Mortality question

[zanooda2]

No: HPFGUIDX 153759

Hi, I didn't have an access to my computer for a few days, and maybe
it's a little late to answer, but I really want to thank people who
gave me some ideas, otherwise my head was completely empty when I
thought about this "mortality" thing.

> Pippin wrote:

> Voldemort wouldn't want to share the secret
> of how he achieved immortality with his followers, but he wouldn't
> want them to know that he's withholding the knowledge either.
> <SNIP>
> Also, though his self is bound to earth
> and cannot die, his restored body is still subject to destruction by 
> old age and disease. The Elixir of Life would protect it.


>> Magda wrote:

>> I'm assuming that when he was powerful he didn't tell them about
>> the horcruxes but let them assume that he was immortal because he
>> was such a great wizard


zanooda:

It is strange that I didn't think about it myself. I do know that LV
keeps his DEs in the dark about Horcruxes, although I had my doubts
where Bellatrix is concerned. When she said that LV "
entrusted (her)

with his most precious", I thought she meant a Horcrux. 

Bellatrix is not Lucius Malfoy, she is fanatically devoted to LV. But
you are probably right, LV won't share his big secret even with his
most loyal follower, this would be too much of exposure. Even if she
had something to do with one or more Horcruxes, she would't know
exactly what they are. LV might have just told her that it was
something precious to him (My Precious!!), and this alone would be
enough for her.


>>> Peggy wrote:

>>> ultimately the idea is that Voldemort must expect something
>>> tremendously magical to happen at the precise moment he achieves a
>>> 7-part soul; and he probably expects this to be "true"
>>>(infallible)immortality, an order of acheivement better than the
>>> fallible Elixir of Life or the random Horcrux.

zanooda:

It's a great idea! Somehow I always thought that this 7 number has
only a symbolic meaning to LV, and I never imagined that he might
expect some physical effect when his 7-Horcruxes goal is achieved. So
you think he hopes for an immortal body, or maybe his Horcruxes will
become indestructible when there are 7, or something else of the sort?
Lets hope it won't come to this!