Why did Tom Marvo Loe Riddle buy his diary at a muggle shop?

Hey brother!

The diary.

Baltimore's first Horcrucks ever made with the death of moaning Myrtle in the girls bathroom just outside of the chamber of secrets.

It's really pretty unique amongst the rest of his horcrux's for several reasons.

First of all, unlike the rest of them, the diary... of his horcruxes for several reasons.

First of all, unlike the rest of them, the diary was intended to be used as a weapon.

Baltimore designed it for someone else to read it and then open the chamber of secrets and purge the school from muggle boards.

Which meant that his usual brand of deadly protections around his hork crux's

was not in place and it could be handled red and written in without

dying. I guess I mean eventually it does almost kill Jenny and me like make no

mistake it is a very dangerous object but like unlike the ring or something

it's not about to kill you for like you know just just putting it on but the diary

also stands out from his other horcrux's in that it's not treasure. Instead it's a very mundane not even magical

diary that was never owned by anyone important. It was just a regular black

leather book bought at a muggle shop.

Next to the cup and the locket and the diadem in the ring,

artifacts of immense historical value and intrigue,

loaded with magical powers and famous owners the diary stands out like a

sore thumb so what gives big V why did you the pure blood manic tyrant use a

boring muggle shop diary to prove that you were the air of Salazar

Slytherin. It just seems like a really odd choice to get the job done if you ask me. But I think that we have solved

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