New Phoenix Wands (WAS Ron's first wand)

[Cindy C.]

No: HPFGUIDX 29306

Bexis wrote:

>Who's going to sell/fit/make V a new wand at this
> point?  I suppose he could IC Olivander, but upon discovery 
everyone else
> would know what happened, be able to figure out why, and probably 
be able to
> reconstruct what the new wand was too (Olivander has a good memory 
for this
> sort of thing).
>  

Interesting question.  There are a lot of wizards who are in need of 
replacement wands these days, aren't there?  Pettigrew needs one, as 
does Sirius.  Presumably, dark wizards escaping from Azkaban to join 
Voldemort will also need new wands.  

I'm actually starting to wonder if Olivander is overstating the case 
a bit when he says you won't get good results with another wizard's 
wand.  There are lots of instances of wizards getting mighty fine 
results with other wizards' wands.  Fake Moody teaches all year, 
places Imperius Curses on people, kills and tortures spiders, bounces 
Malfoy, and Stuns Fleur, all presumably with real Moody's wand.  
Sirius uses Snape's wand to good effect in PoA, even conjuring 
manacles.  Pettigrew Stuns Ron and Crookshanks with Lupin's wand.  
Pettigrew uses Voldemort's wand for all sorts of things, including 
Adavra Kedavra.  Crouch Jr. uses Harry's wand to fire the Dark Mark.  
Ron uses Charlie's wand.  Perhaps wands don't have to be as "custom" 
as Olivander suggests.

In fact, I'm kind of surprised that wands of certain murdered people 
haven't turned up and been pressed into service.  You would think 
that dark wizards would immediately confiscate the wands of people 
they murder, as you never know when you'll need a substitute wand in 
a pinch.  For instance, perhaps Wormtail should have helped himself 
to Bertha Jorkins' wand or Crouch Sr.'s wand.  Cedric's wand should 
still be in the graveyard, also available for Wormtail's use.  

Anyway, I suspect there are ways of obtaining wands other than going 
into Olivander's shop.  For instance, a wizard could go to the 
supplier of Krum's wand, presumably without being recognized as they 
might be at Olivander's.  In fact, it would make sense that one could 
simply order a replacement wand once one knows what wand is most 
suitable -- if a wizard has always used a 13 inch willow with 
unicorn, any wand with those specifications would work as a 
replacement.  So perhaps one only has to go to Olivander's shop for 
an initial fitting (as we see in PS/SS), whereas subsequent wands can 
be obtained without a visit, simply by supplying the specifications.

Cindy (wondering what would happen if a wand contained a combination 
of three different cores)