Could Tom Riddle have been saved?

Yes, his upbringing wasn't great, but not all kids who go to orphanages grow up to be evil mass murderers. I think had there been strong intervention early on, perhaps he could have been saved. But by the time Dumbledore came to invite him to Hogwarts he was already on that path.
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What would have happened if Tom Riddle came back?

Specifically, if Tom Riddle had indeed been reincarnated, he would have taken the form of Tom Riddle, who at sixteen years old was not yet Lord Voldemort, although he had decided on the moniker for himself while still a student at Hogwarts.
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How did Tom Riddle survive?

The diary of Tom Riddle was a horcrux, so the Tom Riddle we see at the end is the fragment of Voldemort's soul from that horcrux. He uses a spell of some kind of trade Ginny's life for his own, allowing him to return to a solid body.
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Can Voldemort be redeemed?

@DVK There's no magical definition of "redeem", but there's a pretty clear dictionary definition of it: "to compensate for the faults or bad aspects of something." If Dumbledore considered it a possibility that Voldemort could renounce his evil quest and make restitution for his crimes, the answer to this question ...
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Can Voldemort come back?

It's a continuation of Harry Potter after the 7th book, and it is based in 2050. Around the time of the HBP, Snape and Bellatrix do an experiment which could get Voldemort back to life in case the Horcruxes don't work. So in 2050, we see Voldemort come back into Harry's life.
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Could Voldemort have become a ghost?

Rowling stated that after his death, Voldemort is forced to exist in the stunted infant-like form that Harry sees in the King's Cross-like Limbo after his confrontation with Voldemort in the Forbidden Forest. Rowling also mentioned that, despite his extreme fear of death, he cannot become a ghost.
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Why couldnt Voldemort touch Harry?

When Harry's mom sacrificed herself to protect him, she created a defensive barrier for Harry with her love. Voldemort cannot touch Harry directly because of this magic. He cannot harm Harry at the Dursleys because Lily's blood (Petunia being her sister) gives him protection there.
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Was Voldemort a good villain?

Pictures. A wise man once said that a hero is only as good as the villain who opposes him. I am all but certain that wise man was captured, tortured to excruciating effect, then blasted into smithereens by one Tom Marvolo Riddle, otherwise known as Lord Voldemort, the most awesome bad guy of all time.
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How can I be like Voldemort?

Here's how living like Lord Voldemort can save you money.
  1. Be resourceful. ...
  2. Have dedication. ...
  3. Be ruthless with yourself. ...
  4. Wear a uniform. ...
  5. Share your mission. ...
  6. Focus on actually understanding. ...
  7. Keep a diary. ...
  8. Know your history.
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What is Voldemort's weakness?

Voldemort apparently believes nothing is worse than death; perhaps his greatest weakness is his inability to love. Voldemort's wand is made from yew wood and contains a phoenix feather core.
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Could there have been two Voldemorts?

Yes, there could have been two Voldemorts running around if that happened. That wouldn't have been the case for any of the other Horcruxes though. The diary was special in that it also had all of his memories from that age, it wasn't just a soul fragment in a vessel.
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Is Tom Riddle Half-Blood?

Tom Riddle has a witch mother and a Muggle father, making him a half-blood wizard.
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Where did Voldemort's body go?

Voldemort's body simply vanished.

His skin became more translucent. His eyes began to turn red in color. He became less human physically as well as spiritually. Perhaps he was so physically transformed that when the killing curse rebounded on him, his body simply vanished.
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Who is the true heir of Hufflepuff?

The Heir of Hufflepuff was none other than Cedric Diggory, who was well on his way to fulfilling the prophecy of the Heir of Hufflepuff when he was tragically murdered by Peter Pettigrew.
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How did Tom Riddle control Ginny?

Since Ginny loved the diary, considered Tom a friend, and told him all her secrets, she got very fond of and emotionally close to the Horcrux, enabling the soul piece inside it to possess her. Show activity on this post. Through Tom Riddle's diary, which was a Horcrux.
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How did Voldemort and Bellatrix have a baby?

Yep, that happened: Bellatrix and Voldemort had sex sometime around Order of the Phoenix or Half-Blood Prince, and their wild night in bed led to a child named Delphi Diggory/Riddle/Lestrange. According to Delphi herself, she was born sometime before the Battle of Hogwarts.
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Is Voldemort a virgin?

By the time he was Lord Voldemort (despite what I said earlier about the graveyard scene), Tom Riddle had become fully and completely asexual. So my answer to the question is yes, Lord Voldemort was a virgin.
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Could Voldemort have won?

Sure, Voldemort did use the Cruciatus Curse on Harry — the Elder Wand protected him then — but if Voldemort had simply checked up on Harry's condition personally, he could have easily had someone else kill him. All it would've taken were a simple few steps to Harry's body and Voldemort would have won.
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Would Voldemort have won if he had the elder wand?

If he had become the true Master of the elder wand oh, Harry still would have had the horcrux inside him. So when Harry walked into the forest, the same result would have happened, Voldemort would have killed the horcrux. Harry again would have survived the killing curse.
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What is Voldemort's mental illness?

On Lord Voldemort as a psychopath or sociopath

“There are psychologists who would argue there's really no difference, and in fact, if you consult the diagnostic manual, it would really lump them under one category, antisocial personality disorder.
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Who was the villain before Voldemort?

The villain in the "Fantastic Beasts" movies is Gellert Grindelwald, who played a small but crucial role in the "Harry Potter" series. He was the wizarding world's biggest villain before Voldemort came along. In his youth, Grindelwald was friends with Albus Dumbledore, who was in love with him.
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Why was using Harrys blood a mistake?

Voldemort believed, out of his lack of understanding love, that by using Harry's blood, it would allow him to bypass Lily's protection and thereby enable him to circumvent what the boy has which robbed him of power years ago, when in fact it actually strengthened it.
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How did Harry survive Avada Kedavra in the forest?

Voldemort intentionally made six Horcruxes, but when he used Avada Kedavra on Harry, he unintentionally created a seventh Horcrux. Instead of dying, Lily's love for Harry created a counter 'curse' known as Sacrificial Protection and saved Harry.
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Why does Voldemort have no nose?

Following is the accepted answer from there. Voldemort's appearance became more snake-like as he delved deeper into Dark Magic, and his face became more serpentine, which would presumably explain the flattening of his nose.
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