Chamber of secrets who is the heir of slytherin

It was subsequently stolen from her by Tom Marvolo Riddle. Kreacher was ordered to destroy the locket, but was unable to do so. It was later stolen from the Black family home at 12 Grimmauld Place by Mundungus Fletcher , and eventually found its way into the hands of the Ministry of Magic employee, Dolores Umbridge.

Umbridge used it as a credential by wearing it and claiming the S stood for Selwyn , a pure-blood family line. She either did not know better or wanted to conceal its real meaning from the public. This act of destruction removed all of the Horcrux's power. There were also portraits of Slytherin hung at Hogwarts Castle , one guarding a secret shortcut between the dungeon's antechamber and the Entrance Hall side room.

The password required to gain access to said shortcut was Mortal Dread. In the — school year , Slytherin's heir, Riddle now known as Lord Voldemort , realised his ancestor's wish of purging the school of Muggle-borns via another method: by taking over the Ministry of Magic and using falsified propaganda.

After Voldemort's death, all of this was repealed, and Slytherin's ultimate desire ended in failure. However, even after Voldemort's death, Salazar Slytherin's bloodline survived through Voldemort's secret daugther Delphini , whom he conceived with Bellatrix Lestrange.

As of , Delphini was the last known survivor of the Slytherin bloodline. The statue of Salazar Slytherin in the Chamber of Secrets depicted an "ancient and monkeyish" man with a "long thin beard that fell almost to the bottom of his sweeping robes. Salazar Slytherin was known to possess great cunning and determination, qualities he prized in students of Slytherin House. He seemed to stop at nothing to get what he wanted; this was proven when he constructed the Chamber of Secrets to purge Muggle-borns , despite the fact that the other founders disagreed with his beliefs.

Slytherin was also quite proud and vain, as he went to the trouble of immortalising his image in the Chamber of Secrets in the form of a titanic statue standing several dozen feet tall, something that the other three founders were never known to have done. Slytherin was said to be one of the greatest wizards of his age, [5] with extensive magical abilities, particularly in Legilimency.

The name Salazar is originally a Spaniard name. Salazar is a surname meaning old hall from Castilian Sala hall and Basque zahar old. Pryftan Thanks a lot! The funny thing is Pottermore has an article where they suggest practising Parseltongue. And it's really not all that hard to make the noises although I suppose snakes won't understand it. Might scare your neighbours though - or make them question your sanity? And I'm glad it was intentional too. I notice spelling errors everywhere including books and other places that you'd like to believe it wouldn't have been missed.

Errors of other types too including inconsistencies. But humans are imperfect after all. Isn't this circular reasoning? The CoS will open for the true heir and because he could open it, he's the true heir?

TangoOversway I'm only saying he's the true heir because he could open it. In fact what I'm saying is there is no predestined heir, it could be anyone. Okay -- got it now.

If there's no predestined heir, what does Tom Riddle's genetic relation to Salazar Slytherin stand for? Is it important or irrelevant?

He wasn't the first Slytherin who could open it and so how can you say that he's the 'true' heir? He was an heir but that doesn't mean he was the only does it? Madam Cravenclaw Madam Cravenclaw There's no "perfecting" Parseltongue, as far as I know; Harry was able to speak it perfectly well without putting any effort into it. He didn't even realise he -was- speaking it, even. Just like he didn't realize he was dropping into Voldemort's head.

The Parseltongue isn't something he came by naturally, so I don't think we can use him as a sound basis for it. And there's also no indication that ALL snakes will just obey someone just because they speak instinctive Parseltongue. Magical creatures, such as basilisks could have higher intelligence and autonomy. MadamCravenclaw So you don't think Voldemort who could possess them couldn't control them?

Okay that's not the speaking with snakes and perhaps Voldemort has more of an affinity with snakes than any others but that being said there isn't any perfecting it - it was natural. But there is an easy explanation of why he had to search it: he didn't grow up with the Gaunt family; he grew up in an orphanage so he had to dedicate himself.

He certainly wasn't the only one to open it it's just he was the one to unleash the Basilisk within it. Sign up or log in Sign up using Google. Sign up using Facebook. Sign up using Email and Password. Post as a guest Name. Email Required, but never shown. Upcoming Events. Now imagine a world where Mrs. Ginny never would have gotten attached to the diary. She never would have opened the Chamber of Secrets. Privet Drive Little Hangleton Grunnings. Wand Time-Turners Deathly Hallows.

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