Thanks to his amazing skills, he had been able to contain the curse from spreading any further. It began to take effect almost immediately and nearly killed him. Wishing to use it to redeem his family and make amends for his past mistakes, Dumbledore put on the Ring. When Dumbledore found the Marvolo Gaunt’s Ring, he immediately recognized it as the Resurrection Stone, one of the Deathly Hallows. Tom placed a powerful curse upon the Ring – anyone who dared to wear it, would have been killed at once. It was a gold ring inset with a black stone, which was actually the Resurrection Stone, the symbol of the Deathly Hallows.įor years, the signet ring had passed from father to son until Tom Riddle stole it from Morfin Gaunt (Marvolo Gaunt’s son and Tom’s uncle), and framed him for murders of the Riddle family.Īs the only heir, Tom Riddle decided to make the Ring into his second Horcrux, instead of wearing it.

Marvolo Gaunt’s Ring was the inheritance of Salazar Slytherin and Cadmus Peverell. He was already dying because of the curse of the Marvolo Gaunt’s ring. As a good teacher, he has always been, he didn’t want to allow the committed murder affects one of his students in any way. He knew Draco wouldn’t be capable to fulfill the task. He wanted Snape to remain a trusted member of the Death Eaters, as well as to prove Lord Voldemort his loyalty and show him that he hadn’t failed.Īlso, being familiar with the fact Lord Voldemort has ordered Draco Malfoy for killing him, Dumbledore wanted to protect Draco’s soul. Upon learning that he had no more than a year to live, and in an attempt at preventing a humiliating and agonizing death, Dumbledore requested Snape to kill him when the time came.

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