With no one to claim him as their own, Tom lived in a Muggle-run orphanage where he felt abandoned and unloved. He slowly realized he was different from others and became obsessed with his powers, believing he was unique and elite.
It was around this time that Riddle gave himself the alias 'Lord Voldemort', to spare himself of the reminder of his 'filthy Muggle father', who he later learned had abandoned his wife after learning she was a witch (although in reality he left her after she stopped controlling him with a love potion).
As Harry said, Dumbledore was the only person who could see right through Tom Riddle. He was already suspicious about what Tom did to the kids from orphanage and later to Myrtle and Hagrid. As one of his teachers, he knew Tom's tendencies toward Dark Arts. And yet he didn't do anything about them.
Christian Coulson is an English actor who portrayed the young Tom Riddle in the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. He expressed an interest in returning for Half-Blood Prince, but director David Yates felt that he was too old to play the part again, and cast Frank Dillane in the role instead.
Voldemort greatly desired to hear the full prophecy, believing it would give him the information to avoid his fate and destroy Harry, but the only people who could retrieve the prophecy record from the Hall of Prophecy in the Ministry of Magic's Department of Mysteries were either Harry or Voldemort himself (as they ...
The Story of Lord Voldemort: Tom Riddle Origins Explained (Re-Upload July, 2017)
Why did Voldemort choose Harry over Neville?
Initially, Voldemort twisted Harry into the position by first looking at his lineage. Tom Riddle and Harry Potter were both half-bloods, which meant Harry was more like him than the pureblooded Neville. From there, Voldemort focused specifically on the Potters, who had defied him to no end.
As Tom Riddle discovered his muggle inheritance, his hatred towards both his family and magical society increased, leading him to the path of evil and to adopt the moniker Lord Voldemort.
The closer a writer became to the memory of Tom Riddle emotionally, the more power the diary would acquire over him or her. For example, Ginny poured her fears and desires into the diary, thus it was easy for Tom to possess her. As this diary contained Riddle's soul, it also housed his magical powers.
During the series, nope. Early on, Dumbledore knew about how some orphan kid became the most powerful dark wizard ever. But the public at large was ignorant of that fact. Riddle's posse when he went to Hogwarts knew about it, as they became proto-Death Eaters, as they used the name Voldemort between them.
When did Dumbledore realize Tom Riddle was Voldemort?
He saw Tom grow up to become Voldemort, and he was aware of it. Tom had his followers call him Voldemort before he disappeared after being rejected from the Dada position. He was all ready changing his appearance a bit at that time. So when Voldemort returned, Dumbledore all ready knew who he was.
The only way for Voldemort to have mended his torn soul would have been to feel true remorse for his actions. To feel the slightest spark of sympathy for the lives he had taken. … which isn't possible for him to do so, because he's a psychopath.
Cecilia. Cecilia was a Muggle who was heavily implied to have been Tom's sweetheart. Tom used terms of affection to her and comforted her when she was shocked by Morfin's dead snake. It can be presumed Tom lost her when Merope Gaunt forced him to marry her.
Family. Snape's family background is mostly shown in flashbacks during the course of the last three novels. Snape was born to Eileen Prince, a witch, and Tobias Snape, a Muggle, making him a half-blood (hence the name, "Half-Blood Prince").
In Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, it is revealed that Bellatrix gave birth to Voldemort's daughter Delphi in Malfoy Manor before the Battle of Hogwarts.
Pettigrew mixed up a potion for Voldemort using unicorn blood and the venom of Nagini. With this potion, they were able to create a new body for Lord Voldemort to finally return to. However, this body was not what Voldemort needed to return to his fearful leadership form. Instead, it was that of a scaly, hairless baby.
The prevailing theory has been that Voldemort gradually lost his nose (and humanity) throughout his life due to his exclusive use of Dark Magic. The more Dark Magic he tapped into, the less human he became both figuratively and literally. This was only amplified as he split his soul to create the Horcruxes.
In the play "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child," which has become part of "Harry Potter" canon, it was revealed that Bellatrix conceived a child with none other than Lord Voldemort.
Before her death, Bellatrix secretly gave birth to an illegitimate daughter named Delphini, whom she conceived with her beloved master, Lord Voldemort. Delphini was conceived sometime after the Battle of the Department of Mysteries in 1996 and before the Skirmish at Malfoy Manor in 1998.
Mason Riddle is the Son of Tom Marvalo Riddle, otherwise known as Lord Voldemort, and the only American student at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
After murdering Harry's parents, Lily and James, Voldemort turned his wand upon the boy, but due to Lily Potter's loving sacrifice, Voldemort's curse backfired on him and his body was destroyed.
In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, Neville is actually the person who destroys Voldemort's last Horcrux in Nagini, rendering him mortal, meaning that he and Harry truly delivered the final blows to Voldemort.
Notably, Voldemort appeared to be entirely unaware of this split, as he later created a seventh Horcrux in his quest to have six, and continued to target Harry Potter despite him now holding part of Voldemort's own soul.
