50 Facts About Lord Voldemort

Lord Voldemort is a fictional character and the main antagonist in the Harry Potter series of novels by JK Rowling.

Lord Voldemort first appears in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone and returns either in person or in flashbacks in each novel in the series except the third, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, in which he is only mentioned.

Lord Voldemort is the leader of the Death Eaters, a group of wizards and witches dedicated to ridding the Wizarding World of Muggles and establishing Voldemort as its supreme ruler.

Lord Voldemort began to link him to real-life tyrants, describing him as "a raging psychopath, devoid of the normal human responses to other people's suffering".

Lord Voldemort thinks that it's a shameful human weakness, as you know.

The name Lord Voldemort is derived from the French vol de mort which means "flight of death" or "theft of death".

Lord Voldemort makes his debut in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.

Lord Voldemort murdered Harry's parents, James and Lily, but as a result of his mother's love and willingness to sacrifice herself for him, baby Harry survived when Lord Voldemort tried to murder him with a Killing Curse.

Lord Voldemort was disembodied, and Harry was left with a mysterious, lightning bolt-shaped scar on his forehead as a result.

However, at the climax of the book, Harry manages to prevent Lord Voldemort from stealing the stone.

However, at the climax of the story, when the manifestation of Riddle rearranges the letters in his name to write "I am Lord Voldemort", it is revealed that Tom and the Dark Lord are just one person and that he is a descendant of one of the school's founders, Salazar Slytherin.

Lord Voldemort is heard when Harry passes out from the harsh effects of a Dementor.

The Dark Lord Voldemort will rise again with his servant's aid, greater and more terrible than ever before.

In Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Lord Voldemort reappears at the start and the climax of the book.

Lord Voldemort's goal is to teleport Harry under Dumbledore's watch as a reluctant participant to the Little Hangleton graveyard, where the Riddle family is buried.

Harry is captured and, after Pettigrew uses Harry's blood to fulfil a gruesome magical ritual, Lord Voldemort regains his body and is restored to his full power.

Lord Voldemort then completes his plan and returns to life in his full body as a result of the ritual with Harry's blood.

Lord Voldemort sends a group of Death Eaters to retrieve the prophecy, where the Order of the Phoenix meets them.

All but Bellatrix are captured, and Lord Voldemort engages in a ferocious duel with Dumbledore.

In Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Lord Voldemort continues his rise to power.

Lord Voldemort eventually murdered his father and grandparents as revenge for abandoning him.

Lord Voldemort disposes of the Minister for Magic and replaces him with Pius Thicknesse, who is under the Imperius Curse.

Lord Voldemort's journey takes him to Nurmengard, the prison where Gellert Grindelwald is kept, and he kills Grindelwald as well.

Later, Lord Voldemort finds out that Harry and his friends are hunting and destroying his Horcruxes when informed of their heist on the Lestranges' vault at Gringotts in search for Hufflepuff's Cup.

Lord Voldemort then calls an hour's armistice, in exchange for Harry.

Lord Voldemort appears in every Harry Potter film, with the exception of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.

In Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Lord Voldemort's manifestation is as a face on the back of Quirrell's head, an effect achieved by computer generated imagery.

Lord Voldemort appears in a scene in the Forbidden Forest where he is seen drinking the blood of a unicorn.

In Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Lord Voldemort is initially only heard, possessing the scratchy, weak voice heard in the first film.

The real Lord Voldemort kills Harry's parents as prophesied, and Delphi is sent to Azkaban.

Lord Voldemort elaborated that he is a "raging psychopath, devoid of the normal human responses to other people's suffering", and whose only ambition in life is to become all-powerful and immortal.

Lord Voldemort has no conscience, feels no remorse or empathy, and does not recognise the worth and humanity of anybody except himself.

Lord Voldemort feels no need for human companionship or friendship and cannot comprehend love or affection for another.

Lord Voldemort believes he is superior to everyone around him, to the point that he frequently refers to himself in the third person as "Lord Voldemort".

Racist, really", and that if Lord Voldemort were to look into the Mirror of Erised, in which one sees one's greatest desire, he would see "Himself, all-powerful and eternal.

Lord Voldemort is known as one of the greatest Legilimens in the world and a highly accomplished Occlumens; he can read minds and shield his own from penetration.

Lord Voldemort, like his ancestral family, the Gaunts, is a Parselmouth, meaning he can converse with serpents.

Dumbledore said that Lord Voldemort was probably the most brilliant student Hogwarts has ever seen.

On her website, Rowling wrote that Lord Voldemort's wand is made of yew, whose sap is poisonous, and which symbolises death.

Lord Voldemort was born Tom Marvolo Riddle on 31 December 1926.

In Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, it is revealed that Lord Voldemort murdered his father and grandparents, leaving himself the only surviving member of the Riddle family.

Lord Voldemort was sentenced to a short term in Azkaban for his and his son's assault upon a Ministry of Magic official; this affected his health and he died soon after returning home.

Lord Voldemort married Tom Riddle Sr and became pregnant within three months of the wedding.

Lord Voldemort said that Voldemort commits acts of terrorism such as destroying bridges, murdering innocents, and forcing children to kill their elders.

Several campaigns have used Lord Voldemort to compare his evil to the influence of politicians, large media and corporations.

Lord Voldemort appears in the Potter Puppet Pals sketches by Neil Cicierega.

Lord Voldemort appears in The Lego Batman Movie as one of the prisoners in the Phantom Zone that Joker recruits to take over Gotham City.

Outside of the Harry Potter video games, Lord Voldemort is a playable character in Lego Dimensions, with archive audio of Fiennes' portrayal in the films used for his voiceovers.

Lord Voldemort appears in Space Jam: A New Legacy, in the crowd for the game between the Tune Squad and the Goon Squad.

An upcoming French fan-made short-film titled The House of Gaunt - Lord Voldemort Origins explores the origin story of Voldemort and The Gaunt family.