painandgreed
First Post
He was a special form of lich (edit, not lich because he was never a dead body. Suffice to just say he had performed a special ritual.) that created multiple phylactories before death. After death, they keep the creator's soul on the prime material as a incoporial being with the power to possess other creatures or even constructs (edit, this would be some sort of named undead, special to the ritual that allowed it), and can be returned to life with a special 4th level arcane spell.
He was also a specialist which was incapable of understanding at least one sphere of magic which was his constant downfall. Or just evil and incapable of understanding the benefits of good, even the small amounts that his evil follows still had such as caring for family. It was his inability to understand this small bit of magic that caused him to fail every time. Also keep in mind that harry was the PC, and the PC almost always wins.
He was also a specialist which was incapable of understanding at least one sphere of magic which was his constant downfall. Or just evil and incapable of understanding the benefits of good, even the small amounts that his evil follows still had such as caring for family. It was his inability to understand this small bit of magic that caused him to fail every time. Also keep in mind that harry was the PC, and the PC almost always wins.