A reflection on Horcruces and Dumbledore

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I've argued before that Dumbledore knew from the start that Harry had become Tom's Horcrux.

But, if he were as smart as he thought he were, he should have realized that that fact alone proved that Riddle had others (or some other means of avoiding death when his body was destroyed, and Horcruces do seem to be the only known means).

He deduced that Riddle had planned to manufacture a Horcrux from the baby's death, right? Not either of the parents' deaths.

Therefore, the death that created the soul-fragment that landed in Harry, was Riddle's own from that reflected AK.

If he hadn't already been anchored to life by another Horcrux somewhere, he should have merely died.

So Dumbledore ought to have started looking for another Horcrux in 1981....

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Re: Horcrux making

[jodel-from-aol.livejournal.com]

Of course that means that Pettigrew, of all his followers knew of the existence of at least one of his Horcruxes (Bellatrix clearly guessed that the Cup was, but we don't know whether Tom told her, and she certainly wasn't there to witness him make it).

But that's all right. Pettigrew doesn't share information with *anyone*.