Horcrux #6 - Harry Potter Traditional Cache
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Horcrux #6 - Harry Potter
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I am a very big Harry Potter fan and have been inspired to create a series of caches dedicated to the great series of books by J.K Rowling and the Warner Brother’s films. In preparation for the last movie to be realeased, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: part 2, I have hidden 7 caches, dedicating them as horcruxes.
A horcrux is a very powerful object (from the books) in which a dark wizard or witch has hidden a fragment of his or her soul for the purpose of attaining immortality. Creating a single horcrux allows one to gain the ability to resurrect themselves if their body is destroyed, however creating multiple horcruxes allows them to gain near immortality. When a wizard/witch makes a Horcrux, the mutilation of his soul causes him to become less human. The more Horcruxes he or she creates, the less human he or she becomes. Now I am no evil witch, but I did hide 7 geocaches in several areas that mean something personal to me.
WELCOME to MY Godric's Hollow. This cache is located just off Applegrove Lane. In Applegrove we call this small private wooded area the Tot Lot. You can park on the street then walk in between 2 houses to the Tot Lot. It's located in the neighborhood where I was raised and resided until I was 18 and off on my own. This is where I met my best friend (thequibbler), learned how to ride a bike and even, had my first kiss. You are looking for a small tupperware container with a red screw on top. Please bring your own pen and please replace as found. FTF gets an exclusive Harry Potter Patch. If you bring kids there is a wonderful playground in front of the cache. Happy Caching!
History of Horcrux 6 - Harry Potter:
Voldemort inadvertently sealed a fragment of his soul within Harry Potter while attempting to murder the boy. The event took place just before the opening chapter of the Philosopher's Stone. Rowling has explicitly stated that Harry never became a proper "Dark object" since the Horcrux spell was not cast. Regardless, as with all Horcruxes, Voldemort would remain immortal so long as his soul fragment remained within Harry. That portion of Voldemort's soul is unintentionally destroyed by Voldemort himself at the close of the thirty-fourth chapter of the Deathly Hallows with the help of the Elder Wand.
As a baby, Harry Potter was in the room when Voldemort's fatal Killing Curse backfired. Voldemort's soul had been weakened and destabilized by his continuous murders and the creation of his previous Horcruxes. Harry became a de facto Horcrux when a fragment of Voldemort's soul attached itself to him after the unsuccessful curse. The lightning bolt-shaped scar on Harry's forehead is a direct result of this attempted murder. This connection is used to explain several important plot points. Throughout the series, Harry is able to receive insight into Voldemort's mental and emotional states, allowing the reader to eavesdrop on the series' primary antagonist. This insight is usually accompanied by pain in the scar on Harry's forehead. Through Voldemort, Harry also inherited the ability to speak and understand Parseltongue. It is also revealed by Rowling in an interview that Harry's frequent pain in his scar when Voldemort is either active, nearby, or feeling strong emotions, is really the trapped bit of soul yearning to depart from Harry's body and rejoin its master soul.
While Voldemort did learn of Harry's telepathic ability, Voldemort was never made aware that Harry was inadvertently protecting a portion of his soul. When Voldemort attempted to kill Harry with the Killing Curse near the end of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, he destroyed the portion of his own soul embedded within Harry. With this destroyed, the connections between the two were also broken, and Harry never again felt pain in his scar. Rowling revealed that Harry has also lost the ability to speak Parseltongue
MAD PROPS TO gravesr87 FOR BEING THE FTF!
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