TheHarry Potterfilms are certainly big entertainment , but they leave out a mass of important details from the source novels . Perhaps the worst offender of this isHalf ancestry Prince . This book is many a readers ' favourite - it ’s not only exciting , but also very rich and talkative in scope .

It also offers a wad of challenging details regarding the background and development of Lord Voldemort - development that the film adaptation woefully excludes . It ’s a shame , because there ’s a lot of great poppycock to be read regarding Voldemort ’s human beings and development .

House Of Gaunt

Tom Riddle and his mother Merope were the last known descendants of theHouse of Gaunt . This kin was one of the Sacred Twenty Eight , 28 families that remained pure blood into the thirties . They were know for their ability to speak Parseltongue and for their pure - lineage ' supremacy ' . In fact , they were so devoted to keeping the family legacy consummate that they would often resort to inbreeding and cousin marry . The generation of inbreeding ensue in children with unsound and violent personality - include Tom Riddle himself .

His Mother Cursed His Father

Voldemort ’s female parent was pureblood Merope Gaunt , a descendant of the inbreeding Gaunt family line . However , she travel against her family ’s wishes and fall in love with a Muggle named Tom Riddle . However , Tom did not know her back . She in turn " forced " his love by enchant him with a lovemaking potion . Once she became meaning , she halt her enchantment in the hopes that Tom would sleep together her naturally - or at least stay with her to help raise his infant . However , the plan did not sour , and Tom result both Merope and his unborn son behind . This in turn led to …

Tom Was Born In An Orphanage

The Half Blood Princedoes depict young Tom Riddle live in an orphanhood , but it does n’t go into much detail . Merope was left perfectly heartsick following Tom ’s leave , falling into a very deep depression and being forced to subsist as a needy pauper in the street of London . It ’s also possible that her ability to produce magic was sapped from her as a issue of her depression . On New Year ’s Eve 1926 , Merope made her means to Wool ’s Orphanage and gave birth to Tom Riddle Jr. She then died within the hr , and Tom was subsequently bring up in Wool ’s .

Tom Murdered His Father And Grandparents

Tom Riddle was left empty and hollow owing to both his inheritance of inbreeding and lack of screw parent . When he was 16 years old he venture to Little Hangleton and began investigating his parent ' biography .

He met his uncle Morfin Gaunt , and through him learned about Tom Sr . ’s abandonment . He tracked his father down andmurdered both himand his parent ( Tom ’s grandparents ) in revenge for his leaving his female parent . He also framed Morfin Gaunt for the crime and get off unpunished . The townspeople did n’t even mourn Tom Sr . , as he was intensely dislike by the populace .

Violent Life In The Orphanage

The movie fails to go into detail regarding Tom ’s debatable and trigger-happy life in Wool ’s Orphanage . While he did n’t know that he was magic , Tom could often " do things " with his mind and address Parseltongue . After convey into a fight with Billy Stubbs , Tom used his magic to stamp out and hang his pet rabbit from the cap . He also took two other orphan , Dennis Bishop and Amy Benson , into a cave and did something so unspeakably terrifying that it horrify them into silence . What he did remains a whodunit .

He Feared Death Above All Else

Voldemort is n’t malefic , and he did n’t make legion Horcruxes , for the mere sake of being evil and powerful . He actually had an unbelievable fear of death and did anything within his capacity to protect himself from it . He did n’t believe that his mother was magical , because if she was , she could have " protect " herself from dying . This   intense fear of death is what caused Tom to produce such a   curiosity in the dark magic of Horcruxes - if he could keep parting of his soul entombed in various objects , he could never die .

Dumbledore Was The Only One To See Through His Facade

While attending Hogwarts , Tom Riddle became a good example bookman . He was outwardly well-disposed , very impudent , a suck up to his instructor , and by all accounts , a perfect student .

However , this was merely a facade , as he knew to keep his dependable intentions blot out from the world . The only one to see through the frontage was Dumbledore , who knew of his problematic yesteryear in the orphans' asylum and the darkness that unseasoned Tom expose upon their first meeting . This in round caused Tom to detest Dumbledore , and he kept his distance throughout his time at Hogwarts .

The First Death Eaters

While attend Hogwarts , young Tom Riddle accumulate his firstDeath Eaters . Tom collect a " gang , " so to verbalize , which consist of fellow Slytherins who dot on Tom ’s every give-and-take . These students include yobbo looking to Tom   to ordain more cruelty , challenging students who visualise the intelligent Tom as a kindred spirit , and weak - willed students assay friendship and protection . Of naturally , Tom did n’t actually care for his " friends " and often utilized them for his own nefarious intent . They were puppets and nothing more .

His First Two Horcruxes

Upon learning ofHorcruxes , Tom immediately got to process in his creation of them . The first Horcrux he create was from his diary , purchased at a Muggle book entrepot in London . After reach the Chamber of Secrets and indirectly murdering Myrtle ( who would go on to become Moaning Myrtle ) , he used the conjuration to steep his diary and turn it into a Horcrux . After discover aboutmultipleHorcruxes from Slughorn , he used the murder of his father to turn Gaunt ’s closed chain , which he had taken from his uncle Morfin , into his second Horcrux .

The Origins Of Lord Voldemort

InChamber of Secrets , unseasoned Tom Riddle reveals that Lord Voldemort is an anagram of his nascence name , Tom Marvolo Riddle . Tom had raise heartsick after learning that his father was a Muggle - both because of his pureblood supremacy and because Muggles were prone to death . As such , he wished to distance himself from his Riddle inheritance . He turn his nativity name into an anagram , officially creating the   deed of conveyance of   Lord Voldemort .

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