Voldemort samlade redan Death Eaters och var känd som Voldemort när han var i sitt 6: e år, som vi ser i Secrets Chamber .
"Voldemort,” said Riddle softly, “is my past, present, and future, Harry Potter…”
He pulled Harry’s wand from his pocket and began to trace it through the air, writing three shimmering words:
TOM MARVOLO RIDDLE
Then he waved the wand once, and the letters of his name rearranged themselves:
I AM LORD VOLDEMORT
“You see?” he whispered. “It was a name I was already using at Hogwarts, to my most intimate friends only, of course."
Och i Halvblodsprinsen :
Tom Riddle merely smiled as the others laughed again. Harry noticed that he was by no means the eldest of the group of boys, but that they all seemed to look at him as their leader.
Vi ser också att hans anhängare är öppet "Death Eaters" och att han har börjat göra onda saker när han ansöker om Defense Against the Dark Arts-positionen, som vi ser i Dumbledores minnen:
Dumbledore raised his eyebrows. "And what will become of those whom you command? What will happen to those who call themselves - or so rumor has it - the Death Eaters?"
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, chapter 20
Namnet som fruktade förmodligen hände sig gradvis, då hans terroristiska regering blev värre. Ju mer onda saker han gjorde, desto mer fruktade han honom = fler människor fruktade hans namn. Men det var nog inte allt på en gång; det hände gradvis.