11 Harry Potter Universe Fates Worse Than Death

11. Living Forever

Throughout the Harry Potter series, there are a few hints that magic can give a witch or a wizard an unnaturally long lifespan. Obviously, the best known pursuer of eternal life is Tom Riddle himself but his methodology is grim at best - splitting his soul several times to create Horcruxes meant Lord Voldemort could only die if every piece of his soul were to be destroyed.

Voldemort's Horcruxes might have been unpleasant to make and the darkest of dark magic but at least his body looked in fairly good condition (minus the nose). This was not the case for the Harry Potter series' other immortal being: Nicolas Flamel.

The Crimes of Grindelwald finally introduced audiences to the legendary alchemist and discoverer of the Philosopher's Stone but he wasn't quite what everyone was expecting. At a staggering 600 years old at the time of Grindelwald's revolution, Flamel was depicted as a frail old wizard whose bones could be broken with a handshake.

The mind remains active but the body continuing to deteriorate even with the immortality the Philosopher's Stone gives would eventually lead to complete degeneration to the point that even one's own weight would shatter the skeleton and leave a fully conscious mind in a useless husk of a body... forever.