[HPforGrownups] Did Voldemort make use of a Horcrux already?

[Draeconin]

No: HPFGUIDX 165539

Inge wrote:
> As most other subjects, this has probably been discussed earlier, 
> but I'm wondering if maybe Voldemort already used one of the 6 
> Horcruxes which he created.
>
> <snip>
>
> Ok, to me it appears that at the time Voldemort was hit by the 
> backfiring AK, he may have "died" and lost the soul-piece inside 
> him, which was at that exact moment replaced by one of the Horcruxes.
>
> Too far off?

If that was indeed the case, then why couldn't Voldemort be 'killed' one 
more time? If it indeed takes ten years and great sacrifice to bring him 
back to full life, why NOT kill him? That would give another ten years 
of relative peace in which to find and destroy the horcruxes.

No, I'm more inclined to believe that, for whatever reason, Voldemort 
was unable to make use of any of his horcruxes the first time around. 
The only thing that makes sense to me is that he was indeed trying to 
create another horcrux by using baby Harry as the 'significant 
sacrifice' and had that process partially completed when the AK 
backfired on him. I'm assuming that he'd somehow at least partially 
detached a portion of his soul, and it was that portion that allowed him 
to survive.

Draeconin


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