Chapter 985 The Mystery of the Magic Wand

The wand was born in Europe BC, but the exact time is unknown.

Theoretically speaking, anyone who is a wizard should be able to use almost any tool to cast his magic.

However, the best results come from the closest bond between wizard and wand.

Wizards can use it to channel their magical power and focus its effects to achieve more complex purposes - like ballasts and amplifiers in the non-magical world.

Traditional wandmakers have always believed that wands are almost as sentient as living beings:

Although they cannot think or communicate like humans, they are still able to exhibit certain behaviors of their own volition.

From the moment the ideal owner is found, the process of getting along between the wand and the wizard begins—the wand learns from the wizard, and the wizard learns from the wand.

Most wizards get their first wand when they turn eleven and begin their magical education.

Unless the wand is damaged or the wizard's temperament changes so much that the wand can no longer be used, wizards rarely actively seek new wands.

For most wizards, wands are even more intimate than their partners, parents, and children...

Very few people own more than one wand - there is some strange connection between wands that influence each other, which is why few people in the wizarding world carry more than one wand at the same time.

Of course, just as there are time management masters like Neptune and Goddess in human society.

In the magical world, there are also many wizards who have more than one wand for various reasons.

For example, the previous owners of the Elder Wand, such as Elena who customized the wand and chopsticks, or...

"When I was in the preparatory class at Hogwarts last year, sister Elena lent it to me——"

Luna glanced at the girlfriends around her and explained softly, a little embarrassed.

"At that time, she bet me that if I could successfully perform magic with her wand, she would lend me the wand. As a result - although I later received a new wand from Mr. Ollivander, this one Elena never asked for the wand back."

"Uh, um-"

Elena blinked.

"But...this one doesn't look the same as Elena's one?"

Hannah looked at the wand in Luna's hand, and then at the wand in Elena's hand.

Although both wands appear to be made of black walnut at first glance, upon closer inspection, you will find that no matter the thickness, length, gloss... or even the decoration workmanship of the wands, these two wands are obviously not what Elena usually uses. The kind of twin wands.

"Well, what Luna has in her hands is the original style."

Elena shrugged and waved the wand in mid-air.

Immediately afterwards, the bookshelf in the captain's room moved away silently, revealing a wall of hidden weapons behind it.

Apart from the unfamiliar metal firearms, the first thing that caught the attention of Hermione, Luna, and Hannah were the dozens of wands of various materials with different lengths and shapes.

Most of them are in pairs, except for the "No. 0" wand at the top, which has only one lone wand.

It was exactly the same as the wand in Luna's hand. It was obviously produced in a series.

"Actually, I change my wand often - because my situation is quite special."

Elena scratched her cheek and explained with a smile.

"...Wow! So many wands?! Are these all handmade and custom-made by Mr. Ollivander?!"

Hannah opened her eyes wide and looked at the wands of different lengths with a look of shock.

Hannah had some impressions of some of the blackwood wands. Looking back carefully, it seemed that she had seen Elena use them in school before.

However, most of them were special styles that she had never seen before.

For example, the kind of wand that looks like a sharp stabbing sword, or the wand that is so short that it can be hidden directly in the hand.

Birch, oak, elder, eastern greenwood, yew, hawthorn...

This is like a miniature Ollivander's wand shop, with almost all common wand body materials appearing here.

She even saw ceramic, steel, and stone materials.

"Well, these are all made by Mr. Ollivander himself——"

The little hair on Elena's head shook proudly.

"How is it possible? Mr. Ollivander isn't..."

Hannah looked at the wands with a dull expression, her young mind once again confused.

"I mean, he must be a very stubborn person? Doesn't he never customize wands for customers?"

As one of the three major wandmakers in Europe, Garrick Ollivander is undoubtedly recognized as the best wandmaker in the wizarding world today.

The one who was as famous as him before was Grigovitch, who was said to have owned the Elder Wand.

However, as the Elder Wand fell into the hands of Grindelwald, it gradually passed into the hands of Dumbledore.

The aging Grigovitch's skills as a wandmaker were rapidly declining.

Ollivander's Wand Shop quickly became recognized throughout Europe as the number one.

Many foreign wizards came to London specifically to buy a wand made by Ollivander instead of buying it locally.

Garrick Ollivander was influenced by the skills that had been passed down in his family for generations, and his talent showed early.

He harbored ambitions to improve the cores and wood of wands currently in use, and from a young age he pursued the ideal wand with determination and fanaticism.

The eccentric Garrick Ollivander is one of the few shop owners in Diagon Alley that Hannah, the Leaky Cauldron Princess, is afraid of.

He has a rigorous pursuit of his profession, is fascinated by the connection between wands and wizards, and is always talking about it.

And most importantly, Garrick Ollivander completely subverted the wizarding world's understanding of wands and wand craftsmen.

Before Garrick Ollivander took over the family business, wizards used a variety of wand cores.

A customer will often hand over to the wandmaker a magical substance that they prefer, have inherited from their ancestors, or that the family trusts.

However, since Garrick Ollivander took over the family business, Ollivander's Wand Shop has never made custom wands for wizards.

Mr. Ollivander is a purist when it comes to making wands:

Garrick Ollivander believes that the core of the best wand will never be the whisker of the customer's favorite cat, or the fresh white branch that saved the customer's father from dying of poison, or the core of the customer's favorite wand. The hair of a mermaid you met while on holiday in Scotland.

The wand chooses the wizard, not the wizard chooses the wand - this is the central point made by Garrick Ollivander in Wandology.

"Oh, yes, we do not accept custom orders. This is the specialty of Ollivander's Wand Shop."

Elena nodded quite seriously, spread her hands and replied with a smile.

"But - I'm not a customer of Ollivander's Wand Shop."

Elena happily admired her arsenal and continued.

"Some time ago, roughly before the summer vacation, Gringotts Wizarding Bank, Hogwarts, and the Destiny Group jointly signed an agreement with Ollivander's Wand Shop - I am now the largest shareholder of Ollivander's Wand Shop .”

"Therefore, these wands are not considered goods for sale, but exist as derivatives that emerged during the process of wand development and exploration."

The most important part of a modern wand is the core, which contains magical substances.

As a key weapon used by wizards to transmit and enhance magical abilities, most of the magic amplification of the wand comes from the magic substance in the core of the wand.

For example, the wands made by Ollivander used to use phoenix feathers, unicorn hair and the heart nerves of fire dragons as the core of the wands. Of course, materials from other magical creatures are also occasionally used.

However, generally speaking, it still adheres to "magical creatures" as the core.

But during Elena's year at Hogwarts, at Dumbledore's request, Ollivander tried a new material.

Half-Veela hair.

That is, Elena's hair serves as the core of the wand.

Of course, strictly speaking, this does not violate the long-standing laws of the wizarding world.

As a hybrid, wizards have priority over any magical bloodline.

This is the baseline law established decades ago after Grindelwald started a war in the wizarding world - hybrid wizards have the same rights as pure human wizards and are regarded as wizards.

The most important aspect of this law is whether they can legally use wands.

Be aware that no one other than humans, such as goblins and house elves, can own or use wands.

Paragraph 3 of the "Guidelines for the Use of Wands" promulgated by the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures of the British Ministry of Magic provides the following provisions:

No non-human creature may carry or use a wand. Especially for the goblin community, the ban on the use of wands has always been a focus of conflict between them and wizards, and has triggered several goblin rebellions in history - except for half-blood wizards.

However, what Ollivander never expected was...

In this world, except for werewolves, the terrifying and unreasonable creatures.

Half-blood Veela...it is also possible to change bloodline.

As Elena gradually transformed from a "human wizard" to a "Veela wizard", Ollivander, as the wand maker, was naturally pulled into the water at the first opportunity.

He must start to touch the restricted areas of the wizarding world according to changes in Elena's magic power and blood concentration:

The possibility of a wand being held by a non-human, or magical, creature.

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