Whither the Wand

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No: HPFGUIDX 124909


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "gelite67" <gelite67 at y...> wrote:
> 1)  How and when did Voldy get his wand back?  He was "less than 
> spirit" after the AK against Harry failed, which means he couldn't 
> have carried it with him.

This is actually fairly obvious. Wormtail was the secret keeper for
the location of the Potters, so for Voldemort to find them and get
into their home, Wormtail would either have to accompany him there or
give him a written note (like the one Harry got from DD in OoP). Given
Voldemort's suspicious nature and possible resistance, I assume
Wormtail was there, and so was in place to take the wand, hide it and
disapparate before Hagrid (who can't apparate so had to take slower
means) arrived. Once Wormtail decided to go join Voldemort in PoA, he
had Voldemort's wand to use, and has indeed used it as we saw in GoF
(Voldemort's wand killed Cedric but it was Wormtail who performed the
curse).

>  We also know he didn't have it because he 
> said in GOF that any spell that would have helped him would have 
> required use of a wand.  Yet, it was undoubtedly Voldy's original 
> wand that locked with Harry's brother wand in GOF.

Yes, he needed a wand - and the physical body to allow him to use a
wand, both of which only happened when Wormtail rejoined him.

> 2)  Relately, where did Wormtail get a wand after he ran off in the 
> forest in POA?  Perhaps he stole Bertha Jorkins's wand?

I think he was using Voldemort's wand up till Bertha Jorkins was
killed (probably also by Wormtail at Voldemort's orders, as Voldemort
did not yet have even the rudimentary body he got from his pet snake's
venom and Unicorn blood potion). He seems to have preferred
Voldemort's wand even after - e.g. to kill Cedric (perhaps Voldemort's
wand is more powerfull?). Once he gives the wand to Voldemort we don't
see him again with a wand, so we don't really know if he does have a
wand anymore.

> 3)  Where did Sirius get the wand he used in OOP?  And why did't he 
> have one in POA?  Maybe a member of the Order?  Or a member of the 
> Black family's wand?

I am guessing it was either a spare wand left at his home, one of the
ministry wizards working at the order who filched his wand or DD got
him one.

> 4)  Does the MOM monitor wand usage by wizards who have achieved 
> majority?

Probably not. Otherwise they could have tracked Voldemort easily.

Salit