horcrux

After some recent discussion I thought that I’d post about something that I’ve been thinking about since the end of Chamber of Secrets i.e. that Voldemort is a Lich-  a powerful wizard or magician who keeps themselves from destruction by hiding their soul in powerful magic items- though they must die to achieve this.

The word lich (lych) is  Old English for corpse and is a good visual description of the Lich.  It also points to the undead nature of the creature.

I first encountered liches in the Dungeons and Dragons game but, upon [click to continue…]

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