In the battle of Hogwarts, after Voldemort knew that all Horcruxes were destroyed and the curse Avada Kedavra will not affect Harry a second time, does Voldemort never think of fleeing the scene and coming again with a better plan instead of going one on one with Harry? He can create Horcruxes again right? and then he can think about what went wrong with killing Harry and after that strike hard.
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I just re-watched the scene of Voldemort's death in the Deathly Hallows Part 2 movie. Voldemort and Harry's wands were locked with each other and then Neville killed Nagini. Suddenly, the green and red lights from Harry and Voldemort's spells disappeared. Both Voldemort and Harry noticed that the last Horcrux was no more.  Seeing that, why didn't Voldemort simply escape? He could have later returned with a new set of Horcruxes.
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Harry, before the Triwizard Tournament, was able to send owls to Sirius when he was in hiding (not at Grimmauld Place) just by telling them "just find him, will you?", and the owl would come back a few days later with an answer. This doesn't happen with Hedwig only, because, if I recall correctly, he uses school owls as well.  If finding Sirius was as easy as telling an owl "find him", and a 13-year-old wizard could do it, how come the Ministry had no clue as to where he was? They could've sent an owl with a summons and followed it from a distance.  Two theories, neither mentioned in the book, and both a bit unlikely:   He was living as a dog and -hopefully- the Ministry would not be able to recognize him. Unlikely because the owl would have got there anyway, so they would have guessed the dog was Sirius in disguise, not necessarily as an animagus, but maybe he could perform human-animal transfiguration (remember he was brilliant at school).. Kingsley Shacklebolt was already in charge of the hunt and Dumbledore told him Sirius was innocent and all that. Then, Kingsley would have prevented the Ministry from using any method that could've actually worked. Unlikely because they could've used owls before Dumbledore's tip, when Kingsley didn't know Sirius was innocent, and also because Kingsley was quite powerful and had the support of Crouch and others at the Ministry, so if he was in charge, they would probably have succeeded.   Your thoughts?
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We know that Harry survived Voldemort's killing curse because Lily loved him so much that she sacrificed herself in an attempt to protect him. This resulted in a very powerful charm that pretty much rendered Harry immune to Voldemort (until Voldemort figured out the work-around). Then there's this passage describing that night:  [Voldemort] was over the threshold as James came sprinting down the hall. It was easy, too easy, he had not even picked up his wand ... &quot;Lily, take Harry and go! It's him! Go! Run! I'll hold him off -&quot; Hold him off, without a wand in his hand! ... He laughed before casting the curse ... &quot;Avada Kedavra!&quot; Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Chapter 17: Bathilda's Secret  So James Potter, fully aware that he was sacrificing himself (he said &quot;I'll hold him off,&quot; not &quot;I'll get rid of him&quot;) ran to face Voldemort because of his love for Lily and Harry. This seems to be very similar to how Lily tried to protect Harry from Voldemort even though she knew she would die. It seems to me that the same charm should have been cast upon Lily when James died, but just moments later Voldemort killed her too. Apparently James' sacrifice did not result in a charm that protected Lily, even though he did it from love for her and Harry. Why is this? Was something different in the circumstances?
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Voldemort was said to be very interested in the four founders of Hogwarts. He created a Horcrux from the Ravenclaw diadem, the Hufflepuff cup, and the Slytherin locket. Did he try to find a Gryffindor relic to complete the set, or did he not bother?   I can't see him giving up on such a task, but maybe there was insufficient time.  Gryffindor's sword was hiding 'inside' the Sorting Hat, but a famous family usually has some other heirlooms too.  If there are no canon answers I'd be interested in your own speculation!
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After the downfall of Voldemort, what happened to the Death Eaters?  They committed many crimes, including mass murder and torture. Nothing in the books made mention of their punishments. What happened?
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If Quirrell got burnt when he wanted to hurt Harry, why didn’t others? I mean, was this power Harry had from his mother mentioned in any other situation? Or did Lily's sacrifice just work for Voldemort and Quirrell died because of Voldemort?
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I have seen many discussions here about locations where Voldemort hid his Horcruxes. The fans settle down with this: Voldemort chose those locations where he himself could easily reach.  Why didn't Voldemort just vanish his Horcruxes using Fidelius Charm and became Secret Keeper himself? This way only and only he could reach it (making him 100% immortal). And, there's no flaw to it.
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I do believe that Severus knew he was in danger in the Shrieking Shack. Harry even wondered if he sensed danger. Voldemort said to him,     I have thought long and hard, Severus… do you know why I have called you back from the battle?   If you put two and two together, Snape must have known that he was in danger. He must have known that the fight was almost over, because Dumbledore told him to tell Harry (indirectly) that he was a horcrux. He had orders, so why couldn’t he just disapparate into the castle?
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I just finished The Goblet of Fire for the fourth time, but this time I read it while watching out for "Professor Moody"s behavior during school. One piece that stands out is the Defense Against the Dark Arts lesson where Barty Crouch Jr. shows all of the students the Unforgiveable Curses.   This alone wouldn't be weird, as we know it was important that Barty played the eccentric/paranoid character of Mad-Eye well. However, he makes it a point during the lesson to continue using the Imperius Curse on Harry until Harry can resist it. Ignoring the fact that Harry learned to resist one of the most dangerous curses in the magical world in an hour-long class (Aurors should sign up for that, huh?) - what possible motivation would Barty have to teach/train Harry Potter how to resist a very useful Dark spell? Voldemort, later in the same book, even tries to use the Imperius Curse on Harry and can't (one would assume this is due to the earlier training).   The argument of "fitting in" doesn't seem to apply here, as merely demonstrating the curses at all was already straining the limits of Mad Eye's eccentric reputation; plus he only repeatedly targeted Harry. He could just as easily have not aroused suspicion by showing them the curses, or Imperius-ing all of the students equally. The only thing Barty accomplished was strengthening Harry's chances against Voldemort.  There's also the possibility that he simply hated the boy who defeated his master, and as such, wanted to torture him. But in that case, why not "teach them to resist/experience" the Cruciatus Curse? It has just as flimsy of an excuse (i.e. "showing them how it works") but with far more effective results. Furthermore, making a student jump on top of a desk would hardly qualify as torture, even someone as loony as Barty.
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When I read "Deathly Hallows", the whole idea seemed to be less organic to me. Unlike Horcruxes that were foreshadowed ever since "Chamber of Secrets" and subsequent books, the idea of Hallows seemed to be something JKR just stuck into the seventh book as a "last moment" idea.  Did Rowling address this somehow in terms of when she started planning for the idea of Hallows?
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Voldemort mentions several times during the books (in particular at the ‘rebirthing party’ in the graveyard at the end of Goblet of Fire) that he has spent quite a lot of his time over the years plotting ways to get at Harry.  It is of course clear that Voldemort cannot get to or harm Harry while he is at 4, Privet Drive, because he is under the protection of ‘old magic’ there. It also makes sense that getting to him while he is at Hogwarts under Dumbledore’s protection would be rather more of a risk than Voldemort is willing to run.  The dénouement of Goblet of Fire describes Voldemort’s plan as hinging upon Harry being in a specific place at a specific time (at the Triwizard Cup), so that Voldemort could get him on his own, away from the protection of Dumbledore and old magic.  But there is one time when Voldemort (and everyone else) knows, basically, that Harry will be alone (apart from the Dursleys, and who cares about them?) and unprotected, in a specific place, at a specific time: when the Hogwarts Express has taken him back to London and the Dursleys are driving him back home to Surrey.1  We know from Deathly Hallows that the charm hiding Harry while at Privet Drive extends only to the boundaries of the house/property, so while the Dursleys and Harry are driving along the M3 (or whatever way they take home), he’s quite exposed.  Why not target him there?  &nbsp;  1 There are other times when he’s unprotected, of course, but they’re less predictable and harder to plan for.
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After the death of Lord Voldemort, Harry was taken to the Dursleys and became known as "The Boy Who Lived".  We know that the Wizarding World found out  that Voldemort was dead and undoubtedly it was Dumbledore that advised people that Harry had somehow survived the attack and caused Voldemort's death. According to Snape (in HP:HBP) there were even persistent rumours that Harry was a powerful Dark Wizard in the making until he turned up at Hogwarts a decade later.  My question is : Where did the Wizarding World think Harry was for the intervening 10 years?
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As teenager Tom Riddle is speaking to Harry Potter in the Chamber of Secrets, both he and Harry are refering to the real Voldemort in the third person. If Tom Riddle had succeeded in sucking all the life energy out of Ginny and had come back alive, wouldn't that have meant there were two Voldemorts in the world? The wraith one which had lived in Quirrell, and the newly constituted one?  This Tom Riddle clearly doesn't have the memories of the wraith version.   As a bonus: If they both existed, would they have competed against each other?
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Although not completely analogous, there do seem to be some similarities between Sauron's "soul" embodied in the  and Voldemort's "soul" embodied in a Horcrux.   Has JKR ever talked about the inspiration of creating the Horcrux idea?  I'm wondering if she has ever discussed this aspect in her numerous interviews/tweets/etc.
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During Order of the Phoenix Harry gets regular insights into Voldemort's thoughts and feelings. He gets snapshots of where Voldemort is and what he's doing. These visions stopped during Half-Blood Prince because Voldemort was practising Occlumency.     "So tell me, Harry," said Dumbledore. "Your scar...has it been hurting at all?"   Harry raised a hand unconsciously to his forehead and rubbed the lightning-shaped mark.   "No," he said, "and I've been wondering about that. I thought it would be burning all the time now Voldemort's getting so powerful again."   He glanced up at Dumbledore and saw that he was wearing a satisfied expression.   "I, on the other hand, thought otherwise," said Dumbledore. "Lord Voldemort has finally realised the dangerous access to his thoughts and feelings you have been enjoying. It appears he is now employing Occlumency against you."   (Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 4, Horace Slughorn).   It seems that at this point Voldemort realises that giving his archenemy intimate access into his mind and his plans isn't such a good idea. Which makes it all the stranger when those visions start up again in Deathly Hallows. Why would he make himself vulnerable in this way?  In Order of the Phoenix, he uses his connection with Harry as a weapon, to trick Harry into going to the Department of Mysteries to retrieve the prophecy. Even though he also gives Harry unintended insights into his plans as well (such as when he interviews Rookwood) he is basically a step ahead of Harry. The connection serves a purpose.  In Deathly Hallows it surely serves no such purpose. It only makes Voldemort vulnerable. Because of the connection Harry is able to keep track of Voldemort's movements and plans, which hindered Voldemort on several occasions. Through the connection Harry was forewarned that Voldemort was on his way to Godric's Hollow and to Malfoy Manor. Through the connection Harry realised that Voldemort was obsessed with the Elder Wand, meaning that Harry could potentially have worked out its location and taken it before Voldemort got there. Through the connection Voldemort showed Harry that he was worried about his Horcruxes being discovered, and in the process revealed to Harry that the last Horcrux was hidden in Hogwarts. And through the connection Harry knew Voldemort was in the Shrieking Shack during the Battle of Hogwarts, allowing Harry to get Snape's last memory. Time after time, Voldemort exposed himself in a way he didn't during the previous book.  Was stopping Occlumency a conscious decision on Voldemort's part? What purpose did it serve?
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As wielder of an elder wand that belonged to Harry, during Voldemort’s Last Stand, there are two instances of Priori Incantatem occurring, back to back.  Basically, the current order of events makes total sense. Since Nagini was the last horcrux, when the body died, the fragment of Voldemort’s soul locked in it was released. This disrupted the first instance of Priori Incantatem, and Voldemort was now significantly weaker than Harry – so Harry won. Naturally, the Elder Wand’s killing spell was reflected back on Voldemort because of Priori Incantatem outcome.   But, if Voldemort was just told by Harry that the Elder Wand wouldn’t work against Harry because it belonged to Harry, and was a wand that would win any duel for its master, why would Voldemort willingly try and continue to use it? This is doubly so, since after he had cast the killing spell on Harry once it had only torn Voldemort’s soul from Harry’s body – wouldn’t that even imply that the Elder Wand would realistically refuse almost any attempted direct harm against its owner?  Also, wouldn’t a first refusal of the Elder Wand to kill it’s own master also imply an additional refusal even if Voldemort had won either of the Priori Incantatem matches (in which case, the worst that could happen in this line of thinking is, Voldemort has Harry’s wand since Harry’s spell is Expelliarmus)?
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Looking at , it looks like the OotP and the Aurors had the odds stacked against them. Did the OotP have any chance of defeating Voldemort, either by permanent restraint, or death and finding his horcruxes? Is there anything to indicate that anything but The Boy Who Lived would have stopped him?