" Fawkes swooped down in front of Dumbledore, opened his beak wide, and swallowed the jet of green light whole. Phoenixesįawkes the Phoenix, an immortal magical bird Relying on external vessels for his soul fragments, however, was acceptable, since they were magical extensions of himself. Voldemort chose the usage of Horcruxes for his immortality due to his refusal to be reliant on anything but himself he found the usage of the Elixir of Life to be dependent on him drinking it for all eternity and the stone required to create the potion, which he could not accept. His best plans were, however, beaten due to his arrogance, when Regulus Black, Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger discovered his secret and found each one of his Horcruxes and destroyed them ( Vincent Crabbe also destroyed one, but he did it unknowingly and likely did not know that Voldemort had any at all), returning Voldemort his mortality and led to his eventual and final death. The seven Horcruxes were all items or living beings that played an important - or scarring - role in his life, including the Four Founders. Unbeknownst to him, his soul was split a seventh time after his killing curse rebounded after trying to murder an infant Harry Potter, a shard of his soul attached itself to the baby. He was the only wizard in history to have created more than one Horcrux and therefore considered the one closest to true immortality. Lord Voldemort, who was so fearful of death, intended to split his soul into seven pieces, six pieces residing in Horcruxes and the seventh piece in his body. Herpo the Foul was the first wizard ever to create a Horcrux, and therefore the person to be accredited to this dark discovery. Splitting one's soul was considered a violation of the very laws of nature, and existence in such a form was preferred by very few, and was therefore considered the vilest of the Dark Arts. If at least one of the Horcruxes (and by extension the wizard's soul) were intact, the wizard was considered immortal.
Therefore, Voldemort would be entirely dependant on the Elixir, and if it ran out, or was contaminated, or if the Stone was stolen, he would die just like any other man." - Harry Potter and Albus Dumbledore discussing Voldemort's desire for immortality Ī Horcrux was an object chosen for the purpose of being a receptacle of part of one's soul, split by doing the most inhumane action: murder. While the Elixir of Life does indeed extend life, it must be drunk regularly, for all eternity, if the drinker is to maintain the immortality. But there are several reasons why, I think, a Philosopher’s Stone would appeal less than Horcruxes to Lord Voldemort. Harry Potter: " So he’s made himself impossible to kill by murdering other people? Why couldn’t he make a Philosopher’s Stone, or steal one, if he was so interested in immortality?" Albus Dumbledore: " Well, we know that he tried to do just that, five years ago. Furthermore, the potion did not rejuvenate youth, as if one lived past their natural lifespan, they would continue to age, eventually taking on a decrepit and ancient appearance, as Nicolas did. It had to be drunk regularly, for all eternity, to continuously live on. Thus, it was possible for them to die even while drinking the potion.
The Elixir did not truly grant immortality, though, it only extended the drinker's lifespan, as opposed to rendering them invulnerable to damage.
With the destruction of the Philosopher's Stone, all individuals who were immortal because they drank the Elixir of Life (like Flamel and his wife) died after the supply of Elixir ran out.
The Stone was then destroyed by Albus Dumbledore and Nicolas Flamel himself in order to prevent cases like Voldemort's from attempting to steal the Stone again. In 19, a weakened Lord Voldemort tried to gain possession of the Stone so he could rise again as an immortal after his downfall ten years prior. The Philosopher's Stone, a stone created by famous alchemist Nicolas Flamel, was able to produce the Elixir of Life, one of the known means of immortality.
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