horcruxes
Dark immortality vessels
Horcruxes is the plural of horcrux, a term from the Harry Potter series for objects containing fragments of a dark wizard's soul.
Creating one requires murder and dark magic; destroying all horcruxes makes the creator mortal again.
The word has entered broader usage for anything someone has invested deeply in or can't let go of: My journals are my horcruxes.
- diaryPersonal daily record
- locketHinged pendant holding keepsakes
- diademJeweled band of royalty
- cupSmall drinking container
Tom Riddle · ring · Harry Potter · Ravenclaw · Hufflepuff · Slytherin · Gryffindor · Gaunt
Deliberate unlawful killing
- soulInnermost animating essence
- splittingDividing into parts
- dark artsMalevolent supernatural practices
- blood magicSorcery powered by vital fluid
ritual · curse · evil · corruption · violation · unforgivable · abomination · taboo
Kept out of sight
- secretConcealed information
- disguisedConcealed true identity
- protectedKept from harm
- enchantedUnder magical influence
undetectable · cave · bank vault · Hogwarts · safeguarded · warded · scattered · entrusted
Thing for storing items
- receptacleContainer for items
- objectTangible entity or aim
- anchorSecures ships to seabed
- repositoryPlace for storing things
phylactery · artifact · relic · enchanted object · host · tether
Act of completely ruining
- weaknessDeficiency in force
- Achilles' heelCritical personal weakness
- countermeasureDefense against a threat
- exposureState of being unprotected
fragility · hunt · susceptibility · undoing · defeat · flaw · penetrable
Quality of being eternal
- undyingLasting without end
- resurrectionRevival from death
- eternal lifeUnending conscious existence
- cheating deathSurviving against all odds
mortality · life extension · survival · persistence · anchoring · tethering · preservation · continuity
Voldemort
Tom Riddle · cup · ring · Harry Potter · Ravenclaw · Hufflepuff · Slytherin · Gryffindor · Gaunt · soul fragment
murder
Deliberate unlawful killing
- soulInnermost animating essence
- splittingDividing into parts
- dark artsMalevolent supernatural practices
blood magic · ritual · curse · evil · corruption · violation · unforgivable · abomination · taboo · necromancy
hidden
Kept out of sight
enchanted · undetectable · cave · bank vault · Hogwarts · safeguarded · warded · scattered · entrusted · Bellatrix
container
Thing for storing items
- receptacleContainer for items
- objectTangible entity or aim
- anchorSecures ships to seabed
repository · phylactery · artifact · relic · enchanted object · host · tether
destruction
Act of completely ruining
- weaknessDeficiency in force
- Achilles' heelCritical personal weakness
- countermeasureDefense against a threat
exposure · fragility · hunt · susceptibility · undoing · defeat · flaw · penetrable
deathlessness
Quality of being eternal
- undyingLasting without end
- resurrectionRevival from death
- eternal lifeUnending conscious existence
cheating death · mortality · life extension · survival · persistence · anchoring · tethering · preservation · continuity · afterlife
horcruxesnatural death
Death from internal causes
mortality · afterlife · resurrection · going on · letting go