Knights of Walpurgis Re: Why Tom Riddle isn't the "Prince"

[pandrea100]

No: HPFGUIDX 103749

Brenna wrote:
> In CoS, Dumbledore tells Harry that he is one of few people who 
know 
> Riddle to be Voldemort, and if it was a nickname given to him while 
> in school, wouldn't more people know about it?  Also, the fact that 
> Tom Marvolo Riddle switched around spells "I am Lord Voldemort" 
says 
> to me that LV is a name he chose himself, and very creatively so.
> 

I forgot all about that and now I'm wondering - who on earth did 
everyone else think Voldemort WAS then?  Where did they imagine he'd 
come from?  And did no one who was at school with Tom Riddle ever 
wonder what happened to him?  The wizarding world is smaller than 
ours, you'd think someone would have put two and two 
together ... "hmm, remember that guy we were at school with?  He 
disappeared around about the time Voldemort started trying to rule 
the world, could there be a connection?"  In fact, wouldn't it be 
interesting if most people thought Tom Riddle was KILLED by 
Voldemort, perhaps he's even thought of as a hero?  

Pandrea