[HPforGrownups] Question about the fact L.V. and Harry's wands are brothers?

[Katze]

No: HPFGUIDX 32218

animalsbaby_1999 wrote:
> 
> I have just been enjoying reading the books again, even though
> everybody has been making fun of me (oh well) but something strange
> hit me today while I was rereading CoS... how does Mr. Ollivander
> know that both Harry and L.V.'s wands are brothers.  I know that in
> CoS Dumbledore and Harry talk about what happened to him in the
> Chamber w/ Tom Riddle, and Dumbledore does state, "Very few people
> know that LV was once called TR" (CoS page 329 hardback US edition)
> I guess I'm just trying to find out who knew and if Dumbledore knows
> that then, why doesn't he bring it up that if the two wands were to
> meet (which they do in GoF) what would happen and how does Ollivander
> know about the two wands, I began to think, while reading CoS again
> if when LV went after baby Harry he left behind the wand, but then how
> could he have had it when he goes after Harry in GoF.  I guess since
> I have read and reread and reread these books over and over again,
> I'm now looking really close for clues, probably since I can NOT wait
> for the new book.  Hey JKR, we're waiting.

Ollivander tells Harry that his wand has a brother in SS/PS, so he
must've known before that. Ollivander talks about different things he
uses to make the wands (especially when looking at Fleur's wand in GoF),
so my guess is that Ollivander actually made the wands who contain
Fawkes' tail feathers, and was present then the feathers were given. 
Ollivander also knew that Riddle bought the first wand, and when Harry
bought his, Ollivander let Dumbledore know. Now...if you're wondering
how Ollivander knew that TR is the same as V, I'm not sure. I would
guess that he would know because of connection to the wands, and
Fawkes/Dumbledore. "Not very many people" does allow room for some
people to know. It's probably Privy information, and since Ollivander
was selling wands, Dumbledore let him know why it was so important that
he know the minute the second wand was sold.

I'm hoping that Rowling will eventually address Fawkes and his tail
fathers. Fawkes seems like a special Phoenix, given that Dumbledore is
an extremely unique individual. So I wonder what Fawkes' history is and
why did he only give 2 feathers? Fawkes is also quite fond of Harry and
I think it goes beyond Harry being totally loyal to Dumbledore.

-Katze