• the diary
    • belonged to tom riddle
      • entrusted into lucius malfoy's possession circa lord voldemort's downfall
        • placed into ginny weasley's possession by malfoy at flourish & blotts in august 1992
          • used by ginny, whom was able to be possessed by the piece of soul within after bonding with the object
    • created with the murder of 'moaning myrtle', 13 june, 1943
      • myrtle was murdered by slytherin's basilisk, under the instruction of tom riddle, in hogwarts' second-floor girl's bathroom
    • destroyed by harry potter on 29 may, 1993
      • stabbed with a basilisk fang in the chamber of secrets
  • the ring
    • belonged to cadmus peverell; passed through his lineage to marvolo gaunt
      • stolen from morfin gaunt by tom riddle
        • hidden in the rubble of the gaunt shack & unearthed by albus dumbledore in summer 1995
    • created with the murder of tom riddle, sr.
      • riddle, sr. and his parents were murdered by his son in 1943, in their little hangleton mansion
    • destroyed by albus dumbledore in july 1996
      • shattered by godric gryffindor's sword in the headmaster's office
    • bore the resurrection stone, marked by the 'peverell coat of arms' (the symbol of the deathly hallows )
    • cursed; blackened & withered dumbledore's hand when worn
  • the locket
    • belonged to salazar slytherin; passed through his lineage to marvolo gaunt
      • sold to caractacus burke for ten galleons by a pregnant & destitute merope gaunt
        • purchased from borgin & burkes by hepzibah smith
          • stolen by tom riddle in 1946, who visited her home as a collector under the employ of the aforementioned shoppe
            • guarded in the seaside cave until stolen by regalus black, who ordered kreacher to destroy it
              • raided from 12 grimmauld place by mundungus fletcher, who presented it to dolores umbridge as a bribe
                • stolen from umbridge by harry potter (disguised as albert runcorn by polyjuice potion) during mary cattermole's hearing with the muggle-born registration commission
    • created with the murder of an unidentified muggle tramp
    • destroyed by ronald weasley on 28 december, 1997
      • shattered by godric gryffindor's sword in the forest of dean
  • the cup
    • belonged to (& created by) helga hufflepuff; passed through her lineage to hepzibah smith
      • stolen by tom riddle in 1946, who visited her home as a collector under the employ of borgin & burkes
        • guarded in the lestrange family vault at gringotts wizarding bank
          • stolen from the vault by harry potter, ronald weasley, hermione granger, (disguised as death eaters by polyjuice potion) and griphook
    • created with the murder of hepzibah smith
    • destroyed by hermione granger, during the battle of hogwarts on 2 may, 1998
      • stabbed with a basilisk fang, within the chamber of secrets
  • the diadem
    • belonged to (& created by) rowena ravenclaw
      • stolen from her mother by helena ravenclaw, who fled to an albanian forest
        • helena, pursued by the bloody baron, stowed it within a hollowed tree (where it remained after her following murder, 'lost' for centuries)
          • tom riddle retrieved the diadem in circa 1943, after coaxing its whereabouts from the grey lady ( helena, who haunted ravenclaw tower)
            • hidden in the room of requirement (as the room of hidden things ) when tom riddle came to hogwarts to offer his services to headmaster albus dumbledore as a (defense against the) dark arts professor
              • retrieved during the battle of hogwarts by harry potter, ronald weasley, and hermione granger
    • created with the murder of an unidentified albanian peasant
    • inadvertently destroyed by vincent crabbe during the battle of hogwarts (2 may, 1998)
      • incinerated with fiendfyre in the room of requirement
  • the snake
    • belonged to lord voldemort
      • it is unknown how voldemort acquired nagini
    • created with the murder of bertha jorkins
      • jorkins was kidnapped on holiday in albania by peter pettigrew and presented to his master
        • voldemort tortured bertha for information regarding bartemius crouch (sr. & jr.) and the triwizard tournament; she was 'disposed of' afterwards
    • destroyed by neville longbottom during the battle of hogwarts (2 may, 1998)
      • beheaded by the sword of gryffindor in the hogwarts entrance hall
    • nagini had a strong telepathic bond with lord voldemort and often was ordered to complete his bidding
  • the boy who lived
    • created with the murder of the potters on 31 october, 1981 and his own self-destruction
      • the piece of voldemort's soul that resides within harry potter clung to him as the only living thing in the surrounding area when voldemort's killing curse rebounded
    • destroyed by lord voldemort during the battle of hogwarts (2 may, 1998)
      • killed with avada kedavra in the forbidden forest
    • when attacked, harry once again survived the killing curse
      • after a short term in limbo, accompanied by albus dumbledore, harry returned to the realm of the living to destroy lord voldemort once and for all.
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