Horcrux Theories and Questions

[DarkJedi]

Okay, I've been wondering quite a bit on this one in terms of the books.

I know there's a theory out there from fans that each book contains a Horcrux but I don't know how much faith I have in that theory.

Another question on this whole story arc is how the heck Harry going to destroy the Horcruxes when he finds them? I believe all that was said was that Dumbledore had the horcrux from the Ring destroyed with the helpful timing and assistance from Severus Snape.

Obviously, Snape isn't going to be there to help Harry destroy future Horcruxes. Dumbledore certainly isn't going to be there.

Hermione said that written research on Horcruxes would be next to impossible due to the sensitive nature of the subject...I'm sure there are people out there knowledgable on it like Slughorn but Harry made a promise not to tell anyone outside his 3 posse gang(Not even Minerva which I don't agree with.)

The promise of secrecy kinda hurts the option of Harry finding someone and asking that someone on Destruction of Horcruxes.

I'm just having a hard time seeing how Harry is going to see this to the end without Dumbledore or Snape's assistance. Especially Dumbledore.

Here's what we know on the Horcruxes too:


Book 2: The diary
Book 4: Nagini
Book 5: Salazar's locket--Speculation(the locket in Kreacher's cupboard)
Book 6: The ring and Ravenclaw's cup.


The last horcrux being Voldemort himself of course.

We also know it's not Godric Gryffindor's sword.

There was mention of Ravenclaw's Wand in Ollivanders shop in the first book... I'm not sure if that's one. We know Ollivander went missing between Book 5 and Book 6 so maybe that wand is a horcrux but I doubt it.

The question remains:

1.What are the remaining Horcruxes?
2. Why did Voldemort choose them?
3. How is Harry, Hermione, and Ron going to destroy the Horcruxes.

Any ideas?

[Magell]

How do you know Snape won't help him destroy the horcruxes?

That assumes that Snape is actually evil which I'm not confident he is.

[DarkJedi]

Well, I'm not even sure if Snape is evil myself....I believe he's just looking out for himself and will pick whichever looks like the winning side.

I doubt, however, he will be on Harry's direct side throughout the first half of the book where I think they'll be trying to locate and destroy the horcruxes...

[neglet]

Possible horcruxes
Book 2: The diary
Book 4: Nagini
Book 5: Salazar's locket--Speculation(the locket in Kreacher's cupboard)
Book 6: The ring and Ravenclaw's cup. Actually, Hufflepuff's. --N.

The last horcrux being Voldemort himself of course.

We also know it's not Godric Gryffindor's sword.

There was mention of Ravenclaw's Wand in Ollivanders shop in the first book... I'm not sure if that's one. We know Ollivander went missing between Book 5 and Book 6 so maybe that wand is a horcrux but I doubt it.

Actually, Ravenclaw's wand could be a horcrux. There are only six horcruxes, and Dumbledore has theorized that Voldemort will take one from each of the Hogwarts founders. The fifth we know is Marvolo's ring, the sixth is speculated to be Nagini. That means that each founder has only one item to be used as a horcrux. For Slytherin we have the locket and for Hufflepuff we have the cup (both missing); that leaves only an item from Gryffindor and one from Ravenclaw to be identified.

I'll bet that Hermione comes up with the research to identify one if not both of these final horcruxes, the little smarty.

[DarkJedi]

Thanks for the correction on Hufflepuff's cup. I realized the mistake but never corrected it in time.

The thing about the wand that has my doubts is that it's purely speculation that it is Ravenclaws and even if it was, what was said was that Voldemort chose them because of their connection to the Hogwarts history but they were mainly non-magical also.

It just seems to me the use of a wand(it's powers) would make hiding a horcrux in it very difficult.

Ollivander may have been kidnapped or coaxed out of his shop mainly due to the fact that Voldemort found out about his wand and Potters wand having the same exact core. He may have wanted more information about this particular fact and got poor Ollivander himself.

He may have got Fortunescae(sp?) along with Ollivander because the pyscho likes Ice cream.

It's also still a rumor that the locket in Kreachers Cupboard is still a horcrux or even that one.

Mainly because whomever R.A.B is(Regulus?) says in the note:

To the Dark Lord

I know I will be dead long before you read this but I want you to know it was I who discovered your secret. I have stolen the real Horcrux and intend to destroy it as soon as I can. I face death in the hope that when you meet your match, you will be mortal once more.

R.A.B


Sounds like he would have destroyed in one way or another before ever returning to Grimwauld and laying it down somewhere where Kreacher could find it..

Unless he was intercepted by Bellatrix and she was the one who brought the horcrux home to Grimwauld where Kreacher found it.



The diary(gone)....the ring(gone)...the locket...the cup....the snake.......What else.

[neglet]

Sounds like he would have destroyed in one way or another before ever returning to Grimwauld and laying it down somewhere where Kreacher could find it..

Unless he was intercepted by Bellatrix and she was the one who brought the horcrux home to Grimwauld where Kreacher found it.

You forget, though, that "destroying the horcrux" does not have to involve actual destruction of the item that is containing part of Voldemort's soul. Harry destroyed the horcrux contained in Tom Riddle's diary, but the book itself survived; at the end of CoS he returned it to Lucius Malfoy with a dirty sock in it, thus freeing Dobby.

So it is entirely possible that "RAB" was Regulus A. Black, that he destroyed the horcrux and left the locket at the Black household, where Kreacher hoarded it. I would suspect that book 7 might open with Harry exploring the Black house and discovering this relationship.

If so, the real question is: was Regulus Black actually killed, and even if he was, what did he manage to do against the Dark Lord before his death?

I still think the last two horcruxes will be related to Ravenclaw and Gryffindor, we just don't know what they are yet.