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Desrtopa comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, part 16, chapter 85 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: hairyfigment 18 April 2012 08:43:22PM 9 points [-]

Perhaps there are dark rituals whereby using them, Dark Wizards can break out of even an (ill-named) Unbreakable Vow.

Well, they can die. I've seen nothing to suggest that Vows destroy Horcruxes.

Comment author: Desrtopa 18 April 2012 11:52:21PM 3 points [-]

But will they come back free of the Vow? It seems entirely plausible to me that it would follow them into their new incarnation.

Comment author: Viliam_Bur 19 April 2012 11:14:49AM 3 points [-]

They could still break it once per incarnation.

Comment author: wirov 20 April 2012 01:20:07PM 4 points [-]

… thus killing one human per incarnation, thus creating one horcrux per incarnation.

Now, if there were some way to automate the whole getting-a-body-business …

Comment author: hairyfigment 20 April 2012 01:34:14AM -1 points [-]

Not in the specifications. They just say, 'anyone who breaks the Vow dies.' Ending with death is a feature.

Though if the people who first found the spell really thought that way, they must not have truly believed anyone could stay in their world after death.

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