I don't recall anything in canon that definitively said what became of Voldemort after the encounter at Godric's Hallow. I guess I had always just assumed, in my mind, that the fact that parts of Voldemort's soul that were stored in the horcruxes acted as anchors.
Here's how it works in my mind: Voldemort's soul is in 7 parts. One of those remains in his body, the other 6 are stored in the various horcruxes. The parts in the horcruxes are not parts to be reclaimed later or used as "lives" like a cat, rather they are anchors which tie him to the living (corporeal) world.
When Voldemort's spell rebounded on him at Godric's Hallow his body was killed but the piece of soul the was residing within that body, though released from it's fleshy container, could not move on. It is tied to 6 other pieces of soul which are bound to this earth. Therefore, when his body died, that bit Voldemort's soul was just release into the ether until he could find someone of weak enough mind (Quirell) to possess or inhabit them.
We really weren't given any indication of how long Voldemort and Quirell had been living in the state they were in when we met them. I got the impression that it had been a while. When Quirell's body was destroyed that bit of soul was released out into the ether again eventually finding/being found by Wormtail who apparently helped him become somewhat corporeal again.
*shrugs* I don't know if I'm really conveying my meaning very well but those are the basic mechanics of how it works in my head. :)
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Date: 2006-08-14 05:51 pm (UTC)I don't recall anything in canon that definitively said what became of Voldemort after the encounter at Godric's Hallow. I guess I had always just assumed, in my mind, that the fact that parts of Voldemort's soul that were stored in the horcruxes acted as anchors.
Here's how it works in my mind: Voldemort's soul is in 7 parts. One of those remains in his body, the other 6 are stored in the various horcruxes. The parts in the horcruxes are not parts to be reclaimed later or used as "lives" like a cat, rather they are anchors which tie him to the living (corporeal) world.
When Voldemort's spell rebounded on him at Godric's Hallow his body was killed but the piece of soul the was residing within that body, though released from it's fleshy container, could not move on. It is tied to 6 other pieces of soul which are bound to this earth. Therefore, when his body died, that bit Voldemort's soul was just release into the ether until he could find someone of weak enough mind (Quirell) to possess or inhabit them.
We really weren't given any indication of how long Voldemort and Quirell had been living in the state they were in when we met them. I got the impression that it had been a while. When Quirell's body was destroyed that bit of soul was released out into the ether again eventually finding/being found by Wormtail who apparently helped him become somewhat corporeal again.
*shrugs* I don't know if I'm really conveying my meaning very well but those are the basic mechanics of how it works in my head. :)