Voldemort

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Voldemort (伏地魔)
Alias(es)	Tom Riddle; the Dark Lord
Species/Race	Wizard
Gender	Male
Blood Status	Half-blood; son of Merope Gaunt and a Muggle father. 143
Affiliation	Death Eaters (master); the representatives of all nine families in the Pure-blood Alliance become his followers before the Azkaban operation. 103 484
Occupation/Role	Dark wizard; returned Dark Lord
Status	Alive and bodily restored through a resurrection ritual in the Chamber of Secrets. Escaped as black mist after his duel with Vaughan Weasley; his permanent destruction remains an objective of Vaughan and Dumbledore. 495 496 497
First Appearance	Chapter 48 (confirmed encounter while controlling Quirrell); Chapter 119 (direct manifestation after consuming his host's remaining life force). 48 119

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Path of Legend	226	Dumbledore estimates that Tom entered the Path of Legend in his twenties, after graduating Hogwarts and later disappearing from Borgin and Burkes. 226
Bodily resurrection	495, 496	Restores his body and returns to full power through a cauldron ritual in the Chamber of Secrets, using Pettigrew's sacrificed arm and Harry's blood. 495 496
Fear-based legendary magic demonstrated	497	Unleashes terror affecting Vaughan's body, Mindscape, and soul. This reveals an existing legendary ability rather than establishing a newly attained rank; Dumbledore identifies its association with fear but cannot fully explain its nature. 497

Background / History

Origins and early crimes

Tom Riddle investigated his ancestry while still a teenager. After using the Imperius Curse on his maternal uncle, Morfin Gaunt, he learned that his father was a Muggle and that he was a half-blood born from Merope Gaunt's failed relationship. The revelation triggered a violent breakdown: Tom took Morfin's wand, murdered the Riddle family, altered Morfin's memories, framed him for the killings, and seized the Gaunt Ring. 143

While at Hogwarts, Tom opened the Chamber of Secrets and released the Basilisk, causing attacks on students and Moaning Myrtle's death. Dumbledore later theorized that the Chamber and Slytherin's legacy may have enabled Tom's rapid mastery of Horcrux magic. 268 269

The diary Horcrux preserves a version of Tom from his school years. It was an early, comparatively crude creation capable of consuming memories and life force, controlling consciousness, and preserving an intelligent soul fragment. 232 328

The Grey Lady told Tom about Ravenclaw's Diadem. Vaughan later interprets her willingness to confide in him as evidence that Tom exploited her romantic feelings, attributing his influence partly to his youthful good looks. This interpretation is Vaughan's inference rather than a confirmed account of their relationship. 138

Rise and downfall

After Hogwarts, Tom worked for a time at Borgin and Burkes before disappearing. When he returned, his appearance had changed, a transformation Dumbledore associates with profound changes to his soul and Dark magic. 226

During his rise, Voldemort personally ordered the murder of Edgar Bones and other members of the Bones family. Their refusal to submit to him led to a bloody campaign that sharply diminished the family's former influence. Amelia Bones retains a vivid memory of his face and voice and identifies him from footage of the Quirrell confrontation. 130

He also personally killed Dorcas Meadows, a powerful witch associated with the original Order of the Phoenix. Mundungus Fletcher cites her death among the devastating losses suffered by Voldemort's opponents during the war. 149

At the height of his power, Voldemort's spellcraft had surpassed ordinary limits. Dumbledore describes him as a legendary Dark wizard whose attempt to kill Harry Potter ended when his own Killing Curse rebounded, destroying his body rather than fulfilling the prophecy as he intended. 92

Disembodied survival

Following his downfall, Voldemort survived through Horcruxes as a grayish-white remnant neither fully alive nor dead. He hid in Albania for years, sustaining himself by possessing small animals before later parasitizing Quirinus Quirrell. 81 119

During the Halloween incident, Vaughan fought the possessed Quirrell in Hogwarts' corridors. Using a phoenix feather to summon Fawkes, Vaughan obtained the assistance needed to drive Quirrell and Voldemort away. Harry was deeply shaken by the encounter. 48

While using Quirrell's body, Voldemort sought the Philosopher's Stone and intended to kill Harry personally after restoring himself. He consumed Quirrell's remaining life force to temporarily manifest, but the host body's limits restricted his strength. 119 120

Vaughan later recognizes that his own attempt to use Voldemort to obtain the Philosopher's Stone during Halloween helped set in motion Harry's eventual confrontation with him. Despite Vaughan's interference and Dumbledore's concealment, their apparently separate paths converged in the World Within the Painting. 110

Vaughan Weasley ultimately defeated the battle-damaged Voldemort by pursuing him through Apparition, forcing Quirrell's body into a fatal Splinching incident, and separating its head. Voldemort's soul escaped as black smoke, leaving behind a curse that injured Vaughan. 121 122

Dumbledore later compared Voldemort's condition with Wilkinson's apparent soul-state. Although both could broadly be described as dead, Wilkinson could interfere with reality to some extent, whereas Voldemort's disembodied remnant could not do so without possessing someone. 215

Disclosure and preparations for his return

Dumbledore considered continued concealment of Voldemort's survival unacceptable, but feared that an abrupt announcement would cause excessive shock. He therefore supported filming the painting-world trial, including both Harry's confrontation with Voldemort and less intense material to ease the audience's reaction. The film's final act depicted Vaughan's defeat of the Dark Lord and provoked enthusiastic celebrations among Hogwarts students. 128 129

Dumbledore separately showed footage of the Quirrell confrontation to high-ranking Ministry officials, confirming that Voldemort remained alive. He requested tangible assistance in preparing Vaughan as a successor capable of opposing him. 130

Dumbledore and Vaughan arranged a prospective exchange involving an unidentified Death Eater and ten species of dragons. Dumbledore hoped the follower could provide information about the number of Horcruxes and eventually help facilitate Voldemort's revival under circumstances favorable to his permanent defeat. Vaughan intended to use Peter Pettigrew for this role, but withheld his identity from Dumbledore. 129

The diary later exerted a disturbing influence over Colin Creevey, who reported that the notebook seemed to control him. Dumbledore planted suggestions in Colin's mind to provoke the young Tom fragment into releasing the Basilisk again, while he and Vaughan sought to test their suspicion that the creature was itself a Horcrux. 272 275

After further developments involving DeSantis, Dumbledore inferred from Snape's response to the diary that Voldemort had probably commissioned DeSantis to collect his Horcruxes. Voldemort's remnant remained exceptionally difficult to trace if he deliberately concealed himself. 328

Li Nanyu subsequently warned Vaughan that the New Gospel Society had dispatched teams to England and Europe, advising him to watch Voldemort, Grindelwald, and developments in England. The warning established a broader concern about outside involvement, rather than confirming the precise extent of Voldemort's cooperation with the society. 370

By the international school exchange, Dumbledore and Vaughan were still assessing which followers could earn Voldemort's confidence. Vaughan argued that desperate former servants such as Pettigrew were more promising than aristocratic families or unfamiliar foreign visitors, and suspected that Dumbledore had prepared a similar role for Snape. Dumbledore again requested the identity of Vaughan's concealed Death Eater, but Vaughan refused to disclose it without a better bargain. 383

Harry subsequently suspected that the interest in Snape concerned access to something inside Hogwarts, possibly Tom Riddle's diary. This was Harry's deduction, not a confirmed account of Voldemort's allies' objective. 424

Pure-blood conspiracy and renewed command

Jacob Rosier and representatives of eight other pure-blood families resorted to forbidden Ancient Ritual Magic to find Voldemort. Each family sacrificed three relatives, producing twenty-seven hostile ghosts capable of casting spells. Jacob dispatched them to search for the Dark Lord, whom the conspirators hoped to revive, and concealed the ritual's evidence with Lucius Malfoy's assistance. 444

Harry later re-established his soul connection with Voldemort after persistently clearing his mind at night. Through it, he perceived a wooded location that evoked both belonging and disgust in Voldemort, prompting him to investigate the Death Eaters' gathering. 478

After Vaughan reported developments at the gathering, Dumbledore questioned Voldemort's larger purpose. His own research into Horcrux magic, including consultations with ancient ghosts, convinced him that the resurrection ritual itself did not depend on Horcruxes, leaving Voldemort's other objectives uncertain. 479

By the Azkaban operation, representatives of all nine families in the Pure-blood Alliance had become Death Eaters and received Dark Marks. Voldemort ordered the conspirators to remain at the prison and await Dumbledore despite the risk of a Ministry response. Their attempt to free prisoners and turn the Dementors failed against preparations arranged by Vaughan and Amelia Bones. When Jacob's Dark Mark burned with Voldemort's warning, the conspirators retreated to Ireland, abandoning Norbert Rosier. 484 485

Resurrection in the Chamber of Secrets

Voldemort's return culminated in a ritual conducted in a giant stone cauldron in the Chamber of Secrets. A bundle carried by Pettigrew contained his misshapen, helpless body. Pettigrew sacrificed his own arm as the servant's flesh, and Harry's blood was added as the enemy's blood. Harry's severe Sectumsempra wound and agonizing scar pain prevented him from stopping the ritual, while Sirius Black's duel with Snape kept him from reaching Voldemort. 495

After rising in his restored body, Voldemort attempted to kill Ron Weasley. Harry's final Disarming Charm knocked Pettigrew away from Ron, and a mysterious spherical portal then drew Ron out of the path of Voldemort's Killing Curse. Voldemort took up his robes and prepared to confront Harry. 495

Meanwhile, Vaughan investigated Nagini and confirmed that she had not yet become a Horcrux. He concealed his interference with her memories and wounded her when Voldemort called her, preventing his own presence from being exposed. He also recovered Tom Riddle's diary from Peeves after freeing the ghost from its influence. 496

Vaughan entered the Chamber, steadied Harry through the Personality Armament, and healed his wound. Sirius evacuated Harry, Ron, and Colin Creevey, while Snape removed Pettigrew and the other Death Eaters. Left facing Vaughan alone, Voldemort realized that Vaughan and Dumbledore had deliberately permitted his resurrection in order to arrange his permanent destruction. Furious at having been manipulated, he attacked. 496

Duel with Vaughan and escape

The resurrected Voldemort initially held back out of caution toward Dumbledore, but was astonished by Vaughan's strength. He judged the thirteen-year-old stronger than any wizard below legendary rank he had previously encountered. Their exchange of lethal and crippling spells devastated the Chamber of Secrets. 496 497

Voldemort then unleashed fear-based legendary magic that threatened Vaughan's body and soul and made even raising a wand difficult. Vaughan resisted through repeated replacement of his Personality Armaments and answered Voldemort's Killing Curse with one of his own. Their spells entered a destructive stalemate, with both combatants struggling to sustain their efforts. 497

Although Voldemort's magically altered body enabled him to continue fighting for an unusually long time immediately after resurrection, his stamina eventually began to fail. Magical backlash hurled the two opponents apart, and he escaped as black mist. Vaughan was left badly injured in the collapsing Chamber until Dumbledore intervened, apparently reversing its destruction and extracting him. 497

Afterward, Dumbledore managed the fallout from the Hogwarts attacks, Snape's defection, and mounting public alarm. He supported Vaughan's plan to let panic spread before announcing Voldemort's return, believing that the public otherwise would refuse to accept it. 499

Vaughan subsequently traded information about Voldemort's Horcruxes for Dumbledore's explanation of the path to Legend. He named the Diadem, Cup, Locket, Gaunt Ring, and Diary as deliberate creations and warned that Voldemort might make a seventh Horcrux, possibly using Nagini. This remained a warning about a possible future development, not confirmation that Nagini had already been transformed into one. 499

Appearance

In his disembodied state, Voldemort manifests as a grayish-white haze or shadow that replaces the life aura of a possessed host. 119

When revealed on the back of Quirrell's head, his face has chalk-gray skin, bloodshot red eyes, and two narrow nostril-like slits in place of a nose, giving him a human yet serpentine appearance. 120

• As a teenager in Morfin Gaunt's memories, Tom appears as a tall, handsome, black-haired boy carrying an oil lamp. 141
• His physical appearance changed substantially after his post-Hogwarts disappearance, reflecting alterations to both body and soul. 226
• His voice is soft, hoarse, and unnervingly sibilant. 119
• Before his cauldron resurrection, his body is misshapen and helpless, small enough to be carried in a bundle by Pettigrew. 495
• His restored body remains an inhuman form shaped by magical alterations, which also contribute to his combat endurance. 497

Personality

Voldemort is defined by immense pride, insecurity, and contempt. Dumbledore attributes his violence against the Riddle family to his inability to accept his Muggle father, while Vaughan views him as fundamentally cruel, irrational, and incapable of becoming a reliable ally. 143 151

He is exceptionally cautious when vulnerable, surviving for eleven years in hiding and refusing to trust even his former followers. Yet Dumbledore also describes him as impatient, and his rage repeatedly compromises otherwise calculated plans. 119 121 269

His ideology centers on the superiority of wizards and magical blood. He regards magical creatures as beneath consideration and believes that only wizards deserve magic; Vaughan, however, argues that Voldemort's recruitment of pure-blood followers was ultimately driven more by power and convenience than genuine loyalty to blood purity. 103 200

Dumbledore later characterizes Tom as an extreme of uncontrolled, “bestial” desire, contrasting him with the cold, detached rationality he perceives in Vaughan. The comparison reflects Dumbledore's concerns about both men's relationship to ordinary human feeling, rather than equating their motives or conduct. 383

His reaction to the circumstances of his resurrection combines these traits: he recognizes the trap laid by Vaughan and Dumbledore, becomes furious at their manipulation, and turns the confrontation into a personal duel. Even then, caution toward Dumbledore initially restrains how much power he commits. 496 497

His negative emotions are intense enough that he does not lack the emotional fuel needed for Dark magic. Nevertheless, this abundance does not eliminate the physical drain of prolonged spellcasting. 497

Abilities & Skills

Dark Magic and duelling

Voldemort is a legendary Dark wizard with an extensive arsenal of curses, hexes, and combat knowledge that even Dumbledore cannot fully catalogue. 120

• Casts Unforgivable Curses, including the Imperius Curse, to seize control of targets. 119
• Can corrode the battlefield with ash-gray Dark magic and unleash dangerous, difficult-to-identify curses. 121 122
• Demonstrated the ability to tear open a temporary rift in the World Within the Painting and erase Dumbledore's Transfiguration from a distance. 119
• Quickly investigated the painting world's unusual time behavior, perceived aspects of its underlying structure, and began an attempt to invade it, making the world shake with an outstretched hand. 120
• Endured the dragon's plasma breath and continued fighting despite severe burning. 119
• His battle-damaged state inside Quirrell severely limited the power he could draw upon and made him vulnerable to Vaughan's close-range Apparition tactics. 120 121
• Left a persistent curse originating from a small snakebite wound on Vaughan's right hand. Its black traces spread across Vaughan's body and prevented his Splinching wounds from closing fully despite the continuing effects of phoenix tears. 122
• Deflected Harry's Disarming Charm with a raised hand during preparations for the resurrection ritual. 495
• After resurrection, exchanges lethal and crippling magic with Vaughan on a scale that wrecks the Chamber of Secrets. 496 497
• Sustains a Killing Curse against Vaughan's opposing Killing Curse until exhaustion and magical backlash break the stalemate. 497
• Escapes the Chamber duel as black mist while retaining his resurrected status; this is distinct from his earlier escape as a disembodied soul after Quirrell's destruction. 121 497
• His magically altered body grants the endurance needed to fight a prolonged duel immediately after resurrection, but his stamina and energy remain finite. 497

Legendary magic

Voldemort's legendary magic is associated with fear. Dumbledore identifies this connection after Vaughan's duel with him but acknowledges that its full nature remains uncertain. 497

• Exerts overwhelming terror that affects the victim's physical body, Mindscape, and soul rather than merely producing ordinary fright. 497
• Nearly prevents Vaughan from raising his wand and progressively erodes him despite his resistance. 497
• Destroys Vaughan's Personality Armaments, forcing him to create replacements repeatedly. The brief gaps between replacements permit cumulative damage even though each individual lapse allows little influence. 497
• Its effectiveness demonstrates a qualitative gulf between legendary and ordinary wizards, despite Vaughan's unusually great spellcasting strength. 497

Horcrux and soul magic

Voldemort split his soul into multiple Horcruxes, allowing his primary consciousness to remain in the world after bodily death. Horcruxes are anchors for a soul rather than resurrection devices by themselves. 328

• Created several Horcruxes, including ones made from founders' relics. 138
• Bound the soul fragment in the Gaunt Ring beneath layers of magic so it could not develop independent intelligence. 328
• Left the diary fragment unusually autonomous; it can absorb life force and appears designed to create another version of Voldemort. 328
• In his remnant state, he cannot be physically or magically restrained like an ordinary living being; Vaughan compares him to an untouchable shadow. 121
• Can conceal his remnant so effectively that Dumbledore and Vaughan have no reliable way to locate him when he deliberately hides. 328
• Without possession, his disembodied remnant cannot directly interfere with reality, unlike the ghost-like influence Dumbledore attributes to Wilkinson. 215
• Vaughan hypothesizes that Tom's early Horcrux research followed a ready-made example in Slytherin's Basilisk. He connects this hypothesis to his recollection of Nagini becoming a Horcrux in the anticipated future; neither the Basilisk's status nor Nagini's creation as a Horcrux is established as a completed development in this discussion. 269
• Vaughan later directly confirms that Nagini is not yet a Horcrux, while remaining uncertain whether the altered course of events will lead Voldemort to use her. 496
• Vaughan identifies the Diadem, Cup, Locket, Gaunt Ring, and Diary as deliberately created Horcruxes and warns Dumbledore about a possible seventh, potentially Nagini. 499
• Maintains a soul connection with Harry, which Harry deliberately re-establishes through nightly mental clearing before the Death Eaters' gathering. 478

Resurrection magic

Voldemort regains a complete body through a cauldron ritual in the Chamber of Secrets. The ritual uses bodily ingredients, including a servant's flesh and an enemy's blood: Pettigrew supplies his arm, and Harry provides the blood. 495

Dumbledore's investigation distinguishes this resurrection process from Horcrux magic. Horcruxes explain Voldemort's continued survival after bodily death, but the restoration ritual itself does not require them as ritual components. 328 479

Memory magic and mental control

Tom displayed advanced memory magic while still a Hogwarts student. He altered Morfin Gaunt's memories so convincingly that Dumbledore states fewer than ten wizards could detect the tampering. 141

• Used altered memories to frame Morfin for the Riddle family murders. 141
• The diary's enchantments can read and devour memories, control consciousness, and draw life force from those who write in it. 232 328
• His possession of Quirrell allowed him to influence events while concealing his own remnant soul. 119
• The diary's influence over Colin Creevey became strong enough for Colin to recognize that the notebook appeared to be controlling him. 272
• The diary also influences Peeves, who carries it until Vaughan frees him from its control and confiscates the Horcrux. 496

Parseltongue

As a descendant of the Gaunt family, Voldemort speaks Parseltongue. His discovery of this ability helped drive his investigation into Slytherin's legacy and the Chamber of Secrets. 141 269

Lasting enchantments

At his peak, Voldemort created defensive magic capable of persisting for over a decade around the seaside cave containing Slytherin's Locket. 331

• Concealed the cave entrance by embedding magic into the surrounding land and sea. 331
• Created a blood-activated entrance and an underground lake guarded by magical darkness and Inferi. 331 332
• Restricted travel across the lake, preventing ordinary flight, Levitation, and Transfiguration while concealing a boat for a single “real” wizard. 332
• Vaughan interprets the cave's darkness and corpses as manifestations of Voldemort's deeper fear of powerlessness, death, and the loss of magic. 332
• His curse associated with the Defence Against the Dark Arts position is also considered a possible threat to staff assisting the official professor. Dumbledore suspects that Vaughan's earlier Aether ordeal may have been caused by his teaching-assistant role making him share Isabella's curse, but the isolated incident and Vaughan's unusual relationship with fate prevent confirmation. 465
• Uses the Dark Mark to communicate with followers: its burning conveys a warning that prompts Jacob Rosier and the other Azkaban conspirators to retreat. 485

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Tom Riddle's Diary — An early Horcrux formerly held by Lucius Malfoy; it contains an intelligent young fragment of Tom capable of life-force absorption and mind control. It later influences Colin Creevey, and Harry suspects that Voldemort's allies may seek access to it through Snape. Vaughan subsequently recovers it from Peeves after freeing the ghost from its influence. 224 328 272 424 496
• Gaunt Ring — A Horcrux created after the murder of the Riddle family; its soul fragment was heavily sealed against independent action. 143 328
• Slytherin's Locket — A Horcrux hidden in a magically fortified sea cave on Ireland's western coast. 330 331
• Ravenclaw's Diadem — A Horcrux hidden in the Room of Requirement after Voldemort returned to Hogwarts to apply for the Defence Against the Dark Arts position. 138
• Hufflepuff's Cup — A Horcrux entrusted to Bellatrix Lestrange. 331
• Quirrell's Wand — Used while manifesting through Quirrell's body in the World Within the Painting. 119
• Resurrection Cauldron — A giant stone cauldron used to restore his body in the Chamber of Secrets through the flesh-and-blood ritual. 495

Relationships

• Harry Potter — His fated enemy. Dumbledore states that Harry and Voldemort are uniquely bound and can kill one another; Voldemort seeks to kill Harry himself after regaining a body. Their Halloween encounter and later confrontation leave Harry deeply shaken. Harry later deliberately re-establishes their soul connection, and his blood becomes an ingredient in Voldemort's successful resurrection. 92 119 48 478 495
• Albus Dumbledore — Former teacher and lifelong adversary. Dumbledore recognizes Voldemort as a legendary Dark wizard but actively investigates his Horcruxes and seeks a way to destroy him permanently. He also plans to use former followers to gain Voldemort's trust and influence the circumstances of his return. Voldemort eventually realizes that Dumbledore and Vaughan deliberately allowed his resurrection, and remains wary of Dumbledore while duelling Vaughan. 226 128 129 383 496 497
• Vaughan Weasley — A dangerous opponent whom Voldemort remembers as the first-year student who forced him into an embarrassing defeat. Vaughan later defeats his Quirrell-hosted form in direct combat. Vaughan also withholds a potentially useful Death Eater's identity as leverage in negotiations over Dumbledore's preparations for Voldemort's return. After resurrection, Voldemort recognizes Vaughan's role in the trap and is astonished by his power; their subsequent duel ends with Voldemort escaping and Vaughan requiring rescue. 120 121 383 496 497
• Quirinus Quirrell — Host and servant. Voldemort parasitized Quirrell, tortured him after failures, and ultimately consumed his life force to manifest. 62 119
• Morfin Gaunt — Maternal uncle and scapegoat for the Riddle family murders. Voldemort controlled him, altered his memories, and stole the Gaunt Ring. 143
• Lucius Malfoy — Entrusted with Tom Riddle's diary Horcrux. Later assists Jacob Rosier in concealing the sacrificial ghost ritual intended to locate Voldemort. 224 444
• Death Eaters — Former followers who served Voldemort during his rise; he remained too distrustful to rely on them openly while disembodied. Vaughan judged desperate former followers more likely to earn his confidence than established aristocratic families or unfamiliar foreign visitors. Before his resurrection, the representatives of all nine Pure-blood Alliance families receive Dark Marks and obey his instructions during the Azkaban operation. 103 269 383 484 485
• DeSantis — Dumbledore suspects that Voldemort commissioned him to help gather Horcruxes. 328
• Peter Pettigrew — Former follower whom Vaughan intends to supply as a means of assisting Dumbledore's plans concerning Voldemort. Vaughan later cites Pettigrew's desperate circumstances as a reason he could plausibly regain Tom's trust, while continuing to conceal the identity of his proposed candidate from Dumbledore. Pettigrew ultimately carries Voldemort's helpless body and sacrifices an arm to complete his resurrection, obeying despite his fear. 129 383 495
• Severus Snape — Former follower discussed as a potential route back to Voldemort. Vaughan suspects Dumbledore's protection of Snape served several purposes, including preserving someone who could help earn Tom's confidence. Snape's response to the diary also informs Dumbledore's suspicion about DeSantis collecting Horcruxes. During the resurrection crisis, Snape fights Sirius and later obeys Voldemort by removing Pettigrew and the other Death Eaters; the aftermath is treated as his defection from Hogwarts. 328 383 495 496 499
• The Grey Lady — Revealed information about Ravenclaw's Diadem to Tom. Vaughan believes he exploited her affection for him, though this remains his interpretation. 138
• Colin Creevey — Subject to the diary fragment's growing control. Dumbledore uses suggestions planted in Colin's mind to provoke the fragment into action. Vaughan later ensures that Colin is evacuated from the Chamber before duelling Voldemort. 272 275 496
• Amelia Bones — An opponent whose family suffered directly under his rule. Voldemort ordered her brother Edgar's murder and the killing of other relatives; she later confirms his identity from the recorded Quirrell confrontation. Her preparations help contain the Azkaban operation carried out under his orders. 130 485
• Jacob Rosier — A leading organizer of the pure-blood effort to find and revive Voldemort. Directs the twenty-seven sacrificed ghosts to search for him, then obeys his orders at Azkaban and retreats when warned through the Dark Mark. Jacob fears that the failure will force the Rosier family into complete commitment to Voldemort. 444 485
• Pure-blood Alliance — Nine families united against Vaughan's reforms whose representatives resort to sacrificial ritual magic to locate Voldemort and subsequently become Death Eaters. 444 484
• Nagini — A snake associated with Voldemort who was formerly a witch afflicted by the Blood Demon Curse. Voldemort calls her during the resurrection crisis, but the precise depth of their connection is uncertain. Vaughan confirms that she is not yet a Horcrux and later warns Dumbledore that Voldemort may choose her for a future one. 495 496 499
• Ron Weasley — Targeted by Voldemort's Killing Curse immediately after the resurrection, but saved when a spherical portal pulls him out of its path. 495
• Peeves — Falls under the diary Horcrux's influence and carries it until Vaughan frees him and takes the notebook. This relationship concerns the diary fragment rather than a confirmed direct command from the resurrected Voldemort. 496

Notable Quotes

“Showy, but useless!” — dismissing Dumbledore's spatial magic within the World Within the Painting. 119

“Boring little tricks...” — after enduring the dragon's plasma breath. 119

“Don't speak to me from inside a shell. It's rude, Harry.” — mocking Harry's Dumbledore-provided transformed form. 119

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