[HPforGrownups] Horcrux Destruction Problem

[Jeremiah LaFleur]

No: HPFGUIDX 163280

Maybe this has been already touched upon, but I see a problem for Harry
in destroying all of the Horcruxes seeing how there is nothing stopping
Voldemort from making more of them.

Knowing how obsessed Voldemort was with cheating death I would assume
that the first thing he would have done upon his return was to ensure
the safety of his horcruxes. <snip>.

brandon_dusick
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Jeremiah:
Hmm... my thinking was this: Voldemort asked Slughorn if 7 (being a number
of power... how ironic that there are 7 books...) would be sufficient. DD
said he thought that Voldemort would not realize the Horcurx he and Harry
were attempting to destroy would even be detected by LV. So, I don't think
LV would create more. I'm not sure he can make any more, anyway. He's gone
further than anyone ever has before, he's been physically altered at least 2
times (the time DD say Riddle for the DADA position and his transformation
at the gravesite... are there any others we know about)? i would assume he's
only got a tiny bit of soul left in him and to splinter it further would
wreak some funky kind of havoc...

However, I do see where you are going with this: He must have known that RAB
(most likely Regulus Black) had destroyed one Horcrux, I'm sure LV found out
that Malfoy screwed up and made it possible for Haryy to destroy one, too
(the Diary)... which leaves us with 5, then there is the ring that shriveled
DD's hand... we do not know if LV knows about that one yet... So, making
more seems logical but as I said before: is it possible for him to do so?
We'll find out, I'm sure, but my vote is "No." Plus, that would make the
story so long that I'm not sure she could put Book 7 out in a single volume.


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