Post by Tom Riddle/Lord Voldemort on Sept 3, 2007 16:36:45 GMT -5
Name: Tom Marvolo Riddle (Lord Voldemort)
Age: dunno, 60ish
Blood: Realated to Salazar Slytherin but Has a Muggle Father and Wizard Mother
Wand: thirteen and a half inches. Yew. Pheonix Feather
Pet: Snake named Nagini
Alliance: The Dark Lord
Job none i thik.
Personality:
Voldemort is regarded as highly ruthless and sadistic even to his own henchmen who serve him out of a mixture of fear and respect.What seems to drive him is his megalomaniacal sense of entitlement. He believes he is superior to the point that he will frequently refer to himself in the third-person as "Lord Voldemort.Voldemort is incredibly power hungry. Racist,and holds human life in utter disregard.
Likes:
Power
Imortality
Being Feared by All
Pure blood
Dislikes:
ignominious death
Mudbloods
Harry Potter
Orphanage where he grew up
Muggles
Description:
Voldemort has very pale skin, a chalk-white, skull-like face, snake-like slits for nostrils, red eyes and cat-like slits for pupils, a skeletally thin body and long, thin hands with unnaturally long fingers. Earlier in life Tom Marvolo Riddle is described as very handsome which is seemingly an inherited trait from his father, for his mother "...was no beauty".
The transformation into his monstrous state is believed to have been caused by practising extremely advanced Dark magic, such as creating Horcruxes to split his soul, or deliberate intent to further separate himself from his father.
History:
From an early age, he showed an extraordinary insensitivity. He was suspected by the staff of being a bully who tortured other children at the orphanage largely for fun. It was Dumbledore's duty to visit Riddle when he reached the age of 11 and invite him to study at Hogwarts. By that time he already showed great potential as a magic-user; he could move things with his mind, make animals do his bidding, speak with snakes, cause people pain, and, in his own words, "make bad things happen to people who annoyed him." He displayed cruelty, a disregard for others, a need for absolute and total control and a lack of moral judgment. In his first meeting with Dumbledore, Riddle was seen to be a sharply intelligent and calculating boy with a cold, smoothly expressionless face intended to prevent others guessing what he was thinking. He was sure that he was born to be different, and detested his name "Tom," which he deemed to be too common. He also demonstrated a hunger for power when Dumbledore proved that magic was real to him, by setting his wardrobe on fire and then extinguishing the flames, without any harm done.
Before going to Hogwarts, he obtained a magic wand made of yew, a wood associated with death and rebirth, which has innate destructive workings and is well suited for use in transfiguration. It was 13½ inches long and had the feather of a phoenix at its core. The wand's maker, Mr Ollivander, obtained this feather from Dumbledore's pet phoenix, Fawkes. Fawkes gave just one other feather to be used in a wand, and coincidentally this wand "chose" to belong to Harry Potter.
Riddle attended Hogwarts from 1938 to 1945 and was sorted into Slytherin house. He was an extremely handsome and gifted student, with a thirst for knowledge, and became a staff favourite. He was made a Prefect and eventually the Head Boy. He was described by Albus Dumbledore as "the most marvelous student ever to pass through Hogwarts". However, Dumbledore never forgot the enjoyment in cruelty that Riddle had confessed to him on their first meeting, and never fully trusted him. During holidays he was obliged to return to the orphanage, which he hated.
He quickly gathered a group of followers, particularly fellow Slytherin students, whom he referred to as "friends", but for whom he is said to have felt little or no compassion. Many of these people, and later on, their sons, were to become what he termed Death Eaters; he is shown to have at least a two generation influence over the Avery and Lestrange families. Riddle and his friends started their trouble-making while at Hogwarts; Dumbledore states that during the time they were at school, a series of incidents occurred to which the answers were never satisfactorily linked. It was around this time that Riddle began using the name "Lord Voldemort" among his followers; "I am Lord Voldemort" is an anagram of his full name, Tom Marvolo Riddle.
Knowing that he shared at least some traits with Salazar Slytherin, Tom was eager to trace his own ancestry. Having failed to find any mention of the name "Riddle" in the school records or wizarding literature, he instead discovered the origins of his middle name "Marvolo". In 1942, the summer before his fifth year at Hogwarts (or, as Dumbledore phrased it, in the summer of his sixteenth year), Riddle returned to Little Hangleton, hoping to meet his maternal grandfather, Marvolo Gaunt, and confirm that he was a descendant of the Gaunts, and, through them, Slytherin. Instead, he met his uncle Morfin, learning of his grandfather's death and his father's non-magical nature. He stole an heirloom ring from Morfin, and, upon learning that his father was still alive and had abandoned his mother, murdered him and his father's Muggle parents. He framed Morfin for the murders by modifying his memory so that Morfin believed he was the murderer. Morfin confessed this to the Ministry of Magic, and sent to Azkaban for life. Frank Bryce, the Riddles' gardener, fell under suspicion from the muggle police, as the door to the Riddle House had not been forced and Bryce was the only person with keys to the house. The cause of death could not be determined, however, due to the fact that the Killing Curse leaves the victim lifeless with no signs of any struggle, wound, or medical problem, and Bryce was released, though he was regarded with suspicion by the other villagers until his death in 1994 at the hand of Voldemort. In this way, two men were blamed for the Riddle murders and Riddle kept the Gaunts' ring and returned to Hogwarts for his fifth year.
During Riddle's fifth year at Hogwarts, in 1942–1943, he opened the Chamber of Secrets, created by his ancestor Salazar Slytherin, which led to the death of a muggle-born student named Myrtle. When the repercussions from the incident threatened to result in Hogwarts being closed, he used Rubeus Hagrid's possession of an acromantula to frame him for the crime, and got the boy expelled. Riddle was even given an award for "Special Services to the School". Only Dumbledore ever suspected him, as Riddle had exercised his considerable charm over most of the other staff, including Potions Master Horace Slughorn.HBP
In his fifth to seventh years at Hogwarts he became even more obsessed with immortality. Some time in either his sixth year, or the first term of his seventh year, Riddle questioned Slughorn about Horcruxes. Riddle successfully fooled the professor into thinking that it was only for school work or for "further knowledge", and Slughorn explained why and how Horcruxes were created. It is certain that Riddle already knew much of the lore of Horcruxes, and was asking Slughorn whether seven Horcruxes would bring a person closest to immortality, seven being the most powerful magical number. Slughorn reacted with horror at the thought of the multiple murders required.
After completing his education, Riddle sought to become a teacher at Hogwarts; specifically, the Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher. The Headmaster Armando Dippet turned Riddle down, but only because he had felt that the young man was not old enough.
Riddle took a job at Borgin and Burkes, purveyors of dark magical objects. In the course of his work there, he came into contact with two relics of the Hogwarts founders. Salazar Slytherin's locket had once been an heirloom of the Gaunt family, but had been bought by Burke for a tiny sum of ten galleons when Merope Gaunt had been homeless and starving. It was sold to Hepzibah Smith. One day, when Riddle visited Hepzibah to make a request from Mr. Burke regarding a piece of goblin-made armor, Hepzibah showed Riddle the locket, as well as her own family heirloom, a cup bearing the Hufflepuff badger which had once belonged to Helga Hufflepuff,of whom Hepzibah was a distant descendant. Riddle murdered Hepzibah two days later and implanted a false memory with Hepzibah’s house-elf, Hokey, framing her for the murder. Having stolen the artifacts, he left wizarding Britain for a decade. Riddle traveled to Albania where he obtained a relic from another of Hogwart's founders, Rowena Ravenclaw. Her magical diadem was hidden in a tree by her daughter Helena. Riddle used all three relics to create Horcruxes, containers for portions of his soul which might protect him from death.
At some point during his travels, he officially rechristened himself Lord Voldemort and stopped using the name Tom Riddle entirely. Once he returned to Britain, he again sought the Defence Against the Dark Arts teaching position. By that time, Albus Dumbledore had succeeded Dippet as the Headmaster of Hogwarts. However, the new Headmaster was averse to the idea and suspected that Riddle had ulterior motives in seeking the job. Moreover, Dumbledore knew of Riddle's followers, now referred to as Death Eaters, and had no intention of allowing Riddle access to the school's ancient secrets, nor to be in a position of power and influence over the students. Riddle was again refused the post. From that time and until Lord Voldemort's final downfall, Hogwarts was unable to keep a Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher for more than a year, due to a curse he had set upon the position after being refused it.
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Age: dunno, 60ish
Blood: Realated to Salazar Slytherin but Has a Muggle Father and Wizard Mother
Wand: thirteen and a half inches. Yew. Pheonix Feather
Pet: Snake named Nagini
Alliance: The Dark Lord
Job none i thik.
Personality:
Voldemort is regarded as highly ruthless and sadistic even to his own henchmen who serve him out of a mixture of fear and respect.What seems to drive him is his megalomaniacal sense of entitlement. He believes he is superior to the point that he will frequently refer to himself in the third-person as "Lord Voldemort.Voldemort is incredibly power hungry. Racist,and holds human life in utter disregard.
Likes:
Power
Imortality
Being Feared by All
Pure blood
Dislikes:
ignominious death
Mudbloods
Harry Potter
Orphanage where he grew up
Muggles
Description:
Voldemort has very pale skin, a chalk-white, skull-like face, snake-like slits for nostrils, red eyes and cat-like slits for pupils, a skeletally thin body and long, thin hands with unnaturally long fingers. Earlier in life Tom Marvolo Riddle is described as very handsome which is seemingly an inherited trait from his father, for his mother "...was no beauty".
The transformation into his monstrous state is believed to have been caused by practising extremely advanced Dark magic, such as creating Horcruxes to split his soul, or deliberate intent to further separate himself from his father.
History:
From an early age, he showed an extraordinary insensitivity. He was suspected by the staff of being a bully who tortured other children at the orphanage largely for fun. It was Dumbledore's duty to visit Riddle when he reached the age of 11 and invite him to study at Hogwarts. By that time he already showed great potential as a magic-user; he could move things with his mind, make animals do his bidding, speak with snakes, cause people pain, and, in his own words, "make bad things happen to people who annoyed him." He displayed cruelty, a disregard for others, a need for absolute and total control and a lack of moral judgment. In his first meeting with Dumbledore, Riddle was seen to be a sharply intelligent and calculating boy with a cold, smoothly expressionless face intended to prevent others guessing what he was thinking. He was sure that he was born to be different, and detested his name "Tom," which he deemed to be too common. He also demonstrated a hunger for power when Dumbledore proved that magic was real to him, by setting his wardrobe on fire and then extinguishing the flames, without any harm done.
Before going to Hogwarts, he obtained a magic wand made of yew, a wood associated with death and rebirth, which has innate destructive workings and is well suited for use in transfiguration. It was 13½ inches long and had the feather of a phoenix at its core. The wand's maker, Mr Ollivander, obtained this feather from Dumbledore's pet phoenix, Fawkes. Fawkes gave just one other feather to be used in a wand, and coincidentally this wand "chose" to belong to Harry Potter.
Riddle attended Hogwarts from 1938 to 1945 and was sorted into Slytherin house. He was an extremely handsome and gifted student, with a thirst for knowledge, and became a staff favourite. He was made a Prefect and eventually the Head Boy. He was described by Albus Dumbledore as "the most marvelous student ever to pass through Hogwarts". However, Dumbledore never forgot the enjoyment in cruelty that Riddle had confessed to him on their first meeting, and never fully trusted him. During holidays he was obliged to return to the orphanage, which he hated.
He quickly gathered a group of followers, particularly fellow Slytherin students, whom he referred to as "friends", but for whom he is said to have felt little or no compassion. Many of these people, and later on, their sons, were to become what he termed Death Eaters; he is shown to have at least a two generation influence over the Avery and Lestrange families. Riddle and his friends started their trouble-making while at Hogwarts; Dumbledore states that during the time they were at school, a series of incidents occurred to which the answers were never satisfactorily linked. It was around this time that Riddle began using the name "Lord Voldemort" among his followers; "I am Lord Voldemort" is an anagram of his full name, Tom Marvolo Riddle.
Knowing that he shared at least some traits with Salazar Slytherin, Tom was eager to trace his own ancestry. Having failed to find any mention of the name "Riddle" in the school records or wizarding literature, he instead discovered the origins of his middle name "Marvolo". In 1942, the summer before his fifth year at Hogwarts (or, as Dumbledore phrased it, in the summer of his sixteenth year), Riddle returned to Little Hangleton, hoping to meet his maternal grandfather, Marvolo Gaunt, and confirm that he was a descendant of the Gaunts, and, through them, Slytherin. Instead, he met his uncle Morfin, learning of his grandfather's death and his father's non-magical nature. He stole an heirloom ring from Morfin, and, upon learning that his father was still alive and had abandoned his mother, murdered him and his father's Muggle parents. He framed Morfin for the murders by modifying his memory so that Morfin believed he was the murderer. Morfin confessed this to the Ministry of Magic, and sent to Azkaban for life. Frank Bryce, the Riddles' gardener, fell under suspicion from the muggle police, as the door to the Riddle House had not been forced and Bryce was the only person with keys to the house. The cause of death could not be determined, however, due to the fact that the Killing Curse leaves the victim lifeless with no signs of any struggle, wound, or medical problem, and Bryce was released, though he was regarded with suspicion by the other villagers until his death in 1994 at the hand of Voldemort. In this way, two men were blamed for the Riddle murders and Riddle kept the Gaunts' ring and returned to Hogwarts for his fifth year.
During Riddle's fifth year at Hogwarts, in 1942–1943, he opened the Chamber of Secrets, created by his ancestor Salazar Slytherin, which led to the death of a muggle-born student named Myrtle. When the repercussions from the incident threatened to result in Hogwarts being closed, he used Rubeus Hagrid's possession of an acromantula to frame him for the crime, and got the boy expelled. Riddle was even given an award for "Special Services to the School". Only Dumbledore ever suspected him, as Riddle had exercised his considerable charm over most of the other staff, including Potions Master Horace Slughorn.HBP
In his fifth to seventh years at Hogwarts he became even more obsessed with immortality. Some time in either his sixth year, or the first term of his seventh year, Riddle questioned Slughorn about Horcruxes. Riddle successfully fooled the professor into thinking that it was only for school work or for "further knowledge", and Slughorn explained why and how Horcruxes were created. It is certain that Riddle already knew much of the lore of Horcruxes, and was asking Slughorn whether seven Horcruxes would bring a person closest to immortality, seven being the most powerful magical number. Slughorn reacted with horror at the thought of the multiple murders required.
After completing his education, Riddle sought to become a teacher at Hogwarts; specifically, the Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher. The Headmaster Armando Dippet turned Riddle down, but only because he had felt that the young man was not old enough.
Riddle took a job at Borgin and Burkes, purveyors of dark magical objects. In the course of his work there, he came into contact with two relics of the Hogwarts founders. Salazar Slytherin's locket had once been an heirloom of the Gaunt family, but had been bought by Burke for a tiny sum of ten galleons when Merope Gaunt had been homeless and starving. It was sold to Hepzibah Smith. One day, when Riddle visited Hepzibah to make a request from Mr. Burke regarding a piece of goblin-made armor, Hepzibah showed Riddle the locket, as well as her own family heirloom, a cup bearing the Hufflepuff badger which had once belonged to Helga Hufflepuff,of whom Hepzibah was a distant descendant. Riddle murdered Hepzibah two days later and implanted a false memory with Hepzibah’s house-elf, Hokey, framing her for the murder. Having stolen the artifacts, he left wizarding Britain for a decade. Riddle traveled to Albania where he obtained a relic from another of Hogwart's founders, Rowena Ravenclaw. Her magical diadem was hidden in a tree by her daughter Helena. Riddle used all three relics to create Horcruxes, containers for portions of his soul which might protect him from death.
At some point during his travels, he officially rechristened himself Lord Voldemort and stopped using the name Tom Riddle entirely. Once he returned to Britain, he again sought the Defence Against the Dark Arts teaching position. By that time, Albus Dumbledore had succeeded Dippet as the Headmaster of Hogwarts. However, the new Headmaster was averse to the idea and suspected that Riddle had ulterior motives in seeking the job. Moreover, Dumbledore knew of Riddle's followers, now referred to as Death Eaters, and had no intention of allowing Riddle access to the school's ancient secrets, nor to be in a position of power and influence over the students. Riddle was again refused the post. From that time and until Lord Voldemort's final downfall, Hogwarts was unable to keep a Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher for more than a year, due to a curse he had set upon the position after being refused it.
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