Ollivander-Loyal or Betrayal?
The Intriguing Wand-maker...
One of the loose threads of the HBP was the fate of the renowned Diagon Alley wand-maker, Ollivander. His only appearances being in the PS and GOF, he may be considered an unimportant character by many but I personally feel that he may have a significant role to play in future, and my belief was restored when he mysteriously deserted his ancient wand shop in Diagon Alley (since 382 BC!) and vanished. Was he abducted or killed by the Death Eaters or he joined them on his own? Or did he go into hiding and now is living as a nomad (like Slughorn)?
One may ask- Why is he so important anyway, what purpose could the Dark Lord use him for? The answer is crystal clear...
How did Harry Potter survive the duel with the big V, whose favorite one liner was Avada Kedavra, with just Expelliarmus, a simple disarming spell? Yes, we all know that it was Priori Incantatem, a phenomenon by which two wands having the same core became interconnected and caused one of them to show the effects of previous spells. In Harry’s and Voldemort’s case, Voldemort’s wand was affected and the ghosts appearing out of it later distracted Voldemort, giving Harry the precious time to run. (The movie shows the scene in perfect detail.)
Hence, what saved Harry’s life was this connecting of wands, and furthermore luck that it was Voldemort’s wand that was affected.
Could be it that Ollivander knowingly, on Dumbledore’s orders, made another wand with the feather of Fawkes the phoenix for Harry, and later sold it to him. Dumbledore must have realized that this would save Harry’s life and told Ollivander to start the work on this second wand having the same core. After all, ten years is quite enough for all this, after which Harry arrived at Diagon Alley and unknowingly bought the wand.
Big V’s work with Ollivander is clear now- make him a Priori-Incantatem-Proof wand, that is a wand which resists Priori Incantatem, or if that is not possible, somehow make Harry’s wand be the affected one, so now big V would not be disturbed the ghosts of the people he killed.
If Ollivander resisted Voldemort and was killed, or he is on the run, Harry should try to contact him and use Priori Incantatem to the fullest effect as he did in GOF. Or if Ollivander has joined Voldemort and is improvising Voldemort’s wand, then Harry needs to be really trained and cautious, because he may not be so lucky next time when he duels with the Big V. Perhaps the duel between Harry and Voldemort in the 7th book will not end in the same way as it did in GOF, and it all depends on the loyalty of Ollivander.
posted by Varun Goel at
7:44 AM
7 Comments:
It is a good idea that the wand of Harry was specially made for him on Dumbledore's orders.
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Anonymous, at 6:13 AM
After all, no one would go in Dumbledore's office and take a feather from his pet. dum. would have given the feather himself.
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Anonymous, at 6:14 AM
Maybe Dumbledore "planned" the wand selection of young Tom Riddle as well. He could have asked Ollivander to create a wand with a Fawkes feather, somehow knowing that it would "select" Riddle....
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Pauli, at 11:37 AM
no waysssss.......if ollivander had planned harrys wand b4 wid dumbledore,he would not have said da words 'i wonder' n 'curious'when he was givin harry da wand...also dumbledore had quite a suprised expression wen he was told abt da connection of wands...though ollivander's disappearence definately has got something 2 do wid voldemorts wand..no doubt abt dat
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Anonymous, at 10:38 AM
Thanks Pauli,
Firstly, Dumbledore himself said that he had no idea when he med TMR that he would be the greatest dark wizards of all times.
Also, he met riddle for the first time at the orphanage, with no idea of his extra skills, like parselmouth.
The time wouldn't have been enough to make a customised wand for Tom.
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Varun Goel, at 3:01 AM
why is it said in the books that 'only one wand can be made by one bird'?if D could insist anyone in making the second wand or even Ollivander could make it then, everyone could get himself the wand same of his enemy.you can understand what would happen then.Even D could have taken it.i know harry's wand case was different but i don't think D would have said to Ollivander.
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Anonymous, at 5:57 AM
Jocelind, the answer is something that old D could notice even ina one-year old infant HArry.
What makes Dumbledore so sure? Harry has indeed some powerful connection with Voldemort, like ability of Parseltongue and the insight into his mind in OoTP.
What is the physical proof of this connection? It is the SCAR, my friend.
The SCAR on infant HArry's face could have confirmed the connection, and hence the surety that the wand will choose HArry since its predecessor chose Voldemort.
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Varun Goel, at 5:05 AM
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