[HPforGrownups] Why the wand worked for Dumbledore

[Lee Kaiwen]

No: HPFGUIDX 172800

Deborah Krupp blessed us with this gem On 26/07/2007 02:27:

> Grindelwald was not the true master of the Elder wand, because he did 
> not win it, he stole it.

I believe what JKR wrote was that the wand must be "captured" from its 
previous owner. Whether "capture" is limited to defeat in battle, or 
extends to theft is left as an exercise for the reader.

CJE Culver, Taiwan