LV's wand / Re: Voldemort to Vapormort - How Did They Know?

[gelite67]

No: HPFGUIDX 150489

--- > > ET wrote: 
> > > If it [Edit: Voldemort's wand]was left behind, we know that 
> > > a "Prior Incantato" spell could have revealed some of the 
> > > events of that night. <snip> 
> 
> > Angie again:
> > I like the theory, but I have a couple of problems.  First, I 
find 
> > it hard to believe that DD would get VM's wand and then 
relinquish 
> > it -- surely he'd either destroy it or turn it over to the MOM????
> > 
> > Second, when the PI occured in GOF, neither Harry nor VM 
> > "appeared."  So if what we saw in GOF (minus Bertha, Frank and 
> > Cedric, of course) is what DD would have seen had he done the PI, 
> > that wouldn't have told him about VM losing his powers or trying 
> > to kill Harry, would it? (How would DD have done it? Gotten the 
> > brother wand from Olivander?) <snip>
> 
> 
> E.T.
>      All valid points...I'm just sort of playing around with the 
> possibility.
> 
>      Even if Harry and Voldemort didn't appear during a PI, it 
> doesn't seem like it would be difficult to deduce parts of the 
story 
> from what did appear.  Harry was still alive & his parents were 
> dead.   The PI would just give positive evidence that it was 
> Voldemort's wand that had killed them.  DD wouldn't need the 
brother 
> wand because you don't need it to perform a PI...Amos Diggory 
> performed one on Harry's wand at the World Cup.  Also, & most 
> importantly, DD already knew the prophecy & how it said that LV 
> would "mark" the child involved. Assuming Lily was left where she 
> fell, it would have been obvious she died while trying to protect 
> Harry. DD would have asked himself what could have saved Harry.  I 
> think it could have been put together easily enough even without a 
> PI.
> 
> But I do think you're absolutely right that if DD had ever come 
into 
> possession of LV's wand, he certainly wouldn't have allowed it to 
> fall back into evil hands.....so he most likely never had it.
> 
> E.T.
>
Angie again:

Oh, yeah, I forgot about the PI re the Dark Mark.  But that just goes 
to show that LV's wand would only tell DD or whomever that LV's wand 
was the offending wand, but not necessarily who did the deed.  But I 
guess this is a moot point, anyway, since LV fessed up.