The founder who said she would teach the students the others might overlook, and treat them fairly. The house still means patience, loyalty, and hard work rather than a talent for show. Her small golden cup was later turned into a Horcrux and hidden in the Lestrange vault until a goblin and a Gryffindor broke in for it.
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On the timeline
- c. 10th century
Hogwarts is founded
Hostility in Europe pushes Godric Gryffindor, Helga Hufflepuff, Rowena Ravenclaw, and Salazar Slytherin to found a school and four houses. - Late 1940s
Hepzibah Smith is murdered
While working at Borgin and Burkes, Tom flatters Hepzibah Smith, kills her, and takes Slytherin’s locket and Hufflepuff’s cup. Both become Horcruxes. Her house-elf is blamed. - During the first war
The cup goes to the Lestrange vault
The Hufflepuff cup, already a Horcrux, is placed in the Lestrange vault at Gringotts. Bellatrix will treat the vault as her charge.