Do horcruxes have to be special?

While Dumbledore does say a horcrux could be anything, I believe he is more showing Harry the magnitude and difficulty of the situation, and not specifically stating that horcruxes can be anything. They aren’t ever discussed since the trio was trying to figure out how to destroy them not create them.

Which Horcrux is the scariest?

1 The Locket Of all of Lord Voldemort’s Horcruxes, Salazar Slytherin’s old locket is the most difficult to obtain and destroy. In the Half Blood Prince, Harry Potter and Albus Dumbledore travel to an old cave where the Dark Lord would torture victims during his time as a teenager.

Can Fiendfyre destroy Horcruxes?

Fiendfyre was one of the few substances known to be able to destroy a Horcrux. Hermione Granger was aware of this, but never considered the use of it against Voldemort’s Horcruxes due to the inherently dangerous, uncontrollable nature of the spell.

Do Horcruxes make you immortal?

Thanks to the A2A. Seven Horcruxes specifically does not make Voldemort immortal. A single horcrux is enough to make him immortal. If his soul is split two-way then even if a person performs killing curse half his soul is still intact making him unkillable until that is destroyed.

Is being a Horcrux bad?

A Horcrux was an object in which a Dark Wizard or Witch had hidden a fragment of his or her soul in order to become immortal. Horcruxes could only be created after committing murder, the supreme act of evil. The Horcrux was considered to be the most terrible of all dark magic.

Which Horcrux was fake?

Later that night, Dumbledore was killed by Severus Snape during the Battle of the Astronomy Tower, and Harry found the locket lying next to his body. Recognising that this locket was not the same as what he had seen in the Pensieve, Harry realised that the “Horcrux” was a fake.

How many Horcruxes have been destroyed in Harry Potter?

Interestingly, no one destroyed more than two Horcruxes (counting Quirrell) and half of them were destroyed by someone other than Harry, Ron, and Hermione. (This does not apply to the films, however, as Harry (and Ron, to an extent) destroy the diadem, which is destroyed by Crabbe in the book.)

Are there any books about Horcruxes that mention them?

Very few books, even those revolving around the Dark Arts, would mention Horcruxes even in the slightest detail: Magick Moste Evile, a book that contained much information of advanced dark arts, barely skimmed the subject of Horcruxes as a subject so evil that it should not be spoken of, showing that even some Dark Wizards were horrified by them.

Why did Dumbledore hide the Horcrux in his office?

Due to the book’s extremely dark and dangerous nature, Albus Dumbledore hid it away in his office when he became the Headmaster of Hogwarts. It was believed that Tom Riddle had found the information necessary to make a Horcrux in this book before Dumbledore managed to get hold of it.

How old was Voldemort when he created the Horcrux?

Voldemort, for instance, created a Horcrux (his diary) during what was presumably his fifth year at Hogwarts. 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.