A line of investigation.. Tom's Special places

[Jen Reese]

No: HPFGUIDX 135367

Valky:
> One trail of breadcrumbs that I have been wanting to pursue post
> HBP is the fairly obvious clue regrding where Voldemort *hides*
> his Horcruxes. Similarly to his relics, his hiding places have
> somewhat of a pattern to them related to the personal History of
> Tom himself. The ring washidden within the home of his Mother, the
> Diary as always intended to find its way to Hogwarts Chamber of 
> Secrets, and the Locket's hiding place was the cave where Tom as a
> child felt free to explore his magical powers. 
> 
> Could these steps in the life of Childhood Tom help us to pick
> locations of other Horcruxes? Each place seems to be a place where
> Tom learned something about himself, where he discovered or 
> explored something specifically about who he was. 
> 
> Are there other moments in Toms life that we know of that suit this
> profile too.  They might be the places he left his other 
> Horcruxes. 

Jen: One Horcrux at the Gaunt home, one at Hogwarts and one at the 
cave. What information can we glean from these sites for guessing 
future locations?

For one thing, Voldemort's not opposed to using a location he 
detests as represented by his choice of the Gaunt home. So even 
though the cave represents his childhood, there might also be a 
Horcrux at the orphanage. Two-fold reason: 1) because it would 
appeal to his twisted sense of dominion over people and places, and 
2) since Harry saw the general location of the building in the 
Pensieve, he could find it again. Or find himself in a 'familiar' 
place someday only to realize he's near the orphanage. So the 
orphange offers a few plot options.

Then there's the Riddle home or graveyard, another possibility. 
Seems like too many Horcruxes in one location, but again the 
domination thing. This would be a location Harry knows from his 
dreams and the graveyard of course. Plus Dumbledore's stories.

We haven't seen Azkaban yet--would that be a way to kill two birds 
with one stone? Harry visits Azkaban after determining a Horcrux 
might be located there. Not sure there's any significance for 
Voldemort there, though.

Thinking about the diary again. It actually wasn't stored at 
Hogwarts, just ended up there. Giving more weight to the theory the 
Special Services Cup is a Horcrux (besides, we'd get to go back to 
Hogwarts again). Voldemort would undoubtedly love the irony of 
storing a Horcrux under the nose of 'the Muggle-loving fool'.

Last possibilty, Borgin & Burkes? But only if it's located somewhere 
hidden so it couldn't be sold. I'm not sure this place meant much to 
Riddle except for the fact he got to search out his trophies under 
the guise of working.

That's all I can think of at the moment. We have so little 
information about Voldemort's adult years to go on. But now Harry is 
practiced in collecting memories! Maybe he'll be able to do what 
Dumbledore couldn't and locate an adult willing to talk about the 
adult Voldemort.

Jen