![]() Voldemort's informant (Severus Snape) only heard the lines in bold, which means he didn't know that he fulfilled the prophecy by marking Harry as his equal.Ī lot of people lead indirectly to their deaths, for instance, Sirius Black convinced James and Lily to make Peter Pettigrew their Secret Keeper instead of him because he was the obvious target. the one with the power to vanquish the dark lord will be born as the seventh month dies." and either must die at the hand of the other for niether can live while the other survives. " the one with the power to vanquish the dark lord approaches.born to those who have thrice defied him,born as the seventh month dies.and the dark lord will mark him as his equal, but he will have power the dark lord knows not. Thus it would not be able to focus magical energy.Lord Voldemort ( Tom Riddle Jr.) killed Lily and James trying to get to Harry when he was baby due to the part-heard prophecy: While the sword was made from Goblin Silver, which does have magical properties, there would be no way for a core to enclosed inside it. You also asked about the Sword of Gryffindor. The umbrella itself is not being used to focus the magic. However, he is only using the umbrella to hide the broken wand. IIRC, the only non-wand object we see in the books is Hagrid's umbrella, as you mentioned. It takes years of experience to tell which ones have the gift, although the job is made easier if Bowtruckles are found nesting in the leaves, as they never inhabit mundane trees. Only a minority of trees can produce wand quality wood (just as a minority of humans can produce magic). We also see that the wood itself could not be from any ordinary tree either (from the Wand Wood writing by JK Rowling on Pottermore): ![]() The best wands, he believed, had cores of immensely powerful magical substances, which were expertly enclosed in specially selected and complementary wandwoods, the result to be matched to an owner with whom the wand itself felt the most affinity. Mr Ollivander, however, was a purist who insisted that the best wands would never be produced merely by encasing the whiskers of a favourite Kneazle (or the stalk of a Dittany plant that once saved a wizard's father from poisoning, or the mane of a kelpie a witch had once met on holiday in Scotland) in the customer's favourite wood. A customer would often present the wandmaker with a magical substance to which they were attached, or had inherited, or by which their family swore (hinted at by the core of Fleur Delacour's wand). Prior to Mr Ollivander's proprietorship of the family business, wizards used a wide variety of wand cores. Ollivander writing by JK Rowling on Pottermore): Second, an overview of how wand materials were selected and that they needed to be a magical substance (from the Mr. The wand is a European invention, and while African witches and wizards have adopted it as a useful tool in the last century, many spells are cast simply by pointing the finger or through hand gestures. The object being used must have magical properties of its own.įirst, confirmation wands are not needed for spell casting (from the Uagadou writing by JK Rowling on Pottermore): While it is correct that a wand is not necessary to cast spells, not any object can be used to channel magic. I am going to disagree with DVK's answer. Ollivander started using these special cores and woods exclusively over any random "heirloom" materials which were popular before this is why his wands are so highly valued. So an unbreakable metal wand would have been worth the effort for wizarding world).Īctually, pre-Ollivander wands used weird not-well-focusing cores and woods (source: Pottermore). Remember that Harry's main wand broke not from some weird magic but merely from physical impact at Godric's Hollow - ditto for Ron's wand semi-destroyed by Womping Willow. ![]() This is analogous to the fact that you can cut someone with a dull knife - it's just a lot EASIER and requires less strength to do so with a sharp one.Īs far as using the Sword: it's possible (again, it won't be any worse than your own fingers, but may possibly be better though there is no canon support for that).īut being metal it's likely to be much worse at focusing than wood (there is no direct canon support but nobody made metal wands - and if it was feasible I'm sure at least some "metal-charmer" would have tried to get a unique non-breakable wand. A wizard can do magic without a wand (see Harry Potter as a kid doing all sorts of magic from freeing python from glass cage to blowing up Aunt Marge).Įrgo, ANY object can be used to concentrate magic at least as well as your own fingers/mind - it's just that certain objects (wood with cores from magical animals) are better at this focusing and special wood with special cores are a lot better at this focusing (see the last paragraph of this answer). A wand is merely a way to focus/concentrate your magic better. ![]()
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