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Ron's and Hermione's wands should also be noted. Hermione's is made from vine and contains Dragon heartstring. Vine can represent great bounty, renewal, and also extreme emotions such as joy and anger. Ron's first wand, his brother Charlie's hand-me-down, was ash and Unicorn hair. His second wand, the one that presumably "chose" him, is willow and Unicorn hair. Willow is associated with gaining knowledge, personal growth, healing, and repulsing evil. It can also represent death and mourning. Though wands typically perform less efficiently for someone who was not "chosen" or had not captured it from another Wizard, presumably a wand handed down within a family offers its allegiance to a close blood relative, in this case, Ron. Very few spells are shown that can be performed in a controlled manner without a wand. These include the Animagus transformation and Floo transport. (Note that while this last does not require a wand, it does require other equipment, notably Floo Powder.) It is uncertain whether Apparition and Disapparition require the use of a wand, as no wand gestures are indicated; we never see any wizards or witches apparating themselves without a wand. (Side-along apparition, as when Hermione carries Harry, with his broken wand, does not count, as Harry is not then Apparating, but rather riding on someone else's spell.) House-elves, among others, do not have wands and yet can apparate, however, their magic has been shown to be of a different class than human magic.
This caused a problem when she, Harry, and Ron later broke in to Gringotts Wizarding Bank with Hermione impersonating Bellatrix by consuming Polyjuice Potion. The goblins asked Hermione to see her wand as identification before she could enter the Lestrange family's vault, but Bellatrix had already warned them that her wand had been stolen. Harry was forced to use the Imperius Curse to ensure that Hermione was allowed in. [19] Hermione’s wand is a totem of change, wisdom, and protection, as well as leadership and fulfillment of potential. Wood alone does not empower a wand. Presumably, its core material magically fuses with the wood it is embedded into, activating the wand's power. It also seems to become somewhat sentient, allowing it to bond to a Wizard who shares similar qualities. Magical creatures provide the core material; Mr. Ollivander's wands only contain Unicorn hair, Phoenix feather, or Dragon heartstring, though other wandmakers use additional substances. Harry's wand contains a Phoenix feather. A Phoenix is a mythical bird that continually dies by bursting into flames and is then reborn from its own ashes, an act symbolizing resurrection and purity. Krum's wand contains Dragon heartstring, and though a Dragon is often associated with evil and destruction, in many cultures it represents qualities such as strength, wisdom, purification, renewal, and power. The Unicorn hair in Cedric's wand represents purity, innocence, loyalty, and mankind's dual nature (evil and goodness). Fleur's wand confirms Ron's suspicions that she is part Veela. The hair forming its core belonged to her Veela grandmother, making Fleur one-quarter Veela. This wand's core is apparently unusual; it seems to surprise Mr. Ollivander when he finds it, and may reflect the Veelas' more temperamental and volatile natures. As seen earlier in this book, the Veelas' real appearance is far different than the images they can project. Though Fleur is certainly beautiful and alluring, we don't know much about her inner character; at the time we discover the core material of her wand, about the only exposure we have to her is her supercilious air when being forced to accept the "little boy" Harry as a competitor in the Triwizard Tournament. The Veela hair may also represent transformation, adaptability, and even deception and seduction. Being that the hair belongs to someone closely related to Fleur, it may also symbolize the power of family, generational legacy, unity, and loyalty. Wands are made from nearly every tree type, and the author has chosen the wood for each character's wand based on its symbolic connotation. Harry's wand, for instance, is holly, which is believed to repel evil. Holly also represents protection, joy, happiness, masculinity, and overcoming anger. Christians also believe that the holy cross was made from holly. The word holly is derived from "holy". Viktor Krum's wand is hornbeam, a wood that represents strength, stubbornness, passion, moral fibre, ethics, and loyalty. It is also associated with a person who is considered the "salt of the earth" or a "common man". Rosewood, which is what Fleur Delacour's wand is made from, represents inner beauty, kindness, and gratitude, while Cedric's ash wand symbolizes adaptability, prudence, modesty, sacrifice, and sensitivity. Every single wand is special. Each has a certain type of wood, a specific core of magical substance that usually came from a magical creature such as a phoenix or dragon.J. K. Rowling used a Celtic calendar to assign Hermione's wand wood based on her date of birth, as vine corresponds to those born between 2 September and 29 September. She did the same for Harry's wand and Ron's wand, as "a hidden connection" between the three friends. [5] During the Battle of Hogwarts, Hermione duelled Bellatrix alongside Ginny Weasley and Luna Lovegood, holding her own quite well. [20] Behind the scenes [ ] There seem to be a very limited number of wizards who can actually produce wands, and they all have their own preferred ingredients and techniques. The only working wandmaker we are directly introduced to is Mr. Ollivander, who is the proprietor of a wand shop in Diagon Alley. Mr. Ollivander uses only three types of magical core for his wands: phoenix tail feathers, unicorn hair, and dragon heartstrings. Other wandmakers use other materials; for instance, Fleur Delacour's wand is made with the hair of a Veela as the core, a material Ollivander does not use as he finds it makes for a temperamental wand. Ollivander immediately identifies the wand used by Viktor Krum as a " Gregorovitch creation"; while he does not much care for the style, he does seem to think that it is a good enough wand. His ready identification and his discussion of the wand style indicates that he is very familiar with the style of this other wandmaker, if not with him personally; this also would indicate that we are looking at a restricted community. Hermione presumably obtained her wand from Mr Ollivander when she was eleven, [ citation needed] shortly before beginning at Hogwarts in 1991.
Wands are typically made of wood with a core of some magical material; we hear of wands made with Phoenix tail feathers, Unicorn hair, Dragon heartstrings, and Veela hair, but it is likely that there are many other possible materials that can be used. When a witch or wizard goes to buy a wand, they must try out different combinations of woods, cores, and lengths until they find a wand that works for them. One thing which is told to us repeatedly is that "the wand chooses the wizard"; that a particular combination of wood and magical core, with other details of their manufacture, make a particular wand ideal for a particular wizard, and that it is difficult, if not impossible, to predict what sort of wand an individual wizard will be best able to use. It has been suggested that the length of the wand depends to some extent on the person's height (as Hagrid's wand is the longest one we hear of), the wood depends on the person's astrological signs and personality, while the core of the wand also reflects the user's personality. Of course, for any such suggestion, we can likely find counter-examples. We are told at the outset that it is very difficult to use someone else's wand; and Harry finds out in person, in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, that this is true.Harry's wand was made using holly, a type of wood used relatively rarely within the wizarding world. According to tradition, holly is especially adept at providing protection and repelling evil, and the people that holly wands choose are typically kind, loving leaders. As we learned in Book 1, Voldemort's wand is yew and contains a tail feather from the same Phoenix that donated the one in Harry's wand. In European cultures, yew wood, which is toxic, is generally associated with long life, death and resurrection, transformation, as well as evil; this certainly seems to fit Voldemort. This wood being combined with a Phoenix feather core is curious, however. While a Phoenix can represent resurrection, its fiery demise also symbolizes purification. This hardly seems to apply to Voldemort, who, if he is resurrected, will probably be as evil, if not more so, as when he died. It is curious why Mr. Ollivander would craft a wand from wood having such a dark connotation, though its particular magical properties would naturally be a consideration. In 1996, during the Battle of the Department of Mysteries, Neville temporarily used Hermione's wand after his wand was broken, and Hermione was incapacitated by Death Eater Antonin Dolohov. His nose was also broken, making it difficult for him to articulate spells. At one point in the battle, when Walden Macnair grabbed Harry by the throat, Neville jabbed him in the eye through his mask with Hermione's wand, making him scream and release Harry. [3] Not every wood type can produce a powerful wand, just like not every human can produce magic. Here are some woods that could be used for wand making.
Cedar masters are not the ones you would like to cheat or harm. They are incredibly loyal wizards and witches who cannot be fooled. And what if the wands were destroyed? I don't think the Death Eaters would destroy useful wands, but she was considered a mudblood so that's a possibility. In that case, Hermione would have simply bought a new wand at Ollivanders. In the Celtic tree calendar, the vine is a symbol of passionate emotions in each extreme — both happiness and wrath. It was connected to the autumn equinox, when there are equal hours of darkness and light, and thus to balance, as well as to the harvest, a time of growth and achieving goals. [21] Take home the wand of Hermione Granger, founding member of Dumbledore’s Army, best friend to Ron and Harry and often called the brightest witch of her age. They display great magic when finding the wizard or witch they would like to choose. And of course, they like people with depth to them – and Hermione has such a diverse set of qualities that it is no wonder it chose her.In the Prisoner of Azkaban console versions, Hermonie's wand leaks out pink sparkles at the tip. The colour is reused as her indicator when near a charm-able target in the PC and console versions of Goblet of Fire. The cores of both wands were made using the only two feathers that Albus Dumbledore's personal phoenix, Fawkes, ever allowed to be taken. Because of this, when the mortal enemies clashed, the wands would recognize each other as brothers and create a "reverse spell effect" that would blow up in Voldemort's face and even allow Harry's wand to absorb a portion of the dark lord's skill and prowess. The obvious answer is, in my opinion, that the Ministry raided Malfoy Manor after the war, and recovered the stolen wands. She was able to produce a corporeal Patronus in the form of an otter at the age of sixteen, [7] a very advanced piece of magic and proof that she possessed superior magical ability. [8] Due to Hermione's talent and hard work she was top of her class in every subject, [9] except Defence Against the Dark Arts, where she came second to Harry Potter. [10] Second Wizarding War [ ]
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