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Why didn't Voldemort kill Slughorn? Hey, brother! Horace Slughorn, a character we don't meet until Half Blood Prince, and yet who has a devastating

impact on the history of the wizarding world.

Not on purpose, of course, Sluglorn was always one to single out talented young students

and take them under his wing and point them in the right direction, make helpful connections for them

so that he could later reap the benefits of his assistance from afar.

Gwynog Jones, Captain of the Hollyhead harp, is free tickets whenever I want them.

But when he inducted one Tom Riddle into the Slug Club, an obvious choice really, he ended up biting off more than he could chew

and inadvertently

found himself at the crossroads in Wizarding History.

Tom cornered him after supper one night and innocently brought up the subject of Horkruxes.

What are Horkruxes?

How are they made?

How do you split your soul?

And perhaps, most importantly, if it was possible to

make more than one, is it possible to make seven? Isn't seven the most powerfully magical number?

Merlin's beer tongue. And well, it is, but when it's when it's not seven, it's 13. And if

it's not 13, then it's 12, and if it's not 12, then it's 11.

If you know, you know.

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