Dumbledore's Horcrux Hunt (was the Soul Shrapnel Theory)

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No: HPFGUIDX 191235



- Mike:
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> So now I'm gonna solicit some further opinions. When Hagrid shows up with baby!Harry outside of the Dursley's home, McGonagall asks Dumbledore to fix Harry's cut on his forehead before it turns into a scar (as we all know, the lightning bolt scar). Dumbledore declines to do so. 
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> Did Dumbledore know then that the forehead cut was a result of "Soul Shrapnel" hitting him? Did Dumbledore realize then that Harry had a piece of Voldemort's soul in him? Or did it take the events of Chamber of Secrets for Dumbledore to realize Harry's "bit" of Voldemort was a soul bit?
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> When do you all think Dumbledore began his search for Voldemort's Horcruxes? He seemed to have collected a lot of memories about Voldemort, going a long way back. But when did he realize that he needed to review those memories for clues on Horcruxes?
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> Mike
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Nikkalmati

It seems very likely that DD was suspicious about the scar.  He tells MM that scars can come in handy, or something like that.  I believe DD had been hunting for Horcrux evidence for a very long time.  DD says "I was able to secure a visit to Morfin in the last weeks of his life, by which time I was attempting to discover as much as I could about Voldemort's past.  " [HBP pp. 367-68. US Hardback] How long did he live in Azkaban?  DD took the memory from Hepzibah's elf "by the time I traced her and managed to extract this memory, her life was almost over." [HBP p 439 US hardback]  She is described as "the tiniest and oldest house-elf Harry had ever seen" [p 433]. Do you think she lived much beyond the death of her mistress?  That was just before Tom left Burgin & Borks.  DD also attempted to get the memory from Slughorn, but was given a partial fake.  He most likely did that before Slughorn left Hogwarts, which would be before Snape took over Potions. DD has been looking for a very long time.

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