Who WAS the True Master of the Elder Wand?

[zanooda2]

No: HPFGUIDX 183914

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "rlevatter" <rlevatter at ...> wrote:

> The Elder wand chose Grindelwald over Grigorovitch. Why? Because 
> Grindelwald was able to steal the wand from Grigorovitch, snatching 
> it and leaping from a window.
> 
> So at least some time the wand's allegiance is changed by theft.


This is not exactly right, Grindelwald not *only* stole the wand, he 
waited, sitting on a window ledge, for Gregorovitch to appear, and then 
he Stunned him, before jumping out of the window. I don't know if 
Grindelwald Stunned the wand-maker with the Elder wand or with his own 
wand, but I suppose, by Stunning him, he defeated him anyway. 

GG could have just taken the wand and gotten away, but he waited until 
Gregorovitch came to the workshop, because he knew that he needed to 
defeat the previous master of the Elder wand. I don't have the book at 
the moment, and can't give you the exact quote, but all this should be 
described in Ch. 14, "The Thief". Hope this helps,


zanooda