Tangent: Mr. Ollivander - Re: Weasleys' Wands?

[Goddlefrood]

No: HPFGUIDX 151516

> Don L. posited:

> What is the current thinking on the disapperance of Mr. Ollivander.

At first I could only think that Ollivander had disappeared due to 
activities of Voldemort. The thinking behind this was that he would 
be perhaps (beside Gregorevich) the greatest expert on wands and 
their properties in the wizarding world.

Voldemort, during the graveyard duel in GoF, is described as being 
rather perturbed by the effect of the wand link between his and 
Harry's wand. He, like Dumbledore, would most probably have later 
realised that this was due to the Priori Incantatem effect. He may 
not have known how to counter this effect, so in view of his 
anticipation of a further show down with Harry, he would need some 
information on how to counteract this effect. Who better than 
Ollivander to supply this information?

Ollivander would then become a liability and have to be neutralised.

This is perhaps the simplest explanation, but one that has not found 
favour with many theorists.

Others have postulated that he ran away with Ravenclaw's wand that 
happened to be the one displayed in his window. This seems unlikely 
but could just be possible.

The origin of Ollivander's name is, however of great interest and 
ties in with the date of the founding of his shop.

My position on this is that it is an amalgam og OLynthus, LIVy and 
lysANDER. Olynthus was the site of a siege by the Apartans in 382 B. 
C. Titus Livy mentioned this in his histories and Lysander was one of 
the legendary kings of Sparta.

Anyone else is invited to make of this what they will.

TTFN

Goddlefrood