[HPforGrownups] Quirrell & Voldemort (was Re: Marauder's map question, prior to PoA)

[Bruce Mull]

Slightly OT:
> Cristina Angelo cristina_angelo at yahoo.com said
> Correction: 1/8th of a soul -7 voluntary horcruxes, plus Harry.
Which makes me wonder if Riddle would appear attached to Harry if
> the Map could recognize that kind of magic...
 

Bruce:
Actually, each time a Horcrux is made, the soul is ripped in half.
So, by the time Harry came along Voldy had only 1/32 of his soul
(diary 1/2, ring 1/4, locket 1/8, cup 1/16 and diadem 1/32 - there
is good evidence for this ordering). Thus, Harry has 1/64 of Voldy's
soul and after being restored to a body, Voldy split THAT in half to
create Nagini, so Harry has more Voldy in him than Voldy himself!
Isn't THAT weird?

Dr Bruce P. Mull
Professor of Computer Science
Professor of Mathematics