A Horcrux in each book

[M.Clifford]

No: HPFGUIDX 143963

I am not sure how this reply will fit in the thread that has been
discussing this topic, so I am just posting a general reply to the topic.

To start I agree that it makes sense in the context of book patterns
that one Horcrux is revealed in each book, in fact I go further here
to say I think that there is even more method to the revealing of
those Horcruxes than that. So far there are at least Four we can be
fairly sure of (notwithstanding opposing speculation)-

Book Two The Diary.
Book Four Nagini.
Book Five The Locket.
Book Six The Ring.

Now in all these cases not only is the object revealed, but also it is
first 'seen' within the book 'before Harry goes to Hogwarts' in every
case.

First references to the Diary are made while Harry is in Diagon Alley,
Nagini is first seen in Harry dreams in Book Four (right at the
beginning of the book), The Locket almost certainly is found at
Grimmauld Place before the Hogwarts year starts, and Dumbledore is
seen wearing the ring at Sluggy's place the first we are introduced to it.

A succession of this pattern in the remaining books would place -

The Ravenclaw/Hufflepuff Object at the start of Book One
The Ravenclaw/Hufflepuff Object at the start of Book Three

I have given one of my guesses before, a theory backed by some other
of typical Potterverse patterns is that the Ravenclaw Object is a
wand. We do see a mysterious wand at the beginning of book One, and
additionally Harry finds himself sensing 'secret magic' while he is
near that particular wand. All in all it fits the profile.
Hence my guess is that we see the Ravenclaw Wand Horcrux at the
beginning of Book one.

This leaves us only one other Horcrux to find, the Hufflepuff Cup. I
searched and re - searched the beginning of POA for it, then my neice
took it home because it was her copy amd mine is still lent out to
someone else :( 

In the beginning of POA I found plenty of references to Cups and
Goblets but none that I could see possibly being "the" cup we are
looking for. Since then, however, I have come to be fond of another
theory involving Aberforth Dumbledore and Caradoc Dearborn. 

I hypothesise that, either known or unknown to Albus Dumbledore, these
two people *did* discover the Hufflepuff Horcrux somewhere in the
vicinity of Hogwarts/Hogsmeade (the pig references here are
coincedental to the mythology that seems to support this theory).
Caradoc and Aberforth tried to destroy the Hufflepuff Cup but the one
who cast at it (Caradoc, I believe) was struck by a similar curse to
the one that inflicted the damage to Albus Dumbledore's hand in HBP. 
The two of Aberforth and Caradoc, without Albus' prodigious wit and
Snape's skill at their disposal, were unable to restore Caradoc to his
previous self and he became instead some kind of half Voldemort
monster Horcrux, the Voldemort side of which was (and still is, I
propose) draining the life from the Caradoc side in order to return to
power. 

I know it's an elaborate theory but I assure you all sources for it
are objective, and for those who are interested Google 'myth Caradoc'
and 'labours of Heracles' to see them.

Now with that in mind, I cannot look through the beginning of POA
again for any references to people, possession, monsters etc one of
which might be the actual Horcrux we are looking for.

Just for completion I'll add that in my theory I also suppose that
Voldie!Caradoc is hidden in the Forbidden Forest and that Aberforth's
inapproriate experiments on goats (seeming to relate to bezoars) and
his keen eavesdropping on Harry in OOtP are among his efforts to save
his friend and complete the destruction of the Hufflepuff Cup Horcrux.

Valky