Wands was:Re: CoS clues to Books 6 & 7 analysis

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 105732

Julie wrote:
<snip> I figure somehow there may have been
a scuffle, and he couldn't reach his own wand, and ended up grabbing
Lily's.  So what do you think? If hers was excellent for charm work,
there's no reason she wouldn't charm it to protect her kids? 
"Childproofing" comes to mind as well.  :)


Carol responds:
At the risk of repeating what's already been said, I'm sure that Lily
was unarmed--otherwise she would have fought LV as James did instead
of offering hersllf as a sacrifice. Also, we know that LV used his own
wand to AK James and Lily because they both came out of his wand in
the "Priori Incantantem" chapter in Gof.

However, I agree that Lily's wand being excellent for charm work is
important. IMO (and I've argued this before but don't have time to
look up the posts now), it's quite likely that she placed a protective
charm on Harry *before* Godric's Hollow as part of the "ancient magic"
activated by her sacrifice. (IMO, she knew that if the Fidelius Charm
failed, she would have to die.) As I see it, her spell caused the scar
to appear when the AK hit Harry. The scar acted as a shield, which
deflected the AK onto Voldemort. It wasn't wholly effective, because
some of LV's powers were deflected onto Harry, but the spell saved his
life--because she died first. If Harry had been AK'd while she was
still alive, the charm would not have worked. That's why she was so
insistent, so desperate, for Voldemort to kill her first. It must have
been a very complicated spell that only a skilled witch or wizard,
particularly one who was good with charms, could cast.

I also think that Lily cast the Fidelius Charm that made Peter the
Secret Keeper. Who else could have done it?

So while I definitely don't think that Voldemort used Lily's wand, I
do think that her wand, or rather her skill with charms, will play a
very important part in our understanding of the events at Godric's Hollow.

Carol

P.S. I don't think you can cast a spell on your own wand. Mr. Weasley
says there's no such thing as a "self-spelling wand." I think it's in
PoA but I could be wrong.