Lily the seer, Loyal to Voldie, Wand Cores, Harry's Ancestors, and LOONies ...

[M. Barnett]

No: HPFGUIDX 23120

I wrote:  Still with me?  Prof. Dumbledore told Harry that Fawkes 
donated one of his tail feathers to be used as a wand core.  IIRC, he 
only said Fawkes gave 1 tail feather.  

And then Catriona wrote: I'm sorry to nitpick in my forst post but 
Fawkes donated TWO tail feathers, not one. I believe it is
mentioned in the chapter 'Priori Incantatem' in GoF.  Again I don't 
have the book so I cannot give a page reference.

Which made me go and grab both of my copies of GoF.  It is written 
the same in both the bastardized American version and the highly 
coveted Orginal British Edition, the chapter entitled "The Parting of 
the Ways" (pages 697 and 605, respectively):

"'Exactly,' said Dumbledore.  'Harry's wand and Voldemort's wand 
share cores.  Each of them contains a feather from the tail of the 
same phoenix.  This (with emphasis that I can't make) phoenix, in 
fact.' he added, and he pointed at the scarlet and gold bird, 
perching peacefully on Harry's knee.
'My wand's feather came from Fawkes?' Harry said, amazed.
'Yes,' said Dumbledore.  'Mr. Ollivander wrote to tell me you had 
bought the second wand, the moment you left his shop four years ago.'
'So what happens when a wand meets its brother?' said Sirius"

Ok, so Fawkes gave an unspecified amount of tail <he he> feathers 
to ?? Mr. Ollivander ?? so he could make wands.  This passage, to me, 
has 2 interpretations. (The questions marks surrounding Mr. 
Ollivanders name are there because, would Fawkes give out feathers to 
random wand makers or did he allow Dumbledore to take them and give 
them to Mr. O?) 

#1.  Fawkes gave 2 seperate feathers, allowing Mr. Ollivander to make 
2 sperate wands, with the 2 said feathers, thus the wands that were 
made are brothers because their feathers came from the same bird.
                        ***or***
#2.  Fawkes gave a single feather, which Mr. Ollivander somehow 
seperated (cut in half, or however he decided to divide it) and made 
2 wands out of, thus the wands being brothers seperated at birth, in 
a manner of speaking.

Hmmmmmmm .....  finally I've come up with a topic that won't start a 
Holy War ... god(s) bless us all! :)

Michelle :)