One summer in 1938, Albus Dumbledore came to the orphanage and invited Tom Riddle to attend Hogwarts. Dumbledore heard some of Tom Riddle's bad deeds from the head of the orphanage, including hanging a child's rabbit, taking other people's things as his own, and abducting two children into a seaside cave. The burning wardrobe forces Riddle to make a confession. From then on, Dumbledore began to pay close attention to this handsome, special boy with domineering, weird nature and loner. On September 1 of the same year, Tom Riddle boarded the express train to Hogwarts and began his life at the School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. During the sorting ceremony, he was quickly sorted into Slytherin House. Tom Riddle was diligent in school, hungry for knowledge, and very polite. The teachers were very impressed with him.
Due to his excellent grades and outstanding performance, in the fifth grade, Tom Riddle was elected as prefect; in the seventh grade, he was elected as the President of the Boys Student Council. During his time at school, he also won the Outstanding Character Award and the Special Contribution Award, which made Hagrid expelled from the school. But in essence, Tom Riddle looked around at school and learned about his own background, which made him even more arrogant. He kept silent about his past misdeeds and showed no remorse. Riddle madly worshipped pure-bloods, and some of his classmates followed him fervently, some of whom were the predecessors of the Death Eaters, but Riddle did not regard them as friends, but only as servants and tools.
Childhood
1926-1938, raised by a Muggle orphanage in London (Chapter 13 of the Chamber of Secrets, Chapter 33 of the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 13 of the Half-Blood Prince). The orphanage was clean, but poor: an empty yard, gloomy old buildings, surrounded by high railings. (Half-Blood Prince Chapter 13). The supervisor was Mrs Cole, who recalled him being a quirky child - rarely crying, getting quirky as he got older, capable of causing "weird and bad things" to happen to other children in or around the orphanage on animals. He also stole things: a yoyo, a silver thimble, a tarnished harmonica.
Study at Hogwarts
1938-1945 Paid by Hogwarts Grants (Half-Blood Prince Chapter 13) House - Slytherin Award - Prefect, Medal of Achievement in Magic, Hogwarts Award for Special Contribution, President of Student Council (1944) Academic Excellent - Dumbledore once said, "He was the best student at Hogwarts." (Chapter 18 of the Chamber of Secrets) Tom's first year - Riddle didn't know his family lineage, but discovered his ability. "I can make things move without touching them, I can make animals do things for me without training me, I can make anyone unlucky if they annoy me, and I can make them hurt if I want to." Tom Discovering that he is still a Parseltongue, he initially assumed his mother was a Muggle, and that he acquired magic from his wizarding father (Half-Blood Prince Chapter 13). When did Tom know about the Chamber of Secrets - Tom told Harry in his diary (at the time Tom was in 5th grade) "Even I was surprised that the plan worked so well, I thought someone would find out that Hagrid couldn't possibly be a descendant of Slytherin. I It took 5 full years to learn everything about the Chamber of Secrets, and found the secret entrance to the Chamber of Secrets.... Could Hagrid have such a brain, such abilities!" (Chapter 17 of the Chamber of Secrets) So, the entrance to Hogwarts It didn't take him a few years to learn about the Chamber of Secrets and that he was Slytherin's heir. Coincidentally, the Muggle world was shrouded in Hitler's fascism during Riddle's time at school.
Confusion over his bloodline leads to killing his father
At Hogwarts, Tom is confused about his bloodline. Although he knew he was a descendant of Slytherin in his first year, he didn't know the whole truth until he met his uncle Morfin Gaunt in 1943, thinking his mother was a Muggle, And the father is a wizard. Morfin told Tom that his father was a Muggle and his mother was a descendant of Slytherin. At this time, Tom knocked out Morfin and went to Riddle House, where he killed his father and grandparents. Before leaving Little Hangleton, Tom returned to Gaunt's cabin and stole Slytherin's gold ring. We don't know how Tom did it, he used the magician Morfin to confess to murder. Morfin was convicted of murder in Azkaban Prison (Half-Blood Prince Chapter 17).
After graduating from Hogwarts
After leaving Hogwarts, Riddle took a job at the Borgin-Bock store in Knockturn Alley, where his job was to hunt down valuables and get them at the lowest possible price. After he kills Hepzibah Smith to obtain a gold locket that once belonged to Salazar Slytherin and a gold cup that once belonged to Helga Hufflepuff, suddenly disappears (Half-Blood Prince No. Chapter 20).
Voldemort's minion
Voldemort founded the Death Eaters (originally became Walpurgis Knights) 10 years after he left Hogwarts. Early known members are: Antonin Dokhoroff, Murseber, Nott, and Rozier. See the Death Eater section for current Death Eaters.
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