Post by Lord Voldemort on Jul 17, 2010 17:49:16 GMT 1
General Information
Name: Tom Marvolo Riddle (Lord Voldemort)
Heritage: Half-blood
Birth date: December 31, 1926
Age: 47
Place of Birth: Orphanage in London, England
Current Location/Home: Unknown
House at Hogwarts: Slytherin
Look
General Appearance:
Lord Voldemort has dark hair that is turning grey and blue eyes with a tinge of red around them. He is extremely pale and has dark rings under his eyes. Even though his appearance is less then dapper he can still be extremely charming which helps him to amass even more followers. He is tall, standing at 6'3 and towers over most other wizards. Over the years his appearance has seem to withered away because he was once a handsome boy but due to his dabbling in the dark arts he barely resembles his old self.
Eye Colour: Blue, the white of his eyes are scarlet in color.
Hair Colour: Brown
Background
Parents: Tom Riddle, Sr. (Killed by Lord Voldemort in 1943)
Merope Gaunt (Died during childbirth)
Siblings: None
Other Family: Lord Voldemort killed his paternal grandparents along with his father in 1943. He framed his uncle Morfin for murder after finding him in a deplorable state and he stole his prized heirloom ring. He is a direct descendant of Salazar Slytherin on his mothers side.
Personal History:
Tom Riddle was born on New Years Even in Wool's Orphanage in London. His mother was a pure-blood who died during childbirth but not before she name him after his muggle father Tom Riddle Sr. He grew up in the orphanage completely unaware of his wizarding heritage. Before attending Hogwarts he did have some grasp on his magical abilities beyond even other magical children his age. He could move objects and make them travel, floating to wherever he wished. Tome could also manipulate animals as he wished. He could speak Parseltongue and he often used his power over them to cause harm to the other orphans. He once took two orphans into a cave where he performed an act so horrifying that both of the orphans were traumatized into silence.
When he turned eleven, Albus Dumbledore, came to the orphanage to reveal to Tom that he was a wizard. Although at first Tom did not believe him he was convinced when Dumbledore demonstrated his power by using a Flame-Freezing Charm on Tom's cupboard. At a very young age, is was clear that Tom displayed a desire to be different and set apart from others. Tom also showed a fear of death, considering it was a human weakness. He claimed that his mother couldn't have been a witch because if she was magical than she would have been able to avoid dying.
Tom was educated at Hogwarts from 1938 to 1945 and was sorted into Slytherin. During summer breaks he was forced to return to the Muggle orphanage which he despised and dreaded more than any other place on earth. Tom's professors saw him as "poor, but brilliant, parentless, but so brave, a school prefect, a model student." Professor Slughorn was particularly taken with Tom and taught him about Horcruxes.
While at Hogwarts Tom became obsessed with his heritage and began researching it. He learned of his Slytherin ancestry, discovered the existence of the Chamber of Secrets under Hogwarts, and tamed the basilisk which lived inside it. When Tom opened the Chamber of Secrets the basilisk injured many at Hogwarts. The last victim was a student named Myrtle who was killed in the girls' bathroom. After that the school was scheduled to shut down, but Tom desperately wanting to stay there framed Hagrid and his pet Aragog.
In the summer of 1943, Tom went to Little Hangleton to learn about his mother's family. While there, he met his uncle Morfin Gaunt who relayed the story of Tom Riddle Sr. and Merope Gaunt to Tom. Seeking revenge, Tom killed his father, grandfather, and grandmother with the Killing Curse. He covered up the crimes by altering Morfin's memory causing him to believe he was the killer. Morfin ended up being sentenced to life imprisonment in Azkaban when he admitted to being the killer and Tom took the family signet ring from Morfin and wore it like a trophy at Hogwarts.
After Hogwarts, Tom tried to get the position to teach Defense Against the Dark Arts but the headmaster at the time denied the request saying that Tom was too young. Tom then traveled to Albania to find Rowena Ravenclaws diadem and he murdered an Albanian and turned the diadem into a Horcrux. When he returned to Britain he took a position working at Borgin and Burkes. At the same time he befriended an elderly witch named Hepzibah Smith who showed Tom her two most valuable treasures: Salazar Slytherin's Locket and Helga Hufflepuff's Cup. Tom then killed Hepzibah to steal the objects and vanish but not before implanting a false memory in the house elf causing Hokey to believe it had accidentally put poison into Hepzibah's cocoa.
After turning both of the objects into Horcruxes and resigning from Borgin and Burkes he disappeared for many years. He slipped deeper into the Dark Arts and travelled extensively. At some point he came back to Hogwarts to request the position of Professor of Defence Against the Dark Arts but Dumbledore denied him the position, suspicious of his intentions. Riddle cursed the position and teachers only held it for a year before suffering some terrible fate or humiliation that caused them to leave the position.
Now Riddle is back and gathering his Death Eaters in an attempt to dominate the Muggles and Muggle-borns. He has begun to take advantage of the wizarding world's greatest weakness: the beings and creatures that they had outcast. He is recruiting giants, werewolves, dementors, and other magical creatures.
Character Traits
Personality:
Lord Voldemort feels no desire or need for human companionship and is unable to comprehend the idea of love or affection for another. He thinks of everythin in terms of power and despite his tremendous knowledge of magic, his understanding on many things is extremely limited. He believes he is superior to everyone around him, to the point that he frequently refers to himself in the third-person as "Lord Voldemort." The fact that he was conceived under the love potion Amortentia - administered by the witch Merope Gaunt to the Muggle Tom Riddle - is directly related to his inability to understand love.
As a child at Hogwarts Riddle was intelligent, polite person who showed enthusiasm to learn. His role model attitude earned him the trust and respect of his teachers, as well as the customers he was sent to deal with at Borgin and Burkes. However, this was all a ruse, in order for Riddle to manipulate others to gain what he desired. He is highly intelligent and charismatic, able to inspire many powerful and influential wizards to follow him as loyal Death Eaters. He also possesses a dry, cynical sense of humor, usually laughing at the expense of others but also capable of laughing at himself despite his usually narcissistic demeanor.
Strengths: Master of Dark Magic, Dueling, Telekinesis, Legillimency, Occlumency, Parselmouth, creating Hocruxes, Transfiguration, Mosmordre, Inferi Creation and Control, Possession, and Wandless Magic.
Weaknesses: Voldemort doesn't have many weaknesses but his inability to understand love or compassion are perhaps the biggest weaknesses a person could have. He is also extremely afraid of dying.
Other Information
Pets: Nagini
Wand: 13 1/2" yew, phoenix feather core
Role-play Example: Please see Bianca's App. If you'd like I can create a new example just PM me.