Voldemort

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Voldemort (伏地魔)
Alias(es)	Tom Riddle; the Dark Lord; the Mysterious Man 87 308 614
Species/Race	Wizard who underwent repeated Dark Arts Transformations 342
Gender	Male 87
Affiliation	Death Eaters; formerly Hogwarts, Slytherin House 87 144
Occupation/Role	Dark Lord and Death Eater leader; formerly an employee at a small alchemy shop 144 513
Status	Deceased; killed by Dumbledore with assistance from Andy Collins and Harry Potter, using intelligence supplied by Snape 697
First Appearance	Mentioned in Chapter 1 1

Power Progression

Voldemort has no documented numerical levels; his advancement is described through Dark Arts mastery, soul magic, and bodily transformation.

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Exceptional student wizard	87 144	Remembered as Hogwarts’ finest student in a century; gathered the earliest Death Eater followers while still at school.
Repeated Dark Arts Transformations	144 342	Became unrecognizable after traveling abroad. Dumbledore confirms that strong mental will and Dark Arts expertise allowed him to complete several transformations.
Refined Horcrux creation	467	Dumbledore considers his later Horcrux research more sophisticated than his first attempt and suspects he restricted later fragments’ independence.
Survival after bodily destruction	212 433	His own rebounding curse destroyed his body, but his Horcruxes prevented true death.
Temporary infant-like body	513	Awaited restoration in a grotesque temporary body made using unicorn blood and Nagini’s venom.
Bodily restoration and recovering strength	513 532	His followers began a reconstruction ritual using his father’s bones, a servant’s flesh, and an enemy’s blood. His subsequent recovery awakened the soul remnant inside Harry.

Background / History

During his Hogwarts years, Tom Riddle was handsome, refined, and skilled at understanding people. He used these qualities to attract followers, forming the earliest core of the Death Eaters before graduating. His academic promise was so great that many expected him to become Minister of Magic 87 144.

Instead, he worked at a small alchemy shop for several years, then left Britain to travel. By his return, his appearance had changed beyond recognition. Ten years after graduating, he sought employment at Hogwarts; Dumbledore refused him because he intended to spread his ideology among students 72 144.

Voldemort promoted a future in which wizards would stop hiding and rule over Muggles. His power during the previous Wizarding War produced such fear that people avoided speaking his name 258 614.

After receiving part of a prophecy from Snape, he targeted Harry Potter. Peter Pettigrew betrayed the Potters’ protected location, leading to James and Lily’s deaths. Lily’s protective magic reflected Voldemort’s Killing Curse, destroying his body without ending the existence sustained by his Horcruxes 212 393 433 707 715.

Appearance

• Student years: Handsome and refined, markedly different from his later reputation and appearance 87.
• After traveling abroad: Described by Madam Bathat as completely unrecognizable 144.
• Before bodily restoration: Occupied a grotesque infant-like temporary body 513.

Personality

Voldemort’s early influence depended on social intelligence as well as magical talent. He could read people and gather followers, rather than relying solely on the cruelty and slaughter associated with his later identity 87.

His pursuit of immortality combined extreme ambition with profound corruption. Dumbledore states that Dark Arts polluted both his main soul and its fragments, while Andy associates his increasingly extreme personality with soul splitting and bodily transformation. These changes did not diminish his formidable Dark Arts power 234 257 288 731.

He is calculating but capable of drawing confident conclusions from incomplete information. After learning about Andy’s protection of Rita Skeeter and possession of the Resurrection Stone, he assumed Andy planned to kill Dumbledore and gather all three Deathly Hallows 650 656.

Abilities & Skills

Dark Arts Mastery

• Dumbledore acknowledges that Voldemort’s claim to have explored the Dark Arts further than anyone else was not merely boasting 257.
• His magic remained powerful despite the mental instability caused by splitting his soul 731.
• During the Death Eaters’ retreat, he destroyed three animated statues almost simultaneously and flung another away with a flick of his wand 641.

Dark Arts Transformation

• Completed several transformations, supported by exceptional mental will and expertise in the Dark Arts 342.
• Altered his body to better suit Dark Arts magic through the fusion of magic and negative emotions 233.
• Andy regards his polluted body and soul as a warning about the psychological consequences of this path 234.

Horcruxes and Soul Magic

• Stored soul fragments outside his body, preventing true death when his Killing Curse rebounded 212 433.
• Horcrux soul fragments could control hosts and absorb life force to regain strength 467.
• Harry’s connection to the fragments enabled the search for Voldemort’s hidden Horcruxes through soul resonance 480.
• Dumbledore suspected that later Horcruxes had restrictions preventing their fragments from freely replacing the main soul; this remains his interpretation rather than a confirmed mechanism 467.

Curses and Defensive Traps

• Killing Curse: Used against Harry, but reflected by Lily’s protection 707.
• Cursed ring: The curse remained dangerous after its Horcrux fragment was destroyed. Separating the Resurrection Stone from the ring reduced the curse to a single possible activation 352 355.
• Cave defenses: Combined blood payment, magical-power drainage, restricted boat travel, dangerous potion, and threats beneath the water to protect a Horcrux 612.
• Defense Against the Dark Arts curse: Andy considers whether the Invisibility Cloak could protect someone holding the cursed teaching position 358.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

Item	Connection and documented fate
Wand	Used to destroy and repel animated statues during the Death Eaters’ escape 641.
Diary Horcrux	One of the damaged Horcruxes retained by Dumbledore; contrasted with Voldemort’s more refined later creations 467.
Ravenclaw’s Diadem	Hidden in the Room of Requirement, later controlled Ron, and was ultimately destroyed by Andy’s Fiendfyre 253 352 467.
Gold ring and Resurrection Stone	The ring carried a Horcrux and a separate curse. Andy destroyed the soul fragment with Fiendfyre; the Stone survived and was separated from the ring 352 355.
Locket Horcrux	Replaced by Regulus Black and entrusted to Kreacher, who later retrieved it for Dumbledore’s group 615.

Relationships

• Harry Potter — Target and prophesied nemesis; also carries a fragment of Voldemort’s soul. Grindelwald identifies them as descendants of the third Peverell brother 258 480 694.
• Albus Dumbledore — Principal opponent, who rejected his Hogwarts job application and ultimately killed him with allied assistance 72 697.
• Andy Collins — Enemy who destroyed Horcruxes and helped defeat him. Voldemort misinterpreted Andy’s actions as a bid to seize the Deathly Hallows 352 650 697.
• Severus Snape — Apparent follower and intelligence source, secretly working for Dumbledore. His information contributed to Voldemort’s defeat 233 649 697.
• Peter Pettigrew — Follower who betrayed the Potters and helped prepare Voldemort’s bodily restoration 393 513.
• Barty Crouch Jr. — Fanatically devoted servant who willingly severed his own hand for the restoration ritual 513.
• Regulus Black — Former follower who discovered his secret and sacrificed himself while arranging the theft and destruction of the locket Horcrux 614 615.
• Kreacher — House-elf volunteered by Regulus for Voldemort’s use; later became essential to recovering the stolen locket 614 615.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Threat of Return and Horcrux Hunt

• The possibility of his return shapes the Collins family’s escape plans from the opening chapter 1.
• Andy and Hermione identify the Room of Requirement as a Horcrux hiding place 253.
• Andy’s destruction of the ring’s soul fragment leaves its separate curse intact, prompting cooperation with Dumbledore to recover the Resurrection Stone safely 352 355.

Restoration and Renewed Operations

• Harry is abducted to the Riddle family graveyard for the bodily restoration ritual, conducted by Barty Crouch Jr. with Pettigrew’s assistance 513.
• Harry’s later visions reveal activity associated with Voldemort and suggest a living snake Horcrux 536.
• Voldemort intervenes personally to enable the Death Eaters’ retreat 641.

Deathly Hallows and Final Defeat

• Snape’s report about the Elder Wand, Resurrection Stone, and Invisibility Cloak persuades Voldemort to take the Hallows seriously and reconsider leaving Britain 649.
• He concludes that Andy and Dumbledore have fallen out and that Andy wants the Hallows for himself 650 656.
• By Chapter 694, his defeat is discussed as an accomplished event. Minister Bones subsequently confirms that Dumbledore killed him with help from Andy, Harry, and Snape’s intelligence 694 697.
• His death is followed by Death Eater trials, with some notorious followers sentenced to the Dementor’s Kiss while wealthy, well-connected defendants evade punishment through Imperius Curse claims 719.