Priori Incantatem, was: surviving AK

[Bex]

No: HPFGUIDX 113970

Alex wrote:
> > 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.  

Karen wondered:
> 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?


> " 'Prior Incantato!' roared Mr. Diggory." (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.

Yb's turn:
Well, we know Amos doesn't have that particular wand, so it has to 
be the spell. But, Amos did *not* use "Priori Incatatem." He used a 
spell, "Priori Incantato." Amos' spell is used to discover "the last 
spell a wand performed" (GoF, AmVer, p. 135).

Now Sirius knows what Priori Incatatem is. When DD makes the remark, 
Sirius says "the Reverse Spell effect?" (GoF, AmVer, p.697). But DD 
also calls the effect "very rare" (same page), saying it happens 
when "brother" wands duel each other. I think Priori Incantatem *is* 
very rare, and I agree with Alex that it is not a spell. Prior 
Incantato (what Amos used) is the only way to get a similar result, 
but nothing is as effective as the actual PI. 

~Yb, thinkink this post would take much less time to type if she 
could just do it right.