Horcrux- a complete guide to making,destroying and understanding.
written by Hermione Audrey Granger
A Horcrux is an object in which a part of the soul is stored- A person can only die when the Horcrux is destroyed- They aren't easy to destroy or make. Read this book to learn more about Horcruxes.
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Chapter 9
- The only Horcrux that Harry personally destroyed was Tom Riddle's Diary, even though he was the only one clearly stated to be sent for the mission. Also, he did not even know that it was a Horcrux at the time. The Ring was destroyed by Albus Dumbledore, the Locket by Ron Weasley, the Cup by Hermione Granger, the Diadem with Fiendfyre that was conjured by Vincent Crabbe, Nagini was killed by Neville Longbottom, and the fragment within Harry was inadvertently destroyed by Voldemort himself. In the film adaptation, however, the Diadem is stabbed with a basilisk's fang by Harry and then kicked by Ron into the oncoming Fiendfyre.
- Of the seven Horcruxes Voldemort creates (intentionally and unintentionally), four of them are destroyed during the Battle of Hogwarts, along with Voldemort himself. In fact, aside from Salazar Slytherin's Locket, all Horcruxes were destroyed within Hogwarts grounds, either during or before the aforementioned battle.
- Living Horcruxes also seems to possess some of the creator's abilities, such as the Parseltongue that Harry Potter inherited from Voldemort. It also creates a mental link between the two, the strength of which seems to depend upon the strength of the creator. For example, when Voldemort was weak and only in a spiritual form, Harry could only sense his presence when he was close by and feel his anger, but after he returned to a more corporeal form, this expanded somewhat into the occasional dream vision of events centered on Voldemort. After Voldemort returned to full power, this link expanded so that Harry developed full visions in his dreams of what Voldemort was dwelling upon. The link can also exist in both directions, as Voldemort was able to use it and Legilimency to implant a false vision in Harry's mind. The link can be shut off by one of the bearers through the practice of Occlumency, but if the Occlument becomes negligent in maintaining this block, the link can reopen. The only way to sever the link completely and remove the borrowed abilities is to destroy the Horcrux itself.
- According to Dumbledore, Voldemort was preserving the creation of his Horcruxes for significant deaths. However, this stands to be another one of Dumbledore's deductions being wrong, as Voldemort has used a Muggle tramp and Albanian peasant to create two of his Horcruxes, with no known significance for the two. However, Dumbledore only knew for certain of two of the murders committed to create Voldemort's Horcruxes: the murder of Moaning Myrtle (his very first killing) to create the diary, and murder of Tom Riddle Sr., his father, for the Gaunt Ring Horcrux. Both of these murders were very significant, but it turns out later that Dumbledore was incorrect that all Horcrux-related deaths were important ones.
- In the novels, no character destroys more than two Horcruxes (counting Quirrell) and half of them are destroyed by someone other than Harry, Ron, and Hermione. In the films, however, Harry and Ron to an extent destroy the diadem, which is destroyed by Crabbe in the book.
- Most of the people who destroy Voldemort's Horcruxes are unaware of what they were destroying at the time. Neville did not know what Horcruxes were when he killed Nagini, Harry did not know about Horcruxes when he destroyed the diary, Voldemort did not know he was destroying a Horcrux when he attempted to kill Harry Potter, and Vincent Crabbe did not know what he was destroying when he destroyed the diadem. Hermione, Ron, and Dumbledore all knew that they were destroying Horcruxes, and destroyed them intentionally.
- The books previously established that Voldemort cannot feel when a Horcrux is destroyed. However, this was completely reversed in the movies. That is the reason he starts on the journey of seeing if all the Horcruxes are safe in the books, but in the movies it is unclear if he even checks his hiding spots. When Hermione destroys the Hufflepuff Cup, Voldemort, Harry and Nagini all seem to be momentarily incapacitated by pain. This also happens when the Ravenclaw Diadem and Nagini are destroyed, clearly showing that all Horcruxes and the Master Soul feel the destruction of the others.
- In the fairy tale The Warlock's Hairy Heart, the main character of the story stores his own heart outside of his body via dark magic, which the book notes is similar to Horcruxes in both function and consequences. It was a feat considered impossible outside of that story
