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Since 7/17/05

Slughorn: Evil or Just Very Knowledgeable?

Slughorn is an interesting character, to say the very least. He shows complete favoritism on students he believes will be successful later in life and does this only for his own personal gain. Slughorn seems to be the type of man who will follow power and cling to it, only to make himself more prestigious and more known. So I'm wondering if he didn't follow Voldemort as well.

While Slughorn obviously seems ashamed of his past, I have to wonder where he became so knowledgeable. He was able to tell young Tom Riddle about horcruxes. I'm not sure if they're common knowledge in the magical world, but I assume not since Harry and Hermione were unable to find much information about them in any book. So where exactly did Slughorn acquire this knowledge?

I don't think that Slughorn is an evil man. I think he is simply a man that loves attention and prestige. He may, however, have had a past he is not proud of. We already know that he doesn't like to look like a fool, so maybe he's trying to hide a darker past.

Any thoughts? I'm not sure if this makes total sense, but it's just something to think about...