Gryffindors svärd hölls säkert vid Hogwarts. Han fick inte möjlighet att samla in under skoldagarna vid Hogwarts
Dumbledore reached across to Professor McGonagall’s desk, picked up the blood-stained silver sword, and handed it to Harry. Dully, Harry turned it over, the rubies blazing in the firelight. And then he saw the name engraved just below the hilt. Godric Gryffindor
“Only a true Gryffindor could have pulled that out of the hat, Harry,” said Dumbledore simply.
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Chapter 18, Dobby’s Reward
Dumbledore trodde att en av anledningarna till att Voldemort ville komma tillbaka till Hogwarts som lärare var att samla Gryffindors svärd. Tyvärr för Voldemort hyrde Dumbledore inte honom.
"I am confident, however, that the only known relic of Gryffindor remains safe.”
Dumbledore pointed his blackened fingers to the wall behind him, where a ruby-encrusted sword reposed within a glass case.
“Do you think that’s why he really wanted to come back to Hogwarts, sir?” said Harry. “To try and find something from one of the other founders?”
“My thoughts precisely,” said Dumbledore. “But unfortunately, that does not advance us much further, for he was turned away, or so I believe, without the chance to search the school. I am forced to conclude that he never fulfilled his ambition of collecting four founders’ objects. He definitely had two — he may have found three — that is the best we can do for now.”
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 23, Horcruxes