#Basilisk ii arm cracked#

Harry was exceptionally fortunate in that he had Fawkes. When Harry was stabbed by a basilisk in the Chamber of Secrets, since he was a Horcrux, shouldn't it have been destroyed then? Rowling has answered this question MANY times. It can be plausibly theorized that, had the Sword of Gryffindor merely wounded/scratched Nagini, that Horcrux would also not be instantaneously destroyed. So, in conclusion, the reason the last (Harry) Horcrux was not destroyed from Basilisk bite was because the Phoenix tears stopped the venom spread and healed the damage before the Horcrux vessel (Harry) was completely destroyed. Even as he dropped the fang and watched his own blood soaking his robes, his vision went foggy. White-hot pain was spreading slowly and steadily from the wound. He gripped the fang that was spreading poison through his body and wrenched it out of his arm. His body was starting to get destroyed, but as with the book, it was a process, made of course much lengthier due to the fact that the bite was in his hand, and damage was spreading slowly and steadily. In case of Basilisk bite, Harry was NOT destroyed completely. Moreover, the fact that the fang was struck ' through the heart' of the book may be significant - it's possible that simply ripping one page with a fang or scratching a corner would have done some damage but not destroyed the Horcrux outright.

Harry's wand fell to the floor with a clatter and there was silenceĪs you can see, it was a process of destruction, not something instantaneous. Riddle was writhing and twisting, screaming and flailing and then. Ink spurted out of the diary in torrents, streaming over Harry's hands, flooding the floor. There was a long, dreadful, piercing scream. Harry seized the basilisk fang on the floor next to him and plunged it straight into the heart of the book. It's less obvious but can be fairly clearly inferred from CoS book: The best illustration of that is in the movie, when the diary needs to be stabbed several times by the Basilisk fang in order to completely destroy the soul fragment manifesting itself as Riddle. That tethering is broken when Horcrux is destroyed completely. The Horcrux is made by tethering a piece of soul to a something. And thank you for giving me a chance to say that because people have argued that quite a lot. But she does say there is a remedy for basilisk poison but of course it has to be administered immediately and when they stab the cup later - boy I'm really blowing this for anyone who hasn't finished the book - there's Fawkes, is my answer.

I established early in the book, Hermione says that you destroy a Horcrux by using something so powerful that there's no remedy. However, I made sure that Fawkes wasn't around the second time a Horcrux got stabbed by a basilisk fang, so the poison did its work and it was irreparable within a short period of time. So before he could be destroyed without repair, which is what is necessary to destroy a horcrux, he was mended. Q: When Harry was stabbed by a basilisk in the Chamber of Secrets, since he was a Horcrux, shouldn't it have been destroyed then? I'd prefer an explanation constructed from information in the books or a statement by JKR, or the like.Ġ1.21.12 I have found the answer to this question from J.K. NOTE: I've read the HP Wiki's entry on Horcruxes however, I find the HP Wiki to be inconsistent in its accuracy, so I'm hesitant to accept the Wiki's explanation on the matter. Is there a logical/canon-based explanation for why the fragment of Voldemort's soul residing in Harry wasn't destroyed upon Harry being bitten by the basilisk? When Voldemort hit Harry with Avada Kedavra in the forest, Harry woke up in limbo with the last fragment of Voldemort's soul - that awful flayed baby-like being - separated from him immediately.

#Basilisk ii arm cracked#

The diadem seems to have been destroyed by Fiendfyre immediately as well, as when Harry examined it outside the Room of Requirement it was already leaking a blood-like substance, and then it cracked in half. The destruction of the Hufflepuff cup happens off-page. Nagini died straightaway when Neville decapitated her. Although the destruction of the ring occurred off-page, Dumbledore used the Sword of Gryffindor to destroy it, so presumably, like the locket, it was gone right away. When Ron hit the locket with the Sword of Gryffindor, it was destroyed immediately. Yes, I know Fawkes quite quickly healed the bite wound with his phoenix tears, but when Harry used the basilisk fang to destroy Tom Riddle's diary the destruction of that Horcrux was immediate. As the title asks, why didn't the basilisk bite received in the Chamber of Secrets destroy the Horcrux inside the bitten person?