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Tino raised his hand tenatively. "I, um, disagree a little bit," he ventured, twiddling with the quill on his desk. "I guess Voldemort liked the whole power thing but I think he was really more afraid than anything. He was mainly afraid to die. That's why he made all those Horcruxes, so he couldn't really die. And kinda like Daphne said, he was afraid to be insignificant, or forgotten, because he bragged about being the greatest wizard and going the farthest."
Tino wasn't used to contributing verbally. Small specks of ink appeared on his chin from pressing the quill too hard.
Abby smiles at Tino. "Thanks for mentioning that. I had completely forgotten about the horcruxes. I think Voldemort was also afraid of being considered ordinary. I remember reading about the first time Dumbledore met Tom Riddle in the orphanage. Tom made a big deal about being different from the other children there. He called himself special. Tom was special at the orphanage, but when he came to Hogwarts he was just another wizard. Then Tom found out he was the heir of Salazar Slytherin. That made Tom special with the pureblood Slytherins. I think fear was a reason Tom became obsessed with magic and learning all the magic he could. Tom Riddle wanted to be special in the wizarding world. By becoming Voldemort, he became the most special and most powerful wizard of his time." Quote:
Celandine." Ethan corrected and then listened carefully. "So fear might motivate a dark witch or wizard to join with someone stronger than they are? Would you consider those people to truly be dark? Or just misled?"
OOC: Sorry about misspelling Celandine again. I don't know what it is about that name. I mess it up everytime I try to write it. I need to write it 100 times. Then I might remember the correct way spelling.
"I would call them misled. Peter Pettigrew did willing perform dark magic, but I don't think he ever really believed in what Voldemort was doing. In the end his doubts about dark magic cost him his life. If Peter hadn't hesitated in the dungeons at Lucius Malfoy's house, his silver hand wouldn't have strangled him." Quote:
"Refering back to the dark wizards we identified earlier, which do you think were motivated by fear? Which by power? One more than the other? Both equally? Lets discuss."
"I think when it came to the purebreed wizards of the the old wizarding families, it was power more than fear that encouraged them to become dark wizards. They generally thought themselves to be superior to the other wizards. I doubt there was much in the wizarding world they feared. Voldemort preached pureblood superiority. The deatheaters bought into his mad vision."