Sevens.

[Jen Reese]

No: HPFGUIDX 161700

> > Ken says:  
> > Well, perhaps that we have been introduced to the location of a 
> > horcrux and the object it is within in every book?
 
Carol says:
> An interesting idea if we count the first "Horcrux" we're 
> introduced to as Voldemort himself. (There are seven soul bits but
> only six Horcruxes, assuming that they've all been created.} So 
> SS/PS introduces Voldemort, CoS gives us a Hogwarts Horcrux, GoF
> introduces Nagini, but HBP introduces two locations, the Gaunt 
> hovel and the cave. That leaves three locations for the other four 
> books. A good thought, but it doesn't quite work out (unless we
> don't get any new locations in Book 7).

Jen:  A location in each book doesn't work out perfectly, no.  Well, 
except both the locket and the diary were taken over by someone else 
and were out of Voldemort's control, so JKR might count Grimmauld 
Place as the OOTP location (and the diary ended up where it belonged 
so that would count).  POA is the hardest to think of a location.  
Hogsmeade connection? Shrieking Shack?  We don't know of a 
Voldermort connection to these places.  He left his 'friends' at the 
Hog's Head the night he requested a job at Hogwarts, but that was a 
defeat for him.  And it's a public place which isn't his pattern so 
far. 

Carol:
> So what other locations do we associate with Voldemort? I very much
> doubt that there's a Horcrux at Godric's Hollow, which he would
> associate with his defeat, and I can't think of any new Voldie
> locations introduced in OoP. (The locket Horcrux will be probably
> be in 12 GP, not a location associated with Voldie, who hid it or
> had Bella hide it in the cave.) And the Riddle House, introduced 
> in GoF, probably hides Nagini.

Jen: Even if the orphange is still around it's a place Voldemort 
detested.  Borgin & Burkes gave him the opportunity to start 
collecting treasures but the risk is high because Voldemort would 
have had to enchant the Horcrux for people to pass over it and it's 
a public place (not his pattern, again).  The Room of Requirement is 
a possibility, people have suggested the tiara.  St. Mungos doesn't 
seem likely as there's not a connection we know of.  

What about the MOM?  The DOM is not exactly a public place and 
Voldemort would get a thrill out of hiding a Horcrux right under the 
nose of the WW establishment.  Plus he knows how to get into the DOM 
without anyone knowing he's there.  Which room though, and what 
protections are on the Horcrux so no one can discover it?  And if 
the last Horcrux is in the DOM there's even more evidence the final 
showdown will be there as well.

Jen R., wondering how many chapters will be devoted to the grand 
finale.