Voldemort's Knowledge of Harry's Wand (WAS OOTP)

[cindysphynx]

No: HPFGUIDX 31773

Heather wrote:

>  Quick question for canon researchers: given that Voldemort was 
> pretty much on-site during a whole school year of teaching Harry 
> DADA, do we have any reason to doubt he knows that Harry's Fawkes-
> butt wand is so uniquely similar to his own Fawkes-butt wand?


Actually, I thought it was clear that Voldemort had no idea that his 
wand shares a core with Harry's.  Harry learned this about his own 
wand before he arrived at Hogwarts.  Voldemort undoubtedly has 
figured this out by the end of GoF, however, unless he is completely 
lacking in intellectual curiousity.

So does Voldemort know the source of the phoenix feather in his own 
wand?  Hard to say, but I'd guess not.  Mr. Ollivander knows his 
wands and likes to talk up prospective customers, but even he didn't 
tell Harry that Fawkes was the source of the feather.  Dumbledore 
told this to Harry in GoF.  Back when Voldemort bought the first 
wand, Ollivander would have little reason to tell him that the 
feather came from Fawkes.  "BTW, Voldemort (can I call you Tom?), 
your wand has a feather from a bird called Fawkes owned by a man 
called Dumbledore, whom you haven't met yet" seems like strange 
dialogue.  This is particularly so if Dumbledore did not yet own 
Fawkes when Voldemort bought his wand.

Maybe there is enough information for Voldemort to piece it all 
together, though.  He now knows his wand has the same core as 
Harry's.  Fawkes appeared in the Chamber due to Harry's loyalty, so 
he knows Dumbledore ownes Fawkes.  He ought to be able to work this 
out, assuming it makes any difference.

Cindy