Harry the Horcrux Destroyer / 7 Horcruxes (was Re: The Evil of Voldemort; Lily's choice)

[Kristin Hessenauer]

No: HPFGUIDX 146774

> Jutika Gehani wrote:
> <snip> So how do you expect him to find the other horcruxes 
> without DD? Frankly, it seems to be a very daunting task.<snip>

Nick wrote:
> <snip> Also, let's not underestimate Harry's ability to 
> negotiate obstacles on the way to a goal. He did, after all, 
> get to the Sorcerer's Stone, save Ginny from the Chamber of 
> Secrets, win the Triwizard Tourament, navigate his way through
> the Department of Mysteries, and get the memory from Slughorn. 

tropicwhale:
You could also contribute Harry's ablitities to overcome obstacles 
as dumb luck and very smart friends (Hermione, Dumbledore). If you 
read through the books, his friends are the ones who clear the way 
and he tackles the final task of stopping whatever plan Voldemort 
concocted this time around.

> Brothergib:
> > Since 7 is the most powerful magical number, would trying to
> > create an eight piece soul actually be impossible?

> 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. 

tropicwhale:
Well, seven horcruxes was unheard of before Riddle did it. Remember 
what Slughorn said in the unaltered memory?