Questions tagged [horcrux]
For questions about "Horcruxes" in Harry Potter in which a person has concealed part of their soul, thus making that person immortal whilst the Horcrux is still intact. Always use with the [harry-potter] tag.
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Wondering about the mechanics of a Living Horcrux [closed]
I have very little experience with this series, I have only fully seen Fantastic Beasts and bits and pieces of the main films and never read the books, so forgive me if this is a rookie or obvious ...
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Could Voldemort have remorsed his soul back together in Deathly Hallows?
I am specifically talking about the moment before final battle with Harry, after Neville chops Nagini in half. In the beginning of Deathly Hallows, Hermione says that remorse can put the soul back ...
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In Deathly Hallows, how did Dolores Umbridge manage to conjure a Patronus while wearing the locket when Harry wasn't able to? [duplicate]
Note: This is NOT a question asking why Umbridge can cast a Patronus
When Harry wears the locket he is unable to cast a Patronus, why can Umbridge cast a Patronus while wearing a Horcrux, when it was ...
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If death lifts the caster's spells, then how are the Horcruxes still defended?
Half-Blood Prince clearly establishes that death lifts the caster's spells.
Voldemort died quite early in the series.
It follows that Voldemort's spells, such as the protections on his horcruxes, ...
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Does Harry suspect that he is a horcrux?
In Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Dumbledore never mentions that Harry is a Horcrux. But in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Dumbledore tells Snape that he believes sometimes that Harry ...
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Why is Slughorn an expert on Horcruxes?
Why does Slughorn even know anything about Horcruxes, never mind something super-advanced like having more than one? They seem to be a fairly-unadvertised deep dark magic, and he's neither a Dark ...
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Did Snape have a failsafe method for giving his memory to Harry Potter? What if Harry wasn't around? [duplicate]
Did Snape have a failsafe method for giving his memory to Harry Potter? What if Harry wasn't around?
Since Harry wanted to find Voldemort to end him, finding Snape wasn't part of his current mission. ...
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What are the differences between Horcruxes and phylactery?
Something has been bothering me quite a lot for a few weeks, and I can't find the answer.
In the Harry Potter saga, it is stated that one can prevent one's own death by making one or more Horcruxes. ...
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How was the Horcrux in Nagini destroyed, when only a few specific things can destroy one; those being Basilisk venom, Fiendfyre and the Killing Curse?
There's no reason that the Horcrux in the snake should have been destroyed with just lopping off her head. If that were possible, then any other sort of spell would be able to destroy them. Instead ...
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Did Voldemort's Horcrux that latched to Harry make the Wand-matching and House-sorting processes more complicated? [duplicate]
A lot of characteristics of Harry's were passed to him via Voldemort:
parseltongue
telepathic connection to voldemort
the iconic scar
These were caused by a portion of Voldemort latching onto Harry ...
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What part of Voldemort got resurrected?
We know that Voldemort had a bunch of Horcruxes, plus one soul piece in his body. In Book 1, when he "died" the first time (in Godric's Hollow), the rebounding curse destroyed that one soul ...
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Why would Neville dying in the battle of Hogwarts affect Harry's survival?
Mild spoilers for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. As I don't have a copy to hand, nor intend to touch one again, I can't provide exact quotes.
As I recall, one of the premises in Act 3 is as ...
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Why does Harry tell Dumbledore's Army that the unknown Horcrux is something of Ravenclaw's when he can't rule out Gryffindor?
In chapter 29 of Deathly Hallows, Harry tells his allies that he's looking for something. Unknown to his allies, it's the last Horcrux. He tells them the following:
It’s here at Hogwarts, but we don’...
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Why didn't Dumbledore bring Fawkes, along with Harry, to the Horcrux Cave?
Since Dumbledore couldn't apparate into or out of the Horcrux Cave, wouldn't Fawkes have been a great asset to bring since his status as a phoenix means that he can nullify the effects of the Anti-...
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Why did Voldemort expect that killing Harry would split his soul?
In chapter 23 of Half-Blood Prince, Dumbledore guesses that Voldemort planned to use Harry's death to split his soul one last time:
He seems to have reserved the process of making Horcruxes for ...
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