Voldemort

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Tom Riddle
Alias(es)	Voldemort (伏地魔), the Dark Lord, Old Voldy, You-Know-Who 319 739 934
Species/Race	Human wizard; also survives through wandering-spirit possession and Horcrux-linked bodies 762 826 1167
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Death Eaters; American Magical Congress; Magic Corps 739 1055 1157
Occupation/Role	Dark Lord; Anton’s former magic teacher; Chairman Riddle of the Magical Congress 658 1139
Family	Bellatrix Riddle, his partner, and their unnamed daughter 1139 1157
Status	His seven possessed manifestations are bound within Ritual Magic alongside a hundred thousand Magic Corps soldiers in the latest supplied account 1167 1173

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Riddle claiming a more complete existence	249	Claims to have absorbed his original self and the Basilisk, becoming stronger and less obsessive.
Empowered Runespoor vessel	762 763	Uses Horcrux methods to combine himself, Sirius Black, Peter Pettigrew, and Barty Crouch Jr. within a Runespoor. The vessel can cast the Killing Curse.
Resurrected, united Tom Riddle–Voldemort	820	Returns through a cauldron ritual completed with Bellatrix’s blood and declares that his two identities are “perfectly” united.
Restored youthful peak	934	Sacrifices most of his memories to regain his former peak while retaining knowledge of selected later magical developments, including the Animagus Ritual.
Restored soul and clearer judgment	1055	Anton recognizes his recovered sanity and political potential, but questions whether his darker impulses and the effects of Traces of Time remain.
Seven Horcrux-linked manifestations	1167	Each host retains a soul combined with one of Voldemort’s Horcruxes, but Voldemort has completely taken control of all seven bodies.

Background / History

Earlier reign and survival

Voldemort’s earlier reign left the Dark Mark associated with murdered relatives, destroyed homes, and the disappearance of familiar faces. His death following the rebound of Lily Potter’s protective magic caused his followers’ arm marks to fade almost completely; their gradual return later revealed that he was recovering strength 405 934.

As a Hogwarts student, Riddle read every book in the school library and concluded that Herpo the Foul’s Horcrux magic was the world’s most powerful magic. His subsequent research repeatedly uses divided souls, possession, and resurrection to escape bodily death 851 1033.

Riddle’s return and the trapped fragment

Riddle confronts Dumbledore in the sealed Great Hall, claiming to have absorbed his original self and the Basilisk. Their duel tears apart the hall; Snape briefly disrupts Riddle’s magic with Petrification before Dumbledore carries the confrontation outside toward the Black Lake 249.

A separate Voldemort fragment hides inside one of Anton’s Runespoors. Trapped behind stone walls and Elephant-Eating Vine, it lacks enough power to cast spells or possess another body. It studies magic while waiting for an opportunity and hopes Barty Crouch Jr. can seize Anton’s Philosopher’s Stone to enable its resurrection 264 276.

Voldemort’s later “resurrection of the dead” exposes spirits associated with individual Aurors, turning the Ministry’s forces against one another. Rita is subsequently dragged into the Hospital Wing and thrown between Voldemort and Fudge, terrified of the Dark Lord 373 374.

London and Azkaban

Despite a caved-in left shoulder and a missing left arm, Voldemort brazenly appears in the Ministry’s deepest courtroom. His confrontation with Anton spreads above the building, where Fiendfyre forces an evacuation and kills some Ministry employees 655 658.

Voldemort treats the battle as another lesson for his former student. After recognizing his own teachings in Anton’s white-bear transformation, he demonstrates a Levitation Charm powerful enough to wrench seven streets into the air and turn them toward the Ministry 658.

Azkaban becomes a conspicuous symbol of his power and a site where he researches using Dementors to strengthen followers’ Dark Magic. Dumbledore later destroys the island’s castle before Ministry witnesses, striking at Voldemort’s reputation as well as his base 738 773.

During another confrontation, Voldemort uses the Perception Reversal Curse to impose confused additional selves upon Anton. Anton secretly resists it and identifies a weakness in Voldemort’s own two-soul arrangement: the Runespoor-based structure would require a third soul or “head” to be complete 778.

New York and repeated resurrection

Voldemort destroys a Manhattan building and seals the surrounding area against Portkeys, Apparition, and other magical travel. His nuclear attack then becomes entangled with Anton’s Traces of Time, producing repeated explosions and Event Reversals 818 821 822 826.

At Riddle Manor, Voldemort rises from a resurrection cauldron and orders his followers to spread a fabricated account blaming Grindelwald for the New York catastrophe. The story falsely declares Dumbledore, Anton, Harry, and numerous others dead, encouraging frightened people to seek Voldemort’s protection. Before he can consolidate his appointments, Anton’s gray-black mist pulls him back into the cauldron 820.

Within the New York cycle, an unexpected truth-compelling creature forces Voldemort to reveal that a green trunk controls the city’s Binding Magic. He had deliberately concealed its location from himself to frustrate Dumbledore’s Legilimency. When he attempts to exploit the reversal to kill Harry and destroy the Horcrux attached to him, Dumbledore intercepts and humiliates him 822 825 826.

Dumbledore and Grindelwald arrange a public defeat to undermine faith in Voldemort, even if he returns afterward. Anton ultimately transforms the city’s ruins into an enormous Kun that swallows and crushes him while spatial escape remains blocked. The Event Reversals cease, but Dumbledore later announces that Tom Riddle has returned and his followers are active in the Americas 850 855 865.

Youthful return and Snape’s rebellion

Riddle appears at the Top 100 Tournament as his handsome younger self, having surrendered most of his memories to regain his former peak. He warmly recognizes Anton as his student and credits him with teaching important magic, including the Animagus Ritual 934.

He subsequently pursues Harry and exploits Vernon Dursley’s sacrifice as part of a resurrection ritual, torturing Vernon with green flames to unravel Blood Kin Magic. Snape turns against him, restrains Barty Crouch Jr., and creates a silver forest leading toward the Veil. Suspecting that Voldemort is completely possessing a Boggart, Snape attempts to send him into the World of the Dead and sever his Horcrux connections 949 951.

The Magical Congress and Magic Empire

Under Chairman Riddle, the American Magical Congress absorbs former Squib mercenaries into government service, searches for people with magical bloodlines, and assesses newly awakened Squibs for training or employment. Anton admires its efficiency but becomes alarmed by its dangerous Death Wizard Ritual and the compensation offered to participants’ families 1055.

Voldemort’s first observed Magic Corps turns extreme emotions into exceptionally powerful but narrowly specialized spellcasting. Its members are vulnerable to Lockhart’s Memory Charm, which can remove the painful memories sustaining their magic. Barty is killed by Neville, and Bella also dies; Voldemort leaves carrying her corpse 1132 1134 1137.

The Congress continues operating despite those losses, revealing that the old Death Eaters no longer hold many indispensable positions. Riddle expands his military power to include wizards, Squibs, Goblins, House-elves, Giants, Centaurs, dragons, and Muggles. Seven red-robed, metal-masked Obscurial-blood wizards emerge from the Institute of Magical Bloodline Research as a further development 1139 1157.

Riddle plans to gain influence within the International Confederation of Wizards and gradually reshape it into a Magic Empire. He prefers diplomacy but prepares military and potentially Muggle-weapon alternatives. His ambition conflicts with his desire to save Bella: he believes doing so may require traveling to Mars and making her a Horcrux, risking both his life and the Congress’s security 1157.

By the latest supplied account, Voldemort controls seven Horcrux-linked hosts. All seven manifestations and a hundred thousand Magic Corps soldiers become trapped in Ritual Magic, forced to sustain its effects. Voldemort cannot control even his own casting of the Sunshine Bread Charm, and Snape prepares to exploit the opening 1167 1173.

Appearance

• Injured Voldemort: Loose clothing cannot conceal a collapsed left shoulder or the empty sleeve where his left arm should be 655.
• Youthful Tom Riddle: Neatly styled black hair, bright dark eyes, a tall upright figure, pale skin, and handsome, aristocratic features 934.
• Familiar likeness: The creatures used in Neville’s training are transformed into a bald, noseless wizard resembling Voldemort 538.
• Flight: He can appear as black smoke before hovering in the air in wide wizarding robes 852.

Personality

Voldemort is proud, calculating, and deeply invested in magical superiority. He recognizes exceptional talent in Anton and Snape, but initially regards Snape’s attachment to Lily as a degrading weakness. His contempt reinforces his decision to erase love from his own soul 658 934 952.

Fear is both his weapon and a foundation of his authority. Displays of overwhelming magic restore his followers’ submission, while fabricated stories of mass murder are used to redirect public terror toward his enemies. When permanent death becomes impossible inside the New York loop, he recognizes that continued fighting offers him little advantage 778 820 825.

His restored judgment makes him more adaptable. As Chairman Riddle, he compromises with former opponents, integrates Muggle expertise, and treats killing as one instrument of political dominion rather than an end in itself. His attachment to Bella nevertheless creates a conflict that planning cannot resolve: pursuing his empire and risking everything to save her offer no safe middle path 1055 1157.

His political sophistication does not remove his coercive tendencies. Harris describes his method as drawing people into shared wrongdoing until they believe only the Dark Lord can protect them. Anton likewise remains uncertain whether restoration has truly changed him 1051 1055.

Abilities & Skills

Combat Magic

Voldemort possesses substantially more combat knowledge than Anton, even when Anton becomes capable of defeating him 852.

• Fiendfyre: Produces monster-shaped flames that burn almost anything they touch; their heat disrupts Anton’s normally reliable spellcasting 658.
• Large-scale Levitation: Raises seven streets at once while pressing Anton downward and disrupting his transformation 658.
• Killing Curse: Uses it directly and through an empowered Runespoor vessel 763 826.
• Limit: His ordinary human body remains vulnerable to overwhelming physical force when magical escape is blocked 855.

Horcruxes, Possession, and Resurrection

His central survival strategy separates continued existence from the survival of any one body 405 826 851.

• Survives bodily death as a wandering spirit and returns through Resurrection Rituals 820 826.
• Uses Horcrux methods to stack human magical abilities onto a Fantastic Beast 762 763.
• Eventually fully controls seven bodies, each combining a host soul with one of his Horcruxes 1167.
• Snape attempts to counter this survival by sending him beyond the Veil and cutting off his Horcrux connections 951.

Soul Alteration and the Perception Reversal Curse

Voldemort manipulates identity as well as magical power 166 778.

• Gradual changes to Ginny’s soul are compared to his technique of “taking a knife to the soul” 166.
• The Perception Reversal Curse kills Anton’s body while attempting to impose two confused additional selves and force a Runespoor-style Animagus transformation 778.
• Anton’s A Ray of Sunshine blocks its mental effect, allowing him to conceal his immunity and record Voldemort’s life existence 778.
• Voldemort also deliberately removes love from his own soul 952.

Flight and Spatial Control

His mobility magic supports both personal combat and large-scale containment 818 952.

• Flight Charm: Allows unaided aerial movement; he teaches the complete technique to Snape 852 952.
• Binding Magic: Blocks Apparition, Portkeys, and other magical travel across the affected New York area 818.
• Concealed focus: Its controlling green trunk is entrusted to Mulciber and hidden from Voldemort’s own knowledge to obstruct Legilimency 822 825.
• Limit: The same restrictions later prevent his escape from Anton’s Kun 855.

Innate Talents and Magical Research

His talents and research make him an influential teacher as well as an opponent 658 847.

• Possesses Parseltongue and exceptional Dark Magic talent 847.
• Studies ways to use Dementors to enhance followers’ Dark Magic 738.
• Recognizes Dark Magic Creature-based spellwork as distinct from ordinary wizard Dark Magic 741.
• Learns from Anton’s Animagus Ritual and bloodline research rather than relying exclusively on his own discoveries 658 934.

Emotion-Driven Magic and the Magic Corps

Voldemort’s emotion-driven methods influence Anton’s later compound spellcasting, but his military application sacrifices flexibility for concentrated power 691 1132.

• Corps members intensify one emotion until it consumes their spirits, enabling one exceptionally powerful type of magic 1132.
• Anton, Dumbledore, and Grindelwald judge this approach a dead end that turns people into weapons 1132.
• Removing the memories supporting that emotional state can abruptly end their spellcasting 1132.
• Later development incorporates Obscurial blood and a far broader, centrally organized military force 1157.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Wand — Used for direct spellcasting, including his probing contact with Harry during the New York loop 825.
• Horcruxes — Sustain his survival after bodily death and later enable seven fully controlled host bodies 826 1167.
• Dark Mark — Identifies linked followers, enables rapid travel to one another, communicates their condition, and reflects Voldemort’s recovering strength 405.
• Green Binding Magic trunk — Controls New York’s spatial blockade; Anton eventually retrieves it from the Concealment Spirit 822 825 828.
• Resurrection cauldron and potion — Restore his body at Riddle Manor when Bellatrix’s blood completes the ritual 820.

Relationships

• Anton / Anthony Weasley — Former student, magical rival, and eventual source of new knowledge. Voldemort recognizes his own teachings in Anton’s magic; Anton repeatedly addresses him as “my dear professor” while trying to kill or study him 658 778 855 934.
• Albus Dumbledore — Long-standing enemy who opposes his influence, anticipates his attacks on Harry, and later reassesses whether his own policy of maintaining balance was mistaken 249 826 1008 1054.
• Gellert Grindelwald — Rival who cooperates with Dumbledore and Anton against him; Voldemort attempts to blame Grindelwald for the New York catastrophe 820 822 850.
• Severus Snape — Gifted former subordinate whom Voldemort once valued enough to teach his complete Flight Charm. Snape ultimately seeks his death to avenge Lily and openly rebels 951 952 1006.
• Bellatrix Riddle / Bella — Devoted follower, partner, and mother of his daughter. Her death leaves him torn between his political ambitions and a dangerous attempt to restore her 820 1137 1139 1157.
• Barty Crouch Jr. — Inner-circle follower tasked with organizing Ministry forces and described as a possible successor. Neville kills him in revenge for his parents’ torture 820 1134 1139.
• Harry Potter — Repeated target and bearer of one of his Horcruxes. Voldemort plans to kill Harry and destroy the attached Horcrux, but later declares that he no longer believes in the prophecy 826 1136.
• Mulciber — Follower entrusted with hiding the Binding Magic trunk, despite secretly defecting to the Ministry. After losing his identity, his soul retains the command to conceal it 822 825.
• Augustus Rookwood — Former Ministry spy and Unspeakable; later recruited by Anton, who replaces his Dark Mark 383 406.

Notable Quotes

“Anthony, you lunatic!” 855

“I don't want to say anything more to you, Harry Potter. I no longer believe in that so-called prophecy. Yes, we'll just have to see whether the heart or fate comes out on top.” 1136