Tom Riddle... how he knew his destiney (was: Riddle and Astronomy)

[fyredriftwood]

No: HPFGUIDX 43601


Heather (miss dumblydore) politely posted:
 
"First, how on earth did Tom Riddle know he was the
heir of Slytherin? His mother died right after he was
born, his father left, and he was raised in a muggle
orphanage, so presumably no one knew about this before
Hogwarts. And obviously no one *at* Hogwarts knew, or
else they would have known he was involved in the
Chmamber opening. So where did he find out?"
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Fyre Wood (ME!) replies:
There have been many rumors and wonderings as to how he found out 
about his past. 

http://www.angelfire.com/ca7/dracolovesharry/riddlemaster.html

That link above is to my website where I go into the detail and 
possibility that perhaps he learned about his destiney from Lord 
Grindelwald, the former Dark Lord before Riddle turned evil.

I won't post all the text because it's a LONG explaination. But the 
main points are that Grindelwald might have known about Riddle, and 
he influenced Riddle to go to the dark side, tempting him with power 
and informing him of the Chamber of Secrets.

Check out the link because it explains things in more detail than I 
can at the moment. I don't have the time or patience to sit down and 
recopy the text if it's there on another page.

--Fyre Wood, who is proud to be a webmaster of one of the most 
popular Draco/Harry Slash and HP Humor Shrines on the 'net.