The Ravenclaw Hx identified?

[entropymail]

--- In the_old_crowd at yahoogroups.com, "Barry Arrowsmith"
<arrowsmithbt at b...> wrote:
> --- In the_old_crowd at yahoogroups.com, "entropymail"
<entropymail at y...> wrote:

> > jewel......Salazar's locket..Slytherin
> > cup........Helga's cup.......Hufflepuff
> > swords.....Godric's sword....Gryffindor
> > wands......Rowena's wand.....Ravenclaw

> >It seems unlikely that Voldie could have even gotten into
> >Dumbledore's office, let alone create a Horcrux out of Gryffindor's
> >beloved sword.  Further, it's unlikely that, if he had succeeded, >
>it would have gone undetected and, even worse, come to Harry's
> >rescue in the Chamber of Secrets.
> >So, are we back to Harry as Horcrux? Could the sword, originally
> >safeguarded at Godric's Hollow, been Voldemort's intended target? 

Kneasy:
> >You're right of course - there's no certainty that Voldy did get
> >his hands on relics from all four Founders, though it seems a
> >reasonable assumption that he would have liked to have done
> >so.<snip> This leaves us in a bit of a dilemma, only two of the
> >remaining four Horkuks can be identified with any confidence. OK,
> >if Harry is included as a strong possibility as a substitute for
> >something of GG, then it simplifies matters but mars the symmetry,
> >to my way of thinking. 

Entropy:
Yes, the idea of Harry as HorseChux definitely mars the symmetry.
However, if Godric's sword had been the intended target, then the
symmetry remains (somewhat) intact.  

Kneasy:

> The unpolluted ones (Sword and maybe Wand) could actually help Harry in
> his mission. The Huff Cup might even be a weapon that turns against
Voldy 
> as user. 

Entropy:

This brough to mind an important element of the HorSocks for me.  The
only one we have actually seen eliminated is the diary. In order to
destroy the diary, it was necessary for Harry to confront the piece of
the soul contained therein; that is, Diary!Tom himself.

Does this mean that the task of the HorPuxes involves not just finding
and destroying each of them in succession, but actually confronting
and destroying various incarnations of Voldemort himself?  In this
case, it was not simply a powerful protection which so badly injured
DD's hand, but an actual battle with Ring!Voldemort. Just as the diary
contained a piece of Voldemort as he was during his school days, each
HorCracks should contain Voldemort at that particular stage in his
life, with the knowledge and powers he possessed at that time.  If
this is the case, then Harry clearly fought the weakest and least
knowledgeable of the Voldemort sevenths, and his successive battles
will be far more difficult.

All of this speculation leads back to, of course, Horcrux!Harry, who
would contain the darkest, most knowlegdable Voldemort who, at the
height of his powers, mistakenly inflicted his most powerful seventh
on Harry.

Ahhh, speculation. Let the games begin!

:: Entropy ::