Voldemort's wand (was Re: Wormtail's Wand)

[karmakaze_kk]

No: HPFGUIDX 54764

imamommy said:
> It seems to me that Voldemort's wand was out of commission 
> for quite some time because the priori incantatem seems to 
> show only a few _recent_ events, going back as far as Bertha 
> Jorkins (I believe, not having GoF in front of me), then jumps way 
> back in time to to Lily & James' demise. It certainly is a troubling 
> issue, from a plot and timeline standpoint...

[snip]

> P.S., I think that the only reasons that Cedric is killed by Wormtail 
> with Voldemort's wand are (1) because Voldemort doesn't have 
> the capability to use his wand yet, so (2) Wormtail has to do it, 
> because (3) Cedric needs to be present during priori incantatem 
> to (4) communcate to Harry to take his body back and to (5) give 
> Harry some closure with Cedric's death.

You see, I took reason (1) from your postscript to explain why there
were so few events after Lily & James's murders "recorded" on the
wand.  It seems that using someone else's wand is suboptimal, and
probably not the sort of thing you would do without permission (like 
borrowing someone's toothbrush).  

Since Voldemort, lacking a body, could not use the wand, it just
didn't see much use.

"karmakaze"