evil. During summer breaks Riddle was forced to return to the muggle orphanage, which he hated. Although in his early years at the orphanage he demonstrated classic characteristics of a serial killer, using fear and manipulation to control and steal from his fellow orphans. Including the allusion to a particularly horrific act he committed in a coastal cave with two other orphans. At Hogwarts he presented a façade of being a model student, even becoming a prefect, Head Boy and received a medal for magical merit. He was also described as a very handsome boy, with jet black hair, perfectly carved features and dark eyes, with a matching charisma to draw followers. The first of his Death Eaters were Slytherin students that he gathered to him during histime at the school. Although Riddle referred to them as friends, it was clear that to him they were only servants and he made no connections to others on an emotional level. His only emotional connections seemed to be to objects and places.

However, during his final years Riddle began to research his family and discovered his connection to Salazar Slytherin, which also lead him to locate the entrance to the Chamber of Secrets and using his unique power as a Parselmouth to control the basilisk. A creature he willingly released into the school, eventually killing a student: Myrtle Warren. Although not the first death he caused, it is the first the lead to him needing to engage more fully in subterfuge. Due to Myrtle’s death and the teacher’s