Did Salazar Slytherin have Horcruxes?

Together they came to the conclusion that several famous artefacts that had disappeared around Voldemort had been made into Horcruxes, included Salazar Slytherin's Locket.
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What Horcrux was from Slytherin?

Slytherin's locket

After robbing Hepzibah, Voldemort made another Horcrux by killing a homeless Muggle, then hid the locket in a remote cave protected by Dark magic and Inferi.
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Who is Salazar Slytherins heir?

Voldemort was Salazar's heir, and as far as it is explained, he is taking up the mission in the way he believes Salazar had intended, with the Chamber and the Basilisk.
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Who is stronger Salazar Slytherin or Godric Gryffindor?

They are both undoubtedly, two of the greatest wizards who ever lived and it would be nigh impossible to predict who'd come out on top, in a duel. There is no scale of comparison between the two's magical prowess, in the books, so the answer is inconclusive. That's all. That's everything.
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How did Salazar Slytherin get a basilisk?

Salazar Slytherin's basilisk was born in the chamber, as revealed by Aragog. Slytherin, in his spite of the his fellow founders' acceptance of muggle-borns into the school, left a basilisk deep in the chamber, in hopes that one day his true heir will unleash her to purge all they deem unworthy to study magic.
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Are there 7 or 8 Horcruxes?

Yeah. There were 8 horcruxes. 7 were made by Voldemort intentionally ( Nagini, goblet, diary, locket, ring, diadem and the part of his soul in Voldemort himself) and 1 was made accidentally which was Harry.
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Is Quirrell a Horcrux?

Quirrell is, in effect, turned into a temporary Horcrux by Voldemort. He is greatly depleted by the physical strain of fighting the far stronger, evil soul inside him.
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Who destroyed Salazar Slytherin locket?

28, 1997: Ron Weasley destroys Salazar Slytherin's locket deep in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, by stabbing it with Godric Gryffindor's sword.
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Who stole the real Horcrux?

It was stolen by Mundungus Fletcher from 12 Grimmauld Place, the home of the House of Black. During Harry Potter, Ronald Weasley, and Hermione Granger's attempts to find and destroy Voldemort's Horcruxes, they decided to track down the locket first after retrieving the fake one placed by Regulus from the cave.
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What kind of wand did Salazar Slytherin have?

Salazar Slytherin owned a wand of his own making, made of snakewood and containing a fragment of a magical snake's horn: in this case, a Basilisk horn. The wand had the distinction of being able to 'sleep' when so instructed, an ability taught to it by Slytherin himself.
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How did Ron get sword?

Skirmish at Malfoy Manor

Later, Harry, Ron, and Hermione were captured by the Snatchers and the sword was taken by one of them as a spoil. They were then taken to Malfoy Manor where Bellatrix Lestrange noticed the sword.
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Were any death Eaters not Slytherin?

Peter Pettigrew, (a.k.a Wormtail), is the only Death Eater known to have been in a House other than Slytherin (Gryffindor) while at Hogwarts.
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How did Voldemort get in Quirrel?

Voldemort was able to attach himself to Quirrell when he failed to wash his hands after using a public lavatory.
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What were the 8 Horcruxes in Harry Potter?

This is the definitive ranking of Voldemort's Horcruxes, from least to most effective.
  • Rowena Ravenclaw's diadem. ...
  • Helga Hufflepuff's cup. ...
  • Salazar Slytherin's locket. ...
  • Tom Riddle's diary. ...
  • Harry Potter. ...
  • Marvolo Gaunt's ring. ...
  • Nagini.
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Was the Sorcerer's Stone a Horcrux?

By turning the Philosopher's Stone into a Horcrux he would both rejuvenate his own body and have the sole means of immortality to himself. Remember, Voldemort wanted a total of seven Soul fragments around, meaning he needed six Horcruxes... and he hadn't created his last Horcrux until 1994 when he murdered Frank Bryce.
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What did Voldemort split his soul into?

Believing that the number seven is the most powerful number when it comes to magic, Voldemort intended to split his soul into seven pieces, with six Horcruxes housing one fragment each and his body containing the seventh.
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What was the 7th Horcrux supposed to be?

Nagini. The seventh Horcrux created, and the fifth revealed, Nagini was used as something of an afterthought. Voldemort needed a sixth Horcrux to complete what he thought was the mystical number of soul pieces (seven), and Nagini was handy at the time when he was murdering Bertha Jorkins.
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Which Horcrux did Quirrell find?

Quirinus Quirrell served as a temporary Horcrux when Voldemort's soul possessed his body in 1991. However, the piece of the soul survived Quirrell's demise, and was destroyed six years later when Voldemort was killed.
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Did Dumbledore know Quirrell was Voldemort?

Dumbledore knew that Quirrell was possessed by Voldemort and purposely set things up for him to reach the Philosopher's Stone. So we know that Dumbledore figured that Lord Voldemort would come back someday. Dumbledore also knew that the Defense Against the Dark Arts teaching post was cursed.
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Why does Quirrell stutter?

It was due to the intense strain and torment of having Voldemort glued to the back of his head; however, once Voldemort was in control and he spoke for Quirrell there was no more stuttering.
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Are there any Ravenclaw Death Eaters?

All the Death Eaters besides Peter Pettigrew are either mentioned as being in Slytherin House, or not mentioned as being in a house at all, as indicated in this list of Death Eaters. That said, Quirrell was in Ravenclaw, though he was probably not formally a Death Eater.
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Were there any evil hufflepuffs?

Zacharias Smith just gave Hufflepuffs a bad name in general. Every time we saw Zacharaias he was being a jerk. He constantly complained about everything and always had an attitude. Despite all of this, surprisingly, Zacharias still decided to become a member of Dumbledore's Army and stuck it out until the end.
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Did any Slytherins fight in the Battle of Hogwarts?

Nope. When they were "locked up in the dungeons", that was only in the movie. The book shows that the Slytherin's were evacuated with the rest of houses, since none of their "of age" members wanted to stay and fight.
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Who has the doe Patronus?

Case study 2: Severus Snape

A doe. And in his final battle with Lord Voldemort, Harry explained the significance of this to his adversary, and to us: 'Snape's Patronus was a doe,' said Harry, 'the same as my mother's, because he loved her for nearly all of his life, from the time when they were children'.
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Why can Basilisk venom destroy Horcruxes?

Basilisk venom is a method for destroying Horcruxes because once it takes effect, it renders the object irreparable, and the only chance for possibly repairing it is immediately putting phoenix tears on it.
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