CHAPDISC: DH24, The Wandmaker

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 183654


> 
> zanooda:
> 
> Yeah, I hear you :-)! As I said in my post, this part of the story
> doesn't sound very convincing to me, but this is exactly what the book
> says: Harry took Draco's wand, but he also became the master of the
> Elder wand, even though Draco never even touched it. I suppose the
> Elder wand just knows that its master is disarmed (defeated), even
> when it is not present at the scene and not used in the battle :-).

Pippin:
"Time and space matter in magic" but not always. If Harry can sense
his connection with Voldemort over hundreds of miles, see what
Voldemort sees, and even think his thoughts, then why shouldn't the
Elder Wand be able to sense its connection with its master? 

A wand is a stick of wood. It doesn't have any physical senses, so why
should it be limited by them? It has  magical ones, some of which
obviously work over long distances, as with Summoning Charms.


The Elder Wand has to be able to tell that its old master has been
defeated, and by whom, for the legend to work at all. Xenophilius
implies that the wand isn't anyone's for the taking when its old
master dies. "The trail goes cold with Arcus and Livius. Who can say
which of them really defeated Loxias, and which took the wand? And who
can say who may have defeated them?" 

IOW, to  take gain the powers of the Elder Wand, it isn't enough to
find out whether Arcus or Livius took the wand, and so trace its
current whereabouts. It's also important to know which of them
defeated Loxias,  because only the successor of that person is true
master of the wand and can yield its allegiance to the one who defeats
him. 

Pippin