Mr Olivander

[jodel at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 54848

In the figure of Olivander of Diagon Alley we get our only possible glimpse 
of a truly neutral party. But even there I think Olivander's aliances are 
more clearly with Dumbledore than they are with keeping a careful neutrality 
over all. 

He is effectively the munitions manufacturer, and supplies everybody, 
regardless of their alignments. On the other hand, he is also a friend of 
Dumbledore's. 

In my soon-to-be-posted essay on the significance of 1945 (most of the 
relevant points have already been posted here over the past several months) I 
state that the point at which Dumbledore knew that Tom Riddle was a real 
problem was when the Aurors showed up at Hogwarts regarding an investigation 
concerning three AKs in a Muggle villiage. That was the point at which the 
promising young Mr. Riddle "dropped off the face of the earth".   I think 
that Dumbledore was the one to set the Aurors on the track, and it was around 
that point that someone contacted Olivander to track Riddle's wand. 
Olivander, who remembers every wand he has ever sold reported that that 
particular wand had a brother. 

"Voldemort" did not surface in England until some 24 years later, but at some 
point something must have allowed them to get a clear ID of the wand he was 
using which enabled those who were privy to such classified information to be 
sure of his ID. This might not have happened until after his defeat at 
Godric's Hollow, in which case the wand was in someone's keeping during the 
period of his exile. Possibly Hagrid's, but not certainly. Pettigrew had 
years to investigate the Castle after hours in the form of a rat. Given his 
fondness for lifting other people's wands he may have stolen it at any point 
and since an Animagus's wand transforms with him he has kept it since then. 

Since Riddle's wand had a known brother, Olivander was asked to let 
Dumbledore know when that particular wand found a buyer and Olivander did so.

-JOdel


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