Whither Sirius's Wand

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 124939


Angie wrote :
> I realize he [Sirius] wouldn't have had a wand when he first 
escaped, but going to the someone-else-bought-it-theory, I just 
wonder if any wizard is allowed to have more than one wand? <snip>

Carol responds:

Remember Ollivander's remark in SS/PS about Lily's *first* wand? 
Maybe as witches and wizards grow older and more powerful, they 
frequently replace the wand that chose them as an eleven-year-old 
with a more powerful wand suited to them as a young adult. (Harry 
and Tom Riddle would be exceptions as the wands that chose them as 
children were unusually powerful.) Maybe Sirius replaced his old 
wand when he wanted to become an animagus and left it at home in 12 
Grimmauld Place, where he would have been unable to retrieve it 
until his parents were dead and he had escaped from Azkaban.

Just a suggestion.

BTW, I don't for a moment believe in the Simple Snape hypothesis but 
have no time to argue the matter and no access to my books.

Carol, who is flying to Costa Rica this afternoon and asks that no 
list members e-mail her offlist until February 26, when she'll be 
home and catching up on everything, including, if possible, this list