Tangent: Mr. Ollivander

[Don L.]

No: HPFGUIDX 151570

Ollivander's disappearance was reported to be late June or early July 
1996 and is too close to the Battle of the Department of Mysteries 
and the beginning of the Second War to be insignificant or mere 
coincidence, IMO.   

The significance of wand relationships to other wands and their 
owners and Ollivander's part in placing wands with wizards was not 
lost on me, but I was a little surprised that more was not 
forthcoming as the plot unfolded throughout HBP.

I've an inkling that Ollivander's disappearance is significant, and 
will play some part in the last book.  But I thought Ollivander would 
have a larger part from the beginning of the series as well, only to 
be wrong.  

Ollivander and the sorting hat are important rights of passage for 
1st years.  I guess they will have had to borrow wands, or bought 
from alternative European sources.  I expect there wizarding pawn or 
second-hand shops exist, perhaps even mail ordering wizarding 
businesses – wEbay maybe... – not likely.

Don L.