Soul bits (Was: CHAPDISC: HBP 23, Horcruxes)

[ibchawz]

No: HPFGUIDX 161067

Carol wrote:
Fake!Moody Imperio'd Viktor Krum to Crucio Cedric, and I'm quite sure 
Viktor had never performed a Crucio before--maybe didn't even know how 
to do it effectively. 

ibchawz responds:
I'm not sure taht his is 100% accurate.  Per Draco Malfoy, Durmstrang 
students actually learn the dark arts.  My guess is that Krum and all 
the Durmstrang students are exposed to the unforgiveable curses.  
Perhaps Krum, like Dumbledore, is "too noble" to use them.


Carol wrote:
The same could be true for speaking Parseltongue and opening the 
chamber.

ibchawz responds:
AFAWK, Ginny is not a Parselmouth.  The diary memory / soul bit 
combination used Ginny to open the chamber and control the Basilisk 
through possession.  With this type of possession, Ginny did not 
remember any of the events while she was being possessed.  I don't 
know if this is typical of this type of possession or if the diary had 
the power to use a memory charm upon the victim of the possession.  
The way I see it is that the diary was originally intended as an 
instruction book to open the chamber. Essentially, the diary was a 
pensieve.  Adding the soul bit to make it a horcrux was an 
afterthought.  This gave the diary the additional power of possession 
and potential rebirth of the soul bit.

ibchawz