Vapormort and the necessity of the flawed potion

[annemehr]

No: HPFGUIDX 47672

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "clicketykeys" <clicketykeys at y...> wrote:
> Okay. IIRC, One of the points made by MD was that Voldemort needed 
to 
> be brought back because in his earlier form as "less than spirit" he 
> was indestructable. Now, aside from the fact that I haven't seen 
this 
> claim proven one way or the other, the fact is that he was returned 
to 
> a physical form before the confrontation with Harry at the end of 
GoF.
> 
> Was this taken into consideration, and I just haven't found the 
right 
> post yet? Or ... ?
> 
> CK
> clicketykeys

It is true that Voldemort took on that small, weak body (the "ugly 
baby" one) during most of GoF.  It is not explicitly stated in the 
text, but the implication is that this was a "stepping stone" body to 
allow him to return to England and carry out his plan of true 
recorporation in the graveyard.

Before Wormatail returned to him, Voldemort was existing in Albania by 
possessing bodies of animals.

Once Wormatail joined him, Voldemort had a wizard who could obey 
orders and use a wand for him.  He used information extracted from 
Bertha Jorkins to hatch a plan to go to England and have Wormtail brew 
a potion which included his father's bone and Harry's blood in order 
to get himself back into a fully functional mortal body.  Note that 
the "ugly baby" body he had before this was extremely weak and had to 
be nursed by something containing Nagini's venom (or was it venom 
alone?), once every few hours.  He could not even milk Nagini for 
himself; Wormtail had to do it.

The assumption I think it safe to make is that the "ugly baby" body 
was only taken on by Voldemort when he was ready to set his 
recorporation plan in motion.  It was merely to enable him to travel 
to England with Wormtail (and was just barely adequate for this).  It 
was never intended by Voldemort that he would stay in this body, and 
thus not something that Dumbledore could take advantage of, as he 
didn't really know what exactly he was or where.  Remember that Harry 
never told Sirius or Dumbledore about the actual dream he had in the 
summer before his fourth year, only that his scar hurt.  When Harry 
did tell Dumbledore about his other dream in Divination class, it was 
late in the school year.  Harry did not actually see Voldemort, only 
that he could hold a wand (implying a body).  He did not give 
Dumbledore any information as to where Voldemort might be.  Thus, 
Dumbledore did not have time to locate Voldemort before the Third Task 
of the tournament.

Anne