I think you are all are going about it in the wrong way. I would make my horcrux of a normal, mundane, everyday object that is easily overlooked and will attract no special attention from unwanted avenues. Yet, it will also be an object of reverence, considered to be symbolic of something precious, so that it would be easier to steal the lifeforce of other beings to fuel it in whatever purpose I devise for it.

To accomplish this end, I would use a simple American flag, bound and enchanted to be virtually indestructible to natural and most unnatural forces. Then, I would place it prominently in a public area frequented by rednecks, yokels and hillbillies, preferably framed and above a plaque with some cliched quote from the Constitution of the United States or the Declaration of Independence. Perhaps in a hunting lodge above the bar.

Of course, the enchantments aren't simply to keep it intact. There will be beguiling magics bound into it so that it increases the amount of awe felt when gazed upon, or appears to have a very, very slight glow in dim light, yet appears completely and utterly normal when inspected with a clear mind.

Not only is this arrangement perfectly suitable for stealing the lifeforce from ignorant fools, but it is perfectly anonymous, safe, and repeatable. Three or six flags in hunting lodges across the American South, or banners in Masonic lodges, would serve the purpose excellently.

 

Your not trying to stop muggles from destroying your horcux though, your trying to stop wizards and I highly doubt they give a shit if it's a flag or not, it's probably a bad idea to hide it in a muggle place because the magic would be so noticable.

It's probably bettter to hide it in a very magical place so that it doesn't stick out as much.

 

I would make my Horcux be the moon. I mean what are they going to do, blow up the moon?

 

that is why I made mine something simple that nobody would think twice about, but is still precious so nobody would destroy it. I mean honestly, not even Moody would look at a galleon and think *hmm... horcrux*
Plus, like I said before, stick it in a vault and you get dragons, goblins and all of wizarding kind protecting it (Gringotts)

 

Darius, the deterrent to wizards is not the form of the horcrux, but the location and sheer innocuousness (sp?) of the item. What self-respecting Dark Lord would bind a peice of his soul into a tablecloth with pretensions of granduer? And what wizards would be visiting a muggle hunting lodge looking for dark artifacts?

 

I'd make one of my lucky socks a horocrux!

I mean, think about it. It isn't valuable traditionally, so nobody would try to steal it. It would smell too bad for people to borrow. I would have an excellent excuse to keep it around me all the time, as superstition is relatively innoccuous. I can fix socks, so it would last until I consiously decided to get rid of it, but wouldn't trap me in life longer than I wanted. If people start to suspect, I can donate it to some good cause that needs clothing. In a bin of socks, what's one more?

 

Yes I know this is a bit of thread Necrophilia, but given the subject of the thread I trust my little venture into the Necromantic Arts will be forgiven?

*waits to be smited with a smiting stick*

Hmm... If I had to make a Horcrux there would be a couple criteria:

#1. It would have to be an object that won't get destroyed easily by natural means (this rules out socks and more importantly plastics -- due to one being biodegradable and the other having a low melting point).

#2. It would have to be something no one would think of as having even the slightest connection to me.


As a result, I would probably go to Italy, find a nice (non-Igneous) rock, go into St. Peters tomb (because no ones allowed down there) and make myself a horcrux.

 

I personally would go to all the important places in my life, put loads of powerful wards and enchantments on the place, make it unplottable and under the fidelius charm and cast so many defensive spells around the one secret hiding place in the whole building then make my horcrux a small rock in the forest.

Either that or make it a porno film and send it round to possess people. After all the porn industry is te most greatly revered in the world

EDIT: Oh and Silent, Dumbledore has a sock fetish so he could think like you a lot easier than he could think like Voldemort.

 

a nice , very expensive piece of jewlery , even 7 of them , then get them across europe in some of the best antique stores .. and put tracking charms on them .. when i'm alive again i'll be friggin rich ! ;p

 

This thread is still going? Oh well I'm make a contribution. My'd Horrocrux would be a knut, that I'd put in my vualt with a bunch of knuts and never take out. Either that or somthing that I'd sneak on a space shuttle and have sent to the moon.

 

I would make my Horcrux a sperm and would have someone insert it into James potter shortly after he has married lilly. After they have sex, Little Harry is born except with anothers soul.

 

Brilliant. Methinks a horcrux egg inserted in dear Lilly would entertain us with a diabolical game of soul rouelette.

 

I have no friggin clue what inanimate object I'd make a Horcrux. There are too many items just lying around and I'm irresponsible enough that I'll make it something like a pen or a shoe or some crap.

But if one could make a Horcrux out of a living thing, I'd put mine in my cat.

EDIT: I guess my silver "K" necklace would suffice...

 

I'd make my Horcrux the Pope's hat. If I die, I would end up inhabiting the body of die Popa. Who'd think the Pope hat was an evil artifact containing part of someone's soul. Besides think of the fun you could have as the Pope, video games might of made the kid commit the violent crimes, the poe only needs to claim they were heretics.

Edit: If it was to be a something living, I'd put it into one of those fast replicating viruses. Viruses can't be cured and spread easily. Think of how many bodies you could take over that way.

 

A horcrux contains a fragment of the creator's soul, so it seems unlikely that your soul would be passed on from virus to virus - after all, (I assume) you don't contain your parents' souls.

 

Very good point. However your thinking in DNA, viruses are RNA. Different things, also why we can't cure viruses and why we hope to use viruses as a means of altering DNA. Anyway, your point does make sense. I will have to continue to think of something living to make a horcrux of. Still, the Pope hat I would still use. I am going to leave it up as a virus till I can come up with something better. Also, I am assuming your signature comes from Number of the Beast by Iron Maiden.? If so it actually goes like this Woe to oh Earth and Sea for the Devil sends the beast with wrath because he knows the time is short. Let he who hath understanding reckon the number of the beast, for it is a human number. It's number is six hundred sixty six.

 

I found the perfect Horcrux!

I will implant a piece of my soul into a rubber duck to ensure my immortality.

No one would suspect a rubber duck being a magical artifact granting my immortality.

Though, I should still hide it from people. Nobody wouldn't want to have his soul mistreated by nasty wizards.

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Alastor "Mad-Eye" Moody takes the rubber duck in his hands.

"I miss you so much my little Ducky... Do you want to play with me?" He said to the object he holds in his hands.

He takes his wand and put a vibrating charm to the rubber duck and put it into his you-know-what to obtain the desired effect.

"It has been so long since I enjoyed you, my little sweet Ducky. I really miss you."

And so Mad-Eye enjoyed his bath with his friend, never suspecting it to be the soul of the most dangerous maniacal Dark Lord.