The major antagonist of the Harry Potter series of books by JK Rowling, a powerful evil wizard who seeks to cheat death and rule the world
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What did Olivander mean when he said Voldemort did “great things”?
I won't be able to quote properly because I read the books in French. However, in PS, when Harry gets his wand, Olivander says this :
"Curious indeed how these things happen. The wand chooses the ...
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What Would Have Happened If Voldemort Had Chosen Redemption? [closed]
I'm not sure if my memory serves me correctly, but I recall that at the end of Deathly Hallows, before Voldemort and Harry fire their final spells at one another, the latter gives the former a last ...
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Why would Dumbledore encourage people to call Voldemort Voldemort instead of Tom Riddle?
Here is a quote from the first Harry Potter book, it's a conversation between Dumbledore and McGonagall
"My dear Professor, surely a sensible person like yourself can call him by his name? All ...
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Why didn't Harry die in the dark forest?
I know that this question may sound like it has a very obvious answer, and many of you may just say that Harry didn't die because he was the Master of Death, as he had the possession of the three ...
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How did people know so fast that Voldemort died/vanished/disappeared
This question has been treated (for example here or here) but I want to know a very specific detail that strucked me as I re(-re-re-re)-read the first book.
People celebrated the defeat of Voldemort ...
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When did Voldemort become aware of the Elder Wand?
I'm hoping this question doesn't have a really easy answer that I am inadvertently overlooking. When I first wondered when Voldemort had originally learned of the existence of the Elder Wand, I picked ...
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Why did Lily's enchantments work for Voldemort?
Lily Potter chose to die instead of sacrifice her son Harry to Voldemort. In doing so, protective enchantments were created that protected Harry and made him less vulnerable to Voldemort and ...
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Did Voldemort ever practice being nice on his followers?
We know that Voldemort is VERY good at seeming all sugar and spice and everything nice when he wishes to (Hepizbah Smith, Headmaster Dippet, Gray Lady).
This makes perfect sense, since such an ...
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What was Dumbledore doing all those years after Voldemort died? [duplicate]
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Why didn’t Dumbledore seek out Horcruxes earlier?
Dumbledore knew right after Voldemort died that he would return. He obviously knew about the Horcruxes.
So what ...
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Who originally filled the basin in the horcrux cave, before Voldemort put the horcrux in it?
As referenced here, Kreacher was commissioned to drink the "drink of despair" in the horcrux cave so Voldemort could put the locket in there. Why was the basin already filled with the drink of ...
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How did Dumbledore know that Voldemort will return?
In Deathly Hallows, during Snape's memories, right after Voldemort's death, Dumbledore states, "The Dark Lord will return, and Harry Potter will be in terrible danger when he does".
How does ...
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What is the point of a horcrux? [closed]
During his years in hiding, when no one came to help Voldemort, none of his Horcruxes actively helped him. The fact is, the Slytherin Locket, the Hufflepuff Cup, and the Ravenclaw Diadem were hidden ...
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What happened to Voldemort's first body (corpse)?
We have seen that the use of "Avada Kedavra" produces a green flash and a dead body. When Voldemort comes to Godric's Hollow, he kills James and Lily, whose bodies are now buried in the church ...
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Would the Horcrux Cave Potion Have Killed Dumbledore?
Would the Horcrux cave potion have killed Dumbledore if:
Kreacher survived the potion:
‘There was a b – basin full of potion on the island. The D – Dark Lord made Kreacher drink it ...’ [...] ...
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How Did Tom Riddle Get His Memories Into the Diary?
How did Tom Riddle get his memories into the diary?
Dumbledore explains to Harry in Half-Blood Prince that out of all the Horcruxes, the diary is both a Horcrux and a weapon. Not only did it store a ...
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Why didn't James' love and sacrifice for Lily protect her?
We know that Harry survived Voldemort's killing curse because Lily loved him so much that she sacrificed herself in an attempt to protect him. This resulted in a very powerful charm that pretty much ...
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How could the diary Tom Riddle soul know what happened between Tom and Hagrid?
It is said that Tom Riddle diary was made into a Horcrux via the murder of Moaning Myrtle via Basilisk.
If that was the case, the soul piece that went into the diary was split off when this happened.
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Did Snape ever commit murder?
It's well known that Severus Snape was, in one way or another, a Death Eater since he was at Hogwarts. He hung out with the likes of Avery and Mulciber who became well known Death Eaters, he joined ...
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Did Voldemort Kill Anyone By Means Other Than Avada Kedavra? (Aside from …)
I considered Regulus Black as a candidate, but Voldemort did not directly kill Regulus with conscious intent. Regulus discovered the existence of the Horcrux cave and technically allowed himself to ...
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How Could Expelliarmus Beat Avada Kedavra?
I want to be very careful about how I ask this question -- I am not asking How did Voldemort die? [CLOSED] Below the text is the relevant passages from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows if ...
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If the Diary Tom Riddle Had Succeeded, Would He Have Been a Horcrux?
If Tom Riddle had succeeded at returning as a living person from the diary, would he have been a Horcrux?
In thinking about it, it seems pretty black and white. Either diary Tom Riddle -- a ...
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Why Does Harry Have a Scar When Avada Kedavra Leaves No Trace?
Why does Harry have a scar when Avada Kedavra leaves no trace?
‘The Muggle authorities were perplexed. As far as I am aware, they do not know to this day how the Riddles died, for the Avada ...
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In what year did Voldemort curse the DADA job
Dumbledore tells us that DADA professor job at Hogwarts was cursed - no teacher lasted for more than a year - ever since Voldemort was denied the position.
"Oh, he definitely wanted the Defence ...
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Who else knew that Lord Voldemort was Tom Marvolo Riddle?
We know that some people were aware of the fact that Lord Voldemort was Tom Marvolo Riddle prior to his return in Goblet of Fire; at the very least his close soon-to-be-Death-Eater "friends" and Albus ...
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How Did Ginny Weasley Set the Basilisk on Muggleborns Without Getting Killed or Petrified?
In Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Ginny Weasley carries out Tom Riddle's plan by proxy and apparently leads the Basilisk to attack four Muggleborns and Filch's cat Mrs Norris in the castle.
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Voldemort chose his horcrux objects very carefully. Did it matter who he killed to make them?
His horcruxes could have been made out of just about anything, but he chose the objects he housed them in very carefully. How important were the victims other than being souls? In other words, did it ...
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Why Could Quirrell Tolerate Harry's Touch at the Beginning of Philosopher's Stone?
In the beginning of Sorcerer's Stone, Harry meets Professor Quirrell in The Leaky Cauldron for the first time, and the two shake hands with no problem:
A pale young man made his way forward, very ...
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Is Ginny Weasley Considered a Temporary Horcrux?
In Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Tom Riddle says the following to Harry:
‘If I say it myself, Harry, I’ve always been able to charm the people I needed. So Ginny poured out her soul to ...
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What was “one more murder” that Voldemort was planning and talking about in GoF Ch. 1?
From the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 1 (THE RIDDLE HOUSE):
"If?" whispered the second voice. "If? If you follow the plan, Wormtail, the
Ministry need never know that anyone else has died. You will ...
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Did the Death Eaters Know Voldemort Was a Half-Blood?
Canon seems to conflict a bit on whether Voldemort's Death Eaters knew that Voldemort was a half-blood. In Half-Blood Prince, Tom Riddle refers negatively to his parentage and it reads as if his ...
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Should Quirrell Have Survived Harry's Touch?
In Philosopher's Stone, chapter fifteen, The Forbidden Forest, while serving detention, Harry, Malfoy, and Fang encounter a robed figure, who ultimately turns out to be Quirrell, drinking unicorn's ...
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Why Didn't People Think That Voldemort Died After His Attack on Baby Harry?
After the Avada Kedavra curse rebounded from Harry onto Voldemort, Voldemort disappeared. I'm curious as to why so many key players believed Voldemort was still "alive" somewhere, his powers ...
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How Would the Elixir of Life Have Given Voldemort a Body?
The properties of the Elixir of Life are said to make one immortal:
The ancient study of alchemy is concerned with
making the Philosopher’s Stone, a legendary
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Why didn't Harry die the first time voldemort used the killing curse
In Deathly Hallows, why didn't the killing curse rebound when Voldemort tried killing Harry with the elder wand when Harry was undefended?
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Who did Voldemort kill to create the horcruxes?
Is there any information on who Voldemort killed specifically to create his horcruxes? I know he's killed tons of people, but in doing something as important to him as creating the horcruxes, I feel ...
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Why didn't Voldemort kill Prof. Slughorn?
Voldemort didn't invent Horcruxing technology. He merely learned it from Prof. Slughorn. So, he knew that Slughorn could be weakest point of his plan from where his secret could be revealed. Why ...
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How close did Voldemort come to taking over the first time?
During the events of book 7, we can pretty much see that Voldemort won, with the exception of the resistance in place. He ran the ministry, had his policies enforced, etc. How close did he come to ...
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Voldemort's physical presence pre-Goblet of Fire
DISCLAIMER: I originally put this on Movies.stackexchange but it was commented on that it may be better suited here. So I'm not sure whether to delete the original post or leave it up?
Voldemort ...
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Why couldn't Voldemort trace Harry's residence and kill him?
As we all know that Voldemort had one of his horcruxes in as Harry himself, but sighting that he would be defeated at the hands of harry, why didn't he - the Dark Lord - take a look into the future to ...
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Why Did Voldemort Give Lily So Many Chances to Live? [duplicate]
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Why would Voldemort spare Lilly?
J.K. Rowling has said that while James Potter would have been killed by Voldemort no matter what, Voldemort gave Lily Potter quite a few ...
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What would Voldemort have done had he won?
This might sound like speculation, but can it be reliably predicted from canon what Voldemort would have done after he won, were he successful in defeating Harry and the Order?
Would he just rule ...
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Did Voldemort Have a Dark Mark?
Voldemort bestowed the Dark Mark on only those in his inner circle.
[Fenrir Greyback] might be allowed to wear Death Eater robes when they wanted to use him, but only Voldemort’s inner circle were ...
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Why didn't Voldemort delay his return until after Harry Potter had died?
During 1st Wizarding War, Voldemort came to know about The Prophecy. He tried to challenge it (although he unknowingly supported it) and he not just failed, but lost his body too.
Then, what was the ...
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What made Voldemort think that Draco Malfoy could kill Dumbledore?
Voldemort gave Draco task to kill Dumbledore. Why did he choose Draco for this no-joke job?
Draco wasn't a highly skilled wizard like most of other DEs. And, killing Dumbledore wasn't a joke. Plus, ...
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What really happened to the nose of Voldemort?
Nose of Tom Riddle (as a student) was fine, as I have seen in Movie. But, Voldemort's nose doesn't look like normal human nose. What really happened?
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Why did Voldemort escape after seeing aurors?
Towards the end of Order of the Phoenix, Voldemort escaped the Ministry of Magic after seeing aurors. Why?
He had work to do and nobody was able to kill him (Horcrux ju-ju). Plus, he got a great ...
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Why did Voldemort use his hated last name as basis for his “professional” name?
The reason that Tom Riddle chose to call himself Voldemort was, in part, because he hated his father.
If so, the why did he build the name from the letters of his hated last name (Riddle)? As his ...
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Why did Tom Riddle change his name to Voldemort?
Question title explains everything, but I am repeating: What was the point of Lord Voldemort.. not Lord Tom or, Lord Riddle? Tom Riddle was his officially documented name, after all...
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Why didn't Dumbledore hunt down Death Eaters after Voldemort was gone?
Dumbledore and powerful magic users never believed that Voldemort was killed by Lily. They suspected that Voldemort would return by a way.
After returning, its likely that loyal Death Eaters would ...
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Did Voldemort know when he was being lied to by Snape?
We know Severus Snape was "an accomplished Occlumens." We also see that Voldemort, who was a powerful Legilimens, was unable to detect when Snape was lying to him.
Does this mean that Voldemort could ...
