Voldie's old body (was: Voldemort and Elixir)

[Melody <Malady579@hotmail.com>]

No: HPFGUIDX 49252

Richelle asked:
>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.

You know Richelle, I never thought about this.  Man, that surprises
me.  What did happen to Voldemort's body?  Given the circumstances of
a rebound AK curse, it seems that what happened to him would be
unknown.  I doubt the DE's came to reclaim the body(shell) since they
fled to their own safety.  Had a body been there, then would the MoM
buried it?  Would they just burn it?  It seems that body does not
exist anymore, since Voldemort cannot re-inhabit it.  But then again,
dead bodies are not inhabitable anyway.

Wait - it is his soul/spirit that survived, right?  Or is it his life
force that survived?  If his life was separated and not his soul (aka.
dementor's kiss) then he is still alive per say but bodiless.  So
then, what does a bounced curse that takes the life out of you do?  It
takes the life out but something happens and you don't die.  In normal
AK's the left body is frozen dead, but it bounced so maybe it is
destroyed from the ricochet momentum.  Seems he does not have a grave,
so it is possible.  Or maybe, it was destroyed in the house toppling.

Anyway, after that long travel through my mind, I think whatever
happened to that body, Voldemort couldn't return to it.  It is no
longer his.


Phillipa wrote:
>If Voldemort doesn't have his own body anymore, where does he keep
>his spirit when he doesn't have a host body?  Does it just float >around?

His spirit is probably like a ghost.  It has a set parameter and state
of being, but is not solid.  Therefore, it cannot be destroyed but
cannot die either.  It is stuck in limbo forever.  New form of torture
really.  Since it seems he can travel places, I would guess gliding is
his best bet.


Melody