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Snape's Wand

torino10154

10/21/08 09:21 am

We don't know anything about Snape's wand. What sort of wood? The core and length? For info on known wands for comparison, here is a link to the Lexicon wand page.

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• janus

  1/25/09 02:53 pm (UTC)

  

  How strange to see this after I wrote a wand story! I wish I had seen it first. Perhaps I would have selected Ash. Old power, Odin's staff, Ygdrasil. What was I thinking?
  
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  I found the three cores Ollivander used too limiting. There are so many magical creatures, so many more possibilities. I had Ollivander contemplating the wand's suitability to the owner's based on their physical qualities and what he could determine of their souls. Severus' concern for his soul - which I interpret as his 'being,' his self respect, his essence - was very telling to me. "That boy's soul is not yet so damaged... I would not have it ripped apart on my account" "And my soul, Dumbledore? Mine?" So I have taken this to be a key to him. I'll admit it: I sift everything. So the wood was mahagony, like James' as James looked like Sev in the traincar the first day, but well-cared for while Sev looked neglected. Dark rich complex wood. And for me it represents old expensive furniture - what Severus envied and desired, what he valued, the heritage he deserved but had not been given. There it was in his precious wand, an embodiment. Part of him! Magic means everything to him. And at his core, at the wand's core is unicorn hair. This is Christ, as has been pointed out - sacrifice, the scapegoat. But it is also virginity. Poor Severus. Hence Ollivander's look of pity. And his wand is longer than James'. ha!
  
  Initially Ollivander tried thestral mane, thinking perhaps Severus' soul matched his appearance, but he was wrong. And dragon heartstring was not correct either.
  
  The girl's wand was walnut, a lower grade hardwood used for floors and furniture of less quality. It is often trying to be something it is not. And the core was Augurey feather because, as the story pointed out, the bird like the girl moans plaintively and loudly moaning at, well, nothing.

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  • (Anonymous)

    12/18/12 04:37 pm (UTC)

    I would say this:
    Length: 14 inches (on the taller end of the scale for Ollivander wands, as he can have a bit of a flamboyant streak sometimes, because he simply has a very noticeable presence in a room, and he is physically tall)
    
    Flexibility: brittle (as his personality is mostly unyielding on the outside, but he inwardly goes through many changes in his life.)
    
    Core: Dragon heart string (These wands are the easiest to turn towards Dark Magic, which is precisely what Severus did, starting from a young age according to Sirius Black. Severus is intelligent, and witches and wizards with these wand cores tend to be fast learners, which Severus would have to be as a double agent later in life. These wands usually  change allegiances easily, which I believe goes along with Severus's future change of allegiance. Dragon heart string cores tend to be temperamental, as Severus himself can sometimes be.)
    
    Wood: Pine (This wood is good for witches and wizards who are creative, and pine wands enjoy being used for new or nonverbal spells. Tend to be attracted towards mysterious, independant, and long lived owners.

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