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== The core of the Elder Wand is a hair from the scalp of Death. ==
People assume that the Death in the tale of the three brothers was a skeleton, based on the most commonly used form in modern times as well as the skull in the drawing at the head of the chapter. This may be in error; Death is quite likely a relatively human-looking being. Wands typically have a core of something magical, typically a bit of a fantastic creature (hair, feather, heartstring). The book states that Death fashioned a wand from the branch of an elder tree; it doesn't say how, and no mention is made of the core. This not only allows any fatal spell to be blocked and fatal spells cast by the wand to have that extra "kick," but also means that the wielder carries death with him in a more literal way than the average mortal. Hence, why people with the Elder Wand tend to die gruesome
deaths even when they aren't being boastful about their super-fancy deathwand.
* [[Word of God]] says that the Elder Wand's core is a [[Cool Horse|Thestral]] tail-hair - so close, but not quite. And people interpret the whole "Death himself forged the Wand" thing LITERALLY?
** Why not? This is a universe with wizards and witches, centaurs, phoenixes, basilisks, vampires, werewolves, accurate prophecies, soul-sucking demons, and an afterlife - is it so much of a stretch to believe that there might be a personification of death?
** Let's just say that the core is [[Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle|Sakura's feather.]] ...Hey, somebody had to say it.
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== The Elder Wand was made from a branch of [[World Tree|Yggdrasil]]. ==
With the tree of life obviously representing life, and the thestral tail-hair representing death, the wand is a paradox. This may explain why it is so capricious.
* Askr Yggdrasils, the ''ash'' tree?
** oops... I must have overlooked that part...
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== Neville is the master of the Elder Wand. ==
They were wrong about which way the split in the Elder Wand's control went, and it went Snape-> {{spoiler|Nagini}}->Neville. Nobody said it had to be a ''wizard'' to control the wand, and for bonus points, the presumably first non-human to control it was also female.
* Um... The book very clearly explained how the Elder Wand changes masters. [[Your Mileage May Vary|At least, it was pretty clear to me]]. In case it wasn't, here it is: In order for the Elder Wand to recognize a new master, its current master must be defeated, but "defeated" does ''not'' mean "killed". It could mean something as simple as Disarming, as {{spoiler|Harry}} did to the real master of the Elder Wand as of the end of
** The point was, there was a lot of confusion with that, and [[Death of the Author|even with]] [[Word of God]] the subject is a [[Broken Base|Base Breaker]]. The premise of the guess follows the beliefs of the group who believes Snape was at one point the master to its logical conclusion. And the guess ''specifically'' stated that it never specified that the wand's master had to be human. The ability to speak [[Canis Latinicus]] follows from having human-like vocal abilities.
** Also none of this reasoning is consistent with {{spoiler|Harry telling Dumbledore's portrait that "As long as I die a natural death, the wand's power dies with me"}}; after all the number of scenarios where the wand could possibly switch masters is endless. One of Harry's {{spoiler|kids}} could playfully disarm him, or a muggle could steal his wand, etc, without the Elder Wand ever {{spoiler|leaving Dumbledore's grave}}.
*** It doesn't have to be consistent - Harry's not that bright and has never paid attention to magical theory (at least that's my Watsonian explanation for it never being explained).
*** It doesn't work like that. Whether or not a wand changes allegiance has a lot more to do with the intent of the "defeat" than the actual act of disarming your opponent. If you're just fooling around or practicing or something, the wand stays with its rightful owner. If the wizards or witches are duelling with a serious, perhaps life-or-death intent to win, then the wand would change hands. Remember, wands basically have feelings here--imagine them as a shallow girlfriend who will go off with whoever seems to have the most power. It's not as simple as another boy simply yanking them away.
** I would like to point out that being a Gryffindor does not necessarily get you the sword, acts of valor do.
* To clarify everything here, Harry is clearly the master of the Elder Wand {{spoiler|as his defeat of Voldemort proves}} because if he was not then expelliarmus would not have worked against the killing curse. Also Harry did not master the Elder Wand with his own wand he did so when he took {{spoiler|Draco's}} wand from him physically, thus even if he is disarmed in a real duel it would be his holly and phoenix wand and not the Elder Wand which is in Dumbledore's tomb. The only way for him to lose the mastery of the Elder Wand is if he is killed because of the way he obtained the mastery over it, because I sincerely doubt he uses the wand that he used to defeat the Elder Wand.
== The Resurrection Stone is made from... ==
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== The real reason Harry survived Voldemort's curse that destroyed the Horcrux within him was his mastery of the Deathly Hallows. ==
If the Deathly Hallows are real, then by the end of the book Harry is the master of all three -
1)He has earned and found and was the last person to use the Resurrection Stone, and even had the phantoms of his loved ones as created by the Stone with him when he was killed.
2)He owns and has in his possession the Invisibility Cloak, also given to him by Dumbledore and inherited legally from his father.
3)He has, according to the events later in the book, mastery even if not possession of the Elder Wand, which was also the wand used to kill him.
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