Tom Riddle
Tom Marvolo Riddle (a.k.a. Lord Voldemort)
Tom Marvolo Riddle, later known as Lord Voldemort or, alternatively as the Dark Lord, You-Know-Who, or He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named was an English half-blood wizard. His mother Merope Gaunt was a descendent of both Salazar Slytherin and Cadmus Peverel. She lived under the thumb of her father Marvolo Gaunt in Little Hangleton. His father was a wealthy muggle man, Tom Riddle. Some believe she gave him love potions, all that is known if that he abandoned her before she could give birth in the Wools' a Muggle orphanage. She gave him his father's and grandfather's names.
Slytherin 1938 - 1945
Prefect 1942 - 1944
During his time at Hogwarts, Tom discovered his heritage and adopted pure-blood supremacist ideals. Tom opened the Chamber of Secrets and used its monster, the Basilisk, to attack Muggle-born students, resulting in the death of Myrtle Warren. He named his group of friends and followers the Knights of Walpurgis and wanted to challenge the post-war status quo. He began his quest to attain immortality between the years of 1943 and 1998, creating his first Horcrux at the age of sixteen.
Tom spent several months as a purchasing agent for the Dark artefacts shop Borgin and Burkes before disappearing. Tom re-emerged fifteen years later having abandoned his 'Muggle' name and becoming the self-proclaimed Lord Voldemort, an anagram of his birth name. He gave political speeches in the ministry atrium on the days the Wizengamot met, which prompted riots on two occasions.
Voldemort was ripped from his body in 1981 after attempting to kill Harry Potter .
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