Helga Hufflepuff was not a founder whom Voldemort particularly related to, but she was a founder nonetheless, so he also took the cup and transformed it into a Horcrux. It was later hidden in the vault of the Lestrange family. Bellatrix was not only evil and despicable but Voldemort's most loyal follower and utterly infatuated with him, so she was probably happy to keep it hidden even though he wouldn't tell her what it was.
Hermione destroyed it during the Battle of Hogwarts using the trusty Basilisk fang. Rowena Ravenclaw's diadem was said to make the wearer wiser. Jealous of her mother's power, Rowena's daughter Helena stole it and eventually hid it in the forests of Albania.
The ghost of Helena was charmed by Tom Riddle, and she told him where to find the diadem, allowing him to travel to Albania to retrieve it.
It became the last of the seven Horcruxes to come from the Hogwarts founders since Voldemort never got his hands on anything that belonged to Godric Gryffindor.
The diadem got destroyed by Fiendfyre, another substance capable of destroying Horcruxes, when the Room of Requirement caught fire at the Battle of Hogwarts — an accidentally heroic act from Crabbe of all people. For the whole of the book series, fans did not know very much about Nagini. She was a snake that seemed deeply bonded with Voldemort and could communicate with him, thanks to him being a Parselmouth, and was one of Harry Potter 's most iconic creatures.
Eventually, it was revealed that she was a Horcrux, and Neville Longbottom killed her with Godric Gryffindor's sword. Of course, more was revealed about Nagini in the Fantastic Beasts movies, creating a whole, human backstory that some fans loved, and others criticized heavily for the sensitive issues present in the story.
Nonetheless, Nagini proved one of Voldemort's most important Horcruxes, as she was almost always by the Dark Lord's side. Harry Potter was the accidental Horcrux that Voldemort never intended to make. When Voldemort's murder attempt failed, a part of his already broken soul took refuge inside of Harry, causing a connection between them that Harry desperately didn't want.
When Harry found out about the part of Voldemort's soul living inside him, he was very willing to die to get rid of it; leaving Voldemort mortal and hoping someone else might finish the job. However, it is possible to speculate, and based on that speculation, the apparent answer is that no, the magic of the Elder Wand is not sufficient in and of itself. Our reasoning is as follows: Why did Dumbledore travel all the way back to Hogwarts from the Gaunt shack, and fetch the Sword of Gryffindor out of a display case to break the ring Horcrux if the Elder Wand, of which he was the full master, could have done the job?
The apparent difference is this: a Horcrux is a soul fragment that is bound to an object. What was in Harry was in fact not a proper Horcrux at all, but simply a piece of soul more or less along for the ride; as partial evidence for this, we mention that at no time did Dumbledore refer to it as a Horcrux, but always rather as a "soul shard" or "piece of Voldemort's soul.
Dumbledore also notes that "it is inadvisable" to use a living thing as a Horcrux "because to confide a part of your soul to something that can think and move for itself is obviously a very risky business.
The sole example we see of this is Nagini, and as she is killed with a weapon that has destroyed Horcruxes, the destruction of the Horcrux in that container is inconclusive. In order to speculate on what happened there, we also have to speculate on the nature of the Avada Kedavra curse. To wit: Harry's experience in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows leads us to believe that one of the effects of the Curse is to separate soul from body.
But that cannot be the full effect; the Curse also works on spiders, and nobody teaches us that spiders have souls, and the end effect of the Dementor's Kiss is not a dead body, but one that is merely "as good as dead".
So we have to assume that the Curse also damps the life force somehow Otherwise, Voldemort would have died in the Forest from that spell rebound. So, the Curse separated Harry's soul, with its rider, from his body.
The soul fragment, separated from Harry by the shock, may have tried to return to Voldemort's soul and reattach, and been rebuffed; and then would have evaporated, as the other Horcrux soul fragments apparently did. While it is possible that this particular fragment did reattach, Harry later says that Voldemort must "have some remorse" for his actions, echoing Dumbledore who says that is a necessary part of re-integrating the separated soul fragments.
As Voldemort has never felt remorse, we believe that the soul fragment within Harry was not able to reintegrate with what was left of Voldemort's soul. We can also speculate that the soul fragment riding Harry, lacking the blood protection that Harry carried within him, would have been susceptible to destruction or expulsion by Voldemort's curse, at least more so than Harry would have been.
While one could potentially argue that Voldemort's soul shard could be protected from Voldemort because of shared blood, that is not the case; Voldemort's blood came from Harry, and the soul shard from an earlier instance of Voldemort who was using his own flesh and blood. It is almost certain that the magic that was used to make a Horcrux out of Nagini was the same as the magic that was used to make the other Horcruxes, in which case the soul fragment could be bound, not to Nagini's reptilian soul but to her body, and as such it could have remained intact despite Nagini's death, bound to her remains.
It is certainly possible that a Horcrux bound to a living being is freed with the being's death, though that would be a rather brief form of immortality, in which case Nagini's death by use of any weapon would have released that Horcrux. Of course, the fact that she was killed with the Sword of Gryffindor, and its Basilisk-venom infusion, will have put an end to the Horcrux. To conclude, then: A soul fragment bound to an object, a Horcrux, is proof against ordinary magic, even magic as strong as that produced by an extraordinary wand.
At least, evidence is that Dumbledore believed so, and we have seen nothing against that. The soul fragment within Harry is not actually bound to him, but is merely clinging to his own soul, and as such is only as strong as Harry himself; if Harry's soul is separated from his body, the soul fragment is detached and vanishes. And the soul fragment within Nagini, we believe, is bound to its container Nagini's physical body by the Horcrux magic, and likely would act to keep that container intact, even after Nagini's original "soul" or life force had vanished; it is only the sword of Gryffindor, with its dose of Basilisk venom, that is able to dispatch it.
It was unknown if the creator of the Horcrux would be able to sense that their soul fragment was destroyed, although Dumbledore stated that in the particular case of Voldemort, he would not feel their loss because his soul had been split too many times and had been in that state for too long.
All known methods of Horcrux destruction required the "receptacle" to be damaged beyond repair [4] which, in the case of living receptacles, meant that they must be killed.
For example, methods were Fiendfyre as evidenced by the destruction of Rowena Ravenclaw's Diadem , which required extreme skill to control, [10] the Killing Curse on living Horcruxes. This was seen on Professor Quirrell when he was destroyed by Harry Potter's touch. This was only achievable as basilisk venom was an extremely destructive substance capable of destroying Horcruxes.
Although beyond repair when exposed to this venom, living Horcruxes could potentially be saved through the speedy administration of phoenix tears , an extremely rare substance. Fawkes demonstrated this ability for Harry when he was bitten by the basilisk in the Chamber of Secrets.
This was only achievable as goblin-wrought silver is a destructive enough metal capable of absorbing qualities that strengthen it. The sword demonstrated this ability for Harry Potter when he used it to slay the basilisk in the Chamber of Secrets. Because it was made of goblin-wrought silver itself, the sword was imbued with basilisk venom and became capable of destroying Horcruxes.
The main purpose and power of a Horcrux was to anchor the creator to the mortal realm for the sake of achieving immortality. As long as at least one Horcrux existed, the creator's soul would be bound to the world of the living. Hence, if the body was destroyed, the soul would remain as a lingering spirit instead of passing through to the other side.
Though being in such a state of existence was what very few would prefer over death, the soul could possess others to regain physical form, which shortened the host's lifespan drastically.
The fragment of a person's soul within a Horcrux was capable of thinking for itself and had certain magical abilities, including the ability to influence those in their vicinity and affect them mentally. When Harry, Ron, and Hermione were carrying Salazar Slytherin's locket around their necks in , it brought out the worst in the trio by making them moodier, more prone to fighting, and slowly darker aspects of them began to appear, especially Ron as he carried the locket much longer than his friends.
They were also unable to summon their Patronuses while wearing the locket since the soul fragment inside was darkening their thoughts. A person with an affinity for the Dark Arts , on the other hand, would be strengthened by the influence of a Horcrux, as Dolores Umbridge was when wearing Salazar Slytherin's locket.
The diary Horcrux takes possession of Ginny Weasley. If a person was more emotionally vulnerable, it was possible for the soul inside the Horcrux to take control of him or her, as Ginny Weasley using her. In fact, Voldemort took advantage of this possessive power over Ginny to reopen the Chamber of Secrets, using the diary as a weapon rather than a safeguard.
This quasi-sentient entity that was capable of sapping life-force to create a physical form differed from a "mere memory ", which the diary's manifestation claimed itself to be, as no mere charmed object could achieve such a feat, though Lucius Malfoy thought that was what the diary simply was. In this way, a Horcrux could gradually feed on another person's life or negative emotions to strengthen itself and increase the ability of the soul fragment within to act independently in the physical world.
The best example of this was in the case of Tom Riddle's diary. For decades, the diary lay dormant in Lucius Malfoy 's possession, doing nothing other than safeguarding the soul fragment of Tom Riddle. When Ginny Weasley began to transcribe her fears and insecurities into the pages of the diary, the fragment of Tom Riddle's soul contained within was not only able to write back to Ginny but eventually drained enough life out of her to actually manifest itself in a semi-corporeal form and work magic with Harry Potter 's wand.
While she wore the locket Horcrux, the evil Dolores Umbridge grew stronger. Likewise, Salazar Slytherin's locket slowly gained power when it was in the possession of Harry, Ron, and Hermione in the months prior to its destruction. It can be theorised that the locket gained somewhat less power from them not enough for Riddle to fully manifest but still enough to speak and create illusions because Harry, Ron, and Hermione were actively resisting the locket's influence instead of embracing it as Ginny had done with the diary.
Even Slytherin's locket was fairly inert when it was initially discovered in a cabinet in the drawing-room at 12 Grimmauld Place. It displayed no powers and gave no indication that it possessed superior magical properties. Horcruxes also possessed some last line of defence against destruction. The fragment of soul within the Horcrux seems to be able to sense impending threats and can act to defend itself.
For instance, Slytherin's locket viciously taunted Ron Weasley with visions of his deepest fears in the hopes of preventing him from stabbing it with Godric Gryffindor's sword , and even attempted to strangle Harry Potter when he was close to obtaining the Sword with the intent of piercing the locket. Aside from its self-defence mechanism from the soul fragment, a Horcrux is usually enchanted by the creator to have other forms of defences to prevent destruction.
Marvolo Gaunt's ring contained a deadly curse that would kill anyone who touched it. To create a Horcrux was to divide one's soul — the " essence of self " — and it was therefore in the creation of a Horcrux that one fell prey to Adalbert Waffling 's first Fundamental Laws of Magic , which essentially stated that tampering with one's soul inevitably resulted in grave side effects.
Creating Horcruxes was considered perhaps the most dreadful act possible. One of these such side-effects was the "dehumanising" effect the mutilation of one's soul was said to have. The more Horcruxes one created, the less human they became, both emotionally and physically; for example, in the house-elf Hokey 's memory, Tom Riddle was initially shown to be hollow-cheeked but otherwise normal, [23] though ten years later his features look as if they have been burned and blurred, and his skin was extremely white.
Lord Voldemort after his transformation. One should note that it is unclear whether the red eyes and slit-like nostrils that Voldemort had after he was reborn were caused by having more Horcruxes than he did than when he applied for the Defence Against the Dark Arts post a second time, [23] whether they were characteristics of a person who had been resurrected with the help of serpents which had continued to play key roles in his revival , or whether due to any other alterations he had made to himself.
Dumbledore speculated that Voldemort underwent other dangerous transformations, as well as creating Horcruxes which resulted in Voldemort's hideous appearance.
A third side effect of Horcrux creation was that the master soul itself became unstable even with creating just one Horcrux. For example, the creation of Voldemort's sixth "Horcrux" of seven — Harry Potter — is known to be the direct result of this. The rest of Voldemort's mutilated soul fled. After mangling his own soul through many Horcrux creations, the fragments of Voldemort are trapped in limbo for eternity. The final known side-effect of Horcrux creation was a possible inability to move on from limbo after death.
This was seen when Voldemort's Killing Curse destroyed the part of his soul that resided in Harry Potter. This broken and mangled piece of soul [25] was forced to exist in the stunted form of a flayed and mutilated baby that Harry saw in King's Cross during his visit to limbo, unable to return to the land of the living as a ghost, and unable to move on to the afterlife because his soul was maimed and corrupted.
The same fate was implied to have been suffered by Voldemort's "main" soul piece, the one that inhabited his body; it is unknown if this was a standard fate meted out for all Horcrux creators, or if it was unique to Voldemort due to the number of his Horcruxes.
Regardless, reconciliation apparently cannot occur after death, as the soul's state at death remains forever, so the greatest of all consequences incurred by Horcrux creation may be the possibility of eternal limbo of the soul.
Voldemort's soul fragments also appeared to possess only the awareness and intelligence of the infant they appeared to be. Lord Voldemort , obsessed with immortality and unable or unwilling to understand the importance of the soul's well-being, went further than any wizard known to history, creating seven — although he wanted six Horcruxes to have a seven part soul.
He accidentally created a pseudo-Horcrux when he failed to murder Harry Potter in , [8] and later made his pet snake Nagini into his seventh Horcrux. As a student named Tom Riddle at Hogwarts in the s, he learned of Horcruxes through books in the Restricted Section , including Secrets of the Darkest Art , and sought out Potions Master Horace Slughorn for further information about creating more than one, of which no book would have any record.
Albus Dumbledore removed those books from the Hogwarts Library soon afterwards, although later he suspected that Slughorn had given information to Riddle about Horcruxes, as Slughorn refused to reveal the true account of what really happened.
Voldemort did understand that his soul had a limit to how many times he could split it, as he ceased creating any more Horcruxes once he intentionally reached his desired six and refused to create any replacements for the ones that were destroyed. Dumbledore later assigned Harry to retrieve the stored memory of it during the school year, in which Harry was able to get it through the use of Felix Felicis.
Having split his soul multiple times, it became extremely unstable that upon his Killing Curse's first rebound on him, Voldemort's already maimed soul split apart and attached to the only living being in the room at the time: Harry Potter. It was also the creation of so many Horcruxes that led Voldemort's humanity to deteriorate severely.
As Voldemort's soul fragments have been separated from him for so long, he could no longer feel them should they be destroyed. This was part of Dumbledore and Harry's quest to determine, locate, and destroy, in secret, what they believed to be as many as four of Voldemort's remaining Horcruxes two had already been destroyed.
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