lily knows James is a bully. That is why she loathed him.
In the heat of the moment, Snape lost control and called Lily the forbidden word. He called her a mud-blood by accident because he was frustrated that lily did not like his closest friends. He did not mean it.
James was slightly better because he truly did change and he allied with the Order out of basic morality compared to Snape who stayed an all around bitter person. and only allied with the Order out of love for Lily.
As Bellatrix and Voldemort were both killed in the Battle and Bellatrix's husband Rodolphus was imprisoned at Azkaban, Delphi was raised by Euphemia Rowle, a Death Eater. However, the life at Euphemia's was miserable for Delphi as Rowle did not really care for her and only took her in because she was paid for it.
Before her death, Bellatrix secretly gave birth to an illegitimate daughter named Delphini, whom she conceived with her beloved master, Lord Voldemort. Delphini was conceived sometime after the Battle of the Department of Mysteries in 1996 and before the Skirmish at Malfoy Manor in 1998.
Lord Voldemort had no wife he and Bellatrix just made a baby together. Voldemort couldn't love anyone. But the girl mother (In cursed child) is Bellatrix Leatrange.
