Snape, Horcruxes and Priori Incantatem

[laura_clapham2002]

No: HPFGUIDX 133394

vividscribbler <vividscribbler at y...> wrote:
> <snip>
> Dumbledore says on page 506, chatper 23, of HBP (US):
> "I am sure he was intending to make his final Horcrux with your 
> death. As we know, he failed. After an interval of some years, 
> however, he used Nagini to kill an old Muggle man, and it might 
> then have occured to him to turn her into his last Horcrux."

> There has been wide speculation about a living being as Horcrux, 
> and I for one believe that Nagini is indeed a Horcrux. <snip>
> 
> This also established a timeline. He must have created a Horcrux 
> after his fall of the 1980s but before his ressurection. 
> <SNIP of an excellent argument>
 

Laura C now:
What if Voldemort did not create the last Horcrux until after his 
resurrection?  It seems to me that this is not unlikely - while in 
his babymort state it may have been too difficult to create another 
Horcrux, however once he had fully returned to his corporeal state 
this would be easier. 

It is still unclear in my mind whether the murder needs to be performed directly by the person in order to slip the soul in order to make a Horcrux or whether a slightly more indirect approach 
would suffice.  For example some have argued that Moaning Myrtle's death was used to create the diary Horcrux, however whilst clearly reponsible in a large way, the basilisk actually performed the killing, not Tom Riddle. If the murder must be committed directly then perhaps babymort did not have the power to do this, and hence had to wait until after his resurrection to create his final 
Horcrux?

On the other hand perhaps Wormtail cast the spell, meaning it did 
not show up in the Priori Incantatum...

Just a few thoughts,
Laura C :)