Priori Incantatem, was: surviving AK

[karen_lvssr]

No: HPFGUIDX 113908

 <alex51324 at h...> wrote:
> <snip<
> Priori Incantatem isn't a spell.  We're told in GoF (US hardback
> p. 697, the chapter "The parting of the ways), that Priori 
> Incantatem is a "Very rare effect" that happens when two "brother"
> wands are forced to do battle.  It is, apparently, totally 
> involuntary, and since it only works between "brother" wands,
> in order to use it as an investigational tool the Department of
> Magical Law Enforecement would have to keep on hand a brother wand
> to every wand in use <snip>


Karen L.,
If the Prior Incantantem is such a rare effect, how is it that Mr. 
Diggory was able to bring out the shadow of the dark mark from 
Harry's wand in GoF?

"...Mr. Diggory raised his own wand again, and placed it tip to tip 
with Harry's.
'Prior Incantato!' roared Mr. Diggory.
Harry heard Hermione gasp, horrified, as a gigantic 
serpent-tongued skil erupted from the point where the two 
wands met, but it was a mere shadow of the green skill high 
above them, it looked as though it was made of thick grey 
smoke; the ghost of a spell." (GoF, Uk ed. pg 121)

If what you are saying is true, then Mr. Diggory either has LV's 
wand (the 'brother' to Harry's wand) and since we know or are 
told that only one other wand has that type of core, maybe prior 
incantantem is not as rare as we are 
being lead to believe.

Karen