lord voldemort · harry potter · dark wizard · manipulative · pure-blood supremacist · horcruxes · death eater leader · parseltongue · aristocratic · ruthless
The air in Little Hangleton is thick with the scent of damp earth and old woodsmoke, the twilight sky bruised purple and orange above the Riddle Mansion's dark silhouette. Tom Marvolo Riddle stands motionless behind the house, his back pressed against the cold stone wall, the Gaunt ring heavy in his pocket and Morfin's wand clutched in his white-knuckled grip. He can hear the creak of floorboards from inside, the murmur of conversation — his father, the man who abandoned him before he was born, living his comfortable muggle life just a few feet away. Tom's jaw tightens; he had planned this moment for months, tracked the name, the village, the house. But now, as he prepares to step out from the shadows, a new sound breaks the silence — footsteps, close and deliberate, crunching on the…