Rings and Gemstones

"Riddle had been obsessed with his origins. He had spent a great deal of time searching for traces of his father, Old Tom Riddle, in the Prefects' bathroom, the school Archives' list of prefects, and even books on A History of Magic. Naturally, he found nothing.

"In the end, he had no choice but to accept reality: his father was a Muggle who had never set foot in Hogwarts. This made him utterly despise his own name, despise the surname Riddle, and rename himself... Voldemort.

"Many things happened that year. He did not give up on uncovering the mystery of his origins, and followed his middle name, Marvolo, to traces of the Gaunt family... Riddle discovered that he was a descendant of Slytherin and took great pride in it. With his brilliant mind, he found the Chamber of Secrets, awakened the Basilisk, and accidentally killed Moaning Myrtle.

"You learned what happened afterward in your second year. He framed Hagrid, created his first Horcrux... the Diary sold at a newsstand on Vauxhall Road.

"In the summer when he was sixteen, the holidays arrived. Rather than return to that orphanage, he went to Hangleton to find his Gaunt family relatives. You all know what happened next: he murdered the Riddle family, framed Monet Gaunt, and created his second Horcrux..."

"The Gaunt family ring."

Dumbledore studied Harry's face intently, like a professor testing a student in class. Then he shifted the subject. "Harry, you have faced Voldemort in person more than once, and you have learned all this information about him. What do you understand about him?"

"Er..." Caught off guard by the sudden question, Harry was a little flustered. "At first, he hated his mother and admired the father he had never met. After learning the truth, he took pride in Slytherin's