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Introduction | How They Work
Significance | Questions?
To be killed permanently and absolutely, the entirety of a person's soul must be destroyed. When part of it lies hidden in a Horcrux, it is impossible to kill the witch or wizard without first destroying all the Horcruxes they created. Obviously, this is of immeasurable importance to those dark wizards seeking immortality, particularly if the locations of the Horcruxes they made are hidden.
Most significant, though, is Voldemort's use of Horcruxes. It explicitly explains why he wasn't killed when the Avada Kedavra curse intended for Harry rebounded and hit Voldemort instead. As Hagrid put it, "Dunno if he had enough human left in him to die."
Dumbledore said he believed Voldemort made six Horcruxes, with the original part of his soul still remaining in his body. The locations were:
- The Gaunt Ring (DESTROYED)
- Riddle's Diary (DESTROYED)
- Nagini, the snake
- Slytherin's Locket, stolen by R.A.B (which some have speculated is the locket that wouldn't open from the glass cabinet in Book Five)
- Helga Hufflepuff's Cup
- An item of Rowena Ravenclaw's or an item of Godric Gryffindor's.
Thus, speculation is rife about the location of the last remaining Horcrux. Some possible locations:
- Riddle's Award for Services to the school (Riddle liked to collect "trophies", which we assumed was a metaphor...but Jo might have meant for us to take it literally!)
- The sinister box from the glass cabinet in Book 5
- Harry Potter himself (Dumbledore keeps saying Voldemort left some of himself in Harry the night he tried to kill him, perhaps this is part of his soul!)
- Harry destroys all the Horcruxes except himself, then kills himself and Voldemort at the same time.
- Harry kills all the Horcruxes, including himself, leaving Voldemort completely mortal so that someone else can kill him.
 
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