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At the tender age of 17, Tom Marvolo Riddle manages to charm Professor Horace Slughorn into giving him information on Horcruxes. After learning how to create one, Tom successfully makes two horcruxes using the deaths of Myrtle Warren - a school mate, and Tom Riddle Sr - his father. Tom then hid his diary in plain sight with his belongings, and his father's ring in the Gaunt Shack. [/blockquote]

[li]1956After befriending Madam Hepzibah Smith inside Borgin & Burkes, a young Tom Riddle woos the woman and lures her back to her home where he brutally murders her and claims her prized antique possessions for himself; a cup belonging to Hogwarts co-founder Helga Hufflepuff, and a locket once owned by Salazar Slytherin himself. He implants a memory into Madam Smith's house elf's mind, framing the elf for the murder. Using Madam Smith's death, Tom creates a third horcrux and hides Helga Hufflepuff's cup.[/li]

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1957
Tom Marvolo Riddle disappears, devoting his time in secrecy to training himself in all manner of Dark Arts, and creating more horcruxes.

[li]1960Lord Voldemort emerges, calling on old friends and new lackeys. They meet in secret and plot to rid the world of the scourge known as muggleborn wizards, calling themselves the Knight of Walpurgis.[/li]

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1966
Voldemort returns to Hogwarts and seeks the influential position of professor for Defense Against the Dark Arts. When he is refused by Headmaster Dumbledore, Voldemort curses the position - no professor will last longer than one year teaching DADA.

[li]1968Using an Imperius Curse, Voldemort compels 11 year old Mary Bell, a muggle, to murder two young wizarding children. The muggle world is sent into a spiral at the child serial killer, but the wizarding newspapers view the events in a more sinister light. Fed by the Knights of Walpurgis, the Daily Prophet paints Mary Bell to be a cruel, vindictive muggle child who, like most muggles, hated her lowly position in life. Mary Bell discovered the young wizards' abilities when their magic spontaneously erupted and she slaughtered them out of jealousy.[/li]

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1970
Expanding his reach, Voldemort installs several of his trusted followers in high ranking positions in the Ministry. A member of the Minister's secret council. A decorated Auror. And a reception witch in the Department of Magical Transportation.

[li]1971Again using his immense powers to stoke the flames of a race war, Voldemort implanted false memories in the mind of a muggle recently paroled from a mental hospital for the criminally insane. Graham Young believed himself to be cured of his homicidal tendencies when he was released from hospital, but a run-in with a mysterious man in an alley was enough to turn this muggle right back into a psychopath; poisoning seven wizards and witches, resulting in the deaths of three of his victims. The muggle papers dubbed him "the Teacup Poisoner" but the wizarding papers claimed he was only one of an oncoming storm of evil muggles sent to destroy wizardingkind.[/li]

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Spring 1973
A rash of home invasions begin, targeting muggle sympathizers. A terrifying sight is seen hanging above the dead for the first time, but certainly not the last; the Dark Mark.

[li]Spring 1973Recognizing the tell-tale signs of an oncoming war, Albus Dumbledore goes to speak with the Minister for Magic. After expressing his concerns about the uprising of Lord Voldemort, the Minister dismisses his "unfounded claims" and denounces Albus' reports as exaggerations meant to panic the masses.[/li]

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Summer 1974
The Beast of Manchester strikes fear into muggle and wizard hearts alike, killing teenage girls. A Hogwarts student, Kathy Warner, is found dead in her back garden over the summer holidays. The Daily Prophet blames a hateful muggle. Lord Voldemort smiles at his handiwork yet again.

[li]Winter 1974Having sought the support of the Ministry of Magic's Magical Law Enforcement agency, the Wizengamot, and the International Magical Law office to no avail, Dumbledore makes yet another plea for action to the Minister. His requests continue to be denied, forcing Dumbledore's hand. He resolves to address the Death Eater problem without the support of the law, and begins gathering support from civilians. The rebel organization known as The Order of the Phoenix is known only to members, and is very much kept quiet under direct orders from Dumbledore himself.[/li]
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