08-06-2007, 10:39 AM
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 Re: The Scaly Flaky Baby
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Originally Posted by teddylupin  ...even though the soul is torn when murder is commited, you don't neccesarily split your soul when you kill, that happens, or so I believe, as you make the actual Horcrux... | Murder is what rips the soul apart. HBP, chapter 23, page 497: "Well, you split your soul, see," said Slughorn, "and hide part of it in an object outside the body. Then, even if one's body is attacked or destroyed, one cannnot die, for part of the soul remains earthbound and undamaged..." "How do you split your soul?" "By an act of evil -- the supreme act of evil. By committing murder. Killing rips the soul apart. The wizard intent upon creating a Horcrux would use the damage to his advantage: He would encase the torn portion..." |