Slytherin is one of the four Houses at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, founded by Salazar Slytherin. In establishing the house, Salazar instructed the Sorting Hat to pick students who had a few particular characteristics he most valued. Those characteristics include cunning, resourcefulness, and ambition. Many Slytherin students tend to clique together, often acquiring leaders, which further exemplifies Slytherin's ambitious qualities. Examples of these include Draco Malfoy’s Gang and the Death Eaters. - According the the Harry Potter Wiki The House of the snake, which values cunning, resourcefulness, cunning and ambition. Are totally underrated and unvalued and deemed evil by some of the Potterverse population. Merlin wasn't bad, was he? Snape wasn't bad in the end, right? Slughorn can be choosy but he's not full out evil, yes? Albus Potter is not evil, read the Cursed Child. DRACO MALFOY SAVES THE WORLD. Ahem. You know, the house founded by Salazar Slytherin. - According to @iptr
