Cut the riddles
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Tom Riddle is invited to the Malfoys' Christmas Ball. One of the other guests is Dumbledore, who cannot take his eyes off him - his gaze follows Tom at every turn. When a murder occurs and Tom's plans for the future are jeopardised, he is forced to uncover the perpetrator. To do so, he must work with Dumbledore. His calculation is risky, nevertheless. [50's/Crime/Oneshot - Part I of the Riddle me this-Series]
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- Part 1 of Cut the riddles
- Part 4 of A7064's stories about Tom Riddle
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Riddle's pathology is complex: the Horcruxes take their toll. He cannot bear his appearance, so he is happy about his disfigurement. He hates the name given to him by his mother and wants to discard it, etcetera.
Tom, having returned from his travels, finds the Knights of Walpurgis scattered in all directions and tied up in jobs and family. No one has an ear for his plans any more. After the disastrous Christmas ball at the Malfoys', even his closest supporter, Abraxas, turns away. Tom lives completely isolated and on the fringes of magical society. However, the desire to rise socially and finally gather followers around him pushes him forward. When he meets Albus Dumbledore again, fate gives him a hint. However, his illnesses and adversities could plunge him into more than just one abyss.
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- Part 2 of Cut the riddles
- Part 5 of A7064's stories about Tom Riddle
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Homo homini lupus. Or in English: man is wolf to man. But why are humans cruel? Dumbledore asks Tom Riddle this question and in order to impress the Lestranges, he has to come up with a clever explanation. Actually, he wanted to stir up fear of the Muggles and gather his first followers. But Dumbledore pulls him into the abysses of his psyche and into the depths of ethics. What are the triggers? A dinner at the Lestranges', a war of words between two arch-enemies and the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. The transcript of an evening. [in 1953]
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- Part 3 of Cut the riddles
- Part 6 of A7064's stories about Tom Riddle
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1953 - Strange things happen when Tom Riddle is called to Azkaban. Before he knows it, he is involved in a murder case. The Aurors have zeroed in on him as a suspect. No matter how often he proclaims his innocence, he falls on deaf ears. Only one listens to him: Albus Dumbledore. That is not nearly enough - to get Tom's head out of the noose, they have to find the real culprit. Tom also knows that Dumbledore won't do anything without a good price, especially not for him. And then the Soviet Union is also interested in Tom's fate. [Murder mystery, 50s]
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- Part 4 of Cut the riddles
- Part 7 of A7064's stories about Tom Riddle