The Last Horcrux/Ring of Protection
You take a closer look at the Ring of Protection that your aunt Bellatrix had specially made for you. It is a silver ring of two snakes intertwined with one another, with small red rubies for eyes and dotted along the bodies of the snakes.
You cast Revelio Magicae and find that the ring has a powerful magical aura of a Protego enchantment, likely protecting mind and body, but unlikely to protect the soul, given that few magics other than the Killing Curse directly attack the soul.
You send that if a curse is cast against you, it will be blocked by the magical protection, but one of the rubies containing the magical enchantment will ‘burn out’ reducing the rings protection. There are thirteen rubies in total on the ring, meaning it can protect you from up to thirteen curses. Knowing that stupid young wizards and witches at Hogwarts are likely to throw minor jinxes and hexes at you from time to time, you decide you will maintain your own Protego enchantments as well, so the Ring’s power is not wasted countering them, and it will be there to protect you at a time when an enemy throws multiple serious curses at you, intending on hurting or killing you.
The Ring will not protect you against the most powerful curse of all. The Killing Curse cuts through all shields of mind and body, and directly attacks the soul. However, your secret spell, Protego Anima will protect the soul of Lord Voldemort, and your spell Protego Animus will protect the soul of Emily. The soul protection only works if the person casting the killing curse is a weaker magic user than you, but in your case, this will protect you from pretty much any wizard, with the possible exception of Albus Dumbledore. He would never use an unforgivable curse in any case. Or would he?
- As you can examine the ring whenever you wish, click back to return you to the choice that brought you here