Wands

[Michell Thitathan]

No: HPFGUIDX 141544

Charybdis  wrote: 
"I think for Harry to effectively fight Voldemort one-on-one with regular magic, he'd have to master wandless magic.  Perhaps this was why the subject of wandless magic was discussed again in book 6. Harry does have some very promising ability to do unconscious magic; if he is able to master his power wandlessly, he could finally show some more outstanding magical abilities."



CH3ed: Did you mean wordless or non-verbal rather than wandless? Dumbledore was the greatest wizard who ever lived and he was defenseless without his wand. I think you can probably do minor accidental magic without a wand (like the young pre-school wizards do when they 'make funny things happen when they're upset,' but you probably need a wand to be able to channel your magical ability into making bona fide spells. Harry will surely need to master being able to work spells silently to survive book 7. I am looking for the last book to be the size of the Gulag Archipelago since it seems Harry has a lot more advanced magic to acquire and 4 horcruxes plus LV (whose power doesn't diminish with the loss of horcruxes) to vanquish. 

 

Maybe Fawkes will have a major role to play in regards to Harry's and LV's wands. After all their core came from Fawkes' tail. Perhaps Fawkes can neutralize the two wands in some way?

 

CH3ed (who has started pacing the floor waiting for Book 7 and it probably won't be published for another 2 years!)