Voldemort's Wand

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No: HPFGUIDX 91372

ilexrdh" wrote:
> Hi,I'm new to the site, so as I'm at lunch & don't have time to 
> search the archives to see if this has come up before, I'll just go 
> ahead & ask...
> 
> In book 4, when Harry & Cedric are portkeyed to the cemetery & 
> Voldemort gets his body back & starts telling his story to the 
Death 
> Eaters to give them a major guilt trip, he has his wand back.  If 
he 
> became almost a ghost-like creature when his spell to kill Harry 
> backfired on him & by his own admission "couldn't use a wand to 
> perform the spells that would have helped him" (that's not a direct 
> quote, but you'll remember that bit of the story).......HOW DID HE 
> GET HIS WAND BACK?????????  Did Pettigrew go to the Potter's 
> house, but missed seeing the "spirit" of Voldemort, but found his 
> wand & kept it all those years????  Was that the wand he had behind 
> his back when he was confronted by Sirius Black on the street where 
> he killed all of those Muggles & got away by transfiguring????
> I'd love to know, as this is the only really serious problematic 
> thing that bugs me about the Potter books.
> 
> Thanks in advance for any answers of theories you might have. 

Neri now:
As far as I know, this is one of the unanswered questions of the 
series as yet. There are similar questions regarding Wormtail's and 
Sirius's wands. Recently, when I was pondering this, I was reminded 
of Corwin, the hero of the Amber series by Zelazny. He has this magic 
sword Gracewondeer (I think I'm spelling it incorrectly, but a nice 
name for a sword nevertheless) and it has kind of an affinity to him. 
No matter for how many years he has lost it, or if it is held by his 
enemies, he just has to remember it, and then he puts his hand into a 
hole in the next tree or something, and takes it out. I wonder if 
wands have a similar affinity to their owners. They are magical 
things, after all, and they choose their wizards. Another option: 
maybe you can put a homing spell on your wand, which brings up the 
interesting question: how do you use your wand to put a spell on the 
wand itself?

Neri