Voldemort's 8th Horcrux

[redeyedwings]

No: HPFGUIDX 137562


Greg:
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> All that being said, what't to keep Voldemort from creating an 
> additional Horcrux in order to keep it at the magically strong 
number 
> 7.  Amelia Bones was a very powerful witch that Dumbledore was 
upset  
> about losing.  Why couldn't Voldemort have used this murder to get 
his 
> number of Horcruxes back up to the magically strong number of 7?



And he could probably make it at any time, seeing as how they don't 
have to be done immediately after the killings. (He had already 
killed to get the gaunt ring and then went back to Hogwarts before 
he even asked Slughorn about them). 
So if 7 is the key, why would he not grab something around him now 
and make one out of any murder he's performed in the past ... unless 
maybe 7 is so key that to split your soul by more than 7 really 
messes you up somehow. So possibly LV knows that he has one killing 
in reserve now that the diary has been destroyed ... and he doesn't 
seem eager to use it on people like Cedric, though he would have hit 
Dumbledore with it if he could. I'm sure he wouldn't mind hitting 
the magic number on that note.

That's mostly wild speculation on my part I admit.


Redeyedwings.