CHAPDISC: DH32, The Elder Wand

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 184768

 
> Potioncat:
> It does seem there was a real weak link in the plan. How the heck
was  Snape supposed to tell Harry? A letter? "Dear Harry, please come
to  my office at Hogwarts. I have something important to tell you."
Hmm,  come to think of it, why couldn't he have contacted Harry with
his  Patronus?

Pippin:

Once Voldemort discovered that Harry was after his horcruxes, finding
Harry was not going to be difficult, since that would become
Voldemort's first priority also, and he's never failed to get Harry to
come to him. 

Snape was able to arrange a secret meeting with Dumbledore in his DE
days, I'm sure it wouldn't have been beyond his ingenuity to arrange a
meeting with Harry. Or simply leave the relevant memories in the
pensieve and arrange for Harry to find them.
 

> >jkoney65 
> > Harry checking on Snape is still the most unbelievable thing to
me.  He had no reason to check on Snape. All he knew was that Snape
had  treated him like crap his entire life and the last time he saw
him  before this day was when he killed Dumbledore right in front of 
him.  So from Harry's perspective I don't know why he did.

Pippin:
Harry had to be aware, at least subconsciously, that something didn't
fit. Snape raised his wand but didn't use it. Also, Snape was  aware 
that Draco or one of the other DE's could have  deprived Dumbledore of
his wand before he died, yet he didn't bring up that possibility to
Voldemort, even though it would  have bought him some time.  

jkoney65:
. Add to it that it was  Dumbledore's wand, the most famous wizard of
the era and I don't  see how he could not recognize it.

Pippin:
*Ollivander* didn't recognize it -- though the one time when we see
them together Dumbledore didn't use his wand, still, DD used it in
public many times. I don't think it can be recognized by sight.

>From Snape's reaction when he understands that Voldemort has obtained
his wand from Dumbledore' tomb, I think portrait!Dumbledore had told
Snape that Voldemort would search for the Elder Wand, but of course
portrait!Dumbledore wouldn't know what had become of it. Only Hagrid
would have known it had been buried with Dumbledore. I suppose Hagrid
 found it on the grounds. 

Pippin