Deathly Hallows and the wands.

[eric jobe]

No: HPFGUIDX 175932

> > Eric previously:
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> > But what I don't get is that in the final battle Harry says 
> > that he stole the Elder Wand from Draco and that that makes 
> > him the master of it, but at the same time he is holding 
> > another wand which he says he stole from Draco.  
 
> Cat (with snipping):

> First, Draco disarmed Dumbledore by force on the tower at the 
> end of Half-Blood Prince. By that action he "conquered" the 
> Elder Wand's master and the Elder Wand then changed it's 
> allegance to his new master Draco

> Second, Harry disarmed Draco of his wand by force at Malfoy 
> Manor. 

> Third, Voldemort stole the Elder Wand from Dumbledore's tomb. 

> In the final battle, Harry(using Draco's wand)let's Voldemort 
> (and the Elder Wand(?)) know that he (Harry) had overcome the 
> wand's master (Draco) by force and took his wand. 


Thanks Cat--See that's why it is so confusing because there 
is no occurrence where Harry actually gets or "wins" the Elder 
wand until the very end. Harry got Draco's Hawthorne wand, 
thereby "conquering" Draco. But I don't see why that would 
also get him ownership of the Elder wand as well. I thought 
you had to actually get the Elder wand itself, not just conquer 
it's owner at an unrelated time or event. She made that very 
hard to follow.

Eric