by laurelin » Thursday 15 December 2005 3:26:12pm
I think Harry himself, not the scar, may be the final Horcrux. DD said he suspected, but wasn't sure, that Nagini may be a Horcrux, which tells us that a Horcrux can be a living being. DD has also said on previous occasions that when Vol tried to kill Harry, some of his traits were passed over, albeit accidentally. If there's a bit of Vol's soul in Harry it would explain why Harry is a parsletongue etc. Given that it was probably an accident, Vol may not know that Harry is a Horcrux, and so doesn't realise that killing him may not be in his best interests!
Now, if Harry is in fact a horcrux, it could make for a very dramatic and interesting ending... personally I've had bets since book 4 that Harry may well die! And if he is a horcrux, then he'll have to really. It would also kinda fit the prophecy in a round-about way. This would of course be ironic, because if Vol hadn't tried to kill Harry, then he wouldn't have accidentally become a horcrux, and we wouldn't have the 'neither can live while the other survives' issue. DD said after all that the prophecy is only true because Vol made it so.