Voldie's Wand?

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No: HPFGUIDX 24094

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Mindy, a.k.a. CLH" <
mindyatime at j...> wrote:
> Perhaps this has been addressed in the past, so please 
forgive me, but I
> have a question about Voldie's wand. Where did he keep it all 
these years
> while in Albania? Where was it when he was Professor 
Quirrel? How could
> he hold it if he had no hands, as Albus asked in GoF? Was his 
body
> getting 'better' once Pettigrew found him, so he finally had 
hands? How,
> by the way, did Wormtail find him? traveled as a rat all summer 
long til
> Albania, and found him? Why didn't Wormtail do this YEARS 
before? Why did
> he wait until after Sirius was found? I am befuddled.

The question of why Wormtail waited so long to find V. was 
raised in PoA, and Sirius or Lupin (can't remember which) point 
out that Wormtail never did anything unless he was fairly sure of 
being on the winning side. While V. was so weak, Wormtail 
would not risk his own neck to go looking for him, but once he 
knew V. was getting stronger, he figured it was worth the risk (or, 
conversely, the danger of NOT looking for Voldemort was getting 
greater). 
Good question about Voldemort's wand. I'm wondering of Nagini 
had something to do with this - perhaps she could carry the 
wand when it needed to be moved, although that wouldn't 
explain how he was apparently able to use it when he was 
bodyless. (Actually, I'm not sure he ever did use it then - I think 
when he kills the old gardener in the beginning of GoF, he has 
already 'come back' far enough that he's now attained the form in 
which Harry sees him towards the end of the book - the 
crouching, childlike figure which on closer examination turns out 
to be so hideous. And he certainly had hands then; when 
Wormtail picks him up out of the bundled robes, he puts his 
arms around Wormtail's neck.)