![]() ![]() As Harry wasn't actually a Horcrux, this could explain why Voldemort 'felt' this part of his soul being destroyed on this one occasion, and was knocked unconscious after he tried to kill Harry in the forest. Horcruxes are made in a very specific way, Harry's body just housed a part of Voldemort's soul - so he acted like a Horcrux, but he wasn't actually one, strictly speaking. (Also to clarify, JKR has said Harry was never a Horcrux, Dumbledore just simplified it when speaking to him. In both cases, it seems that Voldemort's killing curse could not kill Harry, but it could kill the only part of Harry that wasn't himself - the part of Voldemort's soul that attached to him as a child. The Elder Wand would not kill its own master, so Harry did not die. Secondly, Harry was master of the Elder Wand, even though he did not possess it, as he had defeated Draco, its previous master. Firstly, as Voldemort bound Harry's life to his own by taking Lily's sacrifice into his own body, he could not kill Harry. In terms of why Harry didn't die like Nagini, I think there are two possible explanations. A common misunderstanding is that Lily's protection broke when Harry turned 17, but what actually broke was the protection that keeps Harry safe while he is in his relatives care (this was actually a charm cast by Dumbledore, based on Lily's protection, but separate to it - Lily's overall protection of Harry persists after Dumbledore's charm breaks on Harry's 17 birthday). Voldemort then bypassed part of this protection by taking Harry's blood into his body when he was reborn (which is why he could then touch him), but also by doing that he bound Harry to his own life by taking Lily's protection into his own body (Voldemort didn't know this second part would happen and never understood it). Lily's sacrifice originally protected Harry from the person who tried to murder him - Voldemort - which caused the curse to rebound and also made it impossible for Voldemort to touch Harry. Hey Sam, I'll try and address your points - some of it's unclear in the canon, but I'll do my best with what I know. Sam wrote: "I'm super confused because albus said how it was idiotic to make a horcruz a living thing because if it dies then the horcrux would die along with it like nagini. ![]() (Quote nearly-Headless Nick) As mentioned above, Harry's case was strong enough to let him stay alive if he wanted.Īlso, my Horcruxes, the Truth Amid All the Confusion quiz is based on this stuff- might be helpful. The catch is i think is that the choice for them is not to die or come back to life the choice is to die or to become a ghost. ![]() The way the curse normally works is that you die, so Harry was affected- he went to the in between place because the magical laws said that on one hand, he should die, but on the other hand, there are enough factors floating around (the blood sacrifice, the decision to die) to allow Harry to be allowed to stay on Earth.Īnd just to recap, I think that it's possible that all people go to the in-between place. What I mean to say is that Avada Kedavra is the killing curse, which by all magical laws is supposed to kill Harry. Why is it that because the curse was Avada Kedavra Harry had a choice when it came to dea." His experience with the resurrection stone did prepare him for his choice to sacrifice himself, though.Īurelia wrote: ""Then, because it was Avada Kedavra, Harry went to an in between place where he could have chosen to die." The Hallows were a different part of the book and unrelated to Harry's almost-death in DH. The other reason that this happened was because Lily's sacrifice was still living on: the enchantment was strong enough to bring him back. This happened because, as Dumbledore said, Harry had made the choice to sacrifice himself. Then, because it was Avada Kedavra, Harry went to an in between place where he could have chosen to die. So the horcrux is dead, and Harry's soul is intact. (" If I ran you through with this sword, Ron, your sould wouldn't be damaged at all"~Hermione, DH) If you put a horcrux in a living thing and it dies, the horcrux dies but the thing's soul does not. So what happened was that Voldemort killed his own horcrux. Voldemort had used Harry's blood to come back to life. When Harry met Voldemort in the woods in DH, there were a lot of factors floating around:ġ. Harry didn't die because Voldemort used Harry's blood to resurrect himself, tak." The answer has nothing to do with Hallows. Julia wrote: "In the King's Cross chapter, Harry asked Dumbledore this exact question. ![]()
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