The Nature & Destruction of Horcruxes ( was:... the Forest scene )

[zanooda2]

No: HPFGUIDX 191180





--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Steve" <bboyminn at ...> wrote:

> So, simply killing Harry, or as some would say - destroying 
> him, would not break the bond. Only very unique and 
> specific spells and magical objects truly have the power 
> to break the bond. 

zanooda:

Don't forget that Harry was not a proper Horcrux :-). The creation of a Horcrux requires a special dark spell and possibly a dark ritual as well to bind a bit of soul to an object. No such spell and ritual were performed at Godric's Hollow, thus the piece of LV's soul is not bound to Harry the way it should - the way another piece is bound to Nagini. But I agree that we can't be sure how living Horcruxes can be destroyed, due to the lack of information on the subject :-).

> Steve wrote:

> So, simply Harry's death, or if your prefer destruction, is 
> not sufficient to break that Horcrux bond. But perhaps the 
> Avada Kadavra is enough? 

zanooda:

"It has to be something so destructive that the Horcrux can't repair itself" :-). Doesn't it describe death, for a living being :-)?