Why didn't they put the locket in Hermione's bag?

Harry, Hermione, and Ron have to wear the locket to keep it safe, but they can't wear it for too long, because otherwise their moods get really dark—especially Ron's.
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What did Hermione have in her bag?

Inside the handbag, Hermione carried clothes, healing and camping supplies such as dittany and Perkins's tent, books, and Harry's Cloak of Invisibility.
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Why was the locket so well protected?

The locket was also well-hidden because it was tthe only one with a link to his muggle life at the orphanage. And that was an extremely obscure connection on top of that, Dumbledore only knew because he talked to the woman working there and then kept talking to Tom about it.
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Who ended up with Slytherin's locket and where is it now?

When Slytherin left Hogwarts, he took the locket with him. After Slytherin's death, the locket was passed down his family line, and eventually came to Marvolo Gaunt, who lived outside the village of Little Hangleton.
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Which Death Eater stole Slytherin's locket and replaced it with a fake?

Regulus drank the potion himself, stole the locket, and replaced it with the false one signed “R.A.B.” that Harry found. He ordered Kreacher to return home, never to reveal to Regulus's family what had happened to him, and to destroy the locket, after which Kreacher saw Regulus dragged beneath the lake and killed.
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Did Umbridge know the locket was a Horcrux?

So Umbridge acquires the locket as a bribe from Mundungus Fletcher, and though it once belonged to Salazar Slytherin, Merope Gaunt, and Hepzibah Smith, Umbridge is unaware that the locket is one of Lord Vodemort's Horcruxes - or that it belonged to him at all.
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What did Kreacher tell Bellatrix?

Sirius Black

Kreacher resented Sirius because of this treatment, and he later betrayed Sirius by telling Bellatrix about how she could exploit his close relationship with Harry, eventually resulting in Sirius' death.
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Why did the locket have an eye in it?

Inside the locket's picture windows were two eyes that resembled Tom Riddle's eyes, before his soul-severing caused his eyes to turn red. The locket then began to mentally torture Ron mocking his greatest fears.
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What powers did Slytherins locket have?

The Horcrux had the ability to show one's darkest fear, or insecurity. Perhaps its original power was to show one's desire or ambition (so the glass windows within the locket function somewhat like the Mirror of Erised).
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Why was Umbridge not affected by the locket?

If anything the Locket may have been channeling her anti-muggle hatred and expanding on it. Dolores Umbridge complemented Voldemort's essence well so there really was no negative effect just an expansion on how Umbridge already acted.
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What was Dumbledore's curse?

Gaunt's ring

After retrieving the ring Albus Dumbledore himself fell victim to a curse that, even when contained, would likely have killed him within the year.
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Who knew Harry was a Horcrux?

It would also explain why Snape saved Harry's life in the Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone,45 and why he tried to save it again in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban:46 As long as Harry was alive and Snape was the only one who knew Harry was a Horcrux, Snape would have leverage over Voldemort if ever ...
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Who has the real locket Horcrux?

The real Horcrux was taken to Twelve Grimmauld Place where Kreacher, following his master's orders, tried to destroy it. When it went missing, Kreacher apprehended Mundungus Fletcher, who had stolen the locket and given it to Dolores Umbridge.
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What is Hermione's bottomless bag called?

Mokeskin pouch was a kind of small magical bag made of Mokeskin that was used for storing items, which no one but the owner could get out.
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What spell did Hermione use on her bag?

In the last book of the Harry Potter series, Hermione Granger had a purple beaded handbag upon which she placed a handy spell called an Undetectable Extension Charm. The result was a little purse that contained all the necessary items for Harry, Hermione and Ron's Horcrux finding adventure.
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What was Hermione holding in her hand?

Not wanting to get caught in their lie, the boys trudge to the infirmary and find, clasped in Hermione's hand, a piece of paper that, once wrenched out, displays a paragraph of information about the basilisk that fits right in with all of the eerie things that have happened: it lives for hundreds of years, speaks in ...
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What ring did Dumbledore put on?

However, the Stone was useless while trapped inside the cursed Horcrux ring because it had to be turned three times in someone's hand in order to work (BLC). Instead, when Dumbledore put on the ring, it made his hand wither and blacken, and Snape had to work quickly to keep Dumbledore from dying immediately (HBP23).
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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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What happened to the invisibility cloak after the deathly hallows?

The Cloak of Invisibility was passed down to Ignotus's son. Ignotus's son had no male heirs so his oldest daughter, Iolanthe, inherited it instead.
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Who left the note in the fake Horcrux?

In 1997, Kreacher told Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, and Hermione Granger of Regulus' attempt to destroy the Horcrux, having been there himself, as the trio also sought to destroy Voldemort's Horcruxes. They then realised that Regulus was R.A.B. that was signed on the note to Lord Voldemort.
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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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Why was Dolores Umbridge so cruel?

According to a fan theory online, it is possible that Dolores Umbridge was so evil because she wore a horcrux. Could it be that the cursed locket was the cause of the woman's awful behavior? It seems more likely that, like the Dursleys, Umbridge was most likely just terrible because that's the kind of person she is.
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Was Bellatrix nice to Kreacher?

Kreacher was a house-elf for a LONG TIME in "The House of Black" and was "nanny" to all of them, but in the cruel way of his nature. Narcissa and Bellatrix were in part raised by Kreacher, so harbored a kind of caring that Kreacher recognized.
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How did Ron get his scars?

Ron Weasley had deep scars on his arms from being attacked by brains with tentacles at the Department of Mysteries. Madam Pomfrey applied Dr. Ubbly's Oblivious Unction which did a little good, but she also observed that "thoughts could leave deeper scarring than almost anything else" (OP38).
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Did Harry and Ginny live in Grimmauld Place?

It's unknown what happened to Grimmauld Place when the Second Wizarding War was over, but even though Harry was not living in it, it's possible that it was kept safe for the Order of the Phoenix.
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