[HPforGrownups] Wondering what others thinkGrindelwald

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Grindelwald didn't boast about having the Elder Wand - he learned from the old stories that that was the best way to get yourself killed. He only knew where to look for it because Gregorovitch spread rumors that he had it and was trying to duplicate its properties to improve business. And he got it after he and Dumblefore had their falling out when Ariana was killed, so we don't know when Dumbledore realized he'd found it. This is the only quote we have to go on: 

 "Years passed. There were rumors about him. They said he had procured a wand of immense power." - DH ch 35
 

 I'm sure Dumbledore immediately knew what that meant, but again, he wouldn't want to spread that around. It would make people even more fearful of Grindelwald and take away their hope of defeating him. And we know nothing about the duel as of yet. I cannot wait to see that in the FB movies! Even if I have other problems with them...
 

 “I think he knew it, I think he knew what frightened me. I delayed meeting him until finally, it would have been too shameful to resist any longer. People were dying and he seemed unstoppable, and I had to do what I could. Well, you know what happened next. I won the duel. I won the wand." - DH ch 35
 

 But you do raise a good point that Voldemort should have known that Dumbledore had the wand since he defeated Grindelwald. His trek to talk to Grindelwald was completely unnecessary - though it was enjoyable for the reader. What I would have enjoyed even more would have been a scene of Voldemort reading Grindelwald's mind before killing him. And perhaps he did, but Harry was only able to get snippets of their conversation because of everything that was happening to him and his friends at Malfoy Manor at the time Voldemort was talking to Grindelwald.
 

 ~Katy~
 



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