Erm.......how would you find it?

 

As I mentioned in General Discussion, I would hide my horcrux inside a Dementor: they are immortal and cannot be killed - my soul would be safe forever.

 

Why would anyone want to live forever? Death might not be the next great adventure, but it sure as hell makes for a nice, long, quiet nap.

I said that to one of these guys that was trying to convert me. He wouldn't take the hint.

 

Taure, Would you trust a piece of your soul with a dementor, even if they're on your side. They do eat souls for breakfast.

I have a theory about demntors anyway, I think dementors are just deformed spirits and they can inhabit bodies but they slowly kill the body they are inhabiting.

 

That's the idea Darius.

If the Dementor eats a part of your soul, then it is trapped inside of the Dementor.

The Dementor itself acts as the Horcrux, much in the same way that Nagini is a horcrux. The difference here is that while Nagini is a living being and will die or can be killed, a Dementor is an immortal being that cannot be destroyed, only repelled, and as such the horcrux is invincible, making you invincible.

 

Simple. How about the ocean, a river ore even the water coming out of the tap.

However, to up Yarrgh!'s atom, I go for the nucleus! If someone destroys me, they'll go out with a big bang if I remember correctly. Then again it's the same as an atom.

 

You don't need to be able to find it later. You just don't want other people to find it. Voldemort didn't need one of his horcruxes present to get a body back.

Who's to say that the dementor wouldn't digest and destroy your soul? And there is no evidence in canon to suggest that dementors are immortal. If they can reproduce, then they can die.

 

Nagini was RIGHT THERE! I'm betting you need something to anchor your soul nearby when you do that ritual, else how would it work.

 

Both "Darthbill" and "the-caitiff" have a good point. I mean, if the dementors eat souls or devour them or whatever they do. It would make sense that they would destroy the soul when it is consumed, so the idea of having a dementor be the horcux....probably not a good idea. And like he said, if they can produce, then there has to be a way to kill them, otherwise the entire world would be overrun with them.

And I'm pretty sure that you are going to have to have at least one of your horcruxes there with you. I mean, without it what is there to anchor your soul to that area?

 

But I can't remember any evidence pointing to the fact that they can reproduce in canon either. If it's there I missed it.

Why would you want to be anchored anywhere? Then all your enemies have to do is find you and they have found your horcrux. If your anchored how will you go and find yourself a new body? Your stuck in place.

 

Right there.

I believe he means its a necessary component of the Resurrection. For instance the reason why being fed Nagini's venom helped him gain a temporary body is because of Nagini's status as a horcrux and for that reason being why he made her into a horcrux. A failsafe in case he gets killed.

 

As far as Dementors are concerned, breeding is not evidence of reproduction.

It is my theory that as Dementors are the anthropomorphic personification of human despair and unhappiness; that they come into being where ever there are large amounts of it.

Therefore, a Dementor can breed, but not reproduce: the presence of a Dementor brings about despair and unhappiness. If there are enough Dementors around, and for long enough, then more Dementors will begin to come into existence from this effect.

Thus in HBP you have Dementors breeding as they have been set on the country and therefore the whole country is in a state of misery.

Presumably this means that if there is a lack of despair or unhappiness then the dementors will fade into lesser numbers, but there doesn't appear to be a spell that produces this effect, as presumably it has to be a long term and widespread change in the attitude of a population.

 

Nagini was providing the venom to keep him in the devil baby body even before she was a horcrux. Each horcrux is a piece of his soul. As is the floating shade-like being that the original becomes. The existance of a horcrux anchors the entire soul to this plain of existance. Not to this area. The original part of the soul (the shade) cannot be destroyed until all the horcruxes are destroyed. There is no reason to have a horcrux present at your rebirth.

Taure has a valid arguement. Under those conditions, I'd value the idea of putting a piece of my soul into a dementor.

 

I would keep mine in a diamond, precious and immortal.

 

And I would destroy your diamond with ease If I have the power to create a horcux.

I was thinking about this and I was wondering if you could make yourself a horcux. Just split your soul in half and leave it in your body, protect it with some sort of magical bond that would be released upon your death.

 

But what if you die from old age? Your horcrux soul pops out, and - oh! no life in this body... see ya!

What then?

 

I think Voldemort can die from old age anyway... there's no proof that he can't. YOu could always have a plan B horcux somewhere, like your wand. Easily accesible, surely they wouldn't destroy a darklords wand but keep it as a spoil of war.

Neh, just an idea I had anyway.

 

True, I mean there isn't a prophecy that specifically states that they can only kill each other. I mean sure.

Why wouldn't they destroy it? It's a constant reminder to what happened, and wands are precious. It would greatly hurt them.

Besides, the objects that Riddle choose, despite being great artefacts, I don't think have any magical properties. So, maybe something magical can't hold something else that is magical?

 

You're correct, I completely forgot about that. But then in every fic where Harry defeats Voldemort he is Immortal. I don't think anyones taken that into account.

 

That's because it's fanon. Until they kill each other, their lives will be miserable, and they will be long lives. That's why Voldemort tries to off him every year.