Voldemort creates a replacement Horcrux for Diary?

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 171576

red_siren wrote:
> I think that if LV knew that the diary wasn't the only horcrux
destroyed, then yes he would make more.  He should be able to
accomplish this because he's still a very powerful wizard.  I don't
think he did though because he wanted the diary found to prove he was
the heir of Slytherin, which he couldn't let be discovered while he
(LV) was still in school.  He may have expected the diary to be destroyed.
> 
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Carol responds:
I partially agree. He certainly expected, and wanted, the diary to be
used at some point, but not before he had regained power. It had a
dual purpose and it alone was expendable (but he was furious that it
had been destroyed prematurely). The other Horcruxes (except Nagini)
are durable objects and are not interactive (though I expect that some
of them have powerful magic of their own unrelated to their being
Horcruxes).

But I think the reason that Voldemort doesn't replace the diary (he
doesn't know the ring has been destroyed) is that he's already made
his self-imposed quota of six Horcruxes. Somehow, he has ended up with
exactly one-seventh of a soul, however mangled from additional murders
(RW math does not apply in a world created by a math-challenged
author) and he doesn't want to further diminish it, undoing the
powerful magic of the number seven. So even if one or two Horcruxes
are destroyed and he knows it, he won't replace them. As long as even
one Horcrux remains, his remaining one-seventh of a soul is anchored
to the earth and he can't die. I think his efforts will go into
protecting the remaining Horcruxes rather than creating new ones when
he learns what Harry is up to.

In any case, JKR has already outlined the Horcrux-hunting segment of
DH and I doubt that she'll complicate it by adding an unknown Horcrux
with so many other loose ends (Snape, Godric's Hollow, RAB, Wormtail's
life debt, etc.) to tie up.

Carol, hoping that Voldemort will entrust a Horcrux to DDM!Snape, the
DADA expert, who will destroy it with no bad consequences to himself