Tom Riddle Story

There is hope

2010-04-07T20:26:00.001+01:00

Though she said she doesn't plan to write any offshoots of the Potter series, she didn't rule it out "maybe 10 years from now," depending on how she feels. But she told one child she does want to write more books.

"Yes, I do, and I am," Rowling said. "I'm quite sure in the not-too-distant future I will bring out another book." [read all]

source: washingtonpost.com

once again...

2009-09-03T13:01:00.002+01:00

free time is very little...

HBP: Trailer

2009-07-09T13:07:00.004+01:00

HPMTC Video: Tower Chase

2009-01-18T22:27:00.000Z

Harry chased by the Hungarian Horntail.

from the HP Magical Trading Cards website

HPMTC Video: Escaping the Horntail

2009-01-16T11:24:00.001Z

Harry flying sequence during the first task of the triwizard tournament.

from the HP Magical Trading Cards website

HPMTC Video: Bus Ride

2009-01-08T22:30:00.000Z

Harry on the Knight Bus.

from the HP Magical Trading Cards website

HPMTC Video: Bogart Snape

2009-01-06T19:28:00.000Z

Neville faces Bogart Snape.

from the HP Magical Trading Cards website

HPMTC Video: Spider on skates

2009-01-04T19:20:00.000Z

Ron facing bogart spider.

from the HP Magical Trading Cards website

HPMTC Video: Lupin teaching Harry

2009-01-02T16:47:00.000Z

Lupin teaching Harry fight Dementors.

from the HP Magical Trading Cards website

HPMTC Video: Harry ridding Buckbeak

2008-12-30T10:45:00.001Z

Harry ridding Buckbeak (I'm the king of the world style).

from the HP Magical Trading Cards website

HPMTC Video: Hermione grabs Ron's hand

2008-12-28T11:22:00.000Z

Hermione grabs Ron's hand.

from the HP Magical Trading Cards website

HPMTC Video: Hermione Punches Malfoy

2008-12-26T23:12:00.002Z

Nice punch.

from the HP Magical Trading Cards website

Signed Edition of The Tales of Beedle the Bard

2008-11-26T10:37:00.002Z

You want a signed copy of the Collector’s Edition of The Tales of Beedle the Bard?

Pre-order the book from Amazon before December 2 and you will be automatically entered into a prize draw to win a copy of the Collector’s Edition signed by J.K. Rowling herself.

There will be 10 signed books to give to 10 lucky buyers. Each will receive their prize in addition to the non-signed copy that they pre-ordered.
Just in time for Christmas. Happy readings...

Two Movies for Deathly Hallows

2008-11-25T23:22:00.000Z

It's been known for a while now, but I wanted to post it here nevertheless.

"BURBANK, CA, MARCH 12, 2008 - Warner Bros. Pictures today announced that the screen adaptation of J.K. Rowling's final book in the series, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, will be released in two parts. The announcement was made by Jeff Robinov, President of Warner Bros. Pictures Group." [read more]

I think its a good decision. The book has constant action and it would be very difficult to cut parts without affecting the events line. Also good for Warner Brothers of course but I'm sure the fans are happy with the idea.

Movie: Half Blood Prince

2008-11-16T22:46:00.012Z

[one of my most anticipated scenes - from HBP Gallery]

Official Trailer

Official Trailer

Year: 2009
Links: IMDB, Wikipedia, HP Wiki

The Tales of Beedle the Bard

2008-11-14T22:29:00.013Z

The Tales of Beedle the Bard are about to be published for the general public.

After a limited edition of only seven copies handwritten and illustrated by J. K. Rowling, it is time for the rest of the fans to know the remaining tales of Beedle. Sure you are familiar with "The Tale of the Three Brothers" but what about "The Wizard and the Hopping Pot"? Or "The Fountain of Fair Fortune" and "The Warlock's Hairy Heart"? And what about the "Babbitty Rabbitty and her Cackling Stump"? Promising titles.

The book comes in two editions and both will be available on December the 4th. The Colector's Edition is an exclusive of Amazon. And from the Amazon website we can read:

"Designed to evoke the spirit of the handcrafted original, the luxuriously packaged Collector's Edition of The Tales of Beedle the Bard features a reproduction of J.K. Rowling's handwritten introduction, metalwork and clasp, and replica gemstones--and is exclusively available from Amazon. The Collector's Edition also includes 10 new illustrations by J.K. Rowling and a velvet bag embroidered with Rowling's signature. (Available in limited quantities.) Net proceeds* from the sale support the Children's High Level Group"

I'm sure it will be a nice reading. The best thing will be going back to the wizarding world of Harry once again.

Links: Wikipedia

Fix

2008-11-11T23:03:00.002Z

I have fixed the vote for TRS section. One of the topsites where TRS was listed was giving an error so I decided to clean the whole section. These are the ones left:

If you know any other good topsites where TRS can be listed leave a comment here.

Return

2008-11-10T23:32:00.000Z

It's been over a year since my last post. It's been a busy year. I hope to have the time to make more frequent updates from now on. See you soon...

Poll Results

2007-10-22T16:14:00.000+01:00

Which was the best book?

	Votes
Philosopher's Stone	0
Chamber of Secrets	1
Prisioner of Azkaban	1
Goblet of Fire	0
Order of the Phoenix	3
Half-Blood Prince	2
Deathly Hallows	8
Total Votes	15

Wizard of the Month

2007-10-21T12:49:00.001+01:00

Harry Potter

The Dark Mark means: Warning Spoiler Ahead!!

To view the content [click here] and move the mouse down to select.
1881 - 1996

«The Boy Who Lived, only known survivor of the Avada Kedavra curse and conqueror of Lord Voldemort, also known as Tom Riddle. Harry Potter joined the reshuffled Auror Department under Kingsley Shacklebolt at age 17, rising to become Head of said department in 2007.»
in J.K.Rowling

View the picture with text here.

Poll

2007-09-25T15:39:00.000+01:00

Don't forget to vote for the book you enjoyed the most. (Poll on the top of the right sidebar. Thanks)

Almost ending people...

Wizard of the Month

2007-09-03T17:30:00.001+01:00

Albus Dumbledore

1881 - 1996

«Brilliant and often controversial headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Albus Dumbledore is most famous for his 1945 defeat of Grindelwald and his steadfast championing of Harry Potter, the Boy Who Lived. Dumbledore's self-proclaimed proudest achievement, however, was featuring on a Famous Wizards Chocolate Frog Card.»
in J.K.Rowling

Magical Trading Cards: Chamber of Secrets completed

2007-08-27T11:51:00.000+01:00

I have colected all the HPCS cards. You can see screen shots of the full collection below (click to enlarge).

I also have plenty of repeated cards. Join my team and I may give you a couple if you wish. Just register at the Magical Trading Cards website to start collecting.

After register go to "Teams and Rankings" and join:

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Time Line

2007-08-21T16:30:00.000+01:00

Updated

This will be my working base:

1926
December 31 - Tom Marvolo Riddle is born
September - Morfin Gaunt returns from Azkaban
December 6 -Rubeus Hagrid is born

1931
Unknown - Fridwulfa abandons Hagrid and his father, her human family

1937
September 1 - Minerva McGonagall starts her first year at Hogwarts

1938
before September - Dumbledore visits Tom Riddle in the orphanage and offers him a place at Hogwarts
September 1 - Tom Marvolo Riddle starts his first year at Hogwarts and is sorted into Slytherin

1939
September - Tom Riddle learns about the Chamber of Secrets and decides to find and open it

early 1940s
Albus Dumbledore is the Transfiguration teacher at Hogwarts
Frank Bryce returns from fighting in World War Two

1940
September 1 - Rubeus Hagrid starts his first year at Hogwarts and is sorted into Gryffindor

1941
Unknown - Hagrid acquires an Acromantula egg and hatches Aragog in a Hogwarts cupboard
Unknown - Hagrid's father dies

1942
September 1 - Tom Riddle starts his fifth year at Hogwarts and is made a Prefect

1943
May - Tom Riddle learns to open the Chamber of Secrets and releases the Basilisk
May - Myrtle, a Hogwarts student, dies in a second floor bathroom after seeing the Basilisk
June 13 - Hagrid is falsely accused of opening the Chamber of Secrets
June 13 - Aragog the Acromantula is released into the Forbidden Forest
after June 13 - Rubeus Hagrid is expelled from Hogwarts
after June 13 - Tom Riddle is given an Award for Special Services to the School
after June 13 - Hagrid remains at Hogwarts and is trained as gamekeeper, thanks to Dumbledore
July - Tom Riddle commits his first murders: his father and grandparents in their Little Hangleton mansion
September - Tom Riddle meets with Professor Slughorn and asks him about Horcruxes
September - Tom Marvolo Riddle creates his first Horcrux: the diary

1944
June - McGonagall leaves school
September 1 - Tom Riddle begins his seventh year at Hogwarts and is made Head Boy

1945
Unknown - Albus Dumbledore defeats the dark wizard Grindelwald
June - Tom Riddle graduates and applies for a job teaching at Hogwarts

1947
Unknown - Tom Riddle kills Hepzibah Smith, framing her house-elf, Hokey
Unknown - Tom Marvolo Riddle disappears

1951
Unknown - Rita Skeeter is born
Unknown - Bellatrix Black is born

1954
Unknown - Lucius Malfoy is born

1955
Unknown - Narcissa Black is born

1956
Unknown - Albus Dumbledore becomes Headmaster of Hogwarts School
Unknown - Bertha Jorkins is born

1956
December - Minerva McGonagall begins teaching at Hogwarts"

1957
Unknown - Voldemort resurfaces and applies to teach Defence Against the Dark Arts

1959
Unknown - James Potter is born
Unknown - Lily Evans is born
Unknown - Sirius Black is born
Unknown - Peter Pettigrew is born
January 9 - Severus Snape is born
March 10 - Remus Lupin is born

early 1960s
Remus Lupin, as a small boy, is bitten by the werewolf Fenrir Greyback

1961
Unknown - Regulus Black is born

1962
Unknown - Bartemius Crouch Jr. is born

1965
September 1 - Lucius Malfoy starts his first year at Hogwarts and is sorted into Slytherin

1968
September 1 - Sturgis Podmore starts his first year at Hogwarts

1969
Unknown - Arthur Weasley and Molly Prewett elope and quickly get married

1970
Unknown - Lord Voldemort rises to power
Unknown - Remus Lupin is accepted to begin his first year at Hogwarts
Unknown - The Whomping Willow is planted at Hogwarts
September 1 - The Marauders start at Hogwarts
November 29 - Bill Weasley is born
Unknown - Remus Lupin's friends discover he is a werewolf, explaining his monthly disappearances

1972
December 12 - Charlie Weasley is born

1973
Unknown - Nymphadora Tonks is born

1974
Unknown - Sirius Black runs away from home and is disowned by his family
Unknown - The Marauders finally learn the complex spells necessary to become Animagi
September 1 - Remus Lupin, at the start of his fifth year, becomes a Hogwarts Prefect
Unknown - Knight Bus conductor Stan Shunpike is born

1975
Unknown - Mundungus Fletcher is banned from the Hog's Head

1975
June - James Potter publicly humiliates Severus Snape for Sirius Black's amusement
September - Sirius Black plays a fateful practical joke on Severus Snape and James saves Snape's life.
Unknown - The Marauder's Map is written

1976
Unknown - James Potter and Lily Evans are made Head Boy and Head Girl of Hogwarts
Unknown - Sirius Black sees his cousin Bellatrix for the last time - until they're both in Azkaban
Unknown - Oliver Wood is born

1976
August 22 - Percy Weasley is born

1977
June - The Marauders sit their N.E.W.T.s and leave Hogwarts
September - Sirius Black gets his own place, having inherited money from his uncle Alphard
September - Cedric Diggory is born
late October - Angelina Johnson is born

1978
Unknown - Lily Evans and James Potter are married
April 1 - Fred and George Weasley are born

1979
Unknown - Cho Chang is born
Unknown - Peter Pettigrew starts passing information to Voldemort
Unknown - Regulus Black attempts to back out of being a Death Eater and is killed on Voldemort's orders
Unknown - Orion Black, father of Sirius and Regulus, dies at age 50
September 1 - Gwenog Jones starts her first year at Hogwarts
September 19 - Hermione Granger is born

1980
Unknown - Albus Dumbledore interviews Sibyll Trelawney for the post of Divination teacher at Hogwarts
Unknown - Igor Karkaroff is captured by Mad-Eye Moody and sent to Azkaban
Unknown - Rosier and Wilkes, both known Death Eaters, are killed by Aurors
Unknown - Ernie Macmillan is born
March 1 - Ron Weasley is born
June 5 - Draco Malfoy is born
June 23 - Dudley Dursley is born
July 30 - Neville Longbottom is born to famous Aurors Frank and Alice Longbottom
July 31 - Harry Potter is born

1981
August 11 - Ginny Weasley is born
September - Severus Snape is hired by Dumbledore to teach Potions at Hogwarts
October 24 - The Fidelius Charm is cast to hide the Potters, with Peter Pettigrew acting as Secret Keeper
October 31 - Defeat of Voldemort; James and Lily Potter are killed

This is from the HP Lexicon that has a great time line, I will work from here on.

HPMTC Video: No date

2007-08-19T10:47:00.000+01:00

Trouble with date.

from the HP Magical Trading Cards website

HPMTC Video: The Yule Ball

2007-08-19T10:43:00.000+01:00

The Yule Ball.

from the HP Magical Trading Cards website

HPMTC Video: The Maze

2007-08-08T11:51:00.000+01:00

The Maze of the Triwizard Tournament.

from the HP Magical Trading Cards website

HPMTC Video: Friends on Set

2007-08-06T13:13:00.000+01:00

Harry Potter cast on set.

from the HP Magical Trading Cards website

HPMTC Video: Look at me

2007-08-05T13:33:00.000+01:00

Harry and Voldemort at the graveyard.

from the HP Magical Trading Cards website

Horcruxes

2007-08-03T13:42:00.000+01:00

Here are the murders used to create each of the Horcruxes (from JKR web chat)

The diary: Moaning Myrtle

The ring: Tom Riddle Snr.

The cup: Hepzibah Smith, the previous owner

The locket: a Muggle tramp

The diadem: an Albanian peasant

Nagini: Bertha Jorkins (Voldemort could use a wand once he regained a rudimentary body, as long as the victim was subdued)

From this we may conclude that the murder doesn't have to be made using a wand (Avada Kadava curse) - I don't know why, but I was convinced that it had to be. The rest of the process is still unknown.

HPMTC Video: Accio Firebolt

2007-08-03T12:28:00.000+01:00

Harry summons his broom during the first task of the Triwizard Tournament.

from the HP Magical Trading Cards website

HPMTC Video: Twins and the Marauders Map

2007-08-02T20:04:00.000+01:00

Fred and George Weasley give the Marauders Map to Harry.

from the HP Magical Trading Cards website

Harry Potter and the Moonlight Reading

2007-08-01T22:30:00.000+01:00

Webcast of JK Rowling reading from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows at the Natural History Museum, London on the 21st July 2007.

part 1

part 2

Wizard of the Month

2007-08-01T11:22:00.000+01:00

Rowena Ravenclaw

Medieval (precise dates unknown)

«One of the four famous Founders of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Rowena Ravenclaw was the most brilliant witch of her time, though legend has it that a broken heart - cause unknown - contributed to her early demise.»
in J.K.Rowling

Harry Potter Magical Trading Cards

2007-07-31T17:22:00.000+01:00

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JKR web chat transcript

2007-07-31T17:17:00.000+01:00

Here is the transcript of Jo's web chat that took place yesterday. The transcript is supposed to be at Bloomsbury website but I couldn't find it. So I 'took' it from MuggleNet and rearranged one or two questions that where misaligned.

Jo answered a lot of questions, including some about Voldemort's past. I think she gave a little bit to much away. But thats OK it will help with my gathering facts job. Answers about the past (prior to Harry's birth) are in blue.

J.K. Rowling: I'm here and I can't wait! Bring on the questions!

Leaky Cauldron: What, if anything, did the wizarding world learn, and how did society change, as a direct result of the war with voldemort? (i.E., not as a result of harry, ron and hermione's future careers.)
J.K. Rowling: The Ministry of Magic was de-corrupted, and with Kingsley at the helm the discrimination that was always latent there was eradicated.
J.K. Rowling: Harry, Ron, Hermione, Ginny et al would of course play a significant part in the re-building of wizarding society through their future careers.

Ryan Love: From your fans at thesnitch.Co.Uk. Weren't we supposed to see ginny display powerful magical abilities in “deathly hallows” and find out why it's significant that she's the seventh child? Was her main role in the books only to be harry's love interest?
J.K. Rowling: Hi Ryan! Well, I think Ginny demonstrated powerful magic in the final battle, and that for a sixteen year old witch she acquitted herself pretty well. I don't remember ever saying that her 'seventh child' status would prove particularly
J.K. Rowling: important in the last book, though - are you sure I said that?!

Georgina: Did lucius malfoy, and all the other escaped death eaters, go back to azkaban
J.K. Rowling: No, the Malfoys weaseled their way out of trouble (again) due to the fact that they colluded (albeit out of self-interest) with Harry at the end of the battle.
Elisabeth: In the chapter of kings cross, are they behind the veil or in some world between the real world and the veil?
J.K. Rowling: You can make up your own mind on this, but I think that Harry entered a kind of limbo between life and death.

Renee: From reading about the original owners of the deathly hallows, the peverell brothers, i'm wondering if harry and voldermort are distantly related voldermorts grandfather ended up with the resurrection stone ring ?
J.K. Rowling: Yes, Harry and Voldemort are distantly related through the Peverells.
J.K. Rowling: Of course, nearly all wizarding families are related if you trace them back through the centuries. As was made clear in 'Deathly hallows', Peverell blood would run through many wizarding families.

Fomy: What did you feel when you finally wrote the kiss, awaited so much by the fans, of ron and hermione
J.K. Rowling: I loved writing it, and I loved the fact that Hermione took the initiative!
J.K. Rowling: Ron had finally got SPEW and earned himself a snog!

Angela Morrissey: Why is it that albus dumbledore can see harry under his invisibility cloak at certain moments? (during the series is the cloak only infallible to those who do not own a deathly hallow).
J.K. Rowling: Dumbledore, who could perform magic without needing to say the incantation aloud, was using 'homenum revelio' -
J.K. Rowling: - the human-presence-revealing spell Hermione makes use of in Deathly Hallows.

Jamie Lewis: What ever happened to winky
J.K. Rowling: She's still at Hogwarts, and she was one of the oncoming house-elves who attacked the Death Eaters in the final battle.

Katieleigh: Does hermione still continue to do work with spew and is life any better for house elves!
J.K. Rowling: Hermione began her post-Hogwarts career at the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures
J.K. Rowling: where she was instrumental in greatly improving life for house-elves and their ilk. She then moved (despite her jibe to Scrimgeour) to the Dept. of Magical Law Enforcement
J.K. Rowling: After a few years as a celebrated player for the Holyhead Harpies, Ginny retired to have her family and to become the Senior Quidditch correspondent at the Daily Prophet!

Camille: What or who is peeves exactly, is he linked with the blood barons story?
J.K. Rowling: No, Peeves is not linked to the bloody Baron's story.
J.K. Rowling: He is a spirit of chaos that entered the building long ago and has proved impossible to eradicate!

Jessie: Were the deathly hallows based on any realworld myth or faerie tale
J.K. Rowling: Perhaps 'the Pardoner's Tale', by Chaucer.

Alicepie: What happend to luna, did she get married who to?
J.K. Rowling: Luna became a very famous wizarding naturalist who discovered and classified many new species of animals (though, alas, she never did find a Crumple-Horned Snorkack and had, finally, to accept that her father might have made that one up).
J.K. Rowling: She ended up marrying (rather later than Harry & co) a fellow naturalist and grandson of the great Newt Scamander (Rolf)!

Rosi: What does in essence divided mean?
J.K. Rowling: Dumbledore suspected that the snake's essence was divided - that it contained part of Voldemort's soul, and that was why it was so very adept at doing his bidding.
J.K. Rowling: This also explained why Harry, the last and unintended Horcrux, could see so clearly through the snake's eyes, just as he regularly sees through Voldemort's.
J.K. Rowling: Dumbledore is thinking aloud here, edging towards the truth with the help of the Pensieve.

Superhans: What was duldeys worst memory?
J.K. Rowling: I think that when Dudley was attacked by the Dementors he saw himself, for the first time, as he really was. This was an extremely painful, but ultimately salutory lesson, and began the transformation in him.

Casey Kunze: Who killed remus and tonks I think if I knew this, I would get some closure over the very sad, but understandable, death of two of my favorite characters
J.K. Rowling: I'm so sorry! I met a couple on launch night who had come dressed as Lupin and Tonks, and I felt dreadfully guilty as I signed their books!
J.K. Rowling: Remus was killed by Dolohov and Tonks by Bellatrix.

Laura Trego: Was the absence of snapes portrait in the headmasters office in the last scene innocent or deliberate
J.K. Rowling: It was deliberate. Snape had effectively abandoned his post before dying, so he had not merited inclusion in these august circles.
J.K. Rowling: However, I like to think that Harry would be instrumental in ensuring that Snape's portrait would appear there in due course.

Stephanie: If the wand chooses the wizard, then why do wands work when passed down from father to son eg neville had his fathers wand
J.K. Rowling : As established by Ollivander, a wizard can use almost any wand, it is simply that a wand that chooses him/her will work best. Where there is a family connection, a wand will work a little better than a wand chosen at random, I think.

James Farrell: How did umbridge manage to conjure a patronus while wearing the locket when harry wasnt able to
J.K. Rowling: Because she is a very nasty piece of work. She has an affinity for this horrible object, which would help rather than hinder her.

Tineke: What happened to percy did he return to his job at the ministry
J.K. Rowling: Yes, the new improved Percy ended up as a high-ranking official under Kingsley.

Su: How did neville get the gryfindor sword, is there a link to the hat
J.K. Rowling: Yes, there is very definitely a link to the hat!
J.K. Rowling: Neville, most worthy Gryffindor, asked for help just as Harry did in the Chamber of secrets, and Gryffindor's sword was transported into Gryffindor's old hat -
J.K. Rowling: - the Sorting Hat was Gryffindor's initially, as you know.
J.K. Rowling: Griphook was wrong - Gryffindor did not 'steal' the sword, not unless you are a goblin fanatic and believe that all goblin-made objects really belong to the maker.

Steph: Will azkaban still use dementors?
J.K. Rowling: No, definitely not. Kingsley would see to that. The use of Dementors was always a mark of the underlying corruption of the Ministry, as Dumbledore constantly maintained.

Smallbutpowerful: On behalf of all harry potter fans who consider themselves to be hufflepuffs could you please describe the hufflepuff common room as it is the only common room harry hasn’t visited
J.K. Rowling: The Hufflepuff common room is accessed through a portrait near the kitchens, as I am sure you have deduced.
J.K. Rowling: Sorry - I should say 'painting' rather than portrait, because it is a still-life.
J.K. Rowling: It is a very cosy and welcoming place, as dissimilar as possible from Snape's dungeon. Lots of yellow hangings, and fat armchairs, and little underground tunnels leading to the dormitories, all of which have perfectly round doors, like barrel tops.

Camille: How is george getting along without his twin
J.K. Rowling: Well, I don't think that George would ever get over losing Fred, which makes me feel so sad. However, he names his first child and son Fred, and he goes on to have a very successful career, helped by good old Ron.

Jessica Lynn: Did hagrid have to be able to see thestrals in order to train them if so, whose death did hagrid witness
J.K. Rowling: Hagrid has seen many deaths in quite a long life, so yes, he can see Thestrals.

Allie: What did dumbledore truly see in the mirror of erised
J.K. Rowling: He saw his family alive, whole and happy - Ariana, Percival and Kendra all returned to him, and Aberforth reconciled to him.

Snapedinhalf: You promised that someone will do magic late in life in book 7. I've now read it three times but cant work out who it might have been! Please help!!
J.K. Rowling: I'm sorry about this, but I changed my mind!
J.K. Rowling: My very earliest plan for the story involved somebody managing to get to Hogwarts when they had never done magic before, but I had changed my mind by the time I'd written the third book.

Christiana: How did voldemort get his wand back after he was in was exile
J.K. Rowling: Wormtail, desperate to curry favour, salvaged it from the place it had fallen and carried it to him. I admit that would have been a bit of a feat for a rat, but they are highly intelligent creatures!

Amanda: Hiya, ive grown up with harry and the gang, did any of the characters change in any unexpected ways as they grew up
J.K. Rowling: They all became pretty much what I expected/planned them to become.
J.K. Rowling: Of course they changed as I wrote, but nobody surprised me very much!

Ravleen: How much does the fact that voldemort was conceived under a love potion have to do with his nonability to understand love is it more symbolic
J.K. Rowling: It was a symbolic way of showing that he came from a loveless union - but of course, everything would have changed if Merope had survived and raised him herself and loved him.
J.K. Rowling: The enchantment under which Tom Riddle fathered Voldemort is important because it shows coercion, and there can't be many more prejudicial ways to enter the world than as the result of such a union.

Lechicaneuronline: Do you think snape is a hero
J.K. Rowling: Yes, I do; though a very flawed hero. An anti-hero, perhaps. He is not a particularly likeable man in many ways. He remains rather cruel, a bully, riddled with bitterness and insecurity - and yet he loved, and showed loyalty to that love
J.K. Rowling: and, ultimately, laid down his life because of it. That's pretty heroic!

James Farrell: Voldemort never told anyone about his horcruxes, so how on earth did regulus black discover his secret
J.K. Rowling: Horcrux magic was not Voldemort's own invention; as is established in the story, other wizards had done it, though never gone as far as to make six.
J.K. Rowling: Voldemort dropped oblique hints; in his arrogance, he did not believe anybody would be clever enough to understand them.
J.K. Rowling: (He does so in the graveyard of Little Hangleton, in front of Harry). He did this before Regulus and Regulus guessed, correctly, what it was that made Voldemort so convinced he could not die.

Jaclyn: Did lily ever have feelings back for snape
J.K. Rowling: Yes. She might even have grown to love him romantically (she certainly loved him as a friend) if he had not loved Dark Magic so much, and been drawn to such loathesome people and acts.

Boggo: Would you choose the hallow that is the cloak, like youre supposed to, and would you be tempted to use the others
J.K. Rowling: My temptation would be Harry's, ie, the Stone. But I believe, as does Harry ultimately, that the greatest wisdom is in accepting that we must all die, and moving on.

Cornersoul: So what happens to all the dementors where will they go will they be destroyed if so, how
J.K. Rowling: You cannot destroy Dementors, though you can limit their numbers if you eradicate the conditions in which they multiply, ie, despair and degradation. As I've already said, though,
J.K. Rowling: the Ministry no longer used them to torment its opponents.

Michael: Why didnt fawkes come back to help harry I would have thought that since harry was so loyal to dumbledore, fawkes would have been harrys new pet
J.K. Rowling: Something had to leave the school for good when Dumbledore died, and I decided that would be Fawkes. Dumbledore was a very great and irreplacable man, and the loss of Fawkes (and the fact that he was 'non-transferable'!) expresses this symbolically

Roseweasley: Why was colin creavey still a student at hogwarts when he was muggleborn surely he would have been locked up and interogated, not allowed back to school therefore, he shouldnt have died
J.K. Rowling: Colin wasn't a student. He sneaked back with the rest of the DA, along with Fred, George and the rest. He ought not to have stayed behind when McGonagall told him to leave, but alas - he did.

Delailah: How does dumbledore understand parseltongue?
J.K. Rowling: Dumbledore understood Mermish, Gobbledegook and Parseltongue. The man was brilliant.

Jessie: Will lockhart ever recover?
J.K. Rowling: No. Nor would I want him to. He's happy where he is, and I'm happier without him!

Annie: Does the wizarding world now know that snape was dumbledores man, or do they still think he did a bunk
J.K. Rowling: Harry would ensure that Snape's heroism was known.
J.K. Rowling: Of course, that would not stop Rita Skeeter writing 'Snape: Scoundrel or Saint?'

Vio91: Is teddy lupin a werewolf
J.K. Rowling: No, he's a Metamorphmagus like his mother.

Nippy23: We see socks a lot throughout the series, such as dobby’s love for them and dumbledore’s claim to see them in the mirror of erised, what’s the reason behind all the socks
J.K. Rowling: Nothing deep and significant, I'm afraid. They're just a comedy item.

Lady Bella: Whose murders did voldemor use to create each of the horcruxes
J.K. Rowling: The diary - Moaning Myrtle. The cup - Hepzibah Smith, the previous owner. The locket - a Muggle tramp. Nagini - Bertha Jorkins (Voldemort could use a wand once he regained a rudimentary body, as long as the victim was subdued).
J.K. Rowling: The diadem - an Albanian peasant. The ring - Tom Riddle snr.

Sampotterish: Why did dumbledore want ron to keep his deluminator
J.K. Rowling: Because he knew that Ron might need a little more guidance than the other two.
J.K. Rowling: Dumbledore understood Ron's importance in the trio. He wasn't the most skilled, or the most intelligent, but he held them together; his humour and his good heart were essential.

Carol: Do dementors have souls
J.K. Rowling: No, that's what makes them frightening!

Jess Mac: What was the third smell that hermione smelt in the amortentia potion in hbp (ie the particular essence of ron)
J.K. Rowling: I think it was his hair. Every individual has very distinctive-smelling hair, don't you find?

Natalie: Are house divisions as prevalaent in harry’s children’s hogwarts as in the previous generations
J.K. Rowling: Slytherin has become diluted. It is no longer the pureblood bastion it once was. Nevertheless, its dark reputation lingers, hence Albus Potter's fears.

Nithya: Lily detested mulciber,averyif snape really loved her,why didnt he sacrifice their company for her sake
J.K. Rowling: Well, that is Snape's tragedy. Given his time over again he would not have become a Death Eater, but like many insecure, vulnerable people (like Wormtail) he craved membership of something big and powerful, something impressive.
J.K. Rowling: He wanted Lily and he wanted Mulciber too. He never really understood Lily's aversion; he was so blinded by his attraction to the dark side he thought she would find him impressive if he became a real Death Eater.

Alborz: What does it mean to be the master of death
J.K. Rowling: As Dumbledore explains, the real master of Death accepts that he must die, and that there are much worse things in the world of the living.
J.K. Rowling: It is not about striving for immortality, but about accepting mortality.

Barbara: I was very disappointed to see harry use crucio and seem to enjoy it his failure to perform that kind of curse in the past has been a credit to his character why the change, and did harry later regret having enjoyed deliberately causing pain
J.K. Rowling: Harry is not, and never has been, a saint. Like Snape, he is flawed and mortal.
J.K. Rowling: Harry's faults are primarily anger and occasional arrogance.
J.K. Rowling: On this occasion, he is very angry and acts accordingly. He is also in an extreme situation, and attempting to defend somebody very good against a violent and murderous opponent.

Nicole: What do you think is the funniest moment you have written in the series
J.K. Rowling: It sounds very vain to answer this! My favourite in this book is probably that line of Ron's 'really captures the scope and tragedy of the thing, doesn't it?'

Courtney: What child did harry give the marauders map to if any
J.K. Rowling: I've got a feeling he didn't give it to any of them, but that James sneaked it out of his father's desk one day.

Karin: What did petunia wanted to say to hary at the end of the dursleys departing
J.K. Rowling: I think that for one moment she trembled on the verge of wishing Harry luck; that she almost acknowledged that her loathing of his world, and of him, was born out of jealousy.
J.K. Rowling: But she couldn't do it; years of pretending that 'normal' was best had hardened her too much.

Leaky Cauldron: Please pose and answer the question you'd most like to address about the series! (a ha, turned it back on you.)
J.K. Rowling: Oooo, you're tough.
J.K. Rowling: I must admit, I always wondered why nobody ever asked me what Dumbledore's wand was made of!
J.K. Rowling: And I couldn't say that, even when asked 'what do you wish you'd been asked...' because it would have sign-posted just how significant that wand would become!

Nora: Is auntie muriels tiara important
J.K. Rowling: No, sorry... except to illustrate what an old bat she is.

Nigel: Can harry speak parseltongue when he is no longer a horcrux?
J.K. Rowling: No, he loses the ability, and is very glad to do so.

Nikki: How did sirius twoway mirror end up with aberforth or is it another twoway mirror
J.K. Rowling: You see Aberforth meeting Mundungus in Hogsmeade. That was the occasion on which Dung, who had taken Sirius's mirror from Grimmauld Place, sold it to Aberforth.

Tierney Roth: If moody got a magic eye, and wormtail got a magic hand, couldnt there be some way to form a magical ear, if only to cover up the hole and make george look more symmetrical
J.K. Rowling: Yes, he could wear a false ear (I'm starting to giggle at the thought. Perhaps he's better off with the hole!)

Lucy: What is dumbledores boggart?
J.K. Rowling: The corpse of his sister.

Pablo: What is toadface umbridge doing now
J.K. Rowling: Glad to see you like her as much as I do!
J.K. Rowling: She was arrested, interrogated and imprisoned for crimes against Muggleborns.

Tina: Do the muggles notice that there arent any weird things going on now that voldemorts gone
J.K. Rowling: Yes, the world seems a much sunnier place (literally - with the Dementors gone the weather gets better!)
J.K. Rowling: We are having a heavily Dementor-influenced summer here in the UK.

Katie Mosher: How exactly do muggleborns receive magical ability
J.K. Rowling: Muggle-borns will have a witch or wizard somewhere on their family tree, in some cases many, many generations back. The gene re-surfaces in some unexpected places.

Maggie: Is rita skeeter still reporting
J.K. Rowling: Naturally, what could stop Rita? I imagine she immediately dashed off a biography of Harry after he defeated Voldemort. One quarter truth to three quarters rubbish.

Maggie Keir: Was hermione able to find her parents and undo the memory damage
J.K. Rowling: Yes, she brought them home straight away.

Lola Victorpujebet: Was minerva in love with albus
J.K. Rowling: No! Not everybody falls in love with everybody else...

Rachel Nell: Jkr, thank you for such amazing books! I would like to know how come noone seemed to know that lily and snape were friends in school they were obviously meeting for chats, etc didnt james know their past
J.K. Rowling: Thank you for your thank you!
J.K. Rowling: Yes, it was known that they were friendly and then stopped being friends. Nothing more than that would be widely known.
J.K. Rowling: James always suspected Snape harboured deeper feelings for Lily, which was a factor in James' behaviour to Snape.

Abbey: Will the chuddley cannons ever win the quidditch world cup
J.K. Rowling: Bless them, perhaps. But they'd need to replace the entire team and down several cauldrons of Felix Felicitas.

Hayleyhaha: Why did regulus have a change of heart
J.K. Rowling: He was not prepared for the reality of life as a Death Eater. It was Voldemort's attempted murder of Kreacher that really turned him.

J.K. Rowling: Scorpius has a lot going against him, not least that name. However, I think Scorpius would be an improvement on his father, whom misfortune has sobered!
Stephval: Is scorpius as misguided as his father, or has draco improved and taught his child(ren) better
J.K. Rowling: Sorry, technical hitch - just answered a question before seeing it!
J.K. Rowling: I am clearly getting better at Legilimency.

Lona: Did draco and harry lose their animosity towards eachother when voldemort died
J.K. Rowling: Not really. There would be a kind of rapprochement, in that Harry knows Draco hated being a Death Eater, and would not have killed Dumbledore; similarly, Draco would feel a grudging gratitude towards Harry for saving his life.
J.K. Rowling: Real friendship would be out of the question, though. Too much had happened prior to the final battle.

Hannah: Why was snape so badly groomed
J.K. Rowling: Hmm. Good question. Poor eyesight? Did he look in the mirror and believe he was gorgeous as he was?
J.K. Rowling: I think it more likely that he valued other qualities in himself!

Ea: Will the stone ever be found, since it was left just sitting on the forest floor
J.K. Rowling: I think not. I imagine that it was squashed into the ground by a centaur's hoof as the centaurs dashed to the aid of the Hogwarts fighters, and thereafter became buried.

Adwait313: Has the jinx on the dada teaching post at hogwarts been lifted
J.K. Rowling: Yes, at last! Incidentally, I know some have asked about Quirrell with regard to this question.
J.K. Rowling: He was teaching at Hogwarts for more than a year, but NOT in the post of D.A.D.A. teacher. He was previously Muggle Studies professor.

Emily: What ever happened to aberforth
J.K. Rowling: He is still there, at the Hog's Head, playing with his goats.

Lee: I recently purchsed nimbus twothousand it has a terrible knack of veering left is their anything I can do (wihout the use of a wand it was broken by a hippogriff) to repair it back to it original straight flying state
J.K. Rowling: Hm. I would advise a trip to Arkie Alderton's Kwik-Repair Shop. Never attempt to mend a broom at home, the consequences can be disastrous.

Abjoppotter: Is narcissa malfoy really a death eater
J.K. Rowling: No, she never had the Dark Mark and was never a fully paid-up member. However, her views were identical to those of her husband until Voldemort planned the death of her son.

Emzzy: Did mr weasley ever get around to fixing sirius motorbike
J.K. Rowling: Of course, and it ended up in Harry's possession.

Lulu: Do you think dumbledore was a little more fond of ron than either ron or harry believed
J.K. Rowling: Yes, I do. Through Harry's account of Ron, and from reports of the professors who taught Ron, Dumbledore understood Ron better than Ron ever knew, and liked him, too.

Chelatina: Was firenze ever welcomed back into the herd
J.K. Rowling: Yes, the rest of the herd was forced to acknowledge that Firenze's pro-human leanings were not shameful, but honourable.

Kristy: What was your favorite scene to write in deathly hallows?
J.K. Rowling: Chapter 34: The Forest Again.

Chely: James patronus is a stag and lilys a doe is that a coincidence?
J.K. Rowling: No, the Patronus often mutates to take the image of the love of one's life (because they so often become the 'happy thought' that generates a Patronus).

Jon: Since voldemort was afraid of death, did he choose to be a ghost if so where does he haunt or is this not possible due to his horcruxes
J.K. Rowling: No, he is not a ghost. He is forced to exist in the stunted form we witnessed in King's Cross.

Angela Morrissey: Were there seven horcruxes not six as dumbledore intimated to harry if so, does this mean that voldemort had an 8 part soul not a 7
J.K. Rowling: Yes, Voldemort accidentally broke his soul into eight parts, not seven.

Laura Trego: Did hermione really put a memory charm on her parents she says she did but then about 50 pages later tells ron shes never done a memory charm
J.K. Rowling: They are two different charms. She has not wiped her parents' memories (as she later does to Dolohov and Rowle); she has bewitched them to make them believe that they are different people.

Maura: How come voldemort was no longer employing occlumency against harry, as he was in the 6th book
J.K. Rowling: He is losing control, and unable to prevent Harry seeing into his mind. The connection between them is never fully understood by Voldemort, who does not know that Harry is a Horcrux.

Gandalfxj9: Did krum ever find love
J.K. Rowling: Of course, though he had to go back to his native Bulgaria to do so.

Twinkletoes: Why did you feel that hedwigs death was necessary
J.K. Rowling: The loss of Hedwig represented a loss of innocence and security. She has been almost like a cuddly toy to Harry at times. Voldemort killing her marked the end of childhood. I'm sorry... I know that death upset a LOT of people!

Lecanard: Will we see harry and his friends having their own history on chocolate frogs cards
J.K. Rowling: Definitely, and Ron will describe this as his finest hour.
J.K. Rowling: I cannot possibly tell you. Some things are better left unsaid.

Samantha: Was snape the only death eater who could produce a full patronus
J.K. Rowling: Yes, because a Patronus is used against things that the Death Eaters generally generate, or fight alongside. They would not need Patronuses.

Jess: How did nagini could see harry and hermione if they were under the invisibility cloak
J.K. Rowling: Snakes' sense are very different from human ones. They can detect heat and movement in a way that we can't.

Chucky: Have you had another alternatives as book title apart from deathly hallows
J.K. Rowling: The two other possibilities were 'the Elder Wand' (used instead as a chapter title) and 'the Peverell Quest', which I decided against quite quickly. I think the word 'Quest' is a bit corny!

Iglooanne: What would your patronus be
J.K. Rowling: I'd like an otter, like Hermione, but I've got a feeling it might be a large dog.

The Stoic Cycle: Why is it that voldemort is unaware that the gaunt ring is a hallow, when he has worn it (such as in the memory the diary shows harry in book 2)
J.K. Rowling: Wearing the ring would not make the stone work. The stone existed outside the ring originally, and to use it you had to turn it three times in your hand.

Finchburg: Does the dark mark remain on those that voldemort has branded after his death or does the tattoo dissapear now he is gone thanks for considering my question!
J.K. Rowling: My pleasure, Finchburg! The Dark Mark would fade to a scar, not dissimilar to the lightning scar on Harry's forehead.
J.K. Rowling: Like Harry's, these scars would no longer burn or hurt.

Katie Mosher: How is the quibbler doing these days
J.K. Rowling: Pretty well, actually. It has returned to its usual condition of advanced lunacy, and is appreciated for its unintentional humour.

Camille: Dear mrs rowling, while im here I want to thank you for making me laugh, cry (a lot! Most of all for sirius!) since im 11 quite a long time for me as im 20 harrys magic and yours will be with me forever! Thanks!
J.K. Rowling: Thank you very much, Camille, and I'm sorry about Sirius. That man's got a lot of fans.
J.K. Rowling: Mostly female, I might add.

Nicofr: Does winky still drink a lot of butterbear
J.K. Rowling: She's dried out a bit now.

Isabel: Did bellatrix ever love her husband, or did she have love only for voldemort
J.K. Rowling: She took a pureblood husband, because that was what was expected of her, but her true love was always Voldemort.

jenny: How did snape keep his patronus secret from the rest of the order?
J.K. Rowling: He was careful not to use the talking Patronus means of communication with them. This was not difficult, as his particular job within the Order, ie, as spy, meant that sending a Patronus to any of them might have given away his true allegiance.

Darchey: Did voldemort ever love a girl
J.K. Rowling: No, he loved only power, and himself. He valued people whom he could use to advance his own objectives.

Leo: What would your wand be made of
J.K. Rowling: I'd like Harry's wand - holly and phoenix feather.

Brian: Did the da keep the coins?
J.K. Rowling: Naturally. They would be like badges or medals of honour - proof that the owner had been at the heart of the fight against Voldemort from the start! I like to imagine Neville showing his to his admiring pupils.

Tracie: How relieved are you that you can finally talk about the series no more secretkeeping!
J.K. Rowling: I'm elated! It is great to be able to do this at last, I've looked forward to it for so long!

Lou: How did snape get into grimmauld place to get the second half of the letter, if there were protection spells on the house stopping snape getting in
J.K. Rowling: Snape entered the house immediately after Dumbledore's death, before Moody put up the spells against him.

Koen Van Der Voort: Why is the scar on harrys forehead lightning shaped
J.K. Rowling: To be honest, because it's a cool shape. I couldn't have my hero sport a doughnut-shaped scar.

Louie: Did mariettas pimply formation ever fade
J.K. Rowling: Eventually, but it left a few scars. I loathe a traitor!

Katie B: Why was kings cross the place harry went to when he died
J.K. Rowling: For many reasons. The name works rather well, and it has been established in the books as the gateway between two worlds, and Harry would associate it with moving on between two worlds (don't forget that it is Harry's image we see, not necessarily
J.K. Rowling: what is really there.
J.K. Rowling: We seem to have over-run. We've had over 120,000 questions, I've been told!
J.K. Rowling: What can I say? Thank you so much for sticking with me, and with Harry, for so long. You have made this an incredible journey for Harry's author.
J.K. Rowling: I like this question, so I'll take it for my last.

Tess: What muggle song do you imagine would be played at dumbledores funeral
J.K. Rowling: Surely 'I did it my way' by Frank Sinatra.

J.K. Rowling: I'm very aware I haven't answered everything... keep an eye on my website, and I'll try and answer some more questions in due course!
J.K. Rowling: Thanks very much everybody, I've had a great time, and I hope I've covered some of the outstanding questions (I hear a distant roar of 'YOU DIDN'T GET TO MINE!')
J.K. Rowling: That's it... I'm Disapparating. Bye!

EventManager: Thank you for participating and for all of your great questions. A full transcript will be available on www.bloomsbury.com/harrypotter tomorrow.

Family Tree

2007-07-31T09:39:00.000+01:00

Here is Tom's known Family Tree:

- The name of Tom's mother was never referred.
- Also there is no reference of she being married to Marvolo or not.
- The names of Tom (Sr.) parents are also unknown.

Questions to be answered on a TR series

2007-07-30T11:53:00.000+01:00

I'll be writing questions about Tom Riddle's life here. Questions that have never been asked or answered.

- Did he ever played Quidditch for the Hogwarts Slytherin team?
- Did he went to Hogsmeade? If he did, who signed his permission?
- Did he stayed at the orphanage during summer?

Drop your questions on the comment box

Questions unanswered...

2007-07-30T11:36:00.000+01:00

Harry:
- Will he continue to speak parseltongue?
"No, he loses the ability, and is very glad to do so." (JKR on chat)
- Will he play Quidditch again (official matches)?

Artur Weasley:
- Will he ever be Minister for Magic?

Drop your questions on the comment box

Jo about her writing future

2007-07-30T11:27:00.000+01:00

«But I must admit, I think I've done my fantasy. To go and create another fantasy universe would feel wrong, and I don't know if I'm capable of it.»
in USATODAY.com

I see problems here for a Tom Riddle series... but yet... it would not be "another fantasy universe"... it would be the same. :)

More on Harry's future...

2007-07-27T15:41:00.000+01:00

Jo reveals a little bit more on some of the main characters future...

«Harry and Ron Weasley "revolutionized the Auror Department" at the Ministry of Magic. Harry, she added, makes occasional stops at Hogwarts to lecture in the Defense Against the Dark Arts class.

Hermione Granger, who was asked by the compromised minister of magic in book 7 whether she intended to become a lawyer, does just that, rising through the ranks in the Department of Magical Law Enforcement.

As many might have guessed by the oh-so-French name, Victoire is the first child of Bill and Fleur (implying there are more).

Rowling imagines Luna Lovegood fulfilling a worldwide wanderlust and -- having once flat out denied the possibility -- now admits that Luna and (professor) Neville Longbottom could in fact have a romantic connection.»
in recordonline.com

The waiting for the "Harry Potter Encyclopedia" has started...

Gaunt Family

2007-07-26T17:11:00.000+01:00

Marvolo Gaunt: Tom's gran father

Morfin Gaunt: Tom's uncle

Mereope Gaunt: Tom's mother

(under construction)

Wizard of the Month

2007-07-26T12:18:00.000+01:00

Godric Gryffindor

Medieval (precise dates unknown)

«One of the four famous Founders of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Godric Gryffindor was the most accomplished dueller of his time, an enlightened fighter against Muggle-discrimination and the first owner of the celebrated Sorting Hat.»
in J.K.Rowling

DH reading end

2007-07-25T10:48:00.000+01:00

I have finished reading DH. Once more JKR transports the reader side by side width Harry into an amazing adventure. The Boy Who Lived... twice, has been width us for many years and I fell sad that he will not be returning on more adventures. I think that, like in the song... "all good things come to an end". But it was not Harry's end, I am sure he lives a long happy life along width his family and friends.

But this blog is not about the end. It's about the beginning, the beginning that started when the last descendant of Salazar Slytherin was born. I am absolutely convinced that there is much still unanswered around the life of the young Tom Riddle (and other characters). And what we still don't know, I am sure, can give amazing stories. My quest begins...

Letter of Acknowledgments

2007-07-24T16:37:00.000+01:00

The "Do Not Disturb" door on the JKR website has bean open. There lies a letter of acknowledgments where she thanks to the people that have been width her on the Harry Potter adventure. She almost closes completely the door to new Harry Potter based books, sadly that includes Tom Riddle, but I will not give up on the purpose of my quest of gathering all information I can about him and I hope that others join me. I believe if much is unknown there will be plenty of room for more books.

I also want to thank her back for creating such a wonderful world, where we have bean transported to, every time a new book arrived.

DH reading progress...

2007-07-23T11:50:00.000+01:00

Yesterday I've reached Chapter 18. I could have reached more but my wife wouldn't be so fancy about it. Today... work (I should have asked for the day off), so I think it will take me another day or two to reach the end.

So far I think there is room to a Tom Riddle series... no great revelations have been made about him, only that he could have learned how to make Horcruxes on the school books. I thought maybe Grindelwald had something to do width Voldemort's learning on that subject. Maybe he had on something else...

Sorry for my bad English

2007-07-19T12:12:00.000+01:00

English is not my first language, so it will be most likely you will find misspells or grammar errors on some posts. If so, please let me know by leaving a comment on the post with the error or on the comment box of this post, so I can correct the errors. I would much appreciate it. Thank you.

Jo's Diary

2007-07-18T18:49:00.000+01:00

«We are almost there! As launch night looms, let's all, please, ignore the misinformation popping up on the web and in the press on the plot of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. I'd like to ask everyone who calls themselves a Potter fan to help preserve the secrecy of the plot for all those who are looking forward to reading the book at the same time on publication day. In a very short time you will know EVERYTHING!»

in http://www.jkrowling.com

I couldn't agree more. I have just stopped reading news and sites about Harry Potter. I don't want the pleasure of discovery spoiled.

Material Source and Copyright

2007-07-17T16:31:00.000+01:00

I largely use material found on the internet and usually state the source of it. If you find any copyrighted material that should not be here or the source is not stated, please inform me using the comment box of this post, so I can fix it. Thank you.

Movie: Order of the Phoenix

2007-07-17T16:06:00.001+01:00

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Official Trailer

Official Teaser

Year: 2007
Links: IMDB, Wikipedia, HP Wiki

Movie: Goblet of Fire

2007-07-17T16:05:00.002+01:00

[more posters]

Year: 2005
Links: IMDB, Wikipedia, HP Wiki

Movie: Prisioner of Azkaban

2007-07-17T16:05:00.001+01:00

[more posters]

Year: 2004
Links: IMDB, Wikipedia, HP Wiki

Movie: Chamber of Secrets

2007-07-17T16:04:00.000+01:00

[more posters]

Year: 2002
Links: IMDB, Wikipedia, HP Wiki

Movie: Sorcerer's Stone

2007-07-17T16:02:00.000+01:00

Philosopher's Stone is actually Sorcerer's Stone (SS) in the US version, so the movie title is "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone".

[more posters]

Year: 2001
Links: IMDB, Wikipedia, HP Wiki

Correct me if I am wrong

2007-07-17T15:43:00.000+01:00

If you find any wrong or inaccurate information regarding the books or movies or whatever, please state it on this post comment box so I can correct it. Thank you.

Report Broken Links

2007-07-17T15:37:00.000+01:00

If you find a broken link, please submit it on the comment box of this post. Thank you.

Deathly Hallows

2007-07-17T15:27:00.003+01:00


Children's edition	Adult edition

«Harry has been burdened with a dark, dangerous and seemingly impossible task: that of locating and destroying Voldemort's remaining Horcruxes. Never has Harry felt so alone, or faced a future so full of shadows. But Harry must somehow find within himself the strength to complete the task he has been given. He must leave the warmth, safety and companionship of The Burrow and follow without fear or hesitation the inexorable path laid out for him…

In this final, seventh instalment of the Harry Potter series, J.K. Rowling unveils in spectacular fashion the answers to the many questions that have been so eagerly awaited. The spellbinding, richly woven narrative, which plunges, twists and turns at a breathtaking pace, confirms the author as a mistress of storytelling, whose books will be read, reread and read again.»

in http://www.bloomsbury.com/harrypotter/

Links: Wikipedia, HP Wiki

Half-Blood Prince

2007-07-17T15:27:00.001+01:00


Children's edition	Adult edition

«In the previous book, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, the last chapter, titled 'The Second War Begins,' started:

'In a brief statement on Friday night, Minister for Magic Cornelius Fudge confirmed that He Who Must Not Be Named has returned to this country and is once more active.

'It is with great regret that I must confirm that the wizard styling himself Lord — well, you know who I mean — is alive and among us again,' said Fudge.'

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince takes up the story of Harry Potter's sixth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry at this point as Voldemort's power and followers are increasing day by day, in the midst of this battle of good and evil.»

in http://www.bloomsbury.com/harrypotter/

Links: Wikipedia, HP Wiki

Order of the Phoenix

2007-07-17T15:26:00.001+01:00


Children's edition	Adult edition

«Dumbledore lowered his hands and surveyed Harry through his half-moon glasses. 'It is time,' he said, 'for me to tell you what I should have told you five years ago, Harry. Please sit down. I am going to tell you everything.'

Harry Potter is due to start his fifth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizadry. He is desperate to get back to school and find out why his friends Ron and Hermione have been so secretive all summer. However, what Harry is about to discover in his new year at Hogwarts will turn his whole world upside down ...

But before he even gets to school, Harry has an unexpected and frightening encounter with two Dementors, has to face a court hearing at the Ministry of Magic and has been escorted on a night-time broomstick ride to the secret headquarters of a mysterious group called 'The Order of the Phoenix'. And that is just the start.

A gripping and electrifying novel, full of suspense, secrets, and - of course - magic.»

in http://www.bloomsbury.com/harrypotter/

Links: Wikipedia, HP Wiki

Goblet of Fire

2007-07-17T15:25:00.002+01:00


Children's edition	Adult edition

«It is the summer holidays, and one night Harry Potter wakes up with his scar burning. He has had a strange dream, one that he can't help worrying about … until a timely invitation from Ron Weasley arrives: to nothing less than the Quidditch World Cup.

Soon Harry is reunited with Ron and Hermione and gasping at the thrills of an international Quidditch match. But then something horrible happens which casts a shadow over everybody, and Harry in particular.»

in http://www.bloomsbury.com/harrypotter/

Links: Wikipedia, HP Wiki

Prisioner of Azkaban

2007-07-17T15:25:00.001+01:00


Children's edition	Adult edition

«Harry Potter, along with his friends, Ron and Hermione, is about to start his third year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Harry can't wait to get back to school after the summer holidays. (Who wouldn't if they lived with the Dursley's?) But when Harry gets to Hogwarts, the atmosphere is tense. There's an escaped mass murderer on the loose, and the sinister prison guards of Azkaban have been called in to guard the school.»

in http://www.bloomsbury.com/harrypotter/

Links: Wikipedia, HP Wiki

Chamber of Secrets

2007-07-17T15:22:00.002+01:00


Children's edition	Adult edition

«Harry Potter is a wizard. He is in his second year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. As Harry and Ron embark on their journey to Hogwarts in a flying Ford Anglia, little do they know that this year will be just as eventful as the last as ghosts from Hogwarts past return to haunt the school corridors.«

in http://www.bloomsbury.com/harrypotter/

Links: Wikipedia, HP Wiki

Philosopher's Stone

2007-07-17T15:22:00.001+01:00


Children's edition	Adult edition

«Harry Potter thinks he is an ordinary boy — until he is rescued by a beetle eyed giant of a man, enrols at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, learns to play Quidditch and does battle in a deadly duel. All because Harry Potter is a wizard! Follow the adventures of Harry Potter as he discovers the magical, the dangerous, the unpredictable world of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.»

in http://www.bloomsbury.com/harrypotter/

Links: Wikipedia, HP Wiki

About Tom Riddle Story (TRS)

2007-07-16T16:18:00.000+01:00

The purpose of this blog is to gather the facts around Tom Riddle and collect ideas that could support a series of books based on this character. The hope is that the author, J.K. Rowling take in consideration writing a series of books about the rise of Lord Voldemort and the beginning of the first war.

I had this idea a while ago when re-reading HBP. I suddenly realized that after 21st of July there would be no more Harry Potter books to wait for. It would be kind of sad leave the amazing world of wizardry that Harry Potter has made us live. And then I found my self asking why not live in that world a little bit more? Why not see the events before Harry Potter birth. It wasn't new, George Lukas did it width Star Wars, and probably there are similar situations out there. A light of hope filed me with the remote possibility that J.K. would someday consider writing about the young Tom Riddle.

This blog is for people like me, that believe there are things to find out about Tom Riddle that may give amazing stories that would transport us to the Harry Potter Universe once more.

I am writing this before the launch of DH. This means J.K Rowling could have made revelations on the last book that will make a Tom Riddle series completely unnecessary and width nothing new to give. This means I am in an internal conflict, the curiosity to know all about the past of Voldemort and the fact that if all is known there will be no room for books about Tom Riddle. Lets wait and see...

- added Wednesday, July 25, 2007 -
I have finished reading DH. Once more JKR transports the reader side by side width Harry into an amazing adventure. The Boy Who Lived... twice, has been width us for many years and I fell sad that he will not be returning on more adventures. I think that, like in the song... "all good things come to an end". But it was not Harry's end, I am sure he lives a long happy life along width his family and friends.

But this blog is not about the end. It's about the beginning, the beginning that started when the last descendant of Salazar Slytherin was born. I am absolutely convinced that there is much still unanswered around the life of the young Tom Riddle (and other characters). And what we still don't know, I am sure, can give amazing stories. My quest begins...