Voldemorts Wand
justcarol67
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Fri Jul 14 18:20:03 UTC 2006
No: HPFGUIDX 155389
Carol wrote:
> > I would think that Peter's own wand, as opposed to Voldemort's
would normally be in his pocket and would transform with him along
with his clothes. Since he's wandless when he's forced back into human
form in the Shrieking Shack, I conclude that he left his wand behind,
along with a bloody cloak, and his blown-off finger, as evidence that
he was "dead."
>
Random832 responded:
> I doubt he would leave the wand behind since it would contain
evidence of _him_ blasting those 13 muggles.
>
Carol responds:
Then how do you explain the absence of a wand when Black and Lupin
forced him to take human form in the Shrieking Shack?
Also, since all those witnesses were testifying against Sirius Black
(who must have cast a spell simultaneously) and Pettigrew appeared to
be a murder victim, I think it's highly unlikely that the Minsitry
would have examined his wand. And why would it matter, since he was
quite literally going underground (into the sewers) where no one could
catch him even if they knew he was (literally and figuratively) a rat?
Even if his plan failed and Black wasn't sent to Azkaban for his
(Pettigrew's) crimes, he would still have gotten away. And a rat
doesn't need a wand. (BTW, it was twelve Muggles. The thirteenth
"victim" was Pettigrew himself.)
Carol, who would be happy to hear an alternative explanation for
wandless Wormtail
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