Voldemort and Elixir

[annemehr <annemehr@yahoo.com>]

No: HPFGUIDX 49215

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Richelle Votaw" <rvotaw at i...> 
wrote:

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 But looking back at Voldemort's quest for the stone 
and Elixir, how exactly did he plan to get his body back with Elixir? 
 I'm sure someone's produced theories on this, just that I can't 
remember them.  At the fartherest stretch of my imagination, he'd need 
a body of some sort to drink it.  I suppose Quirrell was going to do 
that.  But how would that help Voldemort?  Wouldn't that just help 
Quirrell?  Is Voldemort's body out there somewhere?  Or was it 
destroyed with the rebounded curse?  I know it said he was ripped from 
his body.  And Sirius said something about getting to the house and 
seeing the bodies, which could be just the two (Lily and James) or 
more.
> 
> Since I've got myself very confused on the whole issue, anybody have 
an idea? (I know it's all fantasy anyway, really I do. :)  But I'm 
still curious.)
> 
> Richelle

 
I can think of two possibilities.

Probably the easiest, if it would work, is that Voldemort would just 
have Quirrell drink the elixer, as you suggested.  I do think this 
would be all Voldemort would need because he is far stronger as an 
entity than Quirrell is, and would *eventually* be able to take over 
full control of "their" body (though it's true he doesn't seem to 
have it now).  Voldemort's possession of Quirrell is shortening the 
life of Quirrell's body already, and Quirrell has been drinking 
unicorn blood to survive.  The elixer will make the body immortal for 
Voldemort to command.  It also gives him plenty of time and 
opportunity to arrange to have a different body instead if he wishes. 
 Once Quirrell's body stops drinking elixer, if Voldemort ever decides 
to leave it, it will eventually die.

The second possibility is more uncertain to me.  In this case, 
Quirrell's body never drinks elixer.  Once in possession of the stone 
and making elixer of life, Voldemort may be able to have Quirrell make 
an UglyBaby!body for him as Wormtail ended up doing, which could then 
be fed elixer. Either the elixer itself would improve this weak body, 
or Voldemort would be able to use some other magic to improve it later 
-- at least it would be immortal.  HOWEVER, this method would only 
work if the new body could be made external to Quirrell!Mort and fed 
elixer *before* Voldemort leaves Quirrell's body, because Quirrell is 
going to die the moment Voldemort leaves him.  If Voldemort had to 
leave Quirrell and become a plain spirit to have this body built 
*around* him, then obviously it wouldn't work since there could then 
be no Quirrell to do the work.

The first alternative is much simpler.

Annemehr