Concerning Horcuxes
Abha Jain
abha_j at yahoo.com
Wed Jun 6 05:20:30 UTC 2007
No: HPFGUIDX 169885
Anna:
does the mere act of killing someone -- anyone -- split the soul, or
is the soul only split when one does a particulary nasty/evil
murder, or has the concious intention of creating a Horcrux?
Voldemort did countless murders, yet he only supposedly created 6
Horcruxes. Do you think his soul is really split into a hundred-
some-odd pieces?
Geoff:
> Killing rips the soul apart..."'
> (HBP "Horcruxes" p.465 UK edition)
>
> In a war situation, people are killed but his stress lies on
murder as a premeditated act against another person which I think is
not quite the same.
>
> Even so, if the souls of Aurors are split, it doesn't follow that
they are going to rush off and create Horcruxes; perhaps the soul
pieces remain together but separate - if you see what I mean.
Nervewracker:
The act of killing a human being even if unintentional can tear a
person apart. Even those who have steeled themselves to do it (if it
is part of their job) as in the case of the aurors, the act of
killing somebody is bound to affect them in some way.
I think the killing involved in creating a horcrux is different in
that it is just a means to an end, there has to be a conscious
intention of sending that broken piece of the soul into the
repository. Not every act of murder leads to the creation of a
horcrux. Few wizards know how to do this since it is very advanced
Dark Magic and it is considered a taboo even to discuss about it.
Even if known, few would willingly part with a piece of their soul
just to achieve immortality.
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Abha:
(de-lurking after a long time to put in my 2 pennies)
I don't think Aurors are supposed to do killing as part of their
jobs anyways. Remember - AK is an unforgivable curse even if the
Aurors use it. IIRC, there is nowhere any mention of a killing by an
auror in the canon. Aurors only try to bind the evil-monger wizards
and send them to Azkaban.
This should put aurors at a cosiderable disadvantage though,
compared to the evil wizards. I do not see a resolution to this -
comments, anyone?
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