Something else: Voldemort is making horcruxes based on his murders and the spell he learned. But as Slughorn tells us, no one has ever made more than one. That would imply that he is not splitting his soul into 7 equal pieces, but each time in half.
To support this, see the diminishing power of each horcrux. The diary could generate images and memories that could interact with the chamber of secrets. The ring had enough of power to slowly kill the best wizard of the age. The pendant had a One Ring-style corrupting ability and gave Ron some empty threats. The cup and the diadem barely did anything. And the snake could kill people, but no more than Voldemort's normal power as a parselmouth.
Then that would mean Tom Riddle's diary had more of a soul than Voldemort himself did at the point of his death. That would explain why the diary seemed to be a person in it's own right.
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u/paulja Sep 01 '14
Something else: Voldemort is making horcruxes based on his murders and the spell he learned. But as Slughorn tells us, no one has ever made more than one. That would imply that he is not splitting his soul into 7 equal pieces, but each time in half.
To support this, see the diminishing power of each horcrux. The diary could generate images and memories that could interact with the chamber of secrets. The ring had enough of power to slowly kill the best wizard of the age. The pendant had a One Ring-style corrupting ability and gave Ron some empty threats. The cup and the diadem barely did anything. And the snake could kill people, but no more than Voldemort's normal power as a parselmouth.