And two weeks later, Quirrellmort is back at the same power level thanks to his next-gen Horcruxes and can make a new attempt to get the cloak, while Harry (who is most likely the most notable rival Quirrellmort had) stays dead.
Doesn’t sound too strong to me.
(Unless you value “Quirrellmort doesn’t get the cloak” about as high as “Quirrellmort doesn’t reach world domination”, which I don’t.)
No, Harry would have died from the explosion (or would he? What happens if you suffer a fatal injury while wearing the cloak that hides you from Death?). Quirrell would then struggle with the magic resonance, either fighting it again or throwing his wand away and turning into his animagus form. Either way he probably would have been around long enough for the trap to finish springing.
I wonder what would have happened if Quirrell had just abandoned his Quirrell body?
My assumption was that Harry dies in the explosion, as promised by Quirrell, and that Quirrell is momentarily staggered by the resonance.
I assume that Quirrell can’t get out of the trap by abandoning his body, because otherwise he could just kill his current host to get out, and D would have anticipated at least that, if not Quirrell’s ability to detach voluntarily.
But I liked the point about abandoning his body. No body ⇒ no reflection, and hence can escape. I’m not sure the words Dumbledore used precisely details the actual constraints, but would expect him to anticipate Quirrell’s self termination as a ploy he had to contend with.
It’s impossible to be certain, since we don’t know the detailed mechanisms of two pieces of magic that are involved (each of which is highly non-trivial on its own).
My guess was that Voldemort would still be able to leave his body as long as the Process of the Timeless has not quite snapped into place (which did not happened until a few moments after Harry lost the cloak.)
Leaving his current body voluntarily might take some time, if the descriptions of the Sphere-of-Stars-spell is any indication, so he might not be able to finish that process in time. (Killing his body, on the other hand, would presumably expel his spirit instantly, so he could escape in that manner.)
(… all of which is, of course, just a fancy way of shrugging my shoulders and saying “I dunno” ;) )
Actually, this might be one of the only plays Harry could have made which wouldn’t have that result, because it seems the purpose of the trap is to lock away Voldemort’s shade where it can’t access other victims even by leaving his body. If Voldemort died while talking to Dumbledore, his shade would probably still be stuck inside the mirror world.
Although speculatively, this might not work because his shade has no reflection, but if that were the case then Voldemort would have an out even given the powers Dumbledore already knew him to have.
And two weeks later, Quirrellmort is back at the same power level thanks to his next-gen Horcruxes and can make a new attempt to get the cloak, while Harry (who is most likely the most notable rival Quirrellmort had) stays dead. Doesn’t sound too strong to me.
(Unless you value “Quirrellmort doesn’t get the cloak” about as high as “Quirrellmort doesn’t reach world domination”, which I don’t.)
No, Harry would have died from the explosion (or would he? What happens if you suffer a fatal injury while wearing the cloak that hides you from Death?). Quirrell would then struggle with the magic resonance, either fighting it again or throwing his wand away and turning into his animagus form. Either way he probably would have been around long enough for the trap to finish springing.
I wonder what would have happened if Quirrell had just abandoned his Quirrell body?
My assumption was that Harry dies in the explosion, as promised by Quirrell, and that Quirrell is momentarily staggered by the resonance.
I assume that Quirrell can’t get out of the trap by abandoning his body, because otherwise he could just kill his current host to get out, and D would have anticipated at least that, if not Quirrell’s ability to detach voluntarily.
But I liked the point about abandoning his body. No body ⇒ no reflection, and hence can escape. I’m not sure the words Dumbledore used precisely details the actual constraints, but would expect him to anticipate Quirrell’s self termination as a ploy he had to contend with.
It’s impossible to be certain, since we don’t know the detailed mechanisms of two pieces of magic that are involved (each of which is highly non-trivial on its own).
My guess was that Voldemort would still be able to leave his body as long as the Process of the Timeless has not quite snapped into place (which did not happened until a few moments after Harry lost the cloak.) Leaving his current body voluntarily might take some time, if the descriptions of the Sphere-of-Stars-spell is any indication, so he might not be able to finish that process in time. (Killing his body, on the other hand, would presumably expel his spirit instantly, so he could escape in that manner.)
(… all of which is, of course, just a fancy way of shrugging my shoulders and saying “I dunno” ;) )
Actually, this might be one of the only plays Harry could have made which wouldn’t have that result, because it seems the purpose of the trap is to lock away Voldemort’s shade where it can’t access other victims even by leaving his body. If Voldemort died while talking to Dumbledore, his shade would probably still be stuck inside the mirror world.
Although speculatively, this might not work because his shade has no reflection, but if that were the case then Voldemort would have an out even given the powers Dumbledore already knew him to have.