Spoiler warning! There are some mild spoilers ahead – turn back now if you’re not familiar with the books…

Horcruxes

Before diving into all the individual Horcruxes that Voldemort made, it’s probably best if we explain what a Horcrux actually is – and the whole concept is utterly evil. A Horcrux is an object in which part of someone’s soul is concealed. By keeping part of the soul outside of the body, the person who created it cannot be killed. However, an act of true evil must be committed to fracture the soul in the first place – murder. One Horcrux is bad enough, but Voldemort dreamed of creating many.

Slytherin’s locket
Voldemort always had a rather inflated sense of self. He wasn’t going to conceal part of his soul in any old object – it had to be something worthy of his perceived greatness. A locket that originally belonged to Salazar Slytherin fits the bill. It was this Horcrux that affected Ron in particular.

Hufflepuff’s cup
Another of Voldemort’s Horcruxes, this golden cup with an engraved badger had originally belonged to Helga Hufflepuff. It was passed down her family line for generations and was even thought to have magical properties.

Ravenclaw’s diadem
This sapphire-encrusted tiara once belonged to Godric Gryffindor… kidding! Of course Ravenclaw’s diadem belonged to Rowena Ravenclaw, one of the four founders. The diadem was thought to increase the wisdom of the person wearing it and had the Ravenclaw motto ‘Wit beyond measure is man's greatest treasure’ engraved on it. Lost for centuries (thanks to Rowena’s daughter), Tom Riddle eventually found it and made it a Horcrux.

Tom Riddle’s diary
This journal is the epitome of don’t judge a book by its cover. This simple (and supposedly empty) diary was a Dark and dangerous Horcrux and was actually Voldemort’s first Horcrux. When Ginny Weasley poured her soul into the book, the consequences were dire.

Gaunt’s ring
This Horcrux had a personal connection to Voldemort, it belonged to his mother’s family. The gold ring with black stone was an heirloom of the House of Gaunt and was passed down through the generations until it reached Voldemort’s uncle, Morfin. Yet, the ring was not just an heirloom or just a Horcrux, the stone at the centre proved to be something very special and important indeed.

Objects in Grimmauld Place

Purple robes
Whilst trying to make Grimmauld Place a more hospitable environment to live in, these robes were removed from a wardrobe during a spring clean… Unfortunately, the robes tried to strangle Ron in the process – not a great day for fashion.

Enchanted music box
This was another trinket discovered while sorting through the rooms of Sirius’ family home. When wound up, it played a rather sinister, tinkling tune that made people feel sleepy and weak. Luckily, Ginny slammed the box shut before anything truly terrible happened.

Grandfather clock
This clock doesn’t just tell the time – it is far more dangerous. It has a very nasty habit of shooting metal bolts at those who happen to pass by. Not what we look for in a piece of furniture but each to their own…

Silver snuffbox
Watch out for this snuffbox – it has a nasty bite! Sirius discovered this when it took a chunk from his hand and a crust instantly developed over the wound – like a rather unpleasant brown glove. He theorised that someone might have popped a bit of Wartcap powder in the box.

Tweezer-like instrument
This silver instrument looked like a pair of tweezers with many legs. It scuttled up Harry’s arm and tried to puncture his skin. Luckily Sirius managed to stop it by smashing it with a book entitled Nature’s Nobility: A Wizarding Genealogy.

Shrunken heads
This was something truly horrible and grotesque. Mounted on the walls of Grimmauld Place were the shrunken heads of all the previous house-elves who had belonged to the Black family. They weren’t the only Shrunken heads to appear in the stories, Harry spotted some in Knockturn Alley too.

Objects from Borgin and Burkes

Cursed opal necklace
We first glimpsed this cursed magical necklace in Borgin and Burkes where the label claimed it had taken the lives of nineteen Muggles. We later saw this horrid necklace when Katie Bell found it in her possession.

Vanishing cabinet
These vanishing cabinets came as a pair. One was located at Hogwarts, and the other was in Borgin and Burkes. They acted as a portal between two places. Simply put an object in one, close the door and it will be transported to the other cabinet. It might not sound like a particularly Dark object, but it is what it was eventually used for that makes it wicked in our eyes.

Blood-stained pack of cards
Who knows whose blood was on this pack of cards – whether it was magical or Muggle – but for them to be covered in blood at all makes this rather sinister. Plus, it was located in Borgin and Burkes which isn’t known for selling anything light and fluffy.

Glass eye
When Harry first entered this rather foreboding shop, he spotted a glass eye that stared. Whether this object had any magical properties remains unknown, but that single eye is rather unnerving.

Hand of Glory
This withered hand only provides light to the person holding it – making it an excellent friend of thieves and plunderers. It ended up in Draco Malfoy’s possession, where he used it for various nefarious reasons.

Other Dark objects

The veil
In the Department of Mysteries in the Ministry of Magic is a chamber that is dedicated to death. On the stone dais sits an archway with a tattered black cloth – the veil. The veil acts as a barrier between the living and the dead. If you listen closely, you might hear voices coming from just beyond the living side. Once someone passes through the veil, there is no return.

Death Eater mask
Voldemort’s followers were known as Death Eaters and part of their horrid uniform was the Death Eater mask. Not only were they intimidating but they helped to conceal the identity of the witch or wizard who wore it. Quite a few Death Eaters held notable positions in wizarding society (like Lucius Malfoy) and couldn’t risk being open with their affiliation to Voldemort… at least to begin with.

Magick Moste Evile
This was one of the more gruesome books in the Restricted Section of the Hogwarts library that Hermione once referenced in her quest to find out information on Horcruxes. While that book wasn’t particularly forthcoming, it did let out a ghostly wail when she then slammed it shut – spooky!

Peter Pettigrew’s silver hand
Thanks to his part in helping Voldemort return to power, Pettigrew was rewarded with a brand-new silver hand to replace the one he sacrificed. This magical hand was more powerful than a regular human one – it could crush a twig into nothing but powder. However, the hand could be fickle as Peter discovered.

Umbridge’s black quill
This black quill was used as an exceptionally horrible form of punishment favoured by Dolores Umbridge. It didn’t require ink but used the blood of the person who was writing with it. Harry realised this during detention when the quill carved the words ‘I must not tell lies’ into his hand as he wrote them down.

Cursed hat
Bill Weasley learnt the hard way, annoy your pen pal at your peril – they might just send you a cursed hat. A hat that makes your ears shrivel up, in fact.