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Tom Marvolo Riddle // Harry Potter // 1/4
Player LJ:
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Email: teh.mouse0@googlemail.com
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Other: tehmouse @ Plurk
Are you at least 15?: Y
Current Characters: James Potter
Character: Tom Marvolo Riddle
Fandom: Harry Potter
Character Notes:
History:
Lord Voldemort was born Tom Marvolo Riddle on 31st December 1926. His mother died moments after his birth and he was raised in a Muggle Orphanage. During his eleven years there, he realised how special he was. He could make the other children do things, or more accurately, do things to them. He stole things from the other children and kept them as trophies, using his ability to talk to snakes to his advantage.
Then one day, Professor Dumbledore came to visit him. He told him he was a wizard and he wouldn’t have to live in the orphanage any more. Tom jumped at the chance to leave; doing everything he was asked until he was on that train. He, like Harry, couldn’t stay at Hogwarts during the summer and so despised every summer he spent back at the orphanage.
Over the course on the next seven years, Tom Riddle became an exceptional student at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, but specialising in the Dark Arts. He also became a prefect as well as Head Boy, and in his fifth year, he opened the Chamber of Secrets as Salazar Slytherin’s true heir and set the Basilisk on the Muggleborns of the school. This concluded with the death of the ghost now known as Moaning Myrtle and the expulsion of Rubeus Hagrid.
Because it was then unsafe for Tom to open the Chamber again while he was at school, he created a diary and preserved himself in the pages for another day, another year, when Slytherin’s work could be completed. This turned out to be one of the seven horcruxes Harry Potter would destroy.
Despite his half-blood heritage, Tom was always looking towards perfection and pure blood status. He fashioned himself a new name as he hated his filthy Muggle father’s name. He became Lord Voldemort and knew it would be a name wizards everywhere would one day fear to speak aloud. (The letters in the name "Tom Marvolo Riddle" rearrange to spell "I am Lord Voldemort".)
While he was still at school, Tom selected a close group of friends and allies to be known as his Death Eaters while he himself used Lord Voldemort in secret. He asked Professor Slughorn for advice on Horcruxes and planned to make seven to save himself from the ultimate fate of death.
After Hogwarts, Tom asked the Headmaster of the time, Armando Dippet, if he could take up the post of Defence Against the Dark Arts Position. This was declined as Dippet deemed Tom too young and invited him to try again when he was older.
Tom then set out to find more objects to become his horcruxes. These include; Ravenclaw’s diadem, Hufflepuff’s cup and Slytherin’s ring. During this time, he worked in Borgin and Burke’s shop in Knockturn Alley.
After a few more years had passed, and Albus Dumbledore became Headmaster of Hogwarts, Tom approached him asking for the Defence Against the Dark Arts job once again. He was denied a second time and Voldemort cursed the job so that professors only stayed in that job for one year. But his trip to Hogwarts was not fruitless; this was when he hid the diadem in the Room of Requirement.
During the 1970’s, Lord Voldemort rose to power. He and his Death Eaters killed mercilessly as the Ministry of Magic tried to keep everything under control. But in 1979, Sybill Trelawney predicted the fall of Voldemort to Albus Dumbledore. Half of this was heard by Severus Snape, who then told Voldemort.
Voldemort then went after the Potters as he assumed this is who the prophecy was meaning. The Potters went into hiding but were betrayed by their friend Peter Pettigrew. Voldemort killed James first then gave Lily a chance to step aside. She refused and died trying to save her son. When Voldemort turned his wand on Harry, the curse backfired because of his mother’s love and Voldemort was left as vapour.
Tom Marvolo Riddle // Harry Potter // 2/4 {History Continued}
But the search from the stone was halted by Harry Potter and Voldemort was left without a body as Quirrell died from this event. This was Harry’s first meeting with the man who had killed his parents.
In 1992, the diary Tom Riddle had created fell into the hands of Ginny Weasley who helped open the Chamber of Secrets once again. And once again, his progress was impeded by Harry Potter. Harry destroyed the diary and killed the Basilisk, leaving Voldemort without body and with Harry still alive.
In 1994, Voldemort had managed to gain a physical form but was still very weak. He was cared for by Peter Pettigrew and nursed to health by his snake Nagini, also a horcrux. With the help of Bartemius Crouch Jr and the Tri-Wizard Tournament, Voldemort managed to capture Harry Potter, kill Cedric Diggory and restore himself a full body at last. Harry survived this meeting once again, helped by Priori Incantatem. Voldemort then planned for a Second Wizarding War.
In 1995, Voldemort and his Death Eaters set about trying to find the full version of the prophecy that was made in 1979. This was stopped by none other than Harry Potter, his five friends, and several members of the Order of the Phoenix. But Voldemort wasn’t going to give up that easily. It was in this year that he realised the connection between The Boy Who Lived and himself and used it to his advantage, creating visions in Harry’s mind to lure him to the Ministry of Magic.
After the Order arrived however, so did Dumbledore. The two duelled but Voldemort fled once the Minister for Magic arrived and his cover was blown. Because of this, Voldemort started killing in broad daylight and the Dementors sided with him. All the Death Eaters in Azkaban escaped and joined back with their Lord and Voldemort established a base at Malfoy Manor.
In 1996, Draco Malfoy was made a Death Eater and was ordered to kill Albus Dumbledore. This was eventually done by Severus Snape and now even Hogwarts wasn’t safe.
In 1997, Voldemort conquered both the Ministry of Magic, using Pius Thicknesse as his pawn for the Minister, and Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, implanting several Death Eaters in key postions with Severus Snape as Headmaster.
Over the next several months, Voldemort searched for the Elder Wand thinking it would break the Priori Incantatem that he and Harry Potter shared at his re-birth. He tortured and killed the wandmaker Gregorovitch and learnt that it had been stolen by a blond boy whom the wandmaker had no name for. This turned out to be Gellert Grindelwald who was now locked up in his own prison of Nurmengard. Voldemort travelled there but killed Grindelwald, gaining no information.
But Voldemort knew that Dumbledore had defeated Grindelwald, so he journeyed to Dumbledore’s tomb and stole the Elder Wand for himself.
After this, Voldemort is informed that Harry has broken into Gringotts vaults and stolen Hufflepuff’s cup. He then realises that Harry is going after his Horcruxes. He checks the places he had previously hidden them outside of Hogwarts before returning there with his army to wage a final battle.
But the Elder Wand was only working like his old wand used to, so he ordered Nagini to kill Severus Snape, assuming this would restore the mastery to him. This failed as Harry was the master at this point.
Voldemort then called an hour of armistice. Harry would come to him or he would enter the battle himself. Harry, of course, came to him and Voldemort finally cast the Killing Curse upon him. But this only killed the horcrux buried deep in the lightning scar and both wizards were knocked out
Tom Marvolo Riddle // Harry Potter // 3/4
Infuriated, Voldemort then tried to kill Neville but Harry stood between them under his Invisibility Cloak casting a Shield Charm. This started the second round of the Battle of Hogwarts and after several duels, Harry revealed himself to his enemy.
During this battle, Harry taunted Voldemort with his birth name, telling him the truth about Snape and the Elder Wand. Enraged, Voldemort fired a Killing Curse at Harry but the Elder Wand wouldn’t kill its true master and Harry’s Disarming Charm helped backfire the curse, killing Tom Marvolo Riddle at last.
Personality:
Tom is a very sadistic and vindictive child. He takes pleasure in the suffering of others, especially those who cross him, and enjoys taking something from them to remember it by. These trophies he values more than people because he believes he is better than everyone else.
He was very manipulative, especially in his childhood and Hogwarts days. He used it to his advantage, coupling it together with his polite charm and brilliant intelligence to gain the favour of every teacher in Hogwarts, except Albus Dumbledore, the set of friends who eventually became his Death Eaters, and later in life as he served in Borkin and Burkes.
During his time at the orphanage, he grew more and more independent, claiming he walked the streets of London alone many times. He tells Dumbledore in that first meeting how he doesn’t need anyone else and this is a trait which only develops over time. This is also present when he shows his contempt for the connection he has to others; like having the first name, Tom. Even has a child he wishes to be different which is why he shed his name to become Lord Voldemort.
His arrogance is also a key trait which develops over time. His belief that he is better than everyone else because of the way he was raised. He never had parents to love him or take care of him and so had to do everything himself. He grew up learning independence and fighting his own battles. When he realised how he won those battles, he harnessed the power and used to hurt the people who were mean to him. He had more control over his powers than most wizards at that age and he had begun to use his powers consciously. This control over his power is what led him to believe he as better than everyone else and therefore the root of his arrogance.
Other: I’m going to play him from the start of his own canon. So he’s just turned eleven last December. He hasn’t met Dumbledore yet though.
Additional Links: Tom Riddle @ Harry Potter Wiki (http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Tom_Riddle)
Tom Marvolo Riddle // Harry Potter // 4/4
They found Billy Stubbs’ rabbit this morning. The stupid boy was crying so hard it was funny. Mrs Cole went around asking everyone if they knew anything about it but they couldn’t point it at me. It wasn’t that hard either. I just wanted to be in the rafters and there I was. Stubbs had it coming to him. Thought he was better than me just because he had a pet. A rabbit. Why would I want a stupid rabbit? I showed him. Took his mouth organ too. That’s in my box now. With the thimble I got of that girl Martha. It’s mine now and Stubbs is dealt with. Today was a good day.
Third Person:
“Tell the truth.” Tom’s voice was full of authority and command but it was hidden by an act of well-practised fear. He glared at the girl with disgust but as soon as Mrs Cole looked upon him, his expression changed to one of sadness and anxiety.
He had been standing in Mrs Cole’s office for about ten minutes now. Only a few hours before did one of the new girls, Caitlyn Mack, tease him. But now Tom was getting his revenge. Just like with Billy Stubbs’s rabbit or with Dennis Bishop and Amy Benson in the cave, she would soon learn that he was better than her Then things would be back to normal and people would fear him, which was just the way he liked it.
He continued his sneak glares at Caitlyn thinking murderous thoughts as though thought alone would bring his will into reality. It wasn’t long before she broke down sobbing and confessed to bullying him. This was the way it was supposed to be. Anyone who crossed his path was immediately dealt with. That was how it started. With the arrogance to believe they were better than him. The arrogance to believe they were even equal to him! But he always showed them. He’d teach them the right way to behave; he’d teach them to fear him. The fear which would give way to respect; and respect gave you power. The power which he held over them because of this wonderful ability bestowed only to him.
Tom was escorted back to his room by Mrs Cole who assured him that Caitlyn would be dealt with accordingly. Once the door closed, Tom smirked. He’d collect his trophy tomorrow and he’d sleep tonight.
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First Person (entry type):
I actually got in trouble today. I couldn’t believe it. Those idiots actually thought it was my fault. It wasn’t, you know. It was that Dennis Bishop boy who turned up last week. He thinks he’s tough but I’ll show him. I’ll teach him to get me in trouble.
They stopped me going outside because of him. Not that I really mind. I’ll just plot my revenge. We’re going out into the countryside next weekend. I’ve been told there’s a cave we can explore. I’ve been told we’re going to be in groups. I think I’ve got a plan for my new friend Dennis.
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