Another Horcrux Idea

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 153416

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "blue dragon"
<blue_dragon_53 at ...> wrote:
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> ...edited...
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> I've read various theories on Horcruxes.  I have a question 
> (or two).  I'm not sure if this has been put forward before, 
> but I'm sure I'll soon find out if it has! ...edited...
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> Has anyone considered that Voldemort may have already used up 
> one of his Horcruxes?  When he tried to AK Harry as a baby, it 
> backfired and vapourised his body.  Wouldn't his "core" soul 
> have been destroyed at the same time?
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> If so, how would a Horcrux-encased soul-piece be accessed?  
> Would it be automatically released when the core soul (or other 
> Horcruxed soul-piece for that matter) was destroyed?  It would 
> then have to go searching for a body to inhabit, starting the 
> whole cycle over again.
> 
> 
> blue dragon
>

bboyminn:

I think the final and ultimate answer at this point comes down to 'We
don't know'.

First, let me give my best guess interpretations of the Horcrux. I
will do my best to make a distinction between what we know, and what I
think. 

When you kill someone in cold-blood, it tears your soul. You can use
this aspect to your advantage by performing some magic not yet
revealed to us to place that torn piece of soul into a physical object.

As long as that soul-piece remains trapped in that object, it remains
earthbound. In other words, it can't cross over into the afterlife, or
restated, it can't cross over into death. I seems that either the
whole soul crosses over, or none of it crosses over. 

This means that as long as soul-pieces are trapped in their objects
here on earth, the core-soul will also remain here on earth. This is a
very vague and marginal immortality. You are left without a body, but
you spirit remains tied to the earth. 

So, I don't think soul-pieces are /used up/ by events. Regarding the
core-soul; that was Voldemort's Self that did not die when the Killing
Curse rebounded on him. When his physical body died, Voldemort's
core-soul and his essential Self remained on earth, held here by the
existance of several remote Horcruxed soul-bits. 

Now the more speculative part; we don't know what happens to the
remote soul-bits when they are released from the enchanted objects
that are holding them. Do they return to the core-soul? Do they move
on to the afterlife? Do they wander aimlessly no longer earthbound,
yet not able to cross over? We don't know. But we do know that when
they are release, they are no longer considered 'earthbound', since
the soul-bits aren't earthbound, they no longer protect Voldemort.

Once all the soul-bits have been released, then the core-soul becomes
vulnerable to death. At this time, when Voldemort's soul and his body
are separated (in otherwords, he dies), Voldemort will have no choice
beyond staying back as a ghost or moving to where ever dead souls go.

So, it is the existance of the soul-pieces that are trapped here on
earth, that protect Voldemort's core soul and prevent his essential
Self from dying. Soul-pieces can be release which means that,
regardless of where they go, they are no longer considered earthbound
and no longer protect Voldemort. When all the soul-pieces are
released, then Voldemort can truly be killed, then he has nothing to
hold his core-soul and his essential Self here on earth.

So, to one of your questions, no Voldemort's core-soul was not and
could not be destroyed, that part of his /Self/ was protected by the
Soul-Bit Horcruxes. As to your other questions, it's anybody's guess.
As to your last question above, you have it somewhat backwards based
on my interpretation. The Soul-Bit are what hold the Core-Soul on
earth. As long as Soul-Bits exist, Voldemort can not cross over into
death. So, yes if he was physically killed again, and Horcruxes
remained, it would just be a matter of getting help to create a new body. 

All the remote soul-pieces must be released /first/, then Voldemort,
his core-soul, and his essential Self become vulnerable to death; true
death.

I'm not sure if any of this helps solve you questions, or for that
matter, whether anyone else will agree with my assessment, but that is
, none the less, how I see it.

Steve/bboyminn