Harry Potter · Character
Tom Marvolo Riddle
Also known as Tom Riddle, Riddle, T. M. Riddle
- Major
- First seen · Book 2 · Ch. 12
A tall boy of about sixteen with jet black hair stands much taller than average students, his form initially surrounded by a misty light and strangely blurred around the edges as a memory from the past. He possesses long fingers that twirl wands with dexterity, while his face contorts or forms twisted smiles that never reach his hungry eyes which can show an odd red gleam. As the scene progresses he becomes clearer and more solid, revealing the fair skin and strikingly handsome sharp features of a 1940s Hogwarts prefect wearing a pointed hat and silver badge on his chest, every inch the image of a gifted yet dangerous young wizard with an aura of dark charisma.
- Gender
- male
- Age
- 16 (appears)
- First appears
- Book 2 · Ch. 12
- Books
- 1
Description
A tall boy of about sixteen with jet black hair stands much taller than average students, his form initially surrounded by a misty light and strangely blurred around the edges as a memory from the past. He possesses long fingers that twirl wands with dexterity, while his face contorts or forms twisted smiles that never reach his hungry eyes which can show an odd red gleam. As the scene progresses he becomes clearer and more solid, revealing the fair skin and strikingly handsome sharp features of a 1940s Hogwarts prefect wearing a pointed hat and silver badge on his chest, every inch the image of a gifted yet dangerous young wizard with an aura of dark charisma.
Connections
Family & partnersFriends & mentorsRivals
Ginny Weasleypossessor
Riddle manipulates Ginny through the diary, using her to reopen the Chamber.
Rubeus Hagridframed schoolmate
Riddle frames Hagrid for opening the Chamber fifty years ago.
Story so far
BOOK 2Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Key events
- Book 2
Ch. 13Tom Riddle's Diary Memory RevelationHarry writes in Tom Riddle's diary and is pulled into a memory showing young Riddle framing Hagrid for opening the Chamber fifty years ago, identifying the monster as an Acromantula. - Book 2
Ch. 17Battle in the Chamber of SecretsHarry confronts Tom Riddle's memory (young Voldemort) in the Chamber; Fawkes blinds the basilisk, provides Gryffindor's sword, and heals Harry's wound; Harry destroys the diary with a basilisk fang.
Appearances
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