Tom Riddle

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## Tom Riddle

* Young
* Adult

## Biographical Information

### Occupation

* Hogwarts Student (Graduated)
* Shop Assistant at Borgin and Burkes (Formerly)

### Loyalty

* Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry (Formerly)
	+ Slytherin
	+ Slug Club
* Borgin and Burkes
* Death Eaters
* British Ministry of Magic  (only under his control)

### Titles

* Prefect
* Head Boy
* Dark Lord
* Heir of Slytherin
* Master
* Lord Voldemort (self-proclaimed title and chosen name)
* You-Know-Who (by wizarding community)
* He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named (by wizarding community)
* Chief Death Eater

### Species

* Wizard
* Spirit in Limbo (Currently)

## Family Information

### Family Members

* Riddle Family (Paternal Family)
* Gaunt Family (Maternal Family)
* Peverell Family (Maternal Ancestors)
* Slytherin Family (Maternal Ancestors)
* Salazar Slytherin † (Maternal Ancestor)
* Corvinus Gaunt † (Maternal Ancestor)
* Cadmus Peverell † (Maternal Ancestor)
* Thomas Riddle † (Paternal Grandfather)
* Mary Riddle † (Paternal Grandmother)
* Marvolo Gaunt † (Maternal Grandfather)
* Avabelle Gaunt † (Maternal Grandmother)
* Morfin Gaunt † (Maternal Uncle)
* Tom Riddle Senior † (Father)
* Merope Riddle † (Mother)
* Ava Riddle † (Younger Twin Sister)
* Kendra Riddle (Daughter)
* Mattheo Riddle (Nephew)
* Nova Riddle (Niece)
* Harry Potter (Maternal Distant Cousin)
* Aurora Riddle (Daughter)
* Link Riddle-Ravenclaw (Great-Nephew)
* Loki Riddle-Ravenclaw (Great-Nephew)
* London Riddle-Ravenclaw (Great-Niece)
* Apollo Riddle (Great-Nephew)
* Artemis Riddle (Great-Niece)
* Nik Mikaelson-Malfoy (Great-Great-Nephew)
* Ava Mikaelson-Malfoy (Great-Great-Niece)
* Ares Mikaelson-Malfoy (Great-Great-Nephew)
* Athena Mikaelson-Malfoy (Great-Great-Niece)

## Supernatural Information

### Wand

* 13½", Yew, Phoenix Feather
* Elm, Dragon Heartstring (temporary)
* Elder, 15", Thestral Tail Hair (temporary, never mastered)

## Physical Appearance

### Eye Color

* Blue

**Tom Marvolo Riddle** later known as **Lord Voldemort** or, alternatively as the **Dark Lord**, **You-Know-Who**, or **He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named** was an English half-blood wizard considered to have been the most powerful and dangerous Dark wizard of all time. He was amongst the greatest wizards to have ever lived, rivalled only by Albus Dumbledore. Descended from Salazar Slytherin on his mother's side through the House of Gaunt, Tom Riddle and his twin Ava Riddle was conceived whilst their father, Tom Riddle Senior, was under the effects of a love potion supplied by his mother, Merope Gaunt. When the enchantment was lifted, Tom's father abandoned his pregnant wife and returned to Little Hangleton. His mother died moments after giving birth to and naming them. She named him after his father (Tom) and maternal grandfather, Marvolo Gaunt. Tom was raised in the Muggle-run Wool's Orphanage.

Tom began attending Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in 1938 and was sorted into Slytherin house. During this time, Tom discovered his heritage and adopted pure-blood supremacist ideals. Tom opened the Chamber of Secrets and used its monster, the Basilisk, to attack Muggle-born students, resulting in Myrtle Warren's death. He began his quest to attain immortality between the years of 1943 and 1998, creating his first Horcrux at the age of sixteen. While attending Hogwarts, Tom Riddle was made a prefect in 1942 until his graduation in 1945.

Tom spent several months as a purchasing agent for the Dark artefacts shop Borgin and Burkes before disappearing. Splitting his own spirit into a total of nine fragments, Tom created an unprecedented eight Horcruxes, with one made later in his life, unintentionally and without his knowledge — Harry Potter. Tom re-emerged several decades later having abandoned his 'Muggle' name and becoming the self-proclaimed Lord Voldemort, which is an anagram of his birth name. In the First and Second Wizarding Wars, he commanded a veritable army of wizards and Dark creatures; committed countless murders and atrocities; and eventually succeeded in taking over the Ministry of Magic.

Voldemort was ripped from his body in 1981 after attempting to kill Harry Potter. Although unable to die, he was not able to regain a permanent and physical body until 1995, thus spending the intervening fourteen years as '*a shell, less than the meanest ghost*'. He was finally killed by his own backfiring curse after Harry Potter and Albus Dumbledore succeeded in destroying all of his Horcruxes.

Riddle's broken and mutilated soul was then trapped in Limbo for eternity, unable to move on to the afterlife or even return as a disembodied spirit.

**Tom** is a member of the **Gaunt Family** and **Riddle Family**.