In 1997, the book went into Hermione Granger’s possession when she used a summoning charm to find books on Horcruxes, which she, Harry, and Ron Weasley used to study Horcruxes while hunting Voldemort’s multiple Horcruxes. It’s unknown when, but Dumbledore as Headmaster would later pull the book from the library and keep it in his office.

Slughorn would later regret telling Riddle about the possibility of creating multiple Horcruxes and was too ashamed to admit the truth to anyone. Somehow, student Tom Marvolo Riddle must have found it and read about it, but because the book said nothing about creating multiple Horcruxes, he asked Professor Slughorn for advice. However, one book called Secrets of the Darkest Art – the only known book with written instructions on how to create and destroy Horcruxes – remained in the Restricted Section of the Hogwarts Library. So, a wizard interested in obtaining immortality may consider Horcruxes, but at the cost of their soul becoming unstable.Īround the 1940’s, teaching Horcruxes in Hogwarts was already banned, according to Dumbledore in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. And since Horcruxes have defensive spells that make it difficult to destroy, a wizard or witch’s soul is protected until their enemies find a way to destroy it. As their soul remains, they can find ways to return to life. The purpose of Horcruxes is that when the physical body of a witch or wizard is destroyed, the fragment of their soul inside the Horcrux prevents them from truly dying. This follows an unknown horrific act that only a few people know. Considered the most terrible of all dark magic, part of the requirements of creating a Horcrux is that it can only be made right after committing murder. Horcruxes are objects that hold a fragment of a Dark witch or wizard’s soul.

Background of Horcruxes in Harry Potter.

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