Post by Voldemort on Sept 24, 2007 14:58:51 GMT -5
Name: Voldemort also known as Tom Marvalo Riddle
Age/Year: 51 years old
House: none
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. He believes he is superior to the point that he will frequently refer to himself in the third-person as "Lord Voldemort."
Appearance:
History: Tom Marvolo Riddle was born on New Year's Eve, 1926 to Tom Riddle and Merope Gaunt. Through his mother, he is the last descendant of the famous ancient wizard Salazar Slytherin. Through his father, he is a descendant of the Riddles of Little Hangleton, a Muggle family. His mother, Merope, had used a love potion means to persuade the elder Riddle to marry her. Later on when Merope stopped feeding the potion to Riddle, she and her unborn child were abandoned by Riddle.
One New Year's Eve night, Merope wandered into an orphanage in London when she suspected she was about to enter labour. After giving birth, Merope asked the matron to name her son Tom, after his father, and Marvolo, after his maternal grandfather, Marvolo Gaunt, and died within the hour. Riddle was raised at the orphanage. The staff there knew only that "no Tom, nor no Marvolo, nor any kind of Riddle ever came looking for him".
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 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.
An illustration of Tom Riddle reading just before his meeting with Albus Dumbledore.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.
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.
RP Example: Voldemort was getting stronger as the days moved on. After making his horcruxes and hiding them he had so many plans on his mind. Killing off the people of the order of the phoneix or making them run mad was his main idea for now. Glancing over at his followers he sent them off in different directions. Voldemort then ran his left hand through his perfect dark hair.
Tonight was the night he was going to make his biggest infulence on the wizarding world. Those who didn't join him would be in for what they desereved. He needed more power he needed to be the wizard that everyone feared to speak his name.
Age/Year: 51 years old
House: none
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. He believes he is superior to the point that he will frequently refer to himself in the third-person as "Lord Voldemort."
Appearance:
History: Tom Marvolo Riddle was born on New Year's Eve, 1926 to Tom Riddle and Merope Gaunt. Through his mother, he is the last descendant of the famous ancient wizard Salazar Slytherin. Through his father, he is a descendant of the Riddles of Little Hangleton, a Muggle family. His mother, Merope, had used a love potion means to persuade the elder Riddle to marry her. Later on when Merope stopped feeding the potion to Riddle, she and her unborn child were abandoned by Riddle.
One New Year's Eve night, Merope wandered into an orphanage in London when she suspected she was about to enter labour. After giving birth, Merope asked the matron to name her son Tom, after his father, and Marvolo, after his maternal grandfather, Marvolo Gaunt, and died within the hour. Riddle was raised at the orphanage. The staff there knew only that "no Tom, nor no Marvolo, nor any kind of Riddle ever came looking for him".
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 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.
An illustration of Tom Riddle reading just before his meeting with Albus Dumbledore.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.
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.
RP Example: Voldemort was getting stronger as the days moved on. After making his horcruxes and hiding them he had so many plans on his mind. Killing off the people of the order of the phoneix or making them run mad was his main idea for now. Glancing over at his followers he sent them off in different directions. Voldemort then ran his left hand through his perfect dark hair.
Tonight was the night he was going to make his biggest infulence on the wizarding world. Those who didn't join him would be in for what they desereved. He needed more power he needed to be the wizard that everyone feared to speak his name.