The Evil of Voldemort; Lily's choice

[Ceridwen]

No: HPFGUIDX 146751

Brothergib:
> 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?

Ceridwen:
I don't think it's impossible to make eight horcruxes, any more than it 
is impossible to make two.  Tom Riddle fixed on seven because he 
learned that it's a powerful number.  Not because it was the best 
number for the job, or the maximum possible.  Until Voldemort, from 
what I gather, no one else had tried to make more than one horcrux.  
The fixation on seven seems to be a superstition on LV's/TR's part.

A soul is split when murder is committed, at least that's what I got 
from what Slughorn said.  Not just when a horcrux is the intended 
result.  Though I could be reading you wrong and you mean seven pieces 
being removed.

Ceridwen.