CHAPDISC: DH24, The Wandmaker

[anne_t_squires]

No: HPFGUIDX 183650


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> Oryomai:
> I can only speak for me, but the book gave me the impression that 
> Draco's wand was the Elder Wand?  Let me try to explain it better.  
> When I read the book, I got the impression that Draco's wand somehow 
> became the Elder Wand?  The entire "wand" thing was just so utterly 
> lame and complicated to me that I had a lot of trouble sorting it out.  
> I thought that Draco's wand became the Elder Wand when he disarmed 
> Dumbledore.  Well, then it makes even less sense to me!
> Okay, Draco disarmed Dumbledore.  So the Elder Wand was loyal to him.  
> The big question for me now is this: why does it matter that Harry 
> disarmed Draco if the wand Draco was using is not the Elder Wand?  
> Draco's "regular" wand was still loyal to him when he got control of 
> the Elder Wand, right?  How does the fact that Harry has possession of 
> Draco's "regular" wand affect the Elder Wand?
> 

Anne Squires:

I look at it like this:

1.  DD's wand is the Elder Wand.

2.  Draco disarmed DD. This made Draco the master of the Elder Wand.  

3.  Draco kept his wand but did not take possession of the Elder Wand.
Two wands owed allegiance to Draco.  Draco's wand and the Elder Wand.

4.  The Elder Wand  was buried with DD.  Later LV stole it from DD's
grave.  LV mistakenly thought that Snape was the master of the wand
b/c Snape had killed DD.  LV did not realize that at the time of DD's
death the Elder Wand had already shifted its allegiance.  At the time
of DD's death no wand (that we know of) owed any allegiance to him.

5.  Harry later defeated Draco and took possession of Draco's wand. 
At that point all wands that owed allegiance to Draco shifted their
allegiance to Harry.  That's two wands.  Harry became the master of
Draco's wand and the master of the Elder Wand.  Even though the Elder
Wand was never physically in Draco's possession or in Harry's possession.

6.  Snape's death was completely pointless.  LV thought Snape was
master of the Elder Wand.  That's why he killed him.  LV knew that
Snape had never had possession of the wand; but, LV still thought the
wand owed its allegiance to Snape.  So although LV had stolen the wand
quite some time earlier and had possessed the wand for a while, he
realized he was not the wand's master.  With Snape's death LV
mistakenly believed that he had become the wand's master.

7.  Harry was the master of Draco's wand, the wand he was using during
the final confrontation.  Harry was also master of the Elder Wand, the
wand LV was using.  Harry had been the Elder wand's master ever since
he had taken Draco's wand.  So, Harry was master of both wands in the
duel.

All of this is just the way I read it; but, it makes sense to me.  I
hope it clarifies things.

Anne T. Squires