Would Draco's soul split after he kills DD? WAS: Re: something suspicious about Severus

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 151586

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, hokukaua at ... wrote:
>
> > KJ writes:
> 
> >"Now, the Malfoy question. There is a different theory on  whether
> >Dumbledore has really died? Lets assume he has. Snape wouldn't  want
> >Draco to kill Dumbledore. Remember, killing another human being  would
> >have torn his soul. Draco would have no other option except to  join
> >the DEs, which means another wizard lost to Voldemort."


-Ley:
> I disagree with your statement about Draco killing Dumbeldore would  cause 
> his soul to split in two.  I was under the impression that some  sort of dark 
> magic is required to create a horcrux, in which case, Snape  wouldn't have been 
> concerned about Draco's soul splitting from killing  Dumbeldore.

Geoff:
As other posters have pointed out, magic is required to make a Horcrux - after all, as far 
as we know Voldemort has only created Horcruxes from a small numbers of his victims,

If Draco had killed Dumbledore and split his soul, the pieces would have remained within 
him unless he decided (or even knew) how to create a Horcrux. Why would that leave DEs 
as the only option? He could have continued living with the family and pursuing an interest 
in the dark arts without actually joining the "gang".