[HPforGrownups] Re: Tom Riddle and the RoR - when

[meann ortiz]

No: HPFGUIDX 181768

Carol wrote:
>> The question is, when did he create the Ravenclaw Horcrux? <<

This is how I recall the events (I hope I'm right. :D ):  Tom worked for B&B
after leaving Hogwarts.  His appearance hasn't altered much, but we know
he's already got that red-gleam-in-the-eye thing going.  By this time, he's
probably only attempted to make the Ring Horcrux.  But he could've gone to
Albania at this time to retrieve the Diadem.  He was probably already
itching to do so right after he heard Helena's story when he was still in
school.  It's possible he has retrieved it by this time, but he hasn't used
it yet.

After leaving B&B, he disappeared for a while.  I presume this is when he
went to Albania again to hide. This is probably when he made a Horcrux out
of the Diadem.  Ten years after leaving Hogwarts, he came back to ask for
the DADA job.  By this time, he was very much changed, as DD observed.

Harry assumed this is also when Voldie hid the Diadem-crux in the RoR.  I
think it may just be possible for him to hide it there on his way to DD's
office.  We already know that most people pass by it on their way to DD's
office:  there was Harry and Trelawney and Tonks.  Harry did tell Tonks when
he saw her that DD's office was at the other side of the Castle, but Tonks
already came from the office and knew that DD wasn't there.  So it's
possible that the RoR was located in a corridor you'll have to pass through
to get to DD's office when you're coming from the lower levels of the
Castle.  =)

Just a thought.  :)

---*meann


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