Why 4 Horcruxes left, and not 3??

[lucianam73]

No: HPFGUIDX 142178

I didn't understand much about the Horcruxes. The only thing I sort 
of got is the basic mechanics of making a Horcrux, which seems to be 
basically (in 3 easy steps, if you will <g>):

1- previously choose an object to be your Horcrux. 
2- kill someone. Supposedly that will be enought to split your soul 
because it's an act of 'supreme evil'
3- using a certain spell, encase the torn portion of your soul 
inside the object you chose, and you're set!

Of course, if you're Lord Voldemort, steps 1 and 2 will be a little 
more elaborate, because as Dumbledore pointed out he 
favoured 'special objects' _ so he had to do a little previous work 
to find them_ and he also chose particularly significant victims for 
his Horcrux murders.

And here I have big questions, who were his victims and why were the 
killings important? I thought it was odd Frank Bryce (that his 
name??), the old muggle from GoF, was one of them because how was he 
significant to LV? 

Actually we don't know who any of the victims were. Dumbledore just 
suspects Frank was one of them, just as he suspects Nagini is the 
last Horcrux. And we (the readers) think it's logical Tom Riddle sr. 
was the victim connected with the Peverell ring Horcrux (unless it's 
somewhere in canon and I missed it).

Could the identity of the victims be important to the plot? I don't 
think it is, really, because if DD is right there are seven of them 
which is a lot! I simply don't think there will be enough room to 
fit the uncovering of the victims' identities in B7, with all the 
four Hurcruxes left for Harry to find!

Lucianam