How and when did Snape learn Occlumency ?

[delwynmarch]

No: HPFGUIDX 116466


" We know that Snape is a superb Occlumens now and apparently a good
Legilimens as well. But when did he learn that ? And who taught him ?"

I'll answer to my own post :-)
I just discussed the issue with my husband (correction : my
wonderfully intelligent and also very humble husband, as he just
reminded me ;-) ) and he expressed the possibility that maybe it was
LV himself who trained some of his DEs to be Occlumens. There were
undoubtedly secret DEs who could play a major role in different places
(Hogwarts, the MoM, especially the DoM), but they would always have
been at risk of being detected by any Legilimens strolling by (not a
high risk, sure, but I do think that the Auror training would have put
a special emphasis on Legilimency at the time, wandless or not). So
maybe LV trained Snape and some others into the art of Occlumency.

I wonder : is Lucius Malfoy an Occlumens too ?

Del