tom marvolo riddle grows up in an orphanage in england. he does not know about wizards or magic but does know he can do things other children cannot. he like to scare the other orphans, kill their pets and steal their things from them. when he is 11 years old, a teacher at the wizard school hogwarts named albus dumbledore comes to his orphanage and tells him he is a young wizard and can go to the school.