Accidental Harrycrux : a theory

[Mike]

No: HPFGUIDX 155241

> > > Luna wrote:
> > > I have a question for you guys:
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> > > Now, how can a Horcrux have been accidentally created if
> > > Voldemort didn't achieve the killing of the victim in the
> > > first place, which, in theory, is the main requirement for
> > > the creation of a Horcrux?

> > zgirnius responded:
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> > The spell is for encasing a soul bit into an object.

> Carol adds:
> I agree with zgirnius (though I wonder if all killings or only
> murders result in soul splitting).
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> I'm pretty sure that the spell to encase the soul bit in a
> Horcrux is performed *after* the murder, possibly a
> long time afterwards,
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> They're arguing that a loose soul fragment resulting
> from Lily's (or maybe two soul bits from Lily's and James's deaths)
> was somehow floating around loose in the air and accidentally got
> lodged in Harry when Voldemort vaporized (not a view I agree with,
> obviously).
>
> 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.
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Mike here:
My hypothesis for how one creates an accidental Horcrux postulates
that the encasement spell is cast prior to committing the murder. My
basis for this belief comes from examining Slughorn's explanation:

"The wizard *intent* upon creatig a Horcrux would use the damage to
his advantage."  (HBP p.498, US, Slughorn speaking, my emphasis)

I read this as the wizard must create the intent, have the
encasement object and use the 'spell' to mark the object as well as
prepare to capture the torn piece of soul. IMO, if the encasement
spell is not cast prior to the murder, the torn piece of soul will
not seperate from the core soul and probably reattach to the core.
(Carol, I wonder the same thing about whether all killing, or only
murder rips the soul. If it's all killing and the soul doesn't mend,
Voldemort's must be confetti by now.)

IOW, Horcrux creation must be planned in advance, Horcrux object
selected and marked, spell cast in advance to capture the torn piece
and not let it reattach. Is it canon? No, but the intent part is,
and we have no other explanation to refer to besides Sluggy's. To
me, it's obvious that the encasing spell is cast in advance of the
murder the wizard is *intending* to use to create his Horcrux.

How does this advance accidental-Horcrux? I think you see where I'm
going. LV prepres the object and creates his intent to encase his
soul piece by casting his spell prior to turning to baby Harry. When
his AK rebounds it kills LV's body and rips his soul. Because the
encasing spell has already been cast, the soul piece seperates from
the core and searches for the marked object to lodge. Though we
don't know why, the AK marked Harry, cut his forehead, we all agree
here I assume. This is how the soul piece comes to accidentally
become encased in Harry's forehead making Harry a Horcrux.

This is just one persons theory, I know there are others. None of it
is in canon, but nothing is refuted by canon and it is at least
partially supported by canon.

Just as having a piece of LV's soul in you allowing you to speak
parseltongue is canon and that's the only mechanism we get in canon.
We may or may not get some other reason, but we haven't so far.

> Carol, wondering if the diary (which IMO was not originally
> intended
> as a Horcrux) and the Marauder's Map operate on the same principle,
> with a bit of the makers' powers and personality enclosed in the
> magical object so that it interacts with the reader as the maker
> himself would (handwriting and all), no soul bit required
>
Mike:
Interesting..., add the Sorting Hat to that mix. Are you thinking
the Marauders found some way to create a low-voltage non-soul
Horcrux (without killing, I hope)? Maybe a thousand years ago,
Horcruxes weren't considered so evil. Intriguing to think the
Sorting Hat could be a four-way Horcrux of the founders?