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When Dumbledore tells Harry that Voldemort found nothing of value when he returned to Hogwarts to make his request [page 506], he was wrong. Voldemort indeed found, or had something very useful and hid it in within the halls of Hogwarts itself. Harry actually comes very close to finding it in “Sectumsempre,” chapter of book 6. The sixth and last Horcrux is in the version of the Room of Requirements that appears when one asks “I need a place to hide a book..” [page 525, book 6].

When Harry uses the Sectumsempre curse on Malfoy, Snape orders him to fetch his schoolbag. Harry, not wanting to return the Prince’s potion’s, gets Ron’s book instead. Then, he runs to the Room of Requirements to hide the Prince’s book. It is there that he comes across several old and decrepit objects including a bloody axe and a cabinet with an animal skeleton [page 526, book 6]. However, Rowling pauses on one conspicuous artifact, the bust of an “old ugly wizard,” on top of which he sees a tiara [page 527, book 6]. A wizard would obviously not sport a tiara, so it must simply be placed on top of the bust. The tiara, in fact belongs to Ruina Ravenclaw and has to be the missing Horcrux. Rowling’s emphasis on this “Unknowable Room” in book 6 and on Voldemort’s attachment to the castle further make the point that this is indeed the Horcrux.

# posted by S @ 11:27 AM