Accidental Harrycrux : a question

[Ken Hutchinson]

No: HPFGUIDX 155238

> Carol wrote:
> Since the soul must already be split if a fragment is to be encased in
> a Horcrux, the spell for encasing the soul bit must logically be
> performed after the murder. 

We know nothing about the horcrux creation spell other than it 
exists and that it requires a split soul. As someone else has 
suggested it may be possible to cast the spell before the murder 
designating the horcrux object in advance and then the spell
takes effect once the soul is split. The curses placed on objects
work in this fashion, they do not take effect until some specific
event has taken place.

We know nothing about soul splitting other than a murder
is required. We don't know at which point in the act of murder
the split occurs so we don't know if the unprecedented failure
of the AK used against Harry would have split LV's soul or not.

We don't know what happens to a split soul if you do not 
create a horcrux immediately. Is is split forever or do the 
pieces remerge? If the split does heal does this take years or
milliseconds? If you commit two murders in succession as
LV did that night at GH does the second murder produce 
a three piece soul or are both pieces of the two piece soul
the first murder produced split again to make a four piece
soul? If soul splits do not heal relatively quickly just how 
fractured was LV's soul just before he tried to kill Harry
that night??

The possibilites are legion and we have precious little 
information to argue from. I suspect that answering these
questions would give the game away and that is why 
JKR has not answered them.

Ken