Where oh where is Mr. Ollivander...

[exodusts]

No: HPFGUIDX 148214

> CH3ed:
> I agree with Hickengruendler. I think Mr. O went
into hiding from 
LV 
> and his DEs with the aid of Albus Dumbledore (who
offered the same 
> service to Draco on the Tower). 
> 
> DD was very good at anticipating what LV wanted to
do, and so DD 
> must have realized when Harry told him of the priori
incantatem 
> effect in the graveyard scene (GoF), that LV must
have been alerted 
> then to the fact that his and Harry's wands share a
core. DD then 
> knew that would put Mr. O the wand-maker in trouble
with LV. The 
way 
> Bill told it in HBP, Mr. O's shop showed no sign of
struggle (quite 
> unlike Florean Fortescue's shop) so that they
couldn't tell if Mr. 
O 
> left voluntarily or not. He just vanished. At any
rate, if Mr. O 
has 
> been hiding with the aid of DD, DD hadn't told it to
his OotP since 
> Bill and Lupin don't know. But that is neither
evidence for or 
> against considering DD's aptitude in keeping secrets
and not 
telling 
> anyone more than DD thought they should know.
> 
>  I think Mr. O is quite a smart man all by
himself.... his 
> unblinking grey eyes stick in my head quite a bit
(like Luna's). So 
> I'm betting he went into hiding very competently
(letting DD know 
of 
> it but nobody else, pretty much). I don't think he
has gone to LV's 
> side since he seems to have a good relationship with
DD (sent DD an 
> owl to inform him of Harry's purchase of the second
wand, was 
> employed to examine the wands at Triwizard
Tournament... and kept 
> quiet about Harry's wand in front of others). 
><snip>

Exodusts:

The hot Ollivander theories have got to be, in descending order
of likelihood:

a) Ollivander realised Voldy might be furious with him for selling 
Harry the matching core wand OR might demand he make him a new one 
(this assumes Ollivander knows about the Priori Incantatem events in 
GoF, or the risk of them), so he has run away himself.

b) Ollivander has been snatched to make Voldy a new wand, to avoid 
Priori Incantatem problems in the future, OR has gone voluntarily 
(remember O talking about Voldemort doing "great things" from book 1, 
BUT remember also the letter to Dumbledore, so snatching is 
marginally more likely).

c) Ollivander realises Voldy might be furious with him for selling 
Harry the matching core wand OR might demand he make him a new one, 
SO he requested help and was hidden by Dumbledore. PROBLEM with this 
is why didn't he leave evidence of his "death". The wand shop should 
have been made to look like it was raided. AND, there are stronger 
candidates for fake!death e.g. R.A.B./Emmeline Vance. JKR can't use 
this idea again and again.

d) (GETTING WACKY) Ollivander had a wand on a pillow in the shop 
window in book 1. It was a Ravenclaw Horcrux? He realised it was bad 
news, sold it to Neville to get rid of it (it wouldn't matter that it 
wasn't a perfect match for Neville, since Neville generates poor 
wizarding results, and was used to using another's wand - his dad's - 
anyway). He then went into hiding to avoid questions from either side.

e) (BARKING) There is a tunnel under Ollivander's shop, leading to 
Sirius' Black's bank vault in Gringotts. This is the tunnel Quirrell 
used when he raided Gringotts - how else could he have got in? 
Quirrell had been told about it by Voldemort, who had learned of it 
from Regulus Black. Ollivander has turned the shop over to his Death 
Eater allies, for them to use secretly whenever they need to get in 
and out of the bank. He himself has left for a long vacation away 
from the conflict. 

Problems with the last theory include WHY would the Blacks let a 
tradesman like Ollivander guard the entrance to their treasure? I 
heartily endorse the Secret-Tunnel-Into-Gringotts idea, since we know 
Quirrell had to be in the vicinity of the bank when he broke in. If 
he had used a magical method of entry, he could have travelled from 
anywhere. And how could he have got past the guardians if he went in 
via the main entrance?

BUT I don't think it comes out in Ollivander's shop. I think Charing 
Cross Tube Station (just outside the Leaky Cauldron on the Muggle 
side) is far more likely, since we know Gringotts is under the 
Underground. Dumbldedore knows about it too, and that is 
why he has his Underground Map scar (did he work for the Goblins in 
his youth? Is the tattoo part of the Health and Safety requirements 
for non-Goblins, an emergency exit plan in case of getting lost, or 
did he have it done on his own?). Harry and chums might make use of 
this secret tunnel at some point in book 7.