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

[Alex]

No: HPFGUIDX 54779

aesob:
>> But isn't it odd that Wormtail can use it to kill Cedric? I would think 
>> that spell would be pretty difficult and need some power behind it, 
>> but Wormtail uses it  to kill Cedric, the gardener and Bertha Jorkins. 
>> Maybe Pettigrew's a much more powerful wizard than we suspect if he 
>> can use a suboptimal wand to kill three people.

Troels:
> The gardener (Frank Bryce) and Bertha Jorkins are killed by Voldemort.
> Not that it matters much (it must be Peter killing Cedric, I agree), but
> just to keep it straight ;-)

Katy:
> Well, if i remember correctly, Voldemort was actually holding the wand 
> when he used it to kill the gardner. He was still just an awful ugly 
> "thing" sitting in a chair, but he was able to hold a wand none-the-less. 
> So it's possible that Pettigrew was carrying Voldemort and V was 
> holding the wand when the others were killed by it as well. 

I'm sorry, as I'm probably wrong on some of my details as I'm passionately 
arguing these points without my GoF in front of me, but is it canon that 
Voldemort killed Frank and Bertha? I'm almost positive that it is explicitly 
described that Voldemort commands Pettigrew to "kill the spare (Cedric)", 
though. If Voldemort has the capacity to use his wand to kill Frank and Bertha, 
why isn't he using it for numerous other day-to-day reasons during that entire 
school year that we would see come out of the wand before Frank, Bertha and 
Lily and James emerge?

~~aesob