Horcruxes anew

[amiabledorsai]

No: HPFGUIDX 138455


> Now Bohcoo, laughing outloud over, "soul in one basket:"

<Big Snips>

> So, since I am assuming he kept two pieces with him in the very 
> beginning, I am assuming he is most anxious to reunite with a second 
> chunk now, just to be on the safe side, just to once again have a 
> spare on hand. 
> 
> (Sidenote: I don't think Nagini is a Horcrux -- Voldemort himself 
> said in the GOF graveyard scene that animals were ill-suited to 
> possession. True, possession for functional purposes and storage for 
> bits of soul are two entirely different things, but I don't see a 
> snake, basilisk offspring or not, as a smart place to stash a soul 
> chunk. )

You know, assuming Voldemort wants to keep one of his "spares" close
to him, putting it in Nagini makes some sense--he can keep an eye on
her, she can defend herself actively (as opposed to the booby-traps
we've seen on the ring and the locket), and it apparently makes her a
very effective agent of Voldemort's desires.

Which brings up another thought:  What exactly was going on in OotP
when Harry saw Nagini bite Arthur?  Was Harry linked to Voldemort who
was possessing Nagini, (my thought at the time) or was Harry directly
sensing Nagini's actions through the chunk of Voldemort's soul that
she carries?

If the latter (Harry can link to pieces of Voldemort's soul other than
the one in Voldemort's body), that has interesting consequences for
the Horcrux search.

Amiable Dorsai