Why did Voldemort never use a Horcrux?

[Jolly Devil]

So I'm re-watching the first Harry Potter movie and I'm confused why Voldemort never used one of his 7 Horcrux's to rez himself? He was possesing that teacher, so why drink the unicorn blood and not use one of the horcruxs?

Wasn't the whole point of making them so he could avoid death and become whole again? From what I can tell, him making them in the first place was a waste of time since they were all destroyed before he could even use one.

[kate]

Because she hadn't included that as a story element at that point?

[Zodiark F]

Hmm I don't remember exacly but I think the reason why Voldemort didn't die when he tried to kill Harry was exacly because of the horcruxes, his body was destroyed though so he was only a soul, and very weak, that's why he was inhabiting the body of that professor and why he had to drink unicorn blood.

[Zodiark F]

"Well, you split your soul, you see, and hide part of it in an object outside the body. Then, even if one's body is attacked or destroyed, one cannot die, for part of the soul remains earthbound and undamaged. But, of course, existence in such a form... few would want it, Tom, very few. Death would be preferable."

This is what happened to Voldemort when he tried to kill Harry, his curse reflected back to him and destroyed his body, but because of the horcruxes he was able to live on as a disembodied soul.

[Scrat-]

That's not how horcruxes work. Because your soul is still alive and existing somewhere, it means you can not possibly go to the afterlife. You are stuck as a shade of yourself, barely existing. You are a living ghost, so to say. That's why Voldemort possessed so many things before Peter gave him a new body, that was the only way for him to take physical form.

[Jolly Devil]

Now I'm confused even more. So if the point of a Horcrux is to just keep your soul tethered to Earth, then why did he make 7? If his "main" soul can't die, then why make so many? Wouldn't 1 have done the job?

[Zodiark F]

Only part of your soul is hidden in the horcrux, he made 7 because that makes it much harder to find and destroy them all, I don't really understand the confusion.

Look at that quote by Slughorn, he says only the part of the soul in the horcrux remains earthbound and undamaged so I'm pretty sure Voldemort's ''main soul'' did die when he tried to kill Harry.

[Scrat-]

If you make multiple horcruxes it ensures your rate of survival. It's a lot more difficult to track down and destroy 7 horcruxes than 1.

Voldemorts main soul died as soon as he made the first horcrux. It was forever shattered and broken. I guess you could call the soul in his body his main soul, which died in the final fight, but that ain't really the truth either.

[Alaskan Catfish Hike]

I always wondered what I would use for my horcruxes and where I would put them.

[Daxank]

The real Harry Potter question is about the fantastic beasts...
How do you hide all the magical creatures in the world?
How do you know if a creature is magic or not... or how do you choose?

[Danksama]

Tessa K. Pegram původně napsal:

I always wondered what I would use for my horcruxes and where I would put them.

I never read enough of the books to know, but what stops someone from having a grain of sand as a horcrux which nobody will ever find if they throw it into the ocean or the middle of a desert or something?

[Daxank]

Danksama původně napsal:

Tessa K. Pegram původně napsal:

I always wondered what I would use for my horcruxes and where I would put them.

I never read enough of the books to know, but what stops someone from having a grain of sand as a horcrux which nobody will ever find if they throw it into the ocean or the middle of a desert or something?

horcruxes are filled with dark magic
touching one can be very dangerous so even a grain of sand could be found easily

[Daxank]

Spoopy Toast původně napsal:

🎃Daxank🎃 původně napsal:

horcruxes are filled with dark magic
touching one can be very dangerous so even a grain of sand could be found easily

Wasn't Harry also technically one of Voldemort's horcruxes though? Isn't that why he had to die? See the problem? If horcruxes were really that dangerous to be near, then Harry should have been a walking curse.

I think most of his "curse" powers were used on Quirrell during their battle for the philosopher's stone.
Dumbledore said it was Lilly's magic but no kind of good magic would turn someone to ashes

[DRUNK_CANADIAN]

Problem: Trying to find logic in Harry Potter Universe

Solution: Stop reading into that oddballs work or overthinking it. The stories have more holes than swiss cheese.

[Daxank]

DRUNK_CANADIAN původně napsal:

Problem: Trying to find logic in Harry Potter Universe

Solution: Stop reading into that oddballs work or overthinking it. The stories have more holes than swiss cheese.

Can confirm

[Alaskan Catfish Hike]

I reread the series last year, audiobooks, while I was at work and was filled with "this was nowhere near as good as I remembered." I haven't heard a peep about the new book/movie thing.