Plot to open the Chamber of Secrets
Tom Riddle's diary, a possessed Ginny Weasley and the Basilisk beneath Hogwarts.
The plot to open the Chamber of Secrets was a set of events that first took place in 1943 and later in the 1992–1993 school year. The first plot started with Hogwarts student Tom Riddle locating Salazar Slytherin's legendary Chamber of Secrets and the monster within, a Basilisk. The opening of the chamber culminated in the death of student Myrtle Warren, for which third-year Rubeus Hagrid was framed, and expelled from school.
Quick Facts
- Dates
- 1943; 1992-1993 school year
- Location
- Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
- Monster
- Basilisk
- Result
- Harry Potter destroys Tom Riddle's diary and slays the Basilisk
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Background
The second plot started with a piece of Riddle's soul, embedded into a diary, finding its way into the hands of an unwitting first-year Hogwarts student, Ginny Weasley, who was bewitched into reopening the Chamber. Hagrid was again framed due to his supposed involvement in the first plot, and was sent to Azkaban. These events culminated in the Petrification of several students and Harry Potter and Ginny Weasley being almost killed. It all ended with Harry Potter's destruction of Tom Riddle's diary and slaying of the Basilisk.
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