I think I know what one of the horcruxes is.
exodusts
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Fri Feb 17 05:30:07 UTC 2006
No: HPFGUIDX 148302
> Catherine:
> <snip> I re-read the passage about Frank's death, and it was indeed
> Voldemort who cast the AK spell on Frank (in his baby-esque form).
> Then Harry wakes up, so we don't know if the Horcrux-creating spell
> was preformed or not. But this is what makes me think it was: It
> was Voldemort himself that used his wand to kill Frank. In the
> graveyard scene, it was Wormtail using Voldemort's wand to AK
> Cedric. Why not just make Wormtail kill Frank? It must have taken
> a lot of energy to AK Frank and possibly Horcrux his soul into
> Nagini, why weaken himself further? He had already mentioned to
> Wormtail how weak he (Voldie) was. He killed Frank for a reason,
> instead of making his cronie do the deed.
Exodusts:
That is a decent point. However, I think DD is wrong about Nagini
being a Horcrux for the reason that he is wrong about the details of
Frank's death. DD tells Harry that LV "used Nagini to kill" the old
man. We know this is flat wrong, from the opening of GoF, LV did it
himself. If DD is wrong about that, he could be wrong about Nagini
full stop. Unless that was a mistake by JKR (pretty embarassing if it
was). Maybe LV killed Frank himself because he was angry or annoyed
with Frank's backtalk, but left Pettigrew to kill Cedric because it
was just an administrative job (to get rid of the spare).
> Catherine:
> I have another question about the Riddle house. Who is "the wealthy
> man that owned the Riddle house" (pg 10, GoF, UK edition)? Any
> ideas? Will it be important later on? Whoever it is still pays
> (paid) Frank to tend it.
Exodusts:
The quote reads: "The wealthy man who owned the Riddle House these
days neither lived there nor put it to any use; they said in the
village that he kept it for 'tax reasons', though nobody was very
clear what these might be. The wealthy owner continued to pay Frank
to do the gardening, however."
In the light of what we have learnt since GoF, that throwaway passage
does look more suspicious. Maybe LV bought the house, through an
agent, at the most recent of its sales? Especially given his
propensity to collect stuff important to him, and the fact that it
would be meaningful for him to own the great house that once lorded
it over the neighbourhood where his mother grew up in squalor.
Ravenclaw Horcrux hidden in the Riddle House, perhaps - although that
would be mighty close to the Ring that was hidden at the Gaunts? And
wouldn't DD have searched it already?
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