CHAPDISC: HBP 23, Horcruxes

[Eddie]

No: HPFGUIDX 160280

> Goddlefrood
> > 12. Would you agree that there are four Horcruxes to find, and if 
> not why not?
> 
> Ceridwen:
> Yes, four:  The locket, the Hufflepuff cup, the object belonging to 
> Ravenclaw or Gryffindor, and probably Nagini, who is with Voldemort 
> and won't be destroyed until almost the end.

Eddie:
That triggered an interesting thought: suppose Harry and Voldemort
struggle with each other over control of Nigini?  (Whether Nigini is a
horcrux or otherwise)

Once before (during the cemetary duel in GoF), Harry bested Voldemort
in a duel.  That was with wands and the ball of light forced it's way
into Voldemort's wand (not Harry's!).  A duel for control of Nigini
would be a duel of mental/magical power itself.

Perhaps the intensity of the duel itself would kill Nigini (and thus
the Voldy soul bits).

Ah, that flighty temptress, Speculation!

Eddie