He focused solely on the identity of his father, thinking him to be the magical parent, as he felt his mother could not have been a witch if she had died. Directed by Gianmaria Pezzato. Voldemort lost his physical form and magical powers, but he remained alive in ghostly form. He gained physical form by inhabiting animals, mainly snakes, though he disliked doing so because the bodies of such animals were ill-equipped to perform magic, and because his possession significantly reduced their lifespans; none of his hosts survived for too long. All reviews welcomed. In a series of flashbacks, using the In the main plot of the book, Voldemort's next step is to engineer an assault on Hogwarts, and to kill Dumbledore. He had already been indoctrinated by the Black family into believing Voldemort's prejudice. He did seem to consider her of greater importance than most of his other servants. Voldemort was ashamed of his Muggle-sided parentage so much that he denied it, left misleading hints that he was a pure-blood and proudly presented his ancestry from Salazar Slytherin. Ironically, his obsession in taking the life of his nemesis was what eventually led to his own death and no better than tyrants before him. During Riddle's seventh year at Hogwarts, he was made After graduating, Riddle immediately approached Dippet and asked him for a chance to teach Shortly before leaving Hogwarts, however, Riddle charmed Upon his return to Britain, Riddle was offered several positions in the Ministry of Magic, but ended up working at While working at Borgin and Burkes, Riddle befriended Riddle disappeared for ten long years. He was sadistic to other children in the orphanage where he grew up and opened the Despite the fact that he usually maintained a calm, reserved and sophisticated persona, Lord Voldemort was capable of phenomenally explosive and violent fits of rage. But after possessing Harry's mind, Harry's overwhelming emotions for his friends and family were so overpowering and disturbing to Voldemort that they drove him out. He would dread returning to the facility during the It is unknown if Voldemort and Grindelwald had ever met each other prior to 1998. Out of this union would be born their daughter With Voldemort no longer needing to keep his actions silent, the In July 1996, Voldemort required a spy within Hogwarts and inducted Lucius Malfoy's son Voldemort killing Charity Burbage during the meeting held at Malfoy ManorHarry Potter's wand acting of its own accord against Voldemort during the Voldemort returned to his headquarters at Malfoy Manor and, accompanied by Peter Pettigrew, accused Ollivander of deliberately misleading him and tortured him with the Cruciatus Curse. During his lifetime including much of his childhood, he was shown to be highly ruthless, cruel, merciless, and sadistic, showing as little mercy to his followers as he did his enemies. When the Ministry of Magic investigated the crime, Morfin, who had previously served three years in Riddle succeeded in doing so at some point during this year, creating his first Horcrux in the form of the aforementioned diary and his second in the form of the inherited ring. Instead, he preferred to make Horcruxes, which were magical extensions of himself. Rather than express shock or betrayal, Voldemort reacted with indifference to these revelations, as he believed that he was now the master of the Elder Wand. Not realizing that attempting to cast a Killing Curse on a victim after killing a protector who had voluntarily sacrificed themselves would result in the curse rebounding off due to the magic of love, not accounting house-elves such as Dobby would use their magic against him and his forces simply due to their social status, and equating death with being defeated or loss of domination, the ultimate humiliation.