Harry & Lord Voldemort's Wands

[darrin_burnett]

No: HPFGUIDX 56103

K:

> I don't. I think Ollivander refers to the wands as 'brothers' - can 
anyone confirm that? 

Yes, he does. Sirius does as well, when Dumbledore is explaining the 
Priori Incantum effect at the end of GoF.


Which to me implies that they are related/linked because of
 the magical core but not identical. I think it is the core that give 
the wand its magical abilities but other than length, which I imagine 
is more of a personal preference thing based on the size of the 
wizard involved, I think the other properties - the wand's wood and 
its feel - must have some effect, otherwise why bother? Why not make 
all wands out of the same wood and the same swishiness and just make 
them in 3 or 4 standard sizes?

Harry and Riddle's wands ARE different sizes and woods. Page 65, 
PS/SS UK, Mr. Ollivander giaves Harry an 11-inch, holly wand.

Then, when talking about how "its brother gave you that scar" he 
mentions giving V-mort a 13 1/2-inch yew wand.

Ollivander also speaks about James' mahogany wand and Lily's willow 
wand being better suited for different spells.

Two theories, one magical, one more mundane.

1) there are so many varieties of person, that it just follows that 
you'd want a large variety of woods, sizes, and flexibilities, so 
each person can get the perfect wand.

2) Ollivander is not an assembly-line worker. He's a craftsman. It 
would be dull and beneath him to just make similar wands over and 
over again.

 
> What I'd like to know is why Voldemort's wand chose him? Obviously 
we don't know how this 'the wand chooses the wizard' thing works - so 
that should make answering the question difficult. But why would a 
wand with a core of phoenix feather - and not just any phoenix 
feather but one from Albus' phoenix - resonate with someone as bitter 
and twisted (and I firmly believe TR is both even before he becomes 
LV) as Riddle?
> 
> K


I suggest we don't know how long D-Dore has had Fawkes. (if we do, 
and I've missed or forgotten it in the canon, let me just give a 
preemptive sheepish "never mind")

And anyway, bad wizards have to get wands from somewhere and I can't 
believe they are ALL dragon heartstrings, or vampire fangs or troll 
bogies, or whatever else goes into other wands besides Ollivanders.

Darrin
-- Make my wand out of a hair from Sophie Marceau's head.