Too many, let's simply say "Varia"

[Steve Vander Ark]

No: HPFGUIDX 20892


> Cedric Diggory). So far, so good. BUT: Combining the time lines of 
> CoS and GoF, we know that fifty years ago 1) Tom Riddle opened the 
> Chamber and 2) killed his father+ family. BIG question: If Riddle 
had 
> been brought up in a Muggle orphanage until the age of 11, how on 
> earth was he able to perform the Avada Kedavra Curse at 13??? 

Tom Riddle was born in 1927. He started Hogwarts in 1938. He set 
about trying to find the Chamber of Secrets but didn't discover how 
to open it until his fifth year, which is 1942-3. Tom was 16 years 
old at that time. In the summer of 1944, between Tom's sixth and 
seventh years, he traveled to Little Hangleton and murdered his 
father and grandparents. So yes, Tom was a clever kid, but he wasn't 
casting the Killing Curse at 13. He was 17 years old and had been 
dabbling in the Dark Arts for years.

Steve Vander Ark
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