Everyone, who knew about the horcruxes, raised their eyes in shock. This dark lord must be insane. Cornelius and a few generals were the only ones, who didn’t understand, what was going on. Lucius explained: "For those, who don’t know about horcruxes, I will explain, what they are and how they are created. Horcruxes are soul pieces. Voldemort has created soul pieces by committing murder with no remorse and has begun to split his soul with the help of the horcrux ritual. The horcruxes would give the caster the possibility to survive from being killed."