Spell To Destroy Horcruxes
How to destroy horcruxes.
Spell to destroy horcruxes. The first moment the power of the basilisk was revealed was in harry potter and the chamber of secrets. It s too unwieldy to safely be used in battle assuming you care about the people you re fighting with. It s difficult to control and it can cause extreme damage in little time.
Harry used the fang to destroy unbeknownst to him the horcrux that was tom riddle s diary. There is a spell i do not know the first known use of this spell was in ancient greece by herpo the foul an infamous dark wizard who used it after committing murder in order to create the first known horcrux. Harry potter and hermione granger both used the fangs of salazar slytherin s basilisk to destroy tom riddle s diary and helga hufflepuff s cup respectively.
Crabbe s inexperience with the magic prevented him from controlling it and it ultimately claimed his life. But dark wizards usually use various spells to protect their horcruxes from destruction. Therefore it s better just to leave it alone.
What else can i say. Because of that there are very little information about how to create horcrux or anything mentions this spell. Dark wizards can cast the horcrux spell on human beings or any other living creature not only objects.
This was only achievable as basilisk venom was an extremely destructive substance capable of destroying horcruxes. To destroy an horcrux the object must be destroyed. Since herpo was the first horcrux maker it was certainly possible he invented the spell.
Hermione granger was aware of this but never considered the use of it against voldemort s horcruxes due to the inherently dangerous uncontrollable nature of the spell. If wizard casts horcrux on a living object the only way to. The venom would then go on to power the sword of gryffindor as well as used to destroy hufflepuff s cup via fang.