Wands

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 141546

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "truthbeauty1" <rh64643 at a...> 
wrote:

Truthbeauty1:
>  I have a question about wands. We know that Ollivander has either 
> left his store, or been kidnapped by the Deatheaters. (I personally 
> think he may be evil and went to them) We also know that Harry and 
> L.V. cannot do propper battle with their current wands because they 
> wont work properly against each other. What I am confused about is 
> that if Ollivander has made L.V a new wand, will it work as well as 
> the wand that "chose him". I dont see how it would work as well, and 
I 
> cant see L.V. using a wand that did not suit him properly. I was just 
> wondering if anyone had any ideas about how this might work into the 
> book.

Geoff:
Picking up this thread from the beginning, one or two thoughts have 
occurred to me.

Voldemort knows from the Goblet of Fire incident that his wand can let 
him down at the crucial moment because of its link to Harry's wand.

Perhaps he could have gone to Ollivander - not to ask him to /make/ a 
new wand - but force our wand expert to help him find a wand which 
would "choose" him (a wand with attitude I fear). There is nothing to 
stop a wizard having more than one wand is there? 
He could have a weekday wand and a Sunday wand. :-)

So, having become chummy with a wand which didn't care whether its 
owner worked on the side of light or dark, our friend could set out to 
find Harry in the hope that this time, the tiresome lad wouldn't manage 
to run rings round him yet again.

That could set a few alarm bells ringing if the news got out which may 
be why Ollivander appears to be incommunicado.

Moving on to the subject of Dumbledore doing wandless magic, there does 
appear to be at least one case of him doing this. It is not a major 
example but it indicates that he could:

'"Which means," Dumbledore called over the storm of applause, for even 
Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff were celebrating the downfall of 
Slytherin, "we need a little change of decoration."
He clapped his hands. In an instant, the green hangings became scarlet 
and the silver became gold; the huge Slytherin serpent vanished and a 
towering Gryffindor lion took its place.'

(PS "The Man with Two Faces" p.222 UK edition)