Is a Horcrux a real thing?

A Horcrux is an object formed by dark magic that is used by a wizard or witch in the Harry Potter series. Horcruxes are created to achieve immortality by splitting a dark wizard's soul into separate pieces.
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How exactly is a Horcrux made?

A Horcrux is created by manually putting part of the soul into an object. Firstly, the soul must be split into two, where one part remains in the human body while the other is destined for the Horcrux. This splitting is accomplished by the “supreme act of evil,” murder, which “rips the soul apart.”
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What is the spell to make a Horcrux?

This dark spell (incantation unknown) was used to prepare a receptacle for the placing of a fragmented piece of soul within it, thereby allowing the target to become a Horcrux, tethering the caster to the mortal world, preventing death.
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What is the real Horcrux in Harry Potter?

Nagini is the last horcrux that Voldemort created and the last one to be destroyed. During the final battle of Hogwarts, Neville pulls the sword of Godric Gryffindor from the Sorting Hat and beheads Nagini, destroying the last horcrux.
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Was the locket fake?

Later that night, Dumbledore was killed by Severus Snape during the Battle of the Astronomy Tower, and Harry found the locket lying next to his body. Recognising that this locket was not the same as what he had seen in the Pensieve, Harry realised that the "Horcrux" was a fake.
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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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Has anyone else made a Horcrux?

Origins. The first known Horcrux was created by Herpo the Foul in Ancient Greece. The only other known creator of a Horcrux was Lord Voldemort, who was likely the only person to have successfully created more than one Horcrux.
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Can you undo a Horcrux?

We know from canon that how you undo a Horcrux is through genuine grief and remorse for your actions. What if we go beyond that? What if that life altering, soul rending grief is superimposed onto a magically charged atmosphere by a powerful witch or wizard?
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What is the horrible act to create a Horcrux?

JK Rowling herself has stated that making a horcrux involves an intentional murder and then taking the part of your soul that splits off and placing it in a container.
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Who was the first wizard to create a Horcrux?

Horcrux: Herpo was the first Dark Wizard in wizarding history to successfully create a Horcrux, although it is unknown what kind of object he used to contain a piece of his fractured soul inside of.
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Why did Voldemort only make 7 Horcruxes?

Voldemort understood this; he knew the dangers of creating so many horcruxes, so he didn't dare to create any more even though he knew some of them were gone. It was too dangerous. He only wanted seven because seven was the most magically powerful number.
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Is Professor 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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Is Nagini a Horcrux?

Nagini was the final Horcrux

'There will come a time when Lord Voldemort will seem to fear for the life of his snake. ' Nagini was not only the last Horcrux to be killed, but also the last Horcrux to be created. In an interview, J.K. Rowling revealed that it was the murder of Bertha Jorkins that made Nagini a Horcrux.
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Why does 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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Was the Elder Wand a Horcrux?

He had not realised that the wand was one of three Hallows, nor sought the other two Hallows. He also possessed the Resurrection Stone but only made use of it as a horcrux. Dumbledore says that he doubts Voldemort would have any interest in the Cloak or the Stone even if he did know about them.
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Was Harry the last Horcrux?

In their final battle years later Voldemort attempted to kill Harry but instead ended up killing his Horcrux inside of Harry. Harry did not die at this time because his blood contained a bond anchoring him to life and protecting him from Voldemort. This is the final Horcrux in the battle to defeat grief.
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Did Voldemort know Harry was a Horcrux?

Voldemort wasn't aware of Harry being a pseudo-horcrux because he didn't plan it, and Harry didn't know either until Voldemort “killed” him, but he actually killed the piece of soul kept in him.
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Did Voldemort invent Avada Kedavra?

Nothing is ever said about the inventor of Avada Kedavra, but it was invented before 1717, because it was classified as an Unforgivable Curse by the British Ministry of Magic then.
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What is the hardest spell to learn in Harry Potter?

Harry Potter: The 15 Hardest Spells To Perform
  1. 1 Killing Curse. The most maligned spell in wizarding history, the Killing Curse allows users to instantly take the lives of their victims.
  2. 2 Flight. ...
  3. 3 Patronus. ...
  4. 4 Imperius Curse. ...
  5. 5 The Creation of a Horcrux. ...
  6. 6 Animagus Spell. ...
  7. 7 Cruciatus Curse. ...
  8. 8 Occlumency and Legilimens. ...
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What did Voldemort split his soul into?

The memory curse leaves her badly damaged, so Voldemort kills her, sending a piece of his soul into his snake, Nagini, and creating his seventh and final Horcrux.
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What Horcrux was from Gryffindor?

Harry was the Gryffindor horcrux. Voldemort had Slytherin's locket, Ravenclaw's diadem, Hufflepuff's cup, and a true Gryffindor. : r/harrypotter.
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How did the diary become a Horcrux?

Creation of the diary as a Horcrux

Eventually one of the Muggle-borns, a Ravenclaw girl named Myrtle Warren, was killed by the Basilisk. Riddle would later use this murder to infuse the journal with a piece of his soul, and transformed it into his first Horcrux.
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How did Voldemort learn the Horcrux spell?

Apr 22, 2021. He learned it from the Baskilisk in the chamber of secrets, I believe, as Professor Quirell mentions it, that is the way he learned Horcrux, and how he built the second level version.
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