Lord Voldemort

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Evil-doer
Full Name	Thomas Marvolo Riddle III
Alias	I Am Lord Voldemort (anagram of his real name) Lord Voldemort Voldemort The Dark Lord Tom Riddle You-Know-Who He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named Chief Death Eater The Heir of Slytherin The Most Dangerous Dark Wizard of All Time (by Dumbledore)
Origin	Harry Potter franchise
Occupation	Hogwarts student (formerly) Shop assistant at Borgin and Burkes (formerly) Founder and leader of the Death Eaters Warlord Sorcerer Unofficial Minister for Magic (controlled a puppet minister)
Powers / Skills	Magical mastery Dark Arts Duelling Parseltongue (inborn ability to communicate with serpents) Mastery of Legilimency and Occlumency Possession Charms Transfiguration Spell creation Potions Nigh-immortality (via Horcruxes) Unsupported flight Non-verbal and wandless magic Elemental mastery Wand versatility High intelligence Charisma Leadership Intimidation
Hobby	Killing and torturing his enemies (either to further his plans or for his own entertainment). Plotting and scheming.
Goals	Take over the the entire Wizarding World (partially succeeded; temporarily). Kill Albus Dumbledore (succeeded). Kill Harry Potter at all costs to prevent his foretold defeat (succeeded, but then failed). Create Horcruxes in order to to become immortal (temporarily succeeded). Use the Elder Wand to become invincible. Eliminate all Muggles and Muggle-Borns, and establish a pure-blood supremacist world (both failed).
Crimes	Mass murder Terrorism Attempted genocide Kidnapping Conspiracy Theft Animal cruelty Torture Defilement Abuse Incrimination Treason Usurpation Graverobbing Enforced persecution Abuse of power Attempted hegemony Mutilation
Type of Villain	Sorcerous Dark Lord

“	You think I was going to use my filthy Muggle father’s name forever? I, in whose veins runs the blood of Salazar Slytherin himself, through my mother’s side? I, keep the name of a foul, common Muggle, who abandoned me even before I was born, just because he found out his wife was a witch? No, Harry. I fashioned myself a new name, a name I knew wizards everywhere would one day fear to speak, when I had become the greatest sorcerer in the world!	„
	~ Voldemort to Harry Potter.

“	There is no good and evil, there is only power and those too weak to seek it.	„
	~ Lord Voldemort to Harry Potter in their first meeting.

“	Harry Potter... the Boy Who Lived... come to die.	„
	~ Lord Voldemort before killing Harry Potter.

Tom Marvolo Riddle (December 31, 1926 - May 2, 1998), later better known as Lord Voldemort or simply as Voldemort, is the main antagonist of the Harry Potter franchise. He serves as the overarching antagonist in the Philosopher's Stone, Goblet of Fire, Order of the Phoenix and Half-Blood Prince, his Diary Horcrux serving as one of the two main antagonists (alongside Lucius Malfoy), of Chamber of Secrets, a mentioned character in Prisoner of Azkaban, the main antagonist of Deathly Hallows and a posthumous antagonist in Cursed Child.

He is the heir of Salazar Slytherin who was destined to open the Chamber of Secrets and purge Hogwarts from all Muggle-born students. Initially, Riddle's goals were only to fulfill his role as Slytherin's heir, but over time, he had expanded his ambitions into taking over the entire wizard world and shape it under his and Slytherin's supremacist views, becoming the most powerful and feared Dark Wizard of all time, as well as the founder and Lord of the Death Eaters in the process. He also serves as Harry Potter's archenemy.

In the films, he was portrayed by Ralph Fiennes (as an adult, who also portrayed Amon Goeth in Schindler's List, Rameses in The Prince of Egypt, Victor Quartermaine in Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of The Were-Rabbit, Raiden the Moon King in Kubo and the Two Strings, Barry in Dolittle, Francis Dolarhyde in Red Dragon, Dennis "Spider" Cleg in Spider, and Hades in Clash of the Titans); Christian Coulson (16-year-old) in Chamber of Secrets; and both Hero Fiennes-Tiffin (11-year-old) and Frank Dillane (15-year-old) in Half-Blood Prince. In The Philosopher's Stone, he was portrayed by Richard Bremmer in the flashback scene, but voiced by Ian Hart (who also played Professor Quirrell in the same film).

Description

Voldemort's face on the back of Quirrell's head (notice the nose that looked like normal human's instead of slit as in the books).

In his early years, Tom Riddle was an extremely handsome boy. He was described as having jet black hair, perfectly carved features, and dark eyes. The novel further elaborated him being virtually identical to his father and devoid of traces of Gaunts in him. As he grew up, his involvement in the Dark Arts gradually deformed his appearance; in the flashback of him requesting a position at Hogwarts, he had become deathly pale, his face waxy and oddly distorted, and the white of his eyes now had a permanently bloody look. Afterwards, he continued to go through many transformations, until he became what he is. He is tall, and skeletally thin. His face is an almost opaque texture, with deep, dark scarlet red eyes set in slits, like a cat's gleaming in the dark. His nose is as flat as a snake's, leaving small incisions for nostrils, and his fingers are unnaturally long, like a spider's legs. He can usually be seen wearing his black hooded cloak that always covers his face.

In the films, his physical description remained same albeit with some changes; he was given blue eyes so they would "show more emotion" and when manifesting his face on the back of Quirrel's head while inhabiting him, his nose looked like normal instead of slits. Additionally, his restored body is shown to have very apparent veins on the top and back of his bald head (which some viewers misinterpreted as scale-like) and his eyes appeared normal instead of slits (Goblet of Fire film briefly showed him with slit-like eyes upon opening them however).

Personality

“	Voldemort: There is nothing worse than death, Dumbledore! Albus Dumbledore: You are quite wrong. Indeed your failure to understand that there are things much worse than death has always been your greatest weakness.	„
	~ Albus Dumbledore about Lord Voldemort's failure to understand the natures of death.

Considered by many as "the most evil wizard in hundreds and hundreds of years", Voldemort is a narcissistic, cruel, obsessive, ruthless, and sadistic Dark Wizard whose evil nature surpassed those of common evildoers, let alone typical Dark Wizards would. In fact, his predecessor Gellert Grindelwald was rather kinder in comparison as unlike the former who displayed genuine compassion towards his followers as well as sympathy towards those who abused for magic he/she possessed (even if such feelings was a little bit) and able to feel remorse, all traits Voldemort lacked. In addition of certain disregard for rules, he performed the darkest of magic and had no regard for human life in his adult life, willing to kill so many to build an army of Inferi. Voldemort also did not believe in the concept of good and evil, as he made clear to Harry in their encounter at the Mirror of Erised, and that only power and "those too weak to seek it" truly mattered.

Voldemort's dark, odious and anti-social personality can be seen even in his childhood. As a young boy, he terrorized his fellow orphans and hoarding things that he stole from them as a trophy, which would eventually blossom into his conception of the Horcruxes. He displayed the need for independence that bordered on pathological, preferring to operate in secrecy and solitude whenever possible with little regard for what happened around him. Dumbledore remarked that he prefers to use Horcruxes instead of Elixir of Life generated by the power of Sorcerer's Stone to attain immortality - he only needs the latter to restore his physical form before resorting to an alternative four years later given he found reliance on the Elixir intolerable. Despite his independent streak, he does rely on assistance from others if necessary. Aside during his desperate times, Voldemort would rely on his Death Eaters and army of versatile beings to do his bidding, from overtaking the Ministry of Magic to trivial matters that he did not think was worth his effort. During his reign of terror, he even trusted the conquered Ministry of Magic to his army while he would focus on other matters personally, assigning two of his precious Horcruxes to his lieutenant Death Eaters Bellatrix Lestrange and Lucius Malfoy since both have resources and skills to ensure their safety. Prior to his return to power, he also relied on the cowardly Wormtail to taking care of his crippled form. Owing to his need for solitude and independence however, he only wanted to make use of everything around him to the fullest without ever gaining any sentimental attachment to them, as he was easily prepared to discard anyone or anything once they fulfilled their purpose and was too evil to be mourned for over tragedies in childhood.

As revealed in Dumbledore and Harry's investigation on his background in The Half-Blood Prince, Voldemort's (unfortunate) inability to feel or understanding love was related with coerced love between his parents Merope Gaunt and Tom Riddle Sr. via use of the former's either use of love potion (by Dumbledore) or Imperius Curse (by Harry), an unmistakably symbolic loveless union that led to his birth. This however, can be averted had Merope choose to live for the sake of raising their son with love. The aforementioned flaw in turn, subsequently contributed to his lack of mercy on enemies and his followers alike; devoid of desire/need for human companionship or friendship, narrowed focus on the usefulness of people, objects, and powers to his goals to the point of ignoring or dismissing things that seemingly insignificant or not immediately useful to him (ex. house elves' magic due to their social status); and worst of all, not believing in anyone but himself, let alone value his fellow human beings except to the extent that they were useful to him. True to this, he did not treat his followers and supporters as actual friends and family like what he claimed. Instead, he demanded them absolute loyalty and obedience, spitefully took revenge for their mistakes or even bad luck by torture or going after family members and mistreated or even killed them at the slightest provocation, and even sacrificing them to further his goals like he did to his most loyal supporter and secretly double agent Severus Snape.

As much as he was incapable of feelings affection of others (and still is until his death), he did developed a soft spot for a handful of individuals whom he genuinely cared about: his pet snake named Nagini, Bellatrix Lestrange, and his daughter Delphini. With Nagini, he displayed affection towards the Maledictus serpent not too different with those who loved their pet as if said pet is their own kin, shown to occasionally petting her and even entrusted her a piece of his soul when turning her into a Horcrux. With Bellatrix, despite of him seeing her as nothing more than a servant like the rest of Death Eaters, he saw her too valuable to be discarded despite not as competent as Snape, saving her life when he was forced to retreat and left his incapacitated followers during the Battle of Department of Ministry, and outraged by her death at hands of Molly during Battle of Hogwarts in the book. As revealed in The Cursed Child, whatever affection that blossoming between the two culminated with him siring a child named Delphini. Moreover, in an alternate timeline when Voldemort succeeded in taking over the world, he treated his daughter in the same way his wife is. Nevertheless, it's evident that whatever bonds that he made with Bellatrix and his daughter were not enough for Voldemort to fully comprehend the concept of love, let alone understanding how it feels like and properly reciprocate Bellatrix's feelings for him. Moreover, it's more likely he would dispose Bellatrix and Delphini should they failed him enough, if he can help it.

In his youth, he was considered an intelligent, polite young man who showed an enthusiasm to learn and even demonstrated great deal of charisma to persuade others to do his bidding. He described himself being viewed by others as poor, but brilliant, parent-less, but so brave, a school prefect, a model student — a person most Hogwarts staff and his peers viewed them as. This allowed him to win the trust and respect from his teachers and of the customers he was sent to deal with at Borgin and Burkes. This all however, were both a ruse and testament of his capability as a master manipulator developed during those years, allowing him to discreet better to avoid persecution than he did at the orphanage as well as maintaining his perfect image at the same time. He also proved himself a consummate liar, having managed to trick Slughorn to reveal his knowledge about Horcruxes and denied any involvement when confronted by Dumbledore over mistreatments he done on his fellow orphan and later, the opening of Chamber of Secrets. Only a handful of individuals who saw troubling in Voldemort at that time; Hepzibah Smith, who saw his eyes flash red with avarice when he saw her treasured artefacts, and Albus Dumbledore, who observed psychological issues and their potential dark implications from their very first meeting.

Voldemort also displayed obsessive nature to the point of incapable of letting go or diversifying his interests and subsequently, developing paranoia akin to ones in typical tyrants. His main obsessions are immortality, upholding pure-blood supremacy, the attempts on Harry Potter's life, and the search for the Elder Wand. Said nature was reflected in his daily habits as well: he had a magpie-like tendency to collect lots of small objects and hold onto them. Voldemort 's hoarding of things he stole from the other orphans during his childhood foreshadowed the conception of his Horcruxes, which also paralleled to act of trophy-taking not too different with typical serial killers. The Dark Lord put a great effort in his search for Elder Wand to further increase his powers and destroying Harry Potter, his greatest opposition, by any means necessary. Ironically, his obsession in taking the life of his nemesis was what eventually led to his own death and no better than tyrants before him.

Typical for a bigoted Slytherin and unlike his blood traitor mother, especially as the Heir of Salazar Slytherin, Voldemort greatly believed in blood purity. His beliefs were far more extreme than an average pure-blood supremacist owing to his strong disgust and hatred for Muggle world. In addition of erecting a statue depicting Muggles being crushed following the takeover of Ministry of Magic, he rebuked Muggle side of his parentage and welcomed his Death Eaters as his "true family", unleashing the Serpent of Slytherin to continue Salazar's cause in purging Muggle-borns at Hogwarts, claiming that Muggle-borns were ordinary Muggles who "stole" magic from real wizards and witches and deserved to be greatly punished for it, ruthlessly murdered Charity Burbage for supporting Muggle-borns, and ashamed of his Muggle-sided parentage so much that he denied it, leaving misleading hints that he was a pure-blood and proudly presented his ancestry from Salazar Slytherin. The shame from being born as they very thing he despised received a sympathy from Barty Crouch Jr. who remarked that they have disappointing fathers (though more likely that Voldemort simply relayed the disappointing father part, ignoring his blood status). Despite his racist beliefs however, Voldemort can suppress his hatred towards Muggle-borns who eager to join his cause and even welcomed others who are exceptionally talented into his ranks, as long as they were willing to serve him.

Despite his hatred towards non-pure-bloods, Voldemort himself was a half-blood. Under his rule for a year, he allowed half-bloods to continue to attend Hogwarts, albeit with less respect. Voldemort was ashamed of his Muggle-sided parentage so much that he denied it, left misleading hints that he was a pure-blood and proudly presented his ancestry from Salazar Slytherin. However, Bartemius Crouch Jr appeared to be aware that Voldemort was a half-blood, telling Harry that he and Voldemort both had very disappointing fathers (though more likely that Voldemort simply relayed the disappointing father part, ignoring his blood status). Hiding his status as half-blood is one of testaments of his hypocritical side, the other being his claim as a "Merciful Lord" with respect for his enemies despite many facts surrounding him proved otherwise.

Of his narcissistic and egomania, Voldemort could acknowledge his mistakes and displayed a degree of calculated humility. He did not hastily announce his return of power as soon as he regained his physical form except to his supporters and with his candor and charm, winning him his followers and sought to make hay of his missteps, openly revealing such unflattering information to his followers and using it to illustrate how he could use his wits to further enhance his powers. He also showed his followers leniency, even though they had not sought to help him after his downfall, realizing he could not afford to mistreat them until returning to full strength. However, as Harry not, he did not learn from mistakes he made, especially relating to matters he did not value such as love.

Despite of him usually maintained a calm, reserved, and sophisticated persona, Voldemort was capable of phenomenally explosive and violent fits of rage and became unpredictable as result when things don't go in the way he wanted. During his mood swings, he would instinctively cast Killing Curse at whomever he saw first even his own allies. An instance of this can be seen during his villainous breakdown where he slaughtered entire Gringotts after learning that the place was infiltrated by the trio who managed to steal one of his Horcruxes (Helga Hufflepuff's Cup) that stored within. His fear even occasionally clouded his judgement as much as his anger to the point of him taking cowardly path such as attempting to murder Harry when he was still a baby, risking a piece of his soul within Tom Riddle's library when reopening Chamber of Secrets for a second time instead of doing the endeavor himself (which led to the trio's discovery of basilisk venom as one of his Horcruxes' weaknesses), and making error after error nearing the last days of his life to the point of unknowingly giving Harry better advantage against him as well as failed to see Snape's duplicity and Dumbledore's last plan. Even so, Voldemort can suppress and conceal his fears as well as confronting things that threatened him as shown when confronting the deranged Morfin Gaunt as a teenager and boldly engaging Albus Dumbledore in a duel.

Voldemort did, however, capable of acknowledging the desire of others (only if those desires did not interfere with his ambitions and were presented by someone whom he deemed a worthy servant) as well as respected and, sometimes even, admiring bravery and skill in them. He took Snape's wish to spare Lily under the consideration before eventually set it aside when there's no way around between him and Harry, remarking Potters as brave (particularly James Potter who put up a courageous fight against him), and appreciated Neville Longbottom's "spirit and bravery" that the young man is worthy to be a new member for his Death Eater army (though this mostly out of knowledge over his pureblood status). Even with his inability to comprehend love and compassion, Voldemort has decent capability in valuing loyalty nevertheless – he appreciated Death Eaters' genuine devotion for him and genuinely moved by Lestranges' determination to stay on his side no matter what. He even expressed some disappointment at Harry when his nemesis seemingly abandoned Hogwarts to save himself, as he had hoped his ultimatum would ultimately drive Harry to be killed by him.

Voldemort found it useful to maintain a system of followers drawn from the Slytherin-centric Wizarding aristocracy, disaffected paupers with long-gone noble origins, as well as criminal elements, and in their company spoke like one of them, lecturing on themes of blood purity, Muggle inferiority, and the proper order of society. Yet as immortality and world domination being his main goal as the dreaded Dark Lord, Voldemort treated the fight for pure-blood supremacy and purifying the wizarding race as secondary priorities in his reign. He allowed his followers to set up a pure-blood supremacist regime at the Ministry of Magic to control the government, to compensate them for their service, and to ensure their continued loyalty. He also left the matters about wizarding aristocracy in the hands of his followers (matters which he had little to no interest with) while focusing on increasing his own dominion and stamping out opposition, using his Slytherin ancestry and promises to help them achieving their ends. While he only valued loyalty despite only seeing them as nothing more than expendable tools, Voldemort's contempt on Muggles and Muggle-borns for their alleged inferiority did unmistakably aligned with theirs.

Voldemort's weaknesses are his arrogance, fear of death (which he regarded as a shameful and ignominious human weakness), total disregard of things that he could not understand such as love as stated previously, all of which that greatly contributed to his downfall. Not realizing that attempting to cast a Killing Curse on a victim after killing a protector who had voluntarily sacrificed themselves would result in the curse rebounding off due to the magic of love, not accounting house-elves such as Dobby would use their magic against him and his forces simply due to their social status, and equating death with being defeated or loss of domination, the ultimate humiliation. The biggest difference between Harry and Voldemort was that Harry, as the true Master of Death, accepted mortality, which ultimately made him a stronger person than his nemesis. Furthermore, due to his immense evil and lack of a human soul, he was completely unable to cast the Patronus Charm, an incredibly powerful and benevolent protective charm that is a manifestation of positive energy and happiness, none of which Voldemort possessed. Lastly, the obsession for immortality which led to him creating seven Horcruxes greatly costed him the inability to pass on due to damage he done on his very soul, let alone returning as a ghost.

Powers and Abilities

“	I can make things move without touching them. I can make animals do what I want without training them. I can make bad things happen to people who are mean to me. I can make them hurt if I want to... I can speak to snakes too. They find me, they whisper to me.	„
	~ Tom Riddle about his magical abilities he demonstrated at the orphanage.

Before even knowing the very existence of magic itself, a young Voldemort could already use his magical power to achieve something similar to telekinesis, manipulate animals, and "make bad things happen to people who annoy him", in a much more controlled display of magic than wizards exhibit at that age. Riddle proved to be a prodigious student during his years at Hogwarts before even finding the Chamber of Secrets.

Voldemort grew into one of the most powerful wizards to ever exist, second only to Dumbledore himself. He masters virtually every field of magic and Dark Magic. He has proven able to create artificial limbs such as Peter Pettigrew's silver hand; to conjure objects (like shields) within seconds; create and control Inferi (undeads); to summon snakes; to compel people's movements (forcing Harry Potter to bow in their duel) and suspend people bound in midair; to transfigure objects and elements into living beings; to perform high-level telekinesis; to turn corpses into disguises, like he did with Bathilda Bagshot; to cast curses; to curse a word into a Taboo that unleashes spells when uttered; to create tatoos that summon his servants and sends message upon being touched; to speak to snakes and control them; and many more.

Voldemort showing his great power.

Voldemort has also devised many magical feats of his own, such as the Morsmordre, (which summons his symbol, the Dark Mark), the ability to fly without support at high speeds, the ritual that restored him, and other. He is extremely skilled in magical duels; being able to cast spells, counter-spells, an to Apparate/Disapparate with great speed and precision, and to cast powerful and complex spells in mid air with enough accuracy to strike a moving target. He masters the Unforgiving Curses which are the Killing Curse Avada Kedavra, the Torture Curse Cruciatus and the Mind-Control Curse Imperium with great proficiency; and is seen using other powerful attack spells (The movies depicts him casting fire, magical blasts and sonic booms). He likely taught his followers every attack spell they are seen using.

Voldemort is an exceptionally powerful practitioner of Legilimency, being able to tell whenever a person is lying and to delve into their deepest thoughts without resistance. One of the few people who are skilled enough to shield their mind from him is Severus Snape, who is extremely skilled at Occlumency. Voldemort would often plant illusions into the minds of his victims to manipulate them. Voldemort is also said to be very skilled at Occlumency, however his use of this talent wasn't greatly shown in the series.

Finally, Voldemort is knowledgeable, and capable of thinking of good plans. If it wasn't for his extreme megalomania and his utter inability to comprehend human emotions and reactions, he would not have fallen.

Quotes

“	Don't you turn your back on me, Harry Potter! I want you to look at me when I kill you! I want to see the light leave your eyes!	„
	~ Lord Voldemort taunting Harry Potter during their first duel.

“	I was ripped from my body, less than spirit, less than the meanest ghost, but still, I was alive.	„
	~ Voldemort about the aftermath of his ill-fated attempt to kill the baby Harry.

“	Voldemort is my past, present, and future.	„
	~ Tom Riddle revealing his true identity as Lord Voldemort to Harry Potter.

“	See what I have become? Mere shadow and vapour ... I have form only when I can share another's body... but there have always been those willing to let me into their hearts and minds.... Unicorn blood has strengthened me, these past weeks... you saw faithful Quirrell drinking it for me in the forest... and once I have the Elixir of Life, I will be able to create a body of my own.... Now... why don't you give me that Stone in your pocket?	„
	~ Voldemort to Harry about his non-corporeal and parasitic state of existence before demanding the Philosopher's Stone in his possession.

“	I remember only forcing myself, sleeplessly, endlessly, second by second, to exist. ... I settled in a faraway place, in a forest, and I waited. . . . Surely, one of my faithful Death Eaters would try and find me. . . one of them would come and perform the magic I could not, to restore me to a body . . , but I waited in vain...	„
	~ Voldemort admonishing his Death Eaters for failing to resurrect him sooner

“	Dumbledore: It was foolish of you to come here tonight, Tom. The Aurors are on their way. Voldemort: By which time I shall be gone. And you... shall be dead.	„
	~ Voldemort meet Dumbledore after many years.

“	Harry Potter: You're the weak one. And you'll never know love, or friendship. And I feel sorry for you. Voldemort: You're a fool, Harry Potter. And you will lose...everything.	„
	~ Lord Voldemort and Harry Potter to each other.

“	Voldemort: You do not seek to kill me, Dumbledore? Above such brutality, are you? Dumbledore: We both know there are other ways of destroying a man, Tom. Merely taking your life would not satisfy me, I admit. Voldemort: There is nothing worse than death, Dumbledore! Dumbledore: You are quite wrong. Indeed, your failure to understand that there are things much worse than death has always been your greatest weakness.	„
	~ Voldemort to Dumbledore before their duel.

“	You have been taught how to duel. Harry Potter? We bow to each other. Harry, Come, the niceties must be observed. . . .Dumbledore would like you to show manners. . . . Bow to death, Harry. ... I said, bow, Very good, And now you face me, like a man . . . straight-backed and proud, the way your father died. . . .	„
	~ Voldemort preparing to duel Harry Potter

“	I have been careless, and so have been thwarted by luck and chance, those wreckers of all but the best-laid plans. But I know better now. I understand those things that I did not understand before. I must be the one to kill Harry Potter, and I shall be.	„
	~ Voldemort discuses Harry Potter's triumphs and his own failures.

“	For those of you who do not know, we are joined here tonight by Charity Burbage who, until recently, taught at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Yes . . . Professor Burbage taught the children of witches and wizards all about Muggles . . . how they are not so different from us . . . Not content with corrupting and polluting the minds of Wizarding children, last week Professor Burbage wrote an impassioned defence of Mudbloods in the Daily Prophet. Wizards, she says, must accept these thieves of their knowledge and magic. The dwindling of the purebloods is, says Professor Burbage, a most desirable circumstance. . . . She would have us all mate with Muggles . . . or, no doubt, werewolves. . . .	„
	~ Voldemort tormenting Charity Burbage before murdering her.

“	Say it again! Say it again! Impostors? What impostors? I thought Gringotts had ways of revealing impostors? Who were they? And they took? Tell me! What did they take?	„
	~ Voldemort interrogating a Gringotts Goblin, becoming aware of Harry's Horcrux hunt

“	I know that you are preparing to fight. Your efforts are futile. You cannot fight me. I do not want to kill you. I have great respect for the teachers of Hogwarts. I do not want to spill magical blood. Give me Harry Potter, and none shall be harmed. Give me Harry Potter, and I shall leave the school untouched. Give me Harry Potter, and you will be rewarded. You have until midnight.	„
	~ Voldemort's ultimatum before Battle at Hogwarts

“	You've been a good and faithful servant, Severus, but only I can live forever.	„
	~ Voldemort before killing Severus Snape in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2.

“	Kill the spare.	„
	~ Voldemort orders Wormtail to kill Cedric Diggory.

“	Avada Kedavra!	„
	~ Voldemort's last word in the book, and also his final Killing Curse.

“	I killed Snape!	„
	~ Voldemort's last word in the film.

Other Appearances

The LEGO Batman Movie

Lord Voldemort appeared as a supporting antagonist in The LEGO Batman Movie, being a prisoner of the Phantom Zone. He is released on Gotham City by the Joker, who uses him to help him wreck havoc and try and destroy Batman. He is defeated when Batgirl sends him back to the Phantom Zone.

Here, he was voiced by Eddie Izzard who also played Sir Miles Axlerod in Cars 2.

Ralph Fiennes was also in the movie as Alfred Pennyworth, but it was decided that he shouldn't play both characters.

How it Should Have Ended

Voldemort appeared in the episode "How Harry Potter Should Have Ended", where he is defeated by Harry. Afterwards, he would become a recurring character for the "Villain Pub" segments, usually joined by Loki Laufeyson, the Joker, and Emperor Palpatine.

He is voiced by Daniel Baxter.

Space Jam: A New Legacy

Lord Voldemort will be appearing in the 2021 film Space Jam: A New Legacy, the anticipated sequel to the 1996 Warner Bros. hybrid film Space Jam. He is going to appear alongside other villains from other Warner Bros. properties to challenge LeBron James and the Looney Tunes into a basketball match. Much like in The LEGO Batman Movie, Voldemort will be reunited with the Joker and Agent Smith.

It's currently unknown whether Ralph Fiennes will reprise his role or if Lord Voldemort will be recast.

Victims

The following gallery contains images of those who were killed by Voldemort. Some of them deliberately murdered to tear his own soul apart so the fragments can be fashioned into Horcruxes.

James Potter - Killed for attempting to defend Harry. His and Lily's murder caused a piece of Voldemort's soul to enter Harry's body, resulting in him became an accidental Horcrux.

Lily Evans - The same reason with James' murder. Her and James' murder caused a piece of Voldemort's soul to enter Harry's body, resulting in him became an accidental Horcrux.

Frank Bryce - Killed for overhearing his evil schemes.

Cedric Diggory - Killed for deterring his and Wormtail's way for his revival near at father's tomb.

Bertha Jorkins - Killed so Voldemort can convert Nagini into a Horcrux.

Hepzibah Smith - Murdered in order to convert Ravenclaw’s diadem into a Horcrux.

Myrtle Warren - Killed via. Serpent of Slytherin's killing gaze to purge Hogwarts of Muggle-borns as Salazar intended and creating his first Horcrux (both to attain near-immortality and continue said duty as "living memory")

Amelia Bones - Assassinated alongside her family so his pawn Pius Thickneese can take her place during the Ministry of Magic's take over.

Bathilda Bagshot - Murdered so her body can be used by Nagini to set a trap for Harry and Hermione.

Charity Burbage - Killed by Voldemort due to her teaching about Muggles, which was deemed as an insult for Pureblood Supremacists.

Mykew Gregorovitch - Killed after revealing that Gellert Grindelwald stole the Elder Wand.

Gellert Grindelwald - Killed by Voldemort in a rage after revealing Dumbledore's wand and Elder Wand to be one and the same.

Griphook the Goblin - Killed for his failure in protecting Helga Hufflepuff's cup.

Dorcas Meadowes - Killed during the First Wizarding War by Voldemort himself.

Alastor Moody - Killed during the Battle of the Seven Potters.

Peter Pettigrew - Killed by his silver for considering betraying Voldemort out of a life debt to Harry Potter.

Ricbert - Killed for the failure in protecting Helga Hufflepuff's Cup.

Rufus Scrimgeour - Killed during the Death Eaters' attempt to take over the Ministry of Magic.

Pius Thickneese (Film adaptation only) - Killed for interrupting his musing.

Severus Snape - Killed to ensure he gained full control over Elder Wand (he believed Snape was the one who disarmed Dumbledore during the latter's assassination attempt instead of Malfoy).

The security guard Teffington - Killed for his failed protection of Helga Hufflepuff's Cup.

Several unnamed innocent lives whose corpses animated as Inferi.

Trivia

• The name Voldemort comes from the French "vol de mort", meaning "flight of death" or more figuratively "theft of death" (In correct French pronunciation, the T at the end is silent; however, it is generally pronounced by English-speakers).
• Ironically, Lord Voldemort seeks immortality, only to die at 71, the average age of a Muggle. Furthermore, due to all the damage he inflicted on his soul, he can't even have immortality in the form of a ghost.
• According to J.K. Rowling, Voldemort's character is based on three real-life dictators: Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin and Benito Mussolini. However, Voldemort parallels much of Hitler.
  • Both hated their fathers; Hitler had a strict and brutal father who disapproved of him while Voldemort's father deserted his mother after the love potion wore off. Both had mothers who were empathic towards them and were very supportive though Voldemort's mother died after giving birth to him.
  • Both excelled in what they loved to do. Voldemort excelled in his academics in Hogwarts though was forbidden from applying to the Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher post while Hitler excelled in art though he was rejected in art school.
  • Both shared a common hatred; Voldemort to muggles and muggle-borns after researching his family's history and Hitler to Jews after knowing the Jewish heritage of the professor who rejected his entry to art school and the doctor who tried to save his mother from dying of cancer.
  • Both shared fascist ideologies and promoted racial superiority despite not being the true examples of the ideology; Hitler promoted Aryan supremacy by claiming that tall, blonde-haired and blue eyed people were the master race despite him being blue-eyed, brown-haired and standing only 5'9 ft. Voldemort promoted pure-bloods as the supreme race of wizards and wished to purify the wizarding race of half-bloods and muggle-born but was actually a half-blood himself.
• As did Dolores Umbridge, Voldemort left permanent scars on Harry Potter. However, Umbridge is far more hated than Voldemort among fans.
• In The LEGO Movie universe, it's possible that Lord Voldemort wasn't defeated by Harry Potter or his Horcruxes didn't get destroyed like in the Harry Potter canon, as he is seen imprisoned in the Phantom Zone.
• According to J.K. Rowling, Voldemort most likely doesn't eat, having reached a point of inhumanity in which he doesn't actually need food.

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Death Eaters Lord Voldemort | Barty Crouch Jr. (Warner Bros.) | Bellatrix Lestrange | Corban Yaxley | Peter Pettigrew (Warner Bros.) | Alecto Carrow | Amycus Carrow | Antonin Dolohov | Augustus Rookwood | Walden Macnair | Thorfinn Rowle | Evan Rosier | Cedric Diggory (Alternate Timeline) | Rodolphus Lestrange | Avery II Death Eater defectors Severus Snape | Regulus Black | The Malfoys (Lucius Malfoy & Draco Malfoy)‡ | Igor Karkaroff | Peter Pettigrew Death Eater Allies Quirinus Quirrell | Dolores Umbridge | Fenrir Greyback | Pius Thicknesse | Albert Runcorn | Snatchers (Scabior) | Vincent Crabbe | Gregory Goyle | John Dawlish | Kreacher | Stan Shunpike Hogwarts Staff Severus Snape | Barty Crouch Jr. (Warner Bros.) | Alecto Carrow | Amycus Carrow | Quirinus Quirrell | Dolores Umbridge | Gilderoy Lockhart | Argus Filch | Salazar Slytherin Ministry of Magic Cornelius Fudge | Pius Thicknesse | Corban Yaxley | Muggle-Born Registration Commission (Dolores Umbridge & Albert Runcorn) | John Dawlish | Damocles Rowle Gellert Grindelwald's Alliance Gellert Grindelwald | Credence Barebone | Vinda Rosier | Queenie Goldstein | Gunnar Grimmson | Abernathy | Krall | Carrow | Nagel | Krafft | MacDuff | Helmut | Anton Vogel | Karl Other Wizards & Witches Morfin Gaunt | Marvolo Gaunt | Merope Gaunt | Herpo the Foul | Merwyn the Malicious | Ekrizdis | Delphini | Rita Skeeter | Peregrine | Verucca Buckthorn-Snyde | Patricia Rakepick | Merula Snyde | Ismelda Murk | Emily Tyler | Gormlaith Gaunt | Corvus Lestrange | Raczidian | Erkstag Warden | Mundungus Fletcher | Isidora Morganach New Salem Philanthropic Society Mary Lou Barebone | Credence Barebone Ranrok's Loyalists Ranrok | Pergit | Belgruff the Bludgeoner | Grodbik | Ogbert the Odd Creatures The Serpent of Slytherin | Acromantula (Aragog & Acromantula Colony) | Dementors | Centaurs‡ | Giants | Inferi | Nagini | Mountain Troll | Gnarlak | Griphook | Kreacher | Manticores (Manticore Queen) Tales of Beedle the Bard Charlatan | Death | Warlock Muggles The Dursleys‡ (Marge Dursley) | Tobias Snape

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