What happens to the soul when a horcrux is destroyed?

As such, the fragment of soul contained within the Horcrux took on the appearance and mannerisms of Voldemort as he had been when he was sixteen years old. Horcruxes were said to be essentially the opposite of a person. If the container was destroyed, so too would be the fragment of soul within it.

What would Voldemort have done if he knew Harry was a horcrux?

If Voldemort knew Harry was a horcrux he probably would’ve either convinced Harry to become a Death Eater or torture him into insanity, *Longbottom style*, so he wouldn’t kill off a piece of his soul, but could keep Harry to a point where he wasn’t a liability to his immortality.

Does the killing curse work on Horcruxes?

4 The Killing Curse The killing curse does not seem to work against most Horcruxes, but once again, this gets into the weeds of distinction between film and book canon.

Can Voldemort feel the horcruxes being destroyed?

In the books, Voldemort could not feel when a Horcrux is destroyed. Voldemort had to check to see if all of the Horcruxes were safe instead of knowing by some psychic connection to them. This Horcrux power is reversed in the films, as Voldemort can feel when a Horcrux is destroyed.

Why didnt Voldemort know Harry was a horcrux?

However, he wasn’t aware of the creation of a seventh horcrux, which ended up playing against him. Voldemort wasn’t aware of Harry being a pseudo-horcrux because he didn’t plan it, and Harry didn’t know either until Voldemort “killed” him, but he actually killed the piece of soul kept in him.

How did Voldemort lose his body?

After murdering James and Lily, Voldemort’s already fragmented soul was already in a weakened state and when his killing curse backfired due to the protective charm, a part of his soul detached itself from Voldemort and got latched onto Harry. His body disintegrated and he was reduced to a semi ghost, semi mortal form.

Why didn’t Voldemort create more horcruxes?

Voldemort understood this; he knew the dangers of creating so many horcruxes, so he didn’t dare to create any more even though he knew some of them were gone. Voldemort wanted a seven-part soul, which would mean that he had 6 horcruxes, and the 7th part of his soul would be residing inside himself.

What happens if you use Avada Kedavra on Voldemort?

His body would die, and he would be back to where he was prior to the first book. You can absolutely “kill” him in a duel, but now that the Death Eaters know that there are ways of creating new bodies and that Voldemort can’t be fully killed, it wouldn’t delay his return to power like it did the first time.

Could Avada Kedavra destroy a Horcrux?

Don’t the statues explode in Order of the Phoniex when Voldemort hits them with Avada Kedavra? Whether or not it could. They could of never used it to destroy voldemorts horcruxes. They did not have what is required to powerfully cast the spell.

What happened to Voldemort after the final Horcrux was killed?

Therefore, after the final horcrux, Nagini, was killed, Voldemort had no backups remaining and was killed by the rebounded killing curse. Voldemort killed his horcrux residing inside harry. Voldemort wanted elderly wand to kill Harry since it’s the powerful wand there is.

Was Harry Potter a Horcrux?

A part of Voldemort’s soul was in Harry so it was a small part of himself (Harry) which was a Horcrux not entire Harry Potter. Harry’s soul wasn’t entirely dominated by this Voldemort’s piece of soul surely it gave him many abilities like speaking Parseltongue.

What is the connection between Voldemort and Harry Potter?

Harry Potter was the accidental Horcrux that Voldemort never intended to make. When his murder attempt failed, a part of his already broken soul took refuge inside of Harry, causing a connection between them that Harry desperately didn’t want.

Can a Horcrux be destroyed by its owner?

And a horcrux can also be destroyed by its owner and thus when Voldemort attacked Harry in the Dark Forest with the killing curse he accidentally destroyed the horcrux he didn’t know about, and so only the horcrux in Harry was destroyed, but because of his willingness to live he came back to life and was able to kill the dark lord in t…