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

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We have no way of knowing whether he brought a proto-Horcrux in his pocket when he marched up to the Potters' door. If he did, someone must have pocketed it.


That someone may have been Albus. He may have decided as I said in my earlier post that Tom's plan was to make a Horcrux with James' death as insurance before attacking Harry but botched the process. Then revised his view when the diary proved there was a Horcrux in place already.