The Evil of Voldemort; Lily's choice

[esmith222002]

No: HPFGUIDX 146749


> It could be as Carol said, that Voldemort offered her a chance to live
> because she was *unimportant* rather than that she had anything to
> offer him. If that is the case, I would agree that JKR's statements
> seem to be misleading, though that probably wasn't her intent (perhaps
> we're just bad interpreters!). Either that, or Voldemort did have a
> reason that we still haven't been able to figure out, something that
> will make complete sense out of what seems to be a hopeless conundrum
> (to me anyway).
> 
> Julie
>

The only logical answer that I have ever come up with is that setting 
up a Horcrux takes some prepreparation. Voldemort had killed James, and 
was about to acheive his goal - the creation of the seventh Horcrux and 
the removal of the prophesised child. It is possible that he dismissed 
Lily at this point and prepared to use Harry to make his Horcrux. His 
next murder HAD to be Harry! Instead, Lily somehow got in the way and 
ruined the plan. 

Voldemort is left at Godric's hollow with a split soul and Harry still 
alive. Presumably Voldemort would have to do something with the newly 
created soul piece i.e. create a new Horcrux and then move onto Harry.

Questions:
If this is the case, would he still attempt to create another Horcrux 
with Harry's death?
Since 7 is the most powerful magical number, would trying to create an 
eight piece soul actually be impossible?
If it is impossible, what would happen to the wizard/witch who tried to 
split their soul a seventh time? 
Would there be no remaining soul left in their physical body?

Brothergib