Horcrux and Lily Stepping Aside

[zgirnius]

No: HPFGUIDX 146209


> Miles:
> As far as we know, the requirement for making a horcrux is a split 
soul, and
> we know that a split soul doesn't heal. So there was no reason for 
Voldemort
> to create the Hx at Godric's Hollow, his soul would be split 
afterwards as

zgirnius:
Yes, but there is a complicating issue here. Voldemort is a mass-
murderer. We are talking tens, possibly hundreds of soul pieces. Yet 
Voldemort is not happy with using just any one of these bits to make 
a Horcrux, oh no. It must the the particular soul bit created by 
a 'special' murder. But with all of those bits wandering about, how 
is he to make sure he uses the right one? Perhaps (as you speculate) 
he can somehow sense them and tell them all apart. But perhaps he 
cannot. The spell Betsy suggests Voldemort cast in preparation might 
have been to ensure that the NEXT soul bit created gets used in the 
Horcrux-making.