A few thoughts on wands

[Clare Johnson]

No: HPFGUIDX 41968

Jackie writes:

how exactly is Harry supposed to kill Voldemort if their
> wands are doing Priori Incantatem every time they meet up? Unless of
> course Voldemort is somehow disarmed... but it wouldn't be very noble
> of Harry to AK an unarmed wizard, would it? I'm not sure who *else*
> could kill him (Dumbledore? Snape? Malfoy??) but if Harry does, there's
> really no way he can do it with magic. Unless, of course, something
> happens to Voldemort's wand and he needs to use a different one...
> ::goes off to ponder this possibility::

Re-reading PS, it's mentioned when Harry first meets Ollivander that O.
remembers Lily buying her first wand.  To me this clearly implies that it is
quite feasible for witches/wizards to have more than one wand through the
course of their career (as we also see from Ron's new wand, though that is a
slightly different case from what I have in mind as Ron's original wand was
handed down and not chosen for him alone). I wonder whether as you develop
you might have another wand or two, depending on the type of work you want
to do, as Ollivander also clearly mentions that some wands are better at
some tasks (eg Lily's for charm work, James' for transfiguration).  So
perhaps Harry will kill Voldemort (and I agree in self defence) with a wand
other than his current one, which would get round the Priori Incantatem,
though think there is more to this than we know right now - we have only
been around for a limited time when this happened and don't know how
Voldemort was treated by the ghosts from his own wand.

I know we have also had some discussion on the qualities of wand cores and
wonder if (I have looked on the previous postings but can't find anything)
the type of wood may make a difference here.  From various legends floating
round my head (sorry that I can't give chapter and verse here) I associate
holly with powerful protection, which must surely be crucial to Harry.

Clareysage