Lord Voldemort'south main goal in the Harry Potter series was to impale "the male child who lived", and he about accomplished this in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire , only what if his plan was much more elaborate than just killing Harry Potter? Readers and viewers didn't come across Lord Voldemort properly until Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, having only been named in the previous books and actualization briefly in Harry Potter and the Philosopher'due south Stone through Professor Quirrell's body.

With the help of some of his nigh loyal followers, Lord Voldemort made a full comeback through a regeneration potion that required the "bone of the father" (Tom Riddle Snr's basic taken from his grave), flesh of the retainer (Peter Pettigrew's hand), and the claret forcibly extracted from 1 of his enemies – in this instance, Harry Potter. It was of import to Voldemort to apply Harry's blood as he wanted to rise greater and more terrible than he was before. Because of this, he made an elaborate program to bring Harry to Little Hangleton graveyard through a portkey to complete the potion/ritual.

However, there are some details virtually Voldemort'southward plan in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire that made an observant Harry Potter fan believe that Voldemort had something bigger and more than complicated in mind, and capturing (and killing) Harry at the graveyard was simply the showtime.

Voldemort's Programme To Kill Harry Potter

A prophecy given to Albus Dumbledore by Sybill Trelawney predicted the autumn of Lord Voldemort, maxim that "the i with the ability to beat out the Night Lord will exist born as the seventh month dies", and the famous (and overly analyzed) line "either must dice at the hand of the other, for neither can live while the other survives". Part of the prophecy made it Voldemort's ears, who felt threatened and went afterwards those he believed the prophecy was referring to. At the time, there were two candidates: Harry Potter and Neville Longbottom. Voldemort went after Harry, perhaps because they had a like family heritage, with both being half-bloods (Neville was a pure-blood).

Voldemort'southward plan ended up backfiring pretty desperately, equally when he tried to kill baby Harry after killing his parents, the Killing Curse rebounded as Lily Potter'south sacrifice created a powerful defence of ancient magic – or, in other words, her love protected her son from the Nighttime Lord. As result, Voldemort's torso was destroyed, and xiv years passed earlier his full trunk could be restored. Once he regained his body and powers thank you to the regeneration potion, and with the Death Eaters in omnipresence, Voldemort's plan was to impale Harry Potter on the spot – but not before forcing him into a duel. In yet another example of Voldemort'due south plans backfiring, when he cast the Killing Expletive and Harry simultaneously bandage Expelliarmus, their twin-core wands became locked in Priori Incantatem, a charm that forces the loser's wand to produce "echoes" of the most recent spells. This made Voldemort'due south wand unleash the "ghosts" of Cedric Diggory, Frank Bryce, Bertha Jorkins, Lily and James Potter, who helped Harry escape by distracting Voldemort. Harry went back to Hogwarts through the same portkey that brought him to the graveyard – and it's that particular which points to Voldemort'due south plans going beyond killing Harry.

Did Voldemort Plan To Become To Hogwarts After Killing Harry?

Portkeys are objects enchanted to instantly bring anyone who touches it to a specific location. These objects were introduced in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, where one is used early in the story to transport Harry and company to the Quidditch Globe Cup. Simply as pointed out past Tumblr user Miraniel, portkeys just go one way, sometimes at a specific time – and the portkey used in Goblet of Fire to take Harry to the graveyard also took him dorsum to Hogwarts, specifically to the forepart of the maze, when the portkey/Triwizard Cup was in the middle of the maze.

There are a couple of reasons why Barty Hunker Jr (disguised as Alastor Moody) could have made a special portkey like this. One is that they planned to send back Harry's expiry trunk equally proof or warning that Lord Voldemort had returned, and as a twisted fashion of jubilant that the prophecy couldn't be fulfilled anymore. Another reason could be that Voldemort and Crouch Jr had a bigger plan that required the Triwizard Cup taking Voldemort back to Hogwarts after killing Harry Potter but without letting the world know that "the boy who lived" was now dead.

Theory: Voldemort (& Barty Crouch Jr) Planned To Impersonate Harry

The aforementioned Tumblr user went on to explicate a theory that expands on why that portkey could transport people to the graveyard and back to a specific spot at Hogwarts. This theory suggests that Voldemort's plan was to infiltrate Hogwarts by impersonating Harry Potter, and to accomplish this, he needed some of his hair to brew a polyjuice potion. As for the rest of his body, it would accept been Nagini'southward dinner, as Voldemort often promised her.

Voldemort already had a spy at Hogwarts thanks to Barty Crouch Jr posing as Alastor Moody, who made the whole Triwizard Tournament plan possible in the first place by putting Harry'southward proper noun in the Goblet of Fire and helping him go to the cup . Of course, this wasn't enough for the Dark Lord every bit he needed to get into Hogwarts himself, and he could accept achieved this past posing as Harry Potter. The writer of the theory shares that Voldemort would have gone back to Hogwarts as Harry thanks to the portkey and Hunker Jr would have taken his place afterwards on. However, it would take been very risky for Voldemort to only ditch his cover while at Hogwarts, so the best they could have washed was go on posing as Harry and Moody.

According to the theory, Dumbledore would have died past the hands of either Voldemort or Crouch posing as Harry (thus gaining control of the Elder wand, unbeknownst to them), creating maximum chaos. The Wizarding Globe would have witnessed their "savior" and the then-called "boy who lived" ascension every bit a more powerful and scarier threat than Voldemort, ending with all their hopes on Harry Potter beingness the ane to stop Voldemort'due south return and reign of terror. There'south some dark and cluttered poetry to all this, and this theory gives Barty Crouch Jr a much bigger and important role in the saga than just a loyal Death Eater that posed as Moody and brought Harry to Voldemort.

Why Voldemort's Plan Would've Failed

As elaborate and scary as this plan is, it only wouldn't take worked (at least not for long). First off, Voldemort wouldn't have had an endless supply of Harry Potter hair, so he would have been working confronting the clock, and that would have been quite suspicious to those who truly knew Harry. That said, it'south hard to believe that Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger, and Albus Dumbledore wouldn't have suspected at that place was something wrong with Harry almost immediately – and Dumbledore had his means to uncover the truth, as seen multiple times throughout the serial, not to mention Hermione wasn't an like shooting fish in a barrel one to fool, and she would have done something right abroad without Voldemort/Harry even noticing.

Information technology's an interesting theory that would have taken the story on a completely different path, answers all doubts about that item portkey, and gives Barty Crouch Jr a bigger purpose in the serial while also giving Harry Potter'due south story a horror twist. Although it wouldn't have worked, it would be interesting (and fun, in a chilling way) to go on this idea in mind adjacent fourth dimension you watch Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire .

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Adrienne Tyler is a features writer for Screen Rant. She is an Audiovisual Communication graduate who wanted to be a filmmaker, but life had other plans (and it turned out bang-up). Prior to Screen Bluster, she wrote for Pop Wrapped, 4 Your Excitement (4YE), and D20Crit, where she was also a regular guest at Netfreaks podcast. She was also a contributor for FanSided's BamSmackPow and 1428 Elm. Adrienne is very into films and she enjoys a bit of everything: from superhero films to heartbreaking dramas, to low-budget horror films. Every time she manages to commit to a TV testify without getting bored, an angel gets its wings.

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