Prof. Tom Riddle

 Tom Riddle a.k.a The Boy Who Changed

Biographical information

Full Name

Tom Marvolo Riddle

Nickname(s)

• Lord, Dark Lord (by his followers, for a short period)

• Tommy (by George and Fred Weasley)

• Riddle, Mr. Riddle (by non-family members and Hogwarts professors)

• Daddy, Dad (by his kids)

• Uncle Tom (by James II, Albus, and Lily II)

• Professor Riddle (by all Hogwarts students)

Date of Birth

31 December 1926

Birthplace

Wool's Orphanage, London, England, Great Britain

Blood status

Half-blood

Marital status

Married (m. early 2000's)

Also known as

• The Boy Who Was Always Unwanted

• The Boy Who Was Feared By All

• The Boy Who Lied

• The Boy Who Doomed

• The Boy Who Changed

• The Previous Dark Lord

• The Boy Who Loved

• The Voldemort That Never Came Into Being

• The Boy That Never Became A Monster

• The Boy Who Was Wanted

• T.M.R

• Thomas Dagworth (disguise name for the future)

• Daniel Rosier (under the disguise of Polyjuice Potion)

• Rodolphus Lestrange (under the disguise of Polyjuice Potion)

• The Enemy Became A Friend

• Professor Riddle

Title(s)

• Perfect

• Head Boy (both in 20th century and 21st century)

• Writer

• Author

• Professor

• Head of Slytherin House

Status

Alive

Physical information

Species

Human

Gender

Male

Height

1.84m

Hair colour

Black

Eye colour

• Dark Green

• Red (in rage when he's angry; formerly)

Skin colour

Light

Family information

Children

• Abraxas Harry "Brax" Riddle (eldest son)

• Lucille Sarah "Luce" Riddle (middle daughter)

• Merope Riddle II (younger daughter)

Parents

• Tom Riddle Sr. † (father)

• Merope Gaunt † (mother)

Uncles/aunts

Morfin Gaunt † (maternal uncle)

In-laws

• Sarah Granger (mother-in-law)

• Mr. Granger (father-in-law)

Grandparents

• Thomas Riddle † (paternal grandpa)

• Mary Riddle † (paternal grandma)

• Marvolo Gaunt † (maternal grandpa)

Great-Uncles/Aunts

• Ominis Gaunt † (maternal great-uncle)

• Two unnamed maternal great-uncles †

Ancestors

• Salazar Slytherin † (maternal ancestor)

• Cadmus Peverell † (maternal ancestor)

Godchildren

Albus Severus Potter (godson)

Relationships

Allies/Friends

• Abraxas Malfoy † (died of illness)
• Orion Black †
• Theodosius Nott †
• Edmond Rosier †
• Humphrey Avery Senior †
• Ralph Lestrange †
• Mark Mulciber Senior †
• Hermione Granger-Riddle (his love interest and married her later on)
• Prof. Horace Slughorn (believed Tom was good still)
• Prof. Armando Dippet † (died in old age)
• Prof. Albus Dumbledore † (killed by Snape, orders from Prof. Dumbledore himself)
• Harry Potter (trusted him and became his trustful ally)
• Ron Weasley (did not trust him at the beginning; however, later he learns to trust him)
• Ginny Weasley-Potter (did not trust him at the beginning, however, learned to trust him in the end)
• Luna Lovegood-Weasley
• House of Weasley
• Sirius Black III (brings him back from the Veil)
• Dobby † (killed by Bellatrix Lestrange)
• Aberforth "Ab" Dumbledore (did not trust him at the beginning, however, learned to trust him in the end)
• Prof. Severus Snape † (killed by Nagini, orders from Voldemort)
• Draco Lucius Malfoy
• Narcissa Black-Malfoy

Romances

Hermione Granger (wife)

Enemies

• Prof. Albus Dumbledore † (disliked him once but learned to trust him)

• Gellert Grindelwald † (he thought he was too weak to hold power)

• Lyall Lupin † (disliked him)

• Lord Voldemort † (his evil counterpart) 

• Death Eaters (imprisoned all of them)

• Bellatrix Lestrange † (killed by Molly Weasley)

• Lucius Malfoy II (formerly)

• Pansy Parkinson (disliked her)

Magical characteristics

Boggart

• The Darkness Consuming Him Again

• His own corpse (formerly)

Magical Powers/Skills

• Wandless/nonverbal magic
• Dark arts (formerly)
• Dueling
• Potions
• Alchemy
• Charms
• Apparition
• Legilimency/Occlumency
• Healing Magic
• Flight
• Parseltongue
• Defense Against the Dark Arts
• Intellectual genius
• Immorality (did not gain) 
• Charisma/Manipulation (formerly)
• Acting skills (formerly)
• Leadership skills (formerly)

Wand

13½", Yew and Phoenix Feather, thirteen and a half inches

Patronus

Basilisk (due to her love for Hermione Granger, with happy memories)

Side

• Good

• Evil (formerly)

Affiliation

Occupation

• Writer/Author

• Professor at DADA

School

Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry (1938 - 1945 / 1998 - 1999)

House

Slytherin (both in 20th century and 21st century)  

Loyalty

• House of Gaunt (formerly)

• Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry

• Slytherin

• Slug Club

• Tom Riddle's gang (formerly, abandoned them)

• Trio

• Dumbledore's Army (briefly)

• Granger family (in-laws)

• House of Weasleys

• Order of the Phoenix

• Potter family

Tom Marvolo Riddle (31 December 1926) was an English half-blood wizard considered the most powerful. 

Descended from Salazar Slytherin on his mother's side through the House of Gaunt, Tom was conceived whilst his father, Tom Riddle Senior, was under the effects of a love potion supplied by his mother, Merope Gaunt. When the enchantment was lifted, Tom's father abandoned his pregnant wife and returned to Little Hangleton. His mother gave birth to him before dying an hour after she had given birth. Her only wish was that he'd look like his father, that he be named Tom after his father, with his middle name Marvolo after her father, and that Riddle would be his last name. And with that, Tom Marvolo Riddle was born and raised in the Muggle-run Wool's Orphanage.

Hogwarts years (1938-1945)

Riddle attended Hogwarts from 1938 to 1945 and was sorted into Slytherin house, a nod to his ancestor, Salazar Slytherin. During summer breaks, he was forced to return to the Muggle orphanage, which he despised and dreaded more than any other place on Earth.

Riddle described how he was seen as 'poor, but brilliant, parent-less, but so brave, a school prefect, a model student'. Due to his exceptional acting abilities and handsome looks, he convinced virtually all of the Hogwarts staff and instructors that his kinder façade was his true personality. The sole exception to this was Dumbledore, who, though not necessarily suspicious of Riddle, never forgot about his misdeeds at the orphanage, nor his unsettling behavior during their first meeting. In turn, Riddle realized he had been careless in showing Dumbledore his true character at their first meeting and had never attempted to win him over, as he had with his other instructors. In time, he came to fear and despise Dumbledore.

Over time, Riddle gathered to himself a gang of Slytherin thugs, a motley composition of 'the weak seeking protection, the ambitious seeking some shared glory, and the thuggish gravitating toward a leader who could show them more refined forms of cruelty'. Riddle claimed they were his friends and made it appear so in public, but in truth, they amounted to little more than servants, and he cared almost nothing for them. He often manipulated them into committing petty crimes and other misdeeds, but none of these incidents were reliably traced back to the group.

Opening the Chamber of Secrets

Upon arriving at Hogwarts, Riddle became obsessed with his heritage and began researching it with an insatiable hunger. He focused solely on the identity of his father, still thinking of him as the magical parent, as he had held onto his beliefs that death was a Muggle consequence and a weakness. He searched for his father's name in the school trophy room, in the records of Hogwarts prefects and wizarding history, but found nothing to suggest his father had even attended Hogwarts. He was eventually forced to accept that his father was the Muggle parent and that his mother was the magical one. It was around this time that Riddle gave himself the alias 'Lord Voldemort' to spare himself the remainder of his 'filthy Muggle father', who he later learned had abandoned his wife after learning she was a witch (although in reality, he left her after she stopped controlling him with a love potion).

Using his middle name, Marvolo, taken from his maternal grandfather, Riddle discovered his mother's heritage and the Gaunts' bloodline connection to Salazar Slytherin. Once Riddle learned of his ancestry, it was not long before he found the existence of the Chamber of Secrets under Hogwarts during his fifth year, and tamed the Basilisk that dwelt within. As the Heir of Slytherin through his mother's family, Tom was able to open the Chamber that Slytherin had left behind to 'purge the school of all those who [were] unworthy to study magic' — in Riddle's and Slytherin's eyes, Muggle-borns.

Around 13 June 1943, the Basilisk petrified many at Hogwarts, with its last victim being a student named Myrtle Warren, who was killed in the girls' bathroom when she saw the Basilisk's yellow eyes. In light of this incident, the Hogwarts Board of Governors decided that Hogwarts was to be closed. During that year, Riddle made a special request that Headmaster Armando Dippet would allow him to stay at school over the summer break. However, Dippet informed him of the governor's decision and denied his request.

Realizing that the Chamber would need to be closed and the culprit caught to keep the school open (and not have to return permanently to the orphanage), Riddle framed fellow student Rubeus Hagrid and his pet Acromantula, Aragog. He convinced then-Headmaster Dippet that Aragog was the monster that had terrorized the school. He also noted that Hagrid was keeping a dangerous pet, though this was shallow hypocrisy considering the monster he commanded. Hagrid was expelled, and Riddle ironically received an engraved trophy for Special Services to the School.

Dumbledore, who did not believe that Hagrid was responsible for the killing, arranged for him to be kept on as Hogwarts's groundskeeper. Distrusting Riddle, Dumbledore kept an 'annoyingly close' watch on him after that. Due to this, Riddle realized that he would not be able to risk opening the Chamber while still a student. As such, he would use this murder to eventually preserve a part of his soul within his school diary, the very first of his seven Horcruxes, hoping it would one day lead someone to finish Salazar Slytherin's 'noble work'.

Murder of the Riddle family

Around August 1943, Riddle went to Little Hangleton to learn about his mother's family. While at the Gaunt Shack, he met his uncle Morfin Gaunt, with whom he was far from impressed. Morfin mentioned offhandedly at one point during this meeting that he thought that Tom looked 'mighty like that Muggle', Merope's husband, Tom Riddle Snr. Riddle immediately demanded the identity of the Muggle in question, and Morfin told Riddle the full story of his Muggle father, which infuriated Tom to the point of seeking revenge. Riddle stunned Morfin and took his wand, went over to the Riddle House, and, using his uncle's wand, murdered his father, grandfather, and grandmother with the Killing Curse.

Riddle covered up his crimes by altering Morfin's memory, causing him to believe that he was the killer. When the Ministry of Magic investigated the crime, Morfin, who had previously served three years in Azkaban for using magic in front of, and against, Muggles, freely admitted to the deed and was sentenced to life imprisonment in Azkaban. Tom took the Gaunt family's signet ring from Morfin and later on would preserve another part of his soul within it to make his second Horcrux, wearing it like a trophy at Hogwarts.

Meeting Hermione Granger

Tom meets Granger in the Great Hall after Hat has sorted her to the Slytherin house, but with his knowledge of who she is, Tom is confident about her and trusts her immediately. After learning that Granger uses the jinx spell on Gryffindor's student, he is interested in her and wants her to join his group.

Leaving the past and returning to the future

Tom finds out the truth about Hermione and starts pressuring her to tell the truth. Hermione tells him that she is from the future, where she is the most powerful dark witch and kills non-magical people like her, her friends, and her family. Tom is speechless and internally angry and disappointed that the only person he was close to and trusted lied to him all this time but then Hermione tells him that she is going to kill the boy she knew was prophesied to kill then Tom says let me kill him but Hermione then gets angry and screams how dare she say that she is his best friend who comforted him in his saddest times when Ron was with another girl. Tom is jealous that Hermione is someone else, but Hermione says she will never see him again, and with that, she turns her clock and disappears. Tom sees this, and it becomes clear to him that he was wrong about everything, and he wants her back. He runs through the dark cursed forest towards the school to ask the professor for help but is interrupted by Dumbledore who asks did he left Tom realizes he is involved but Dumbledore says he is wrong and Tom says he has to go to Professor Slughorn's talk but Dumbledore says he doesn't have what he wants and takes out a time clock and gives it to Tom and says I hope you go after him to which Tom says of course then he asks if we hope to meet in the future to which Dumbledore says no and Tom looks down. Dumbledore says it is time, then Tom turns the time clock, and then disappears.

He appears in the future in the forest. When Hermione sees him, she is still angry with him, but then Harry comes looking for Hermione and meets Tom. He puts his wand away; however, Hermione calms him down and tells him that he's good, and asks Tom what she's doing here, and Tom tells her that everything she says is true. Harry believes Tom is somehow due to Voldemort's connection with him, and then the three go to the tent.

Godric's Hollow

Hermione, Tom, and Harry soon decided to go to Godric's Hollow to see the graves of Harry's parents and to speak to historian Bathilda Bagshot. They believed Bathilda might be holding onto Godric Gryffindor's Sword for Harry, as they thought Dumbledore might have left it with her as an old family friend, knowing it was the only method the trio knew for destroying a Horcrux. Hermione comforted Harry in the graveyard while Tom stood far away when they found the Potters' graves; she nuzzled her head into the crook between his head and shoulders and conjured roses for the graves. On their way out of the graveyard, they came into contact with what appeared to be Bathilda.

The pair then went to Bathilda's house; whilst in the house, they were separated. Harry witnessed a giant snake pouring from the neck of Bathilda's body and was attacked by Nagini upstairs. Nagini had been waiting for them in the guise of the old woman, whose corpse had been animated like an Inferius by Voldemort. Hermione and Tom both rushed to Harry's aid and proceeded to save his life by casting a Blasting Cure, which ricocheted around the room. The three of them barely escaped before Lord Voldemort himself arrived at the cabin in an attempt to capture Harry.

Hermione appeared in the Forest of Dean, while Harry was overcome with pain and visions of Voldemort's attack on his parents and him in 1981. She used a Severing Charm to remove the locket from Harry and healed the bite Nagini had given him with Dittany. Harry's wand had also been broken in the foray, most likely by the Blasting Curse Hermione cast at Nagini. Hermione was very upset at the thought that it was her curse that broke Harry's wand. Harry was heartbroken, but not angry with her, knowing that it was an accident and that Hermione had saved his life and therefore could not hold it against her, while Tom watched them far away, not jealous, but saw how they very much cared for each other.

Visit to the Lovegood House

Hermione Granger: "Hand over Harry?"

Ron Weasley: "No deal, get out of the way, we're leaving."

Tom Riddle: "That's right!"

— Hermione and Ron refuse to hand Harry over to Voldemort, while Tom agrees with Hermione and Ron's suggestion

Harry and Hermione are reunited with Ron in the Forest of Dean after Ron hears them talking through the Deluminator Dumbledore had left to him, while Ron also feels betrayed about their trusting Tom Riddle. Ron destroyed the locket Horcrux with Godric Gryffindor's Sword, which had been left by an unknown assistant in a pool in the Forest, saving Harry's life and thus receiving forgiveness from Harry for leaving. Before he destroyed it, however, the locket revealed some of Ron's deepest fears, including that Hermione preferred Harry to him. Hermione, however, was unaware of this, as she had been in the tent while this occurred, which Tom is aware of and knows what he saw inside the locket. Upon seeing Ron, she screams at Ron despite Harry trying to tell her that Ron just saved his life, and punches him until Harry casts a shield charm between them with Hermione's wand. She is furious with Ron for days for his abandonment, but leaves with Tom in the tent later on, and Ron is furious and angry about him replacing him with a previous dark lord himself.

Ambush at the Lovegood House

Tom Riddle: "Is there nobody we can trust anymore?!?"

Ron Weasley: "I agree with the previous dark lord! All Lovegoods are bloody mad."

                                                                    — Ron agrees with the previous dark lord, Tom Riddle, about Mr. Lovegood's escape.

The trio and a previous dark lord then traveled together to Xenophilius Lovegood's home to ask him about the strange symbol in The Tales of Beedle the Bard, which Xenophilius had worn on a chain around his neck at Bill and Fleur's wedding. They had thought it to be the sign of the Dark Wizard Gellert Grindelwald after Krum recognized it at the wedding (Grindelwald being a former Durmstrang student), but Xenophilius informed them it was the symbol of the Deathly Hallows. Shortly after making this discovery, Harry realized that Luna wasn't at home, despite it being the Christmas holidays, and had been away for a long time. Xenophilius revealed to them that Luna had been taken prisoner by Death Eaters and that he planned to betray them to get her back.

However, in attempting to capture them, Xenophilius made the Erumpent horn in his living room (which he had insisted was a Snorkack horn, much to Hermione's annoyance) explode, giving the trio the chance to hide just as Death Eaters Selwyn and Travers, and Tom cast a powerful spell on Love, good, and he flew out the window. They threatened to kill Luna if they found that Xenophilius had lied about Harry Potter's presence in his home. In a remarkable show of mental and magical dexterity, Hermione concocted the trio's and the previous dark lord's escape while safeguarding Ron's feigned illness and allowing the Death Eaters to glimpse Harry so that they would not carry out their threat to kill Luna. 

Skirmish at Malfoy Manor

Bellatrix Lestrange: "You're lying, filthy Mudblood, and I know it! You have been inside my vault at Gringotts!... What else did you take? Tell me the truth, orI swear, I shall run you through with this knife! What else did you take, what else? ANSWER ME! CRUCIO! How did you get into my vault? Did that dirty little goblin in the cellar help you?"

Tom: "Don't hurt her or I'll kill you. And I will make sure your Dark Lord will hear your painful screams!!!"

— Tom threatens Bellatrix Lestrange to use a crucio spell on her if she doesn't stop hurting Hermione.

In the spring of 1998, Harry accidentally triggered the Taboo curse, and Hermione, Tom, Harry, and Ron were tracked down and captured by a group of Snatchers, which included the werewolf Fenrir Greyback. Greyback had developed cannibalistic tendencies when out of werewolf form and was eager to bite Hermione, but Tom threatened him to hurt him if he touched her. After a brief and violent interrogation by the Snatchers, the captives were brought to Malfoy Manor and turned over to Bellatrix Lestrange. Bellatrix immediately panicked at the sight of Godric Gryffindor's Sword and incapacitated the Snatchers with ease, as she was too quick for them. She then ordered them moved to the courtyard, where she would deal with them later.

Bellatrix gave away what she believed to be the sword, and another Horcrux was hidden in her vault at Gringotts in her panic. She proceeded to isolate Hermione and then brutally torture her with the Cruciatus Curse repeatedly, along with taking a dagger and cutting the word Mudblood into her arm as interrogation methods. Ron (who had tried to take her place unsuccessfully) was reduced to sobs from hearing Hermione scream in pain, while Tom was also feeling pain in his chest after hearing her screams. However, Hermione came up with a fake story that the sword was merely a copy of the real thing, a lie that Harry persuaded the imprisoned goblin Griphook to go along with. Hermione was soon tortured into unconsciousness. With Hermione's moans and screams of pain echoing throughout the manor, Harry, Tom, and Ron saw no possible hope left. Suddenly, Dobby came to the rescue of the prisoners in the dungeon, with an audible crack as he apparated. Tom, Harry, and Ron fought off Peter Pettigrew, who had been sent to investigate the noise. Harry snarled at him that Pettigrew owed him for Harry's sparing of his life with Lupin and Sirius, and the momentary relaxing of Pettigrew, as a result, caused him to be choked to death by his own silver hand (created by Voldemort) for showing Harry mercy.

They raced upstairs and were forced to drop their wands when Bellatrix held a silver knife to Hermione's throat. Bellatrix cut through some skin, leaving a thin cut on the front of Hermione's neck. Right when Bellatrix was about to slit her throat, Dobby returned and sent the chandelier crashing to the floor, knocking Bellatrix over and enabling Harry to grab their wands from Draco and Disapparate with Tom, Hermione, Ron, Griphook, and Dobby to Shell Cottage, where Bill and Fleur Weasley took up residence after their marriage. Unfortunately, Dobby was killed during this escape by a knife that Bellatrix threw.

Shell Cottage and Gringotts break-in

Griphook: "As the Dark Lord becomes ever more powerful, your race is set still more firmly above mine! Gringotts falls under the wizarding rule, house-elves are slaughtered, and who among the wand-carriers protests?"

Hermione and Tom: "We do! We protest!"

— Hermione and Tom show their willingness to stand up for others

Hermione, Harry, Tom, and Ron stayed at Shell Cottage for some time, whilst Fleur helped Hermione recover from her trauma. Tom didn't leave Hermione's bedside throughout this time, which angered Ron a little bit that Hermione spent more time with the previous dark lord now. The trio and a previous dark lord formed a plan to break into the Lestrange Vault at Gringotts to retrieve the Horcrux Helga Hufflepuff's Cup, with the reluctant assistance of Griphook. The goblin only agreed to help them in exchange for Gryffindor's Sword; although loath to lose it, Hermione was strongly against deceiving or double-crossing Griphook, who was startled by the care she and Harry had shown for house elves since most wizards do not think highly of non-human beings. The trio reluctantly agreed to Griphook's terms.

Once more, Hermione used Polyjuice Potion, containing Bellatrix's hair. She was also forced to use Bellatrix's wand, as her wand had been confiscated by Snatchers. She very much disliked this, as the wand in question had caused so much suffering, such as contributing to Sirius's murder. She stated that the wand felt wrong, and Harry speculated that it was because Hermione had not won the wand's intelligence.

It was determined that Hermione was "too polite" to really impersonate Bellatrix, as she did not treat those around her like scum. Despite this, the group managed to get into the vault, mainly because of Harry's use of the Imperius Curse. After many harrowing challenges, and Griphook betraying them out of a belief that they would not have kept to their agreement, Hermione, Tom, Ron, and Harry escaped on the back of the half-blind dragon that was guarding the vault, with another Horcrux in their possession.

Battle of Hogwarts

Harry Potter: "Oi! There's a war going on here!"

Tom Riddle: "I know, Potter, so it's now or never, isn't it?"

— Hermione and Tom share a passionate kiss during the final battle

On May 2, 1998, the trio bravely returned to Hogwarts, aided by Aberforth Dumbledore. Driven by a vision, Harry sensed that the final, uncharted Horcrux—believed to be linked to Rowena Ravenclaw—was concealed within the school’s walls. Upon their return, they joined forces with the reformed Dumbledore's Army, a group eager to stand against the looming threat of the Death Eater army. While Harry, Ron, and Luna made their way to Ravenclaw Tower to uncover the Horcrux, Hermione and Tom ventured into the Chamber of Secrets to gather basilisk fangs to ensure their successful destruction. Hermione took a decisive step by destroying Hufflepuff's Cup, bolstering their fight against darkness.

Just after reuniting with Harry, Tom expressed his deep concern for the house elves in the Hogwarts kitchens. This heartfelt moment compelled Hermione to kiss him a second time. Tom embraced this gesture with excitement, but they quickly separated when Harry and Ron reminded them of their important mission.

The trio, alongside a former dark lord, ventured into the Room of Requirement, determined to find Rowena Ravenclaw's diadem. However, they were ambushed by Draco Malfoy, Gregory Goyle, and Vincent Crabbe. Despite the danger, Hermione skillfully dodged a Killing Curse and quickly stunned Goyle. She and Tom wasted no time, dragging him out on a broomstick just as the room erupted into flames from Crabbe's uncontrollable Fiendfyre, which tragically destroyed the Horcrux in the process. Meanwhile, Harry bravely rescued Draco, but Crabbe met his fate, consumed by the fire he himself had unleashed.

Tom heroically saved Fred Weasley from a devastating explosion, and Fred was deeply thankful for his life being spared. Later, the trio, alongside the once-feared dark lord, pressed on in their vital mission to track down Nagini, the final Horcrux they knew of. As they moved forward, Hermione courageously incapacitated two Death Eaters who were in hot pursuit of her, Harry, Tom, and Ron. She even managed to blast Fenrir Greyback away from an injured Lavender Brown, demonstrating unwavering bravery. Tragically, despite these efforts, Lavender ultimately succumbed to her injuries, highlighting the high stakes of their battle.

The trio, along with a former dark lord, found themselves engulfed by Dementors. In a moment of desperation, Tom summoned his Basilisk Patronuses, which soared gracefully over the Dementors. Unfortunately, the professors were unable to recognize that form. Cloaked in Harry's Invisibility Cloak, the four made their way to the Shrieking Shack, where they witnessed a chilling scene: Voldemort commanded Nagini to kill Severus Snape. Having incorrectly assumed that the Elder Wand’s loyalty resided with Snape, Voldemort's loyalty miscalculation proved fatal. For the first time, Tom encountered his malevolent alternate self, leaving him utterly speechless and in disbelief.

Amidst a brief pause in the fighting, Voldemort boldly issued an ultimatum to Harry. As Voldemort and his army approached with what seemed to be a dead Harry, Hermione’s scream of horror and denial pierced the air. Tom, initially taken aback, quickly rejected the idea and mocked his alternate self, infuriating Voldemort in the process.

The Battle of Hogwarts intensified, with Tom fighting alongside Hermione, Ginny, and Luna against Bellatrix Lestrange, despite the challenge of using his own wand. When Bellatrix nearly killed Ginny, Molly Weasley intervened and defeated her. Tom witnessed Harry's triumphant defeat of Lord Voldemort and rushed to him with Hermione and Ron, filled with joy. Remarkably, Tom emerged with only minor injuries and burns, showcasing his newfound bravery and resilience.

Later life (1998 - 2020)

At some point, Hermione and Tom found Hermione's parents in Australia, and Hermione restored their memories. In 1998, Hermione went back to Hogwarts to attain her N.E.W.T.s. alongside Tom, who also wanted to finish his final year. She was the only one of the trio to do this and by 2017 (nineteen years later) Tom and Hermione Granger was married with three children: firstborn son Abraxas Harry Riddle, after his deceased loyal follower, Abraxas Malfoy and Hermione's best friend/brother figure, Harry Potter, first daughter Lucille Riddle, after Hermione's best friend, Lucille Nevarse, and their last child was Merope Riddle II, after his deceased mother, Merope Gaunt. Tom was determined to be a godfather to Harry and Ginny Potter's middle child, Albus Severus; however, Hermione was the godmother of Harry and Ginny Potter's eldest child, James Sirius.

Quotes

"I finished my book. I guess!"

—  Tom, after banishing Lord Voldemort

"We can have a family reunion later!"

—  Tom to Hermione after learning Harry is his relative

"Did you know, Harry was your Horcrux? You went to their home and never thought you made an accidental Horcrux. You should have been more clever and cunning, Lord Voldemort!"

                                                                                                                      —  Tom mocked his evil counterpart, Lord Voldemort

Magical abilities and skills

Mastery of Magic: Being a powerful wizard, Tom Riddle possesses immense power. He cast a powerful spell, brewing good potions and pushing the boundary to his limits. As the defense against the dark arts, he prides himself on trying to do dark forces due to his own impressive skills.

• Dark Arts: Tom was exceptionally skilled in the Dark Arts, widely considered to be the most powerful practitioner of the Dark Arts.

• Love: Despite his many faults, Tom can feel love through Hermione Granger now, whom he felt an unknown emotion without knowing it was"LOVE". However, later, after Hermione leaves for the future, Tom feels that same feeling again inside himself and goes after her later on through the Time Turner, which Dumbledore gives him.

• Dueling: Tom was a duellist of immense, nearly unparalleled skill. Despite being a bit of a pacifist, he is skilled in dueling from his young days as evil. He was able to go toe-to-toe with Dumbledore and even his alternate self, Voldemort.

• Potions: Tom was exceptionally knowledgeable about potions.

• Alchemy: Tom learned the ancient art and science of Alchemy.

• Charms: Is an expert at charms, being versatile in every duel he's in. From basic to complex. He could put powerful protective enhancements.

• Apparition: Tom was exceptionally proficient in Apparition and could apparate with pinpoint accuracy even when locked in combat.

• Occlumency and Legilimency: Taught to him by Dumbledore, he could read the minds of others and block any mental influence.

• Healing Magic: Being a force of good, Tom took the magical ability to heal witches and wizards, sometimes magical creatures.

• Flying: Tom was able and the ability to fly without support, defying the law of magic that states objects can only fly through the use of a flying charm. 

• Parseltongue: Being a descendant of Slytherin, Tom could speak to Snakes. He was talking to Balisk in his days as a student at Hogwarts.  
  

• Transfiguration: Tom displayed tremendous and near-unrivaled skills in Transfiguration.

• Defense Against the Dark Arts: Being a teacher at Hogwarts, Tom is a master of fighting off the dark arts stemming from his days as evil to teaching times now. He could have powerful spells. He could perform the Patronus with ease against his evil counterpart.

• Immorality: Unlike his evil counterpart, who obtained the ability to live for decades long after Voldemort had died, however, Riddle did not obtain this ability!

• Spell creation: Tom was also extremely capable of inventing his own magical spells.

• Wandless and nonverbal magic: Tom is an expert who performs magic without a wand or incantations. He could do it of his own will. He could lift with his mind as well.

• Wand versatility: Tom has shown the ability to use wands other than his own with no handicap. He used his uncle Morfin's wand to kill his father and paternal grandparents.

• Intellectual genius: Tom was not only a great wizard, but also possessed an incredible genius intellect, as he was considered to be the most brilliant student ever to attend Hogwarts by Dumbledore. He also proved himself to be a skilled researcher, having successfully discovered his heritage with his middle name, and, by extension, the location of the Chamber of Secrets and his status as the Heir of Slytherin.

• Charisma: Even at a young age, Tom displayed a remarkable talent for the manipulation of others, being able to manipulate Horace Slughorn into telling him about Horcruxes and gain the trust of every teacher in Hogwarts, with only Albus Dumbledore managing to not be swayed by Tom's charisma. He also surrounded himself with a group of friends,  though Riddle felt no affection for any of them. He was considered charming by most people who met him and was able to inspire others to follow him. He also earned the trust of Ginny Weasley when she discovered his diary. Also, he was able to trick his evil alternate (Voldemort) into thinking that he had given up.

• Acting skills: Besides his formidable magical skills and extensive knowledge of magic, as a teenager, Tom proved to be a consummate actor, being able to hide his true nature from almost everyone in Hogwarts except Dumbledore. He was able to convince virtually all of the Hogwarts staff and instructors that his facade of being a model student was his true personality, and was able to avoid discovery by having opened the Chamber of Secrets.

• Leadership skills: Even when he was still only a young student, Riddle was already a very effective leader, as he was able to lead the forerunners of the Knights to effectively sneak past surveillance, being responsible for several nasty incidents that were never connected to them, showing that even at a young age, Riddle was a very competent leader.

• Teaching: Tom began teaching at the right age of 20. He's been teaching for over 50 years, and the students love him.

Possessions

• Wand: Tom Riddle's wand was 13½" long, crafted from yew, and affixed with a phoenix feather core. The wand's core was taken from Fawkes, Albus Dumbledore's phoenix, whose tail feathers were also used in the construction of Harry Potter's wand, making the two wands siblings. It was manufactured by Garrick Ollivander and was the "brother" or "twin" of the wand of Harry Potter, as their wands share cores.

• Prefect badge: Tom became a Prefect during his fifth year and received his badge in the summer of 1942.

• Head Boy badge: Tom became Head Boy at the end of his sixth year and received his badge from Albus Dumbledore in 1944.

• Time-Turner: He owned a time-turner that Dumbledore gave him so he could go to the future to get Hermione.

• Marvolo Gaunt's Ring: the heirloom of the House of Gaunt, descendants of Salazar Slytherin and Cadmus Peverell. It was a gold ring inset with a black stone, engraved with what Marvolo Gaunt called the Peverell coat of arms, as it had come into the Gaunt line from an heiress of the Peverells, not the Slytherin family. The ring passed through the male Gaunts, generation to generation,[2] until it was stolen from Morfin Gaunt by Tom Riddle, while Tom framed Morfin for the murders of the Riddle family. He puts a ring on Hermione's finger so they can play a couple when they travel to the Dumbledore and Grindelwald meeting.

• Slytherin's Locket: the piece of jewelry originally owned by Salazar Slytherin that became an heirloom of his family. It was a locket of heavy gold with a serpentine S in glittering green stone inlay on the front. After descending from Doom Slytherin, it came into the possession of the Gaunt family, and Marvolo Gaunt treasured this heirloom of pure-blood heritage along with his ring heirloom. After Marvolo and his son Morfin Gaunt were sent to Azkaban, the locket was stolen by Marvolo's daughter Merope Gaunt, who sold it to Caractacus Burke for ten Galleons, a price far below what the priceless artifact was truly worth.

• Dark Charms: the charms that drew their power from Dark magic. Like all charms, a Dark charm would provoke a magical effect on a target, but in a malicious and harmful manner. The Standard Book of Spells, Grade 1, didn't carry instructions for such spells.

• Tom Riddle's Diary: the simple blank diary belonging to Tom Riddle, who also transformed it into a Horcrux in 1943, during Riddle's sixth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. It was the first Horcrux he ever made and was used as a weapon. Once it was destroyed by Harry, Riddle kept it in memory of his old years.

• Library Books: Some old books that Riddle took with him before he landed in the future.

• Slughorn's Hourglass: The hourglass was gifted to Tom as a wedding present by Horace Slughorn.

• Potion-making kit: This was where Tom stored his ready supply of potion ingredients.

Relationships

Family:

Parents, grandparents, and uncle

Tom Riddle grew up in a Muggle orphanage, not knowing any members of his family. His mother, Merope Gaunt, died shortly after giving birth, never attempting to save herself through magical means. His father's feelings toward him are unknown, as he fled then-pregnant Merope after she stopped drugging him with a love potion, and didn't track down the whereabouts of their child thereafter. The two met face-to-face in 1943 when Riddle killed his father and paternal grandparents. Riddle was disgusted by his Muggle relative and took on the alias "Lord Voldemort" partly out of a desire to be rid of his “filthy Muggle father’s name”. Tom Riddle Jr. viewed his father as abandoning his mother for being a witch. Whether this was due to a lack of information or Riddle's prejudice against Muggles is unknown.

Despite the maternal side of his family being direct descendants of the great Salazar Slytherin, Tom was unimpressed when he found his deranged uncle Morfin living in squalor at the Gaunt Shack and was not above framing Morfin for murder and stealing his maternal grandfather's prized heirloom ring. Even as a child, he showed contempt for his mother and for the weakness of mortality when he assumed Merope must have been a Muggle if she had been unable to survive. Ironically, it is very possible that Voldemort's more sociopathic and violent tendencies throughout his life could be a result of the "vein of instability" caused by centuries of inbreeding due to the Gaunts' narcissistic attitudes towards their Slytherin lineage.

Considering Voldemort's loathing towards his heritage and true name, coupled with the rather dysfunctional dynamics of the Gaunt and Riddle families, it raises questions about why Merope chose to name him after his father and maternal grandfather. One possibility is that Merope, even after the abuse she had suffered at the hands of her father and husband, still held enough affection for them to name her only son after them. Alternatively, as Merope was on her deathbed while giving birth to the younger Riddle, she was likely reflecting on her life. Considering her Gaunt childhood of abuse, poverty, and isolation, she likely had very few, if any, friends to socialize with before her marriage to the elder Tom Riddle, leaving Marvolo and Morfin as the only men in her life, and "Tom" and "Marvolo" as the few male names that she could think of.

Salazar Slytherin

The only pride Voldemort ever took in his family was that he inherited the blood of the famous Salazar Slytherin from his mother, which he consistently flaunted at every opportunity possible, proudly addressing himself as the "Heir of Salazar Slytherin", while regarding Slytherin as his "noble ancestor".

Wife and Children

Hermione Granger

Hermione was his closest one and a former follower in the 1940s. He meets her in the Library after Lestrange tells him that she hexed some Gryffindor boy. Riddle was very interested in her and wanted her to join his gang later on, without knowing she was from the future.

Abraxas H. Riddle

Abraxas is his and Hermonie's firstborn and only son.

The eldest, Abraxas, was named after his closest friend and loyal former follower. He possessed a friendly personality and a quiet one (like his namesake).

Tom had a very strong connection with Abraxas, even though his oldest son didn't want to show it in front of other people (especially his friends and girls). Still, Tom was permitted hugs before Abraxas boarded the Hogwarts Express.

Lucille S. Riddle

Lucille is his and Hermione's second child and first daughter.

Luce, on the other hand, was open-minded with a dreamy disposition and a distinct flair for fashion, much like her namesake.

Merope Riddle II

Merope is his and Hermione's last child and second daughter.

She is the youngest and was very much like her mother in personality. She was named after her father's deceased mother, Merope Riddle.

Outside family

Allies/Friends:

Albus Dumbledore (his former professor and enemy)

Dumbledore was Tom's former enemy. Their relationship got mended when Dumbledore gave him a Time-Turner to go after Hermione.

Harry Potter (trustworthy friend)

Harry is his distant cousin on the Peverell family side.

When he landed in the future with the time turner, Harry did not trust him, but Tom told him that Dumbledore trusted him with the time turner to land here; however, Harry was still hesitant and suspicious about his plans here, but he gave him a chance.

Ron Weasley (trustworthy friend)

Ron did not trust him because he was the Dark Lord and too close to Hermione, whom he loved and deeply cared for.

Later, he comes to realize that he wasn't the one who Hermione loved, and he lets her go to be with Tom.