Anyone else thinks Voldemort was pathetic ever since he was reborn. I mean in the two years since he was reborn so has he left his headquarters once.

Also the only time he left his headquarters so did he lose a duel to Dumbledore. While Dumbledore was suppoed to have been the only person that voldemort feared so had dumbledore still aged at least 15 years since
they last dueled.

People would not have feared voldemort so much if he had just sat in his headquarters and allowed his death eaters to fight for him.

Anyone have any ideas why he does not leave his headquarters?

I am of the belief that when he was brought back so were all his rituals to increse his power undone. He just had the amount of power he natuarly should have had. So he has spent the past 2 years performing rituals to get back to the level he was at the height of his power in the seventies.

Anyone got any other ideas?

 

I think in Ootp he was just being Slytherin, by keeping his cards close to his chest.

If he'd revealed himself then Harry would have been seen to be truthful. By hiding his rebirth he was able to lull the wizarding world, into a false sense of security.

It's easier to disable an opponent that's looking the wrong way, and the ministry was doing his work for him.
Also his name still strikes fear in peoples hearts, which would probably hinder recruitment.

It also gave him the chance to secure his allies and make his position stable.
If the ministry is in chaos and damaging the Order he strengthened his own side. When society is in chaos it is easier to gain control, which he should have taken more advantage of in HBP.

Although his DE's did kill dumbledore and split the light side, which makes me wonder what chance Harry has.

So far it doesn't look good because his potential alliance with the ministry, was screwed by his loyalty to a dead man.

I just wonder how JKR's going to repair the damage enough, so that Harry will have a chance.

Litha

 

The big guy can't just show himself often; it's all part of a certain mistique surrounding the Dark Lord. By not doing his own dirty work, by not appearing very often, he gives off this aura of inapproachability and the "I'm-so-much-better-than-you" sense.


And if you want to talk about pathetic, what about Dumbledore? He fought one duel, and that's all he did the entire series! When he's threatened by the ministry, he turns tail and runs, like in second and fifth year, even though he could beat them to a pulp!

And don't forget Voldemort's no weaker than he was, Trelawney's second prophecy stated he would return more terrible than ever.

 

I can accept that he was luring the wizarding world into a false sense of security during Ootp. but it still bugs me that he isent seen at all in book 6...

of cource Dumbledore is also pathetic just as hellsing boy pointed out.

Aldo while the prophecy stated that he would return more terrible than ever so can that still mean that he had to redo all dark rituals and transformations he had performed...

 

You could be right about the rituals, I just always thought it meant he would be more powerful than before the minute he returned.


And if you think about it, V. wasn't exactly absent in HBP; it was all they could talk about for the entire damn book.

 

Sure they talked about him but he never acually appeared and did anything. I was just waiting for him to appear during the hogwarts attack. Even if he hadent been part of the attack could he still have stood on a hill somewere looking out over the hogwarts grounds or something.

 

Alright, I agree with Litha, that he was biding his time in OotP. His absence was causing more trouble for Harry than his presence would have at the time.

As for HPB... We honestly don't know what Voldemort was up to in book six, though I'm pretty sure we'll find out in the next one. For all we know, he could have been out doing all sorts of things... terrorizing muggles, causing all sorts of trouble for everyone, cackling insanely... we don't know. I'm under the opinion that he expected Malfoy to fail and was worrying about other things at the time. Hopefully things will become clear by the end.

 

We can only hope that Voldemort spent most of his time cackling insanely while visiting the snakes at the London Zoo

 

You have to remember that the Harry Potter books are told from the perspective of Harry - therefore even if Voldemort did leave his HQ we wouldn't know about it unless Harry knew. So for all we know, he could have been out and about quite alot.

As for your idea about power increasing rituals, we have never been given canon evidence that he did any in the first place - it is a purely fanon creation. The closest we're given in canon is that it is said that he underwent transformations, but after HBP I think it's obvious that those are his horcruxes.