[HPforGrownups] Re: Of essence divided?

[Peggy Wilkins]

No: HPFGUIDX 154330

On 6/25/06, Steve <bboyminn at yahoo.com> wrote:

Steve/bboyminn:
> Specifically, as to whether Nagini is or isn't a Horcrux is a
> difficult matter in my mind. It seems that Dumbledore concluded this
> because he had run out of other more reasonable solutions, and was
> left to speculate that Nagini was likely a Horcrux. But, personally, I
> think the evidence is scant at best. One could conclude that, but one
> certainly could not prove it. Voldemort already has Slytherin
> connections through his existing Horcruxes, so why make another one
> using Nagini?

Peggy W:
Another Slytherin-related Horcrux--the diary--was destroyed.  Perhaps
Voldemort would have used Nagini to replace it in order to keep a
Slytherin connection.  Presumably that connection was very important
to him.  Did Dumbledore guess that Voldemort made Nagini a Horcrux
after he found out the diary had been destroyed?  It seems reasonable.

> Perhaps, when Voldemort returned he was desperate to
> complete his set of 6 extrenal Horcruxes and to have a complete set of
> 7, that he used whatever was at hand. This one suggested Horcrux seems
> to be the weakest of them all (logically weakest), so, I am left to
> wonder whether or not Dumbledore was mistaken on this issue.

I believe that Harry's death at Godric's Hollow was intended to be the
source of the final (sixth) Horcrux, completing the 7-part soul and
making Voldemort invulnerable.  I believe that Voldemort still intends
Harry to fulfill this role, and that is why Harry is being "saved for
the Dark Lord" (as all the Death Eaters say, reminding each other not
to kill Harry).  Voldemort must be the one to kill him because it is
important to him to use Harry's death to seal his own invulnerabilty.
If that is the case, he wouldn't make his sixth Horcrux with anything
but Harry's death.

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Peggy Wilkins
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