How did Harry know he had to open the locket?

Harry spoke the word “open” in Parseltongue, causing the locket to spring open. Inside the locket’s picture windows were two eyes that resembled Tom Riddle’s eyes, before his soul-severing caused his eyes to turn red.

What strange language does Harry realize he speaks?

Parseltongue
Harry Potter as a Parselmouth Lord Voldemort passed the ability to speak and understand Parseltongue on to Harry Potter when he attacked him in infancy in 1981, inadvertently and unknowingly making him into a Horcrux.

What does Harry say to open the Chamber of Secrets?

The key to opening the Chamber is Parseltongue; one must say “open” to the entrance in Parseltongue for it to open.

Did Voldemort know umbridge have the locket?

So Umbridge acquires the locket as a bribe from Mundungus Fletcher, and though it once belonged to Salazar Slytherin, Merope Gaunt, and Hepzibah Smith, Umbridge is unaware that the locket is one of Lord Vodemort’s Horcruxes – or that it belonged to him at all. No, she does not know the locket was a Horcrux.

What did bathilda say to Harry?

Behind the scenes. When Harry and Hermione are on the first floor of Bathilda’s house, Nagini (inside the corpse of Bathilda) tells Harry to “Come!” from the next room in Parseltongue. In reaction, Hermione jumps and clutches Harry’s arm, and the two of them obey the command.

What did Dumbledore say to Harry about the Horcrux?

“Here is the thing: for convenience, I had Dumbledore say to Harry, “You were the Horcrux he never meant to make,” but I think, by definition, a Horcrux has to be made intentionally.

How many horcruxes are there in Harry Potter?

Also (less relevant), JKR later stated (on Pottermore I think) that Harry was not really, technically speaking, a Horcrux. So there were, indeed, only 6 Horcruxes, 1 not-Horcux-soul-fragment (Harry), and 8 pieces.

What was the purpose of the Horcruxes Hunt?

— Harry Potter regarding the destruction of all the Horcruxes [src] The Horcrux hunt was a mission started by Albus Dumbledore and given to Harry Potter in June of 1997 to find all of Lord Voldemort’s remaining Horcruxes and destroy them.

Who created the first Horcruxes?

This timeline traces the people and events connected to the creation of all of those Horcruxes and the circumstances which led to their discovery and destruction: Herpo the Foul, who is perhaps the original evil wizard in history, is the first to create a Horcrux successfully.