Harry Potter character
Lord Voldemort
Ralph Fiennes as Voldemort in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
House	Slytherin
Actor	Ralph Fiennes Christian Coulson, as a 16-year-old in HP2 Hero Fiennes Tiffin, as an 11-year-old in HP6 Frank Dillane, as a 16-year-old in HP6 Ian Hart voice in HP1 Richard Bremmer, non-faced in HP1
First appearance	Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

Lord Voldemort (pronounced /ˈvoʊldəmɔr/)^[1][2] is a fictional character and the primary antagonist in the Harry Potter novel series written by British author J. K. Rowling. Harry Potter is a series of seven Fantasy novels written by British author J Ralph Nathaniel Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes ( "rafe fines" born 22 December 1962) is a British Actor. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is a 2007 fantasy adventure Film, based on the novel of the same name by Ralph Nathaniel Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes ( "rafe fines" born 22 December 1962) is a British Actor. Christian Coulson (born 3 October 1978 is an English actor perhaps most famous for his film portrayal as Tom Marvolo Riddle &mdash the teenage Lord Voldemort Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is a 2002 Fantasy Adventure Film, and the second film in the popular ''Harry Potter'' Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is an upcoming 2009 fantasy Adventure film, based on the novel by J Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is an upcoming 2009 fantasy Adventure film, based on the novel by J Ian Hart (born October 8, 1964) is an English Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (released in the United States as Harry Richard Bremmer (born 1953 is a British Actor. He played a younger Lord Voldemort in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (released in the United States as Harry Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (published in the United States as Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone) is the first novel in An antagonist (from Greek ανταγωνιστής - antagonistes, "opponent competitor rival" is a character or Harry Potter is a series of seven Fantasy novels written by British author J The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located An author is defined both as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created Joanne "Jo" Rowling OBE (born 31 July 1965 who writes under the Voldemort first appeared in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, which was released in 1997. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (published in the United States as Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone) is the first novel in Voldemort appeared either in person or in flashbacks in each book in the series, except the third, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. Voldemort has also appeared in all the corresponding film adaptations as of present date, except the third.

In the series, Voldemort is the main enemy of Harry Potter, who according to a prophecy has the power to defeat him. Prophecy, generally describes the disclosing of Information that is not known to the Prophet by any ordinary means He is described as "the most powerful Dark wizard who has ever lived", and aims to conquer the wizarding world, which fears him so much that they refuse to refer to him by his name, instead saying "You-Know-Who" or "He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named. The Fictional universe of J K Rowling 's Harry Potter series of fantasy novels comprises two separate and distinct societies the " Even his followers only refer to him as "The Dark Lord". In the Fictional Harry Potter series created by J K Rowling, magic is depicted as a natural force that can be used to override the usual He was born as Tom Marvolo Riddle, and is the last descendant of wizard Salazar Slytherin, one of the founders of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is a setting in J K

Several people have portrayed Voldemort in the films, but the most referenced actor is British actor Ralph Fiennes, who has portrayed him in the film adaptations of the fourth and fifth novels. British people, or Britons, are the native inhabitants of Great Britain and their descendants or citizens of the United Kingdom, of the Ralph Nathaniel Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes ( "rafe fines" born 22 December 1962) is a British Actor. In a 2006 BigBadRead poll, British school children voted Lord Voldemort their favourite literary villain of all time. ^[3]

Contents 1 Character development 2 Appearances 2.1 First three books 2.2 Fourth to sixth books 2.3 Final book 3 Portrayals within films 4 Attributes 4.1 Personality 4.2 Magical abilities and skills 4.3 Outward appearance 5 Family 5.1 Family tree 5.2 Riddle family 5.3 Gaunt family 6 References 7 Bibliography 8 External links

Character development

According to a 1999 interview with Rowling, Voldemort was invented as a literary foil for Harry Potter, the main protagonist of the series, and that she intentionally did not flesh out Voldemort's backstory at first. The Protagonist or main character is the central figure of a story. In Narratology, a back-story (also back story or backstory) is the history behind the situation extant at the start of the main story "The basic idea [was that Harry] didn't know he was a wizard [. . . ] And so then I kind of worked backwards from that position to find out how that could be, that he wouldn't know what he was. [. . . ] When he was one year old, the most evil wizard for hundreds and hundreds of years attempted to kill him. Evil, in many cultures is used to describe acts or thoughts which are contrary to some particular religion He killed Harry's parents, and then he tried to kill Harry — he tried to curse him. [. . . ] Harry has to find out, before we find out. And - so - but for some mysterious reason the curse didn't work on Harry. So he's left with this lightning bolt shaped scar on his forehead and the curse rebounded upon the evil wizard, who has been in hiding ever since. Lightning is an atmospheric discharge of Electricity, which typically occurs during Thunderstorms and sometimes during volcanic eruptions or "^[4] She also added that his name is invented and has no real life basis. ^[5]

In the course of the second book, Rowling established the paradox that Voldemort was a racist who hated non-pure blood wizards, despite being a half-blood himself. A paradox is a true statement or group of statements that leads to a Contradiction or a situation which defies intuition; or inversely List of racism-related topics|Racism by country Racism, by its simplest definition is the belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that In a 2000 interview with the British Broadcasting Corporation, Rowling fleshed Voldemort out as a self-hating bully: "Well I think it is often the case that the biggest bullies take what they know to be their own defects, as they see it, and they put them right on someone else and then they try and destroy the other and that's what Voldemort does. "^[6]

In the same year, Rowling became more precise about Voldemort. She began to link him to charismatic real-life tyrants, describing him as "a raging psychopath, devoid of the normal human responses to other people's suffering". In modern usage a tyrant is a single ruler holding absolute power over a State or within an Organization. Psychopathy ( is a psychological construct that describes chronic immoral and Antisocial behavior ^[7] However, according to statements in 2004, Rowling says that Voldemort is not directly based on any historical character. ^[8]

In 2006 Rowling established that Voldemort at his core has a very human fear: the fear of death. Death is the termination of the biological functions that define living Organisms It refers both to a specific She said: "Voldemort's fear is death, ignominious death. I mean, he regards death itself as ignominious. He thinks that it's a shameful human weakness, as you know. His worst fear is death. "^[9]

Throughout the series, Rowling established that the name "Voldemort" is so feared in the Wizarding World that it is considered dangerous even to speak his name. The Fictional universe of J K Rowling 's Harry Potter series of fantasy novels comprises two separate and distinct societies the Most characters in the novels refer to him as "You-Know-Who" or "He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named" rather than saying his name aloud. In Deathly Hallows, a Taboo is placed upon the name, such that anyone who utters it may be traced by Voldemort or his followers. According to an interview with Rowling, "Voldemort" is pronounced with a silent 't' at the end, as is common in French. French ( français,) is a Romance language spoken around the world by 118 million people as a native language and by about 180 to 260 million people ^[10] This was the pronunciation used by Jim Dale in the first four U. Jim Dale MBE (born James Smith on 15 August 1935 is an English Actor and Singer - Songwriter, best known for his roles S. audiobooks; however, after the release of the film version of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, in which the characters who dared refer to him by name pronounced it with the "t", Dale altered his pronunciation to that in the films. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (released in the United States as Harry The pronunciation has since been used in the other films as well.

Appearances

See also: Chronology of the Harry Potter stories

First three books

Lord Voldemort makes his debut in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. The following Fictional characters are staff members and denizens of Hogwarts in the Harry Potter books written by J Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (released in the United States as Harry Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (published in the United States as Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone) is the first novel in In this story, Rowling introduces him as the Dark Lord who has murdered Harry Potter's parents, and later unsuccessfully tries to regain his dissolved body by stealing the eponymous Philosopher's Stone. There are many elements that show up throughout the fantasy genre in different guises In the Fictional Harry Potter series many magical objects exist for the use of the characters. While writing the book, Rowling established that Harry Potter's parents have been killed by the powerful Dark Wizard Lord Voldemort; but for some reason, baby Harry survives when Voldemort tries to murder him with a Killing Curse. Voldemort is disembodied, and Harry carries a mysterious scar on his forehead as a result. According to a 1999 interview with The Diane Rehm Show, fleshing out Voldemort's backstory was a case of backwards planning: she decided that Harry Potter's parents had been killed by an evil, supremely powerful wizard, and that wizard became Voldemort. Diane Rehm (born September 21, and a Christian Egyptian mother ^[11]

In the second instalment, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Rowling introduces the character of Tom Marvolo Riddle, a manifestation of a teenage Voldemort that resides inside a magical diary found by Ginny Weasley. Ginevra Molly "Ginny" In this book, Ginny is written as a shy girl with a crush on Harry Potter. ^[12] Feeling anxious and lonely, she begins to write into the diary and shares her deepest fears with the sympathetic Tom. ^[13] However, at the climax of the story, when Tom Marvolo Riddle rearranges the letters in his name to create the anagram of "I am Lord Voldemort", the nature of Tom as a magical manifestation of the boy who would later grow up to become the Dark Lord is revealed. The climax (from the Greek word “κλῖμαξ” ( klimax) meaning “staircase” and “ladder” or turning point of a Narrative An anagram ( Greek anagramma 'letters written anew' passive participle of ana- 'again' + gramma 'letter' is a type of Word play Riddle states he has grown strong on her fears and eventually possesses Ginny. Spirit possession is a concept of Paranormal, Supernatural and/or Superstitious belief in which spirits, gods, daemons He then uses her as a pawn to unlock the Chamber of Secrets, whence a basilisk is set free and petrifies several Hogwarts students. Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is a setting in J K Magical creatures comprise a colourful and integral aspect of the Wizarding world in the Harry Potter series by J Harry defeats both the Riddle from the diary and the basilisk. ^[13] In Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Dumbledore reveals to Harry that the diary was one of Voldemort's Horcruxes (an external vessel which contains a part of his torn soul). A Horcrux is a fictional magical object in the Harry Potter series by J

In the third book, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Voldemort does not appear, either in person or in the form of a magical manifestation. He is, however, heard when Harry passes out from the effects of a Dementor. Towards the end of the story Sybill Trelawney, the Divination professor, makes a rare genuine prophecy: "The Dark Lord lies alone and friendless, abandoned by his followers. The following Fictional characters are staff members and denizens of Hogwarts in the Harry Potter books written by J His servant has been chained these 12 years. Tonight, before midnight, the servant will break free and set out to rejoin his master. The Dark Lord will rise again with his servant's aid, greater and more terrible than ever before. Tonight. . . before midnight. . . the servant. . . will set out. . . to rejoin. . . his master. . . "^[14] Though it is initially implied that the prophecy refers to Sirius Black, the book's ostensible antagonist, the servant is eventually revealed to be Peter Pettigrew, who, since the fall of Lord Voldemort, has been disguised as Ron Weasley's pet rat, Scabbers. Sirius Black is a Fictional character in J K Rowling 's Harry Potter series Synopsis Pre-Harry Potter The Death Eaters existed some twenty years before the events of the series proper Rats are various medium sized long-tailed Rodents of the superfamily Muroidea

Fourth to sixth books

In the fourth instalment of the series, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Voldemort appears at the start and the climax of the book. Rowling lets many seemingly unrelated plot elements fall into order. It is revealed that Voldemort's minion Barty Crouch Jr, disguised as Hogwarts professor Mad-Eye Moody, has manipulated the events of the Triwizard Tournament. Synopsis Pre-Harry Potter The Death Eaters existed some twenty years before the events of the series proper The Order of the Phoenix is a fictional Organisation in the Harry Potter series of books written by J Voldemort's goal is to teleport reluctant participant Harry Potter to the Little Hangleton graveyard, where the Riddle family are buried. Teleportation is the movement of objects from one place to another more or less instantaneously either by Paranormal means or through technological artifice Within the fictional universe of Harry Potter, constructed in the writings of J ^[15] Harry is captured and, after Pettigrew uses Harry's blood (which would prove to be a major flaw) to fulfil a gruesome magical ritual, Voldemort regains his body and is restored to his full power. ^[16] For the first time in the series, Rowling describes his appearance: "tall and skeletally thin", with a face "whiter than a skull, with wide, livid scarlet eyes and a nose that was as flat as a snake’s with slits for nostrils". ^[15] Rowling writes that his "hands were like large, pale spiders; his long white fingers caressed his own chest, his arms, his face; the red eyes, whose pupils were slits, like a cat's, gleamed still more brightly through the darkness". ^[15] It was revealed that, while in Albania, Pettigrew had captured the Ministry of Magic official Bertha Jorkins, who was tortured for information about the Ministry. In JK Rowling 's Fictional universe of Harry Potter, the Ministry of Magic is the Government for the Magical community of Britain In JK Rowling 's Fictional universe of Harry Potter, the Ministry of Magic is the Government for the Magical community of Britain Torture, according to the United Nations Convention Against Torture, is "any act by which severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental is intentionally ^[17] After they learned that Barty Crouch Jr, a faithful Death Eater, had been smuggled out of Azkaban and was privately confined at his father's house, they killed her. Synopsis Pre-Harry Potter The Death Eaters existed some twenty years before the events of the series proper Within the fictional universe of Harry Potter, constructed in the writings of J In JK Rowling 's Fictional universe of Harry Potter, the Ministry of Magic is the Government for the Magical community of Britain With Pettigrew's help, Voldemort created a small, rudimentary body, corporeal enough to travel and perform magic, and formulated a plan to restore his own body by capturing Harry. A portion of the plan had been overheard by Frank Bryce, a gardener, whom Voldemort then killed. The following are supporting characters in the Harry Potter series written by J ^[17] Voldemort then completes his plan and returns to life in his full body as a result of the ritual with Harry's blood. He then summons his Death Eaters to the graveyard to witness the death of Harry Potter as he challenges Harry to a duel. However, when Voldemort duels Harry, their wands become magically locked together due to the twin Phoenix feather cores of the wands. Because of a phenomenon later revealed as Priori Incantatem, ghost-like manifestations of Voldemort's most recent victims (including Harry's parents) then appear and distract Voldemort, allowing Harry just enough time to escape via portkey with the body of fellow-student, Cedric Diggory, who was murdered by Peter Pettigrew on Voldemort's orders. In the Fictional Harry Potter series created by J K Rowling, magic is depicted as a natural force that can be used to override the usual In the Fictional Harry Potter series many magical objects exist for the use of the characters. The following are supporting characters in the Harry Potter series written by J ^[18]

In the fifth book, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Voldemort appears at the climax, having again carefully plotted against Harry. ^[19] In this book, Harry Potter goes through extreme emotional stress, and according to Rowling, it was necessary to prove that Harry is emotionally vulnerable and thus human, in contrast to his nemesis Voldemort, who is emotionally invulnerable and thus inhuman: "[Harry is] a very human hero, and this is, obviously, there’s a contrast, between him, as a very human hero, and Voldemort, who has deliberately dehumanised himself. […]and Harry, therefore, did have to reach a point where he did almost break down. "^[20] In this book, Voldemort makes liberal use of the Ministry of Magic's refusal to believe that he has returned. ^[21] Voldemort engineers a plot to free the Death Eaters from Azkaban and then embarks on a scheme to retrieve the full record of a prophecy regarding Harry and himself which is stored in the Department of Mysteries. In JK Rowling 's Fictional universe of Harry Potter, the Ministry of Magic is the Government for the Magical community of Britain He sends a group of Death Eaters to retrieve the prophecy, where they are met by the Order of the Phoenix. All but one, Bellatrix Lestrange, are captured, and Voldemort engages in a ferocious duel with Dumbledore. Synopsis Pre-Harry Potter The Death Eaters existed some twenty years before the events of the series proper Voldemort attempts to possess Harry Potter but finds that he cannot; Harry is too full of that which Voldemort finds detestable: love. Sensing that Dumbledore could win, Voldemort disapparates, but not before the Minister of Magic sees him in person, making his return to life public knowledge.

In the sixth book, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Voldemort once again declares war, and begins to rise to power once more. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, released on 16 July 2005 is the sixth of seven novels in J He murders Amelia Bones of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, and begins to target members of the Order of the Phoenix, including Emmeline Vance. In JK Rowling 's Fictional universe of Harry Potter, the Ministry of Magic is the Government for the Magical community of Britain The Order of the Phoenix is a fictional Organisation in the Harry Potter series of books written by J Rowling uses several chapters as exposition to establish Voldemort's backstory. Exposition is a technique by which background information about the characters events or setting is conveyed in a novel play movie or other work of fiction In a series of flashbacks, using the pensieve as a plot device, she reveals that Voldemort is the son of the witch Merope Gaunt and Tom Riddle, Sr. In the Fictional Harry Potter series many magical objects exist for the use of the characters. Lord Voldemort (ˈvoʊldəmɔrt or ˈvoʊldəmɔr is a Fictional character and the main antagonist in the Harry Potter novel series written However, Riddle abandons Merope before their child's birth, soon after which Merope dies. Riddle never comes to find his son. ^[22] After living in an orphanage, young Tom is picked up by Albus Dumbledore, who takes him to Hogwarts. ^[23] Riddle is outwardly a model pupil, but is in reality a sadist who enjoys using his powers to harm and control people. He eventually murders his father and grandparents as revenge for abandoning him. ^[24] The book also discusses Riddle's hatred of "Muggles" (non-magical humans), his obsession with Horcruxes, and his desire to split his soul in order to achieve immortality. For all uses of the terms "Muggle" and "Muggles" other than those related to "Harry Potter" see Muggle (disambiguation A Horcrux is a fictional magical object in the Harry Potter series by J The soul, according to many religious and philosophical beliefs is the self-awareness, or Consciousness, unique to a particular living ^[25] J. K. Rowling stated that the fact that Voldemort was conceived under a love potion is related to his inability to understand love. Pregnancy ( Latin graviditas) is the carrying of one or more offspring known as a Fetus or Embryo, inside the Uterus of a Female Love is any of a number of Emotions and experiences related to a sense of strong Affection. ^[26]

In the main plot of the book, Voldemort's next step is to engineer an assault on Hogwarts, and to attack Dumbledore himself. This is accomplished by Draco Malfoy, who arranges transportation into Hogwarts by means of a pair of Vanishing Cabinets, which bypass the extensive protective enchantments placed around the school. Draco Malfoy is a Fictional character in JK Rowling ^[27] The cabinets allow Voldemort's Death Eaters to enter Hogwarts, where a battle commences and Dumbledore is cornered. Hogwarts professor (and triple agent) Severus Snape uses the Killing Curse against Dumbledore when Malfoy is unable to do so himself. ^[27]

Final book

Further information: Deathly Hallows (objects)

In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the final book of the Harry Potter series, Voldemort furthers his quest for ultimate power. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is the seventh and final of the He disposes of the Minister for Magic and replaces him with his own puppet ruler, giving him control of the Wizarding World. The Fictional universe of J K Rowling 's Harry Potter series of fantasy novels comprises two separate and distinct societies the ^[28] Establishing a totalitarian police state, he has Muggle-borns persecuted and arrested for "stealing magic" from the "pure blood" wizards. The term police state describes a State in which the government exercises rigid and repressive controls over the social economic and political ^[29] After failing to kill Harry with Lucius Malfoy's borrowed wand (to avoid the effect of Priori Incantatem),^[30] he goes on a murderous search for the Elder Wand, the most powerful wand ever created, seeing it as the weapon he needs to overcome Harry's and make him truly invincible. Synopsis Pre-Harry Potter The Death Eaters existed some twenty years before the events of the series proper He goes on a quest that takes him out of the country to Gregorovitch's wand shop, where he kills the old wandmaker. The following are supporting characters in the Harry Potter series written by J ^[31] His journey also takes him to Nurmengard, the prison where Gellert Grindelwald is kept. Within the fictional universe of Harry Potter, constructed in the writings of J The following are supporting characters in the Harry Potter series written by J He ends up killing Grindelwald as well. After finally locating the Elder Wand and stealing it from Dumbledore's tomb, he finds out that Harry and his friends are stealing and destroying his Horcruxes. A Horcrux is a fictional magical object in the Harry Potter series by J After offering the occupants of the castle mercy if they give up Harry, he assembles a large army and launches an invasion of Hogwarts, where Harry is searching for Ravenclaw's Lost Diadem, one of the Horcruxes. ^[32] Voldemort murders Snape believing it would make him the true master of the Elder Wand, since Snape killed Dumbledore. ^[33] He then calls an hour's armistice, in exchange for Harry Potter. ^[34] When Harry willingly walks into Voldemort's camp in the forest, Voldemort strikes him down with the Elder Wand. ^[34] However, the use of Harry's blood to resurrect Voldemort's body proves to be a major setback: while Harry's blood runs in Voldemort's veins, Harry cannot be killed as his mother's protection lives on now in Voldemort too. Instead, the part of Voldemort's soul that resides in Harry's body is destroyed by Voldemort himself and whilst his soul lives in Harry the two are bonded. Voldemort forces Hagrid to carry the apparently lifeless body of Harry back to the castle as a trophy, sparking another battle. In the battle, Voldemort overpowers Minerva McGonagall, Kingsley Shacklebolt and Horace Slughorn. The following Fictional characters are staff members and denizens of Hogwarts in the Harry Potter books written by J The Order of the Phoenix is a fictional Organisation in the Harry Potter series of books written by J The following Fictional characters are staff members and denizens of Hogwarts in the Harry Potter books written by J Harry then reveals himself and explains to Voldemort that Draco Malfoy became the true master of the Elder Wand when he disarmed Dumbledore; Harry, in turn, won the wand's allegiance when he took Draco's wand. Draco Malfoy is a Fictional character in JK Rowling Refusing to believe this, Voldemort casts the Killing Curse with the Elder Wand while Harry uses a Disarming Charm with Draco's, but the Elder Wand refuses to kill its master and the spell rebounds on Voldemort, who, in the absence of his remaining Horcruxes, is totally annihilated. ^[35]

Rowling stated that after his death, Voldemort is forced to exist in the stunted form that Harry sees in the King's Cross-like Limbo after his confrontation with Voldemort in the Forbidden Forest. King's Cross station is a major railway terminus opened in 1852 J. K. Rowling also mentioned that, despite his extreme fear of death, he is unable to become a ghost. ^[36][37]

Portrayals within films

As of 2007, Voldemort appears in four Harry Potter films, namely Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, and Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (released in the United States as Harry Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is a 2002 Fantasy Adventure Film, and the second film in the popular ''Harry Potter'' Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is a 2005 Fantasy Adventure Film, based on J Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is a 2007 fantasy adventure Film, based on the novel of the same name by He has been portrayed, in his varying incarnations and ages, by a total of six different actors.

In Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, he is merely a face on the back of Quirrell's head. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (released in the United States as Harry This was achieved by computer generated imagery. Computer animation Computer-generated imagery (also known as CGI) is the application of the field of Computer graphics or more specifically 3D computer graphics Ian Hart, the actor who played Professor Quirrell in the same film, provided both the voice and the facial source for this character. Ian Hart (born October 8, 1964) is an English The following Fictional characters are staff members and denizens of Hogwarts in the Harry Potter books written by J Voice acting is the art of providing voices for animated characters (including those in feature films television series animated shorts and Video games) and Voldemort also appears in a scene in the Forbidden Forest where he is seen sucking the blood of a unicorn. As Voldemort's face was altered enough by CG work, and Hart's voice was affected enough, there was no confusion by Hart's playing of the two roles. In that film, he was also shown in a flashback sequence when he arrived at the home of James and Lily Potter to kill them. In this scene Voldemort is played by Richard Bremmer. Richard Bremmer (born 1953 is a British Actor. He played a younger Lord Voldemort in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone ^[38] His next appearance would be in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets as Tom Marvolo Riddle (portrayed by Christian Coulson). Christian Coulson (born 3 October 1978 is an English actor perhaps most famous for his film portrayal as Tom Marvolo Riddle &mdash the teenage Lord Voldemort

In Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Voldemort is initially only heard, possessing the scratchy, weak voice heard in the first film. Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is a setting in J K Christian Coulson (born 3 October 1978 is an English actor perhaps most famous for his film portrayal as Tom Marvolo Riddle &mdash the teenage Lord Voldemort Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is a 2005 Fantasy Adventure Film, based on J By the film's climax, however, he appears in his actual physical form for the first time, played by Ralph Fiennes. Ralph Nathaniel Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes ( "rafe fines" born 22 December 1962) is a British Actor. Voldemort is shown clad in dark black robes, being tall and emaciated, with no hair and yellowish teeth; his wand has a white tone and the handle appears to be made of bone; his finger nails are long and pale blue while his toe nails appear to be infected. Bones are rigid organs that form part of the Endoskeleton of Vertebrates They function to move support and protect the various organs of the body produce Athlete's foot, also called Tinea Pedis, is a Parasitic fungal infection of the epidermis of the human foot Unlike in the book, his pupils are not snake-like and his eyes are green, because producer David Heyman felt that his evil would not be able to be seen and would not fill the audience with fear (his eyes do briefly take on a snake-like appearance when he opens them after turning human, but quickly turn normal). David Heyman is a British Film producer born in London England in 1961 As in the book, the film version of Voldemort has no nose and has snake-like slit nostrils. Ralph Fienne's nose was not covered in makeup on the set, and was digitally removed in post-production. The film version of Voldemort also has a forked tongue.

Fiennes himself stated that he had two weeks to shoot the climatic showdown scene where he is gloating at a terrified Harry Potter, played by Daniel Radcliffe. Daniel Jacob Radcliffe (born 23 July 1989 is an English film television and stage actor Fiennes said with a chuckle: "I have no doubt children will be afraid of me now if they weren't before. " In preparation, he read the novel Goblet of Fire, but jokingly conceded: "I was only interested in my scene, and I had to go through thousands and thousands of other scenes which I did, dutifully, until I got to my scene and I read it many, many, many, many, many times and that was my research. "^[39] Fiennes reprised his role as Voldemort in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is a 2007 fantasy adventure Film, based on the novel of the same name by ^[40]

Fiennes' nephew, Hero Fiennes Tiffin, portrayed Tom Riddle as a child in Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, released on 16 July 2005 is the sixth of seven novels in J Newcomer Frank Dillane, son of actor Stephen Dillane, will replace Christian Coulson as the adolescent Riddle. Stephen Dillane (born 30 November 1956) is a British Tony Award -winning Actor. Christian Coulson (born 3 October 1978 is an English actor perhaps most famous for his film portrayal as Tom Marvolo Riddle &mdash the teenage Lord Voldemort

Attributes

Personality

Rowling described Voldemort as "the most evil wizard for hundreds and hundreds of years"^[41] She elaborated that he is a "raging psychopath, devoid of the normal human responses to other people's suffering"^[42] He feels no desire or need for human companionship or friendship, and is completely unable to comprehend the idea of love or affection for another. Psychopathy ( is a psychological construct that describes chronic immoral and Antisocial behavior He believes he is superior to everyone around him, to the point that he frequently refers to himself in the third-person as "Lord Voldemort. " Rowling alluded to this saying that Voldemort is "incredibly power hungry. Racist, really". List of racism-related topics|Racism by country Racism, by its simplest definition is the belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that ^[43] Rowling has also stated that if Voldemort looked into the Mirror of Erised, he would see "Himself, all-powerful and eternal. In the Fictional Harry Potter series many magical objects exist for the use of the characters. That's what he wants. "^[43]

Rowling also stated that the fact that Voldemort is conceived under the love potion Amortentia — administered by the witch Merope Gaunt to the Muggle Tom Riddle — is related to his inability to understand love; it is "a symbolic way of showing that he came from a loveless union – but of course, everything would have changed if Merope had survived and raised him herself and loved him. Witchcraft, in various historical anthropological religious and mythological contexts is the use of certain kinds of Supernatural or magical powers Lord Voldemort (ˈvoʊldəmɔrt or ˈvoʊldəmɔr is a Fictional character and the main antagonist in the Harry Potter novel series written For all uses of the terms "Muggle" and "Muggles" other than those related to "Harry Potter" see Muggle (disambiguation Lord Voldemort (ˈvoʊldəmɔrt or ˈvoʊldəmɔr is a Fictional character and the main antagonist in the Harry Potter novel series written Love is any of a number of Emotions and experiences related to a sense of strong Affection. "Symbolic" redirects here For other uses see Symbolism (disambiguation and Symbolic (disambiguation. The enchantment under which Tom Riddle fathered Voldemort is important because it shows coercion, and there can’t be many more prejudicial ways to enter the world than as the result of such a union". Coercion (co-er-shion is the practice of compelling a person or manipulating them to behave in an involuntary way (whether through action or inaction by use of threats The word prejudice refers to prejudgment making a decision before becoming aware of the relevant facts of a case or event ^[26]

Like most archetypical villains (particularly the evil genius archetype), Voldemort's arrogance inevitably leads to his downfall. He also suffers from a pathological fear of death, which he regards as a shameful and ignominious human weakness. Necrophobia or thanatophobia is the fear of Death or dead things (e According to Rowling, his Boggart would be his own corpse. Magical creatures comprise a colourful and integral aspect of the Wizarding world in the Harry Potter series by J ^[44] Rowling also said that the difference between Harry and Voldemort is that Harry accepts mortality, and thus Harry is in the end stronger than his nemesis ^[26]

Despite his inner darkness, Voldemort is highly intelligent and charismatic, inspiring many influential wizards and witches such as Lucius Malfoy and the Lestranges to follow him as his loyal "Death Eaters". The word charisma (origin from the Greek word χάρισμα (kharisma, "gift" or "divine favor" from kharizesthai, "to favor" Synopsis Pre-Harry Potter The Death Eaters existed some twenty years before the events of the series proper Synopsis Pre-Harry Potter The Death Eaters existed some twenty years before the events of the series proper He also possesses a dry cynical sense of humour, usually laughing at the expense of others but also capable of laughing at himself despite his usually narcissistic demeanour. Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD is a Personality disorder defined by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, the diagnostic classification

Magical abilities and skills

Throughout the series, Rowling establishes Voldemort as an extremely powerful, intelligent, and ruthless Dark Wizard. He is also known as one of the greatest Legilimens in the world and a highly accomplished Occlumens, and is thus able to read minds as well as shield his own from penetration. In the Fictional Harry Potter series created by J K Rowling, magic is depicted as a natural force that can be used to override the usual In the Fictional Harry Potter series created by J K Rowling, magic is depicted as a natural force that can be used to override the usual However, in the seventh book, he loses control, allowing Harry to see occasionally through his eyes and hear his thoughts. ^[45] Voldemort can fly without support, defying the law of magic that states only objects can fly through use of a flying charm. Voldemort first exhibits the ability to fly while in pursuit of Harry Potter over Little Whinging. Within the fictional universe of Harry Potter, constructed in the writings of J ^[30] In addition, Voldemort is a Parselmouth, a trait he inherited from his ancestor, Salazar Slytherin. In the Fictional Harry Potter series created by J K Rowling, magic is depicted as a natural force that can be used to override the usual It seems that most of his Gaunt ancestors inherited this highly unusual trait: such traits are commonly passed down through families through inbreeding, a practice employed by the Gaunt Family. Inbreeding is breeding between close Relatives whether plant or animal When Voldemort attempts to kill Harry, turning him into a Horcrux, his ability to speak Parseltongue is passed to Harry through the small bit of the former's soul. After that bit of soul is destroyed, Harry loses this ability. ^[45] Voldemort claims he has experimented and pushed the boundaries of magic farther than they had ever been pushed. Albus Dumbledore states that Voldemort's knowledge of magic is more extensive than any wizard alive^[46] and that even Dumbledore's most powerful protective spells and charms would not likely be sufficient if Voldemort returned to full power. Dumbledore also said that Voldemort was probably the most brilliant student Hogwarts has ever seen. ^[47]

On her homepage, Rowling wrote that Voldemort's wand is made of yew, whose sap is poisonous and which symbolises death. ^[48] It forms a deliberate contrast to the wand of his nemesis Harry Potter, whose wand is made of holly, which she chose because holly is alleged to repel evil. Holly ( Ilex) is a Genus of about 600 Species of Flowering plants in the family Aquifoliaceae, and the only ^[48]

Rowling establishes in the books that Voldemort is magically connected to Harry Potter via Harry's forehead scar. He disembodies himself when his Killing Curse targeting Harry Potter rebounds on him, leaving the scar on Harry's forehead. In the books, Harry's scar serves as an indicator of Voldemort's presence: it burns when the Dark Lord is near or whenever Voldemort is feeling particularly murderous or exultant. According to Rowling, by attacking Harry when he was a baby Voldemort gave him "tools [that] no other wizard possessed – the scar and the ability it conferred, a magical window into Voldemort's mind. "^[49]

Outward appearance

After he regained his body in the fourth book, Rowling described Voldemort as having very pale skin, a chalk-white, skull-like face, snake-like slits for nostrils, red eyes and cat-like slits for pupils, a skeletally thin body and long, thin hands with unnaturally long fingers. The pupil is the hole that is located in the center of the iris of the eye and that controls the amount of light that enters the Eye. ^[15] As mentioned in the first chapter of the seventh book, he also has no lips. Earlier in life, as seen through flashbacks contained in the second and sixth books, Tom Marvolo Riddle is described as very handsome which is seemingly an inherited trait from his father, for his mother ". . . was no beauty". ^[23] The transformation into his monstrous state is believed to have been the result of creating his horcruxes, becoming less human as he continued to divide his soul. ^[25] However, in the movies, (with the exception of the first), Voldemort's eyes are blue with round pupils.

Family

Family tree

Note: the names 'Thomas' and 'Mary' Riddle are taken from the films.

Salazar Slytherin

The Peverell Family

Thomas Riddle

Mary Riddle

Marvolo Gaunt

Tom Riddle Sr

Merope Gaunt

Morfin Gaunt

Tom Marvolo Riddle

Harry Potter

Riddle family

The Riddle family consisted of old Mr and Mrs Riddle (named Thomas and Mary Riddle in the film adaptation of the fourth novel) and their son, Tom Riddle (Senior). Lord Voldemort (ˈvoʊldəmɔrt or ˈvoʊldəmɔr is a Fictional character and the main antagonist in the Harry Potter novel series written Lord Voldemort (ˈvoʊldəmɔrt or ˈvoʊldəmɔr is a Fictional character and the main antagonist in the Harry Potter novel series written Lord Voldemort (ˈvoʊldəmɔrt or ˈvoʊldəmɔr is a Fictional character and the main antagonist in the Harry Potter novel series written Lord Voldemort (ˈvoʊldəmɔrt or ˈvoʊldəmɔr is a Fictional character and the main antagonist in the Harry Potter novel series written Lord Voldemort (ˈvoʊldəmɔrt or ˈvoʊldəmɔr is a Fictional character and the main antagonist in the Harry Potter novel series written Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is a 2005 Fantasy Adventure Film, based on J They owned over half of the valley in which the town of Little Hangleton lay, and Thomas was the most prominent inhabitant of that town. They lived in The Riddle House, a large house with fine gardens, and were very unpopular locally, due to their snobbish attitudes. Within the fictional universe of Harry Potter, constructed in the writings of J A snob, guilty of snobbery, is someone who adopts the Worldview that some people are inherently inferior to him/her for any one of a variety of reasons including Tom, apparently the only child of Thomas and Mary, certainly indulged in the typical pursuits of the upper class in the first half of the twentieth century, socialising with attractive women of his class, riding horses, and enjoying his status in the town.

Rowling revealed in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince that young Merope Gaunt made efforts to get as close to Tom as she could, peering at him through the windows and bushes at every opportunity. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, released on 16 July 2005 is the sixth of seven novels in J Lord Voldemort (ˈvoʊldəmɔrt or ˈvoʊldəmɔr is a Fictional character and the main antagonist in the Harry Potter novel series written Morfin noticed his sister's affection for Tom Riddle, and hexed Tom as he rode by, covering him in hives. As surmised by Dumbledore, once Merope was alone she was able to make her move for Tom Riddle. She offered Tom a drink laced with a love potion as he rode by one day without his attractive companion, Cecilia. He became infatuated with Merope and they eloped. Within three months of the marriage, Merope became pregnant. Merope decided to stop giving Tom the love potion; she either believed that he had fallen in love with her on his own or he would at least stay for their unborn child. She was wrong, and Tom quickly left his pregnant wife and went home to his parents, claiming to have been "hoodwinked" and tricked into marrying Merope. ^[22] Tom Marvolo Riddle, their son, was born on the 31st of December^[50] and was left to grow up in an orphanage. In Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Riddle states that the Chamber of Secrets was opened in his fifth year. Additionally, the book states that the diary is 50 years old. As the chamber of secrets is set in 1992, it would be reasonable to estimate that Riddle is in his mid sixties.

Readers first learn about the doom of the Riddles in the beginning of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. Tom Riddle Sr and his parents were murdered by Tom Marvolo Riddle himself; however it was the Riddles' gardener Frank Bryce who was blamed for the murders in the Muggle world,^[17] while in the Wizarding world Morfin Gaunt was framed for them. The following are supporting characters in the Harry Potter series written by J For all uses of the terms "Muggle" and "Muggles" other than those related to "Harry Potter" see Muggle (disambiguation Lord Voldemort (ˈvoʊldəmɔrt or ˈvoʊldəmɔr is a Fictional character and the main antagonist in the Harry Potter novel series written ^[24]

Gaunt family

Most of the House of Gaunt background is exposed in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince through Dumbledore's Pensieve. Exposition is a technique by which background information about the characters events or setting is conveyed in a novel play movie or other work of fiction Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, released on 16 July 2005 is the sixth of seven novels in J In the Fictional Harry Potter series many magical objects exist for the use of the characters. The Gaunts were once a very powerful and influential family, the last known descendants of Salazar Slytherin, but were reduced to poverty, as shown in the Pensieve's memory that Harry Potter and Dumbledore witnessed. Like Salazar Slytherin, the Gaunts were parselmouths. In the Fictional Harry Potter series created by J K Rowling, magic is depicted as a natural force that can be used to override the usual ^[22]

Marvolo Gaunt was the last Gaunt family patriarch. Originally a patriarch was a man who exercised autocratic authority as a Pater familias over an extended family He was sentenced to a short term in Azkaban for his and his son's assault upon a Ministry of Magic official. Within the fictional universe of Harry Potter, constructed in the writings of J In JK Rowling 's Fictional universe of Harry Potter, the Ministry of Magic is the Government for the Magical community of Britain His stint in Azkaban had serious implications on Marvolo's health and he died soon after returning home. His signet ring passed to his son, Morfin Gaunt, who was convicted on the grounds of assaulting a Muggle, and later died in Azkaban after being convicted again, this time for the murder of Tom Riddle Sr and Riddle's parents, a crime actually committed by his nephew. A seal can mean a wax seal bearing an impressed figure or an embossed figure in paper with the purpose of authenticating a document but the term can also mean any device for Within the fictional universe of Harry Potter, constructed in the writings of J ^[24] The truth was discovered much later by Dumbledore, who visited Morfin at Azkaban to gather information about Voldemort. After Dumbledore successfully extracted Morfin's memory of his encounter with his nephew, he tried to use the evidence to have Morfin released, but Morfin died before the decision could be made. As he was the last male Gaunt, the House of Gaunt ended with Morfin's death.

Merope Gaunt was the daughter of Marvolo, sister of Morfin. Harry's first impression of her was that she looked "like the most defeated person he had ever seen", probably due to the fact that she lived in raggedness, squalor and abuse. She married Tom Riddle Sr. and became pregnant within three months of the wedding. ^[22] It is suggested that she tricked her husband by using a love potion, but when she became pregnant, she decided to stop administering the potion. It is implied that Merope had grown tired of living a lie and thought that her husband might have grown to love her, or that he might have stayed for the sake of their unborn child; however, he left her. Desperate, Merope wandered through the streets of London. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. The only thing she had left was the heavy gold locket that had once belonged to Salazar Slytherin, one of her family's most treasured items, which she sold for a very small amount. By the time she was due to give birth, she stumbled into a Muggle orphanage; within the hour, she gave birth to her only son, Tom Marvolo Riddle, and died within the next hour. For all uses of the terms "Muggle" and "Muggles" other than those related to "Harry Potter" see Muggle (disambiguation

The Gaunts are distantly related to Harry Potter because all of them are descendants of the Peverell brothers. ^[51]

References

Bibliography

• Lev Grossman, "J.K. Rowling Hogwarts and All". TIME Magazine, July 25, 2005. Time (trademarked in capitals as TIME) is a weekly American Newsmagazine, similar to Newsweek and Events 285 - Diocletian appoints Maximian as Caesar, co-ruler Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

External links

• Lord Voldemort at Harry Potter Lexicon

The Harry Potter Lexicon is a fan-created online Encyclopedia of the Harry Potter series

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