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*[[Wand]] core
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*[[Fawkes]]<ref name="GOF36"/>
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*[[Phoenix]]
 
*[[Fawkes]]
 
 
*[[Sparky]]
 
*[[Sparky]]
*[[Harry Potter]] ([[Harry Potter's wand|wand]])
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*[[Harry Potter]] ([[Harry Potter's wand|wand]])<ref name="PS5"/>
*[[Tom Riddle]] ([[Tom Riddle's wand|wand]])
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*[[Tom Riddle]] ([[Tom Riddle's wand|wand]])<ref name="PS5"/>
*[[Silvanus Kettleburn]] ([[Silvanus Kettleburn's wand|wand]])
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*[[Jacob's sibling]] ([[Second wand of Jacob's sibling|wand]])
*[[Celestina Warbeck]] ([[Celestina Warbeck's wand|wand]])
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*[[Silvanus Kettleburn]] ([[Silvanus Kettleburn's wand|wand]])<ref name="Kettleburn"/>
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*[[Celestina Warbeck]] ([[Celestina Warbeck's wand|wand]])<ref name="Warbeck"/>
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*[[Daniel Page]] ([[Daniel Page's wand|wand]])<ref name="MA"/>
 
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{{Quote|After much experimentation and research, I concluded that only three substances produce wands of the quality to which I am happy to give the illustrious name of Ollivander: [[unicorn hair]], [[dragon heartstring]] and phoenix feather. |The three main core types used by Ollivander|Pottermore}}
'''Phoenix feathers '''are feathers shed by phoenixes, primarily gathered and used in [[Wandmaker|wandmaking]].
 
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'''Phoenix feathers '''were feathers shed by [[phoenix]]es, primarily gathered and used in [[Wandmaker|wandmaking]].<ref name="PS5"/> Phoenix feather was one of the [[Supreme Cores|three supreme]] [[Wand core|core]] types. It was one of the rarest cores, with the greatest [[Magic|power]] range and whose allegiance is hard won.<ref name="Pottermore"/>
   
 
==Wandlore==
 
==Wandlore==
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[[File:PAS Phoenix feather.png|150px|thumb|left|A phoenix feather]]
This is one of the rarest core types.<ref name="Pottermore"/> Phoenix feathers are capable of the greatest range of magic, though they may take longer than either unicorn hair or dragon heartstring cores to reveal this. They show the most initiative, sometimes acting of their own accord, a quality that many witches and wizards dislike.<ref name="Pottermore">[http://lady-slytherin-forever.tumblr.com/post/8977640199/wand-cores-off-of-pottermore New wand core information from pottermore]</ref>
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This was one of the rarest core types.<ref name="Pottermore"/> Phoenix feathers were capable of the greatest range of [[magic]], though they may have taken longer than either [[unicorn hair]] or [[dragon heartstring]] cores to reveal this. They showed the most initiative, sometimes acting of their own accord, a quality that many [[Wizardkind|witches and wizards]] disliked.<ref name="Pottermore">[http://lady-slytherin-forever.tumblr.com/post/8977640199/wand-cores-off-of-pottermore New wand core information from pottermore]</ref>
[[File:Phoenix.jpg|thumb|150px|[[Fawkes]] donated two feathers.]]
 
   
Phoenix feather wands are always the pickiest when it comes to potential owners, for the creature from which they are taken is one of the most independent and detached in the world. These wands are the hardest to tame and to personalise, and their allegiance is usually hard won.<ref name="Pottermore"/>
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Phoenix feather wands were always the pickiest when it comes to potential owners, for the creature from which they are taken was one of the most independent and detached in the world. These wands were the hardest to tame and to personalise, and their allegiance was usually hard won.<ref name="Pottermore"/>
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{{Clear}}
   
 
==Known users==
 
==Known users==
In [[Ollivanders Wand Shop]], the owner [[Garrick Ollivander]], is known to use phoenix feathers as one of his three cores; the others being [[dragon heartstring]] and [[unicorn hair]].
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In [[Ollivanders]] wand shop, the owner [[Garrick Ollivander]] was known to use phoenix feathers as one of his three cores, the others being [[dragon heartstring]] and [[unicorn hair]]. Phoenix feather was the least used core type in his shop.<ref name="PS5"/>
   
 
==Known wands==
 
==Known wands==
{{Quote|It so happens that the phoenix whose tail feather resides in your wand gave another feather... just one other. It is curious that you should be destined for this wand when its brother... gave you [[Harry Potter's scars#The lightning-bolt scar|that scar]].|Garrick Ollivander, to Harry Potter|Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film)}}
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{{Quote|I remember every wand I’ve ever sold, Mr Potter. Every single wand. It so happens that the phoenix whose tail feather is in your wand, gave another feather just one other. It is very curious indeed that you should be destined for this wand when its brother why, its brother gave you that scar.|Garrick Ollivander regarding Harry Potter's wand|Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone}}
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[[File:HarryPotterWandNN8415.jpg|150px|thumb|[[Harry Potter]]'s phoenix feather wand]]
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[[File:Lord Voldemort's wand.jpg|150px|thumb|[[Tom Riddle|Lord Voldemort]]'s phoenix feather wand]]
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Harry Potter's and [[Tom Riddle]]'s wand cores came from the same phoenix: [[Fawkes]], who belonged to [[Albus Dumbledore]]. This similarity between the two wands means that they are ''brothers''. Therefore, they have a certain connection and may produce unusual magical effects when forced to duel one another. This rare magical effect is a phenomenon known as [[Reverse Spell|''Priori Incantatem'']] or the Reverse Spell effect.<ref name="GOF36">{{GOF|B|36}}</ref>
   
[[File:Tumblr_lq90540gqt1qedoxoo2_250.gif|frame|left|The two phoenix feather wands performing [[Priori Incantatem]], due to the twin cores.]][[Harry Potter]]'s and [[Tom Riddle]]'s wand cores came from the same phoenix: [[Fawkes]], who belonged to [[Albus Dumbledore]]; these two wands are ''brothers''. Therefore, they have a certain connection and may produce unusual magical effects when forced to duel one another, a phenomenon known as [[Priori Incantatem]]. Riddle, better known as Voldemort, kidnapped Ollivander, the wand maker, for information on this situation and how to overcome it. Ollivander told him that a different wand may work against Harry, but Harry's wand destroyed the "borrowed" wand when Lord Voldemort chased him when Harry was being moved.
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Tom Riddle, better known as Lord Voldemort, kidnapped the wandmaker Ollivander for information on this situation and how to overcome it. Ollivander told him that a different wand may work against Harry;<ref name="DH24">{{DH|B|24}}</ref> however, Harry's wand destroyed the "borrowed" wand: in [[1997]], Lord Voldemort chased Harry during his [[Battle of the Seven Potters|escape]] from [[4 Privet Drive]] and tried to murder him with [[Lucius Malfoy's wand]] — Harry's stronger wand completely destroyed the borrowed wand.<ref name="DH4">{{DH|B|4}}</ref>
   
Before Harry acquiring his [[holly]] and phoenix feather wand in 1991, Ollivander had showed [[Maple and phoenix feather wand|another wand]] of phoenix feather, made of [[maple]] for trying to Harry Potter in 1991.
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Before Harry acquiring his [[holly]] and phoenix feather wand in [[1991]], Ollivander had showed [[Maple and phoenix feather wand|another wand]] of phoenix feather. This wand was made of [[maple]] and was not the right fit for Harry.<ref name="PS5"/>
   
Professor [[Silvanus Kettleburn]]'s [[Silvanus Kettleburn's wand|wand]] also has a [[phoenix]] feather core.
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Professor [[Silvanus Kettleburn]], who taught [[Care of Magical Creatures]] at [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]], had a [[Silvanus Kettleburn's wand|wand]] that contained a phoenix feather core.<ref name="Kettleburn">{{WW|professor-kettleburn}}</ref>
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The [[Dark wizard]] cabal "[[R]]" got a [[blackthorn and phoenix feather wand]] to complete [[Dai Ryusaki's mind-enhancing potion|mind-enhancing potion]].
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Famous wizarding singer [[Celestina Warbeck]] also possessed a phoenix feather wand.<ref name="Warbeck">{{WW|celestina-warbeck}}</ref> [[Daniel Page]] also possessed a phoenix feather wand.<ref name="MA">{{MA}} - [https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/pSAtLUCo57GgH2UpDqri1g Daniel Page fact file]</ref>
   
 
==Known donors==
 
==Known donors==
The only [[phoenix]], whose name is known, to have donated his feathers to make a [[wand]] was [[Fawkes]], [[Albus Dumbledore]]'s magical bird. He only gave two feathers, one to Harry Potter's wand, and one to Tom Riddle's wand. <ref>[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone]], Chapter 5, ''Diagon Alley''.</ref>
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The only [[phoenix]] known to have donated his feathers to make a [[wand]] was [[Fawkes]], [[Albus Dumbledore]]'s domesticated bird. He only gave two feathers. The first feather resides in Harry Potter's wand and the other resides in Tom Riddle's wand.<ref name="PS5">{{PS|B|5}}</ref>
   
There was at least one other phoenix who donated its feather to Ollivander as shown in the [[Maple and phoenix feather wand|maple wand]] Ollivander showed Harry in 1991. The name of this phoenix and how its feather was attained is unknown.
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There was at least one other phoenix who donated its feather to Ollivander as shown in the [[Maple and phoenix feather wand|maple wand]] that was shown to Harry in 1991. Who this phoenix was and how its feather was attained is unknown.<ref name="PS5"/>
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It is possible that there are more phoenixes that have also donated feathers, as [[Silvanus Kettleburn]]'s wand, [[Celestina Warbeck]]'s wand contained Phoenix feather cores. [[Jacob's sibling]]'s [[Jacob's sibling's second wand|second wand]] may have contained a phoenix feather core. Who these phoenixes were and how their feathers were attained is unknown.
   
 
==Other uses==
 
==Other uses==
[[File:Phoenixfteaher.png|thumb|[[Feather]] used as a writing tool by [[Albus Dumbledore]].]]
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[[File:Phoenixfteaher.png|150px|thumb|left|[[Feather]] used as a writing tool by [[Albus Dumbledore]]]]
In the [[1992-1993 school year]], one [[feather]] was standing in an ink pot on [[Albus Dumbledore|Albus Dumbledore's]] desk, indicating that he was using it for writing.
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In the [[1992–1993 school year]], one [[feather]] was standing in an ink pot on [[Albus Dumbledore]]'s desk, indicating that he was using it for writing.<ref name="PM">{{PM}}</ref>
   
In the [[1995-1996 school year]], Fawkes left his feathers behind in bursts of flame as messages and warnings for the members of the [[Order of the Phoenix]].
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In the [[1995–1996 school year]], Fawkes left his feathers behind in bursts of [[Fire|flame]] as messages and warnings for the members of the [[Order of the Phoenix]].<ref name="OOTP22">{{OOTP|B|22}}</ref>
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Phoenix feathers could also be used as food additives, along with [[Basilisk tongue]]s, as [[Honeydukes]] [[Liquorice Wand]]s were said to be free from them.<ref name="CCprop">{{CC}} {{See image|File:Sweets from the trolley - Cursed Child.png}}</ref>
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{{Clear}}
   
 
==Behind the scenes==
 
==Behind the scenes==
*[[Harry Potter (book series)|''Harry Potter'' series]] author [[J. K. Rowling]], if given the choice, would the core of her own wand to be a phoenix feather, which was the reason why she gave Harry this core.<ref name="scholasticinterview">[http://web.archive.org/web/20080623145514/www.scholastic.com/harrypotter/books/author/interview2.htm Harry Potter: Meet J. K. Rowling - October 16, 2000 interview]</ref>
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*[[Harry Potter (book series)|''Harry Potter'' series]] author [[J. K. Rowling]], if given the choice, would want the core of her own wand to be a phoenix feather, which was the reason why she gave Harry this core.<ref name="scholasticinterview">[http://web.archive.org/web/20080623145514/www.scholastic.com/harrypotter/books/author/interview2.htm Harry Potter: Meet J. K. Rowling - October 16, 2000 interview]</ref>
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*In {{HM}}, after [[Patricia Rakepick]] destroyed Jacob' sibling [[First wand of Jacob's sibling|previous wand]], she and Jacob's sibling went to Ollivanders to buy a new wand. [[Garrick Ollivander]] presented Jacob's sibling with three wands, and explained the qualities of each one. If Jacob' sibling replies they are most drawn to loyalty and questing for glory, Ollivander will them a wand made of Laurel with a Phoenix feather core. It is twelve inches long.
   
 
==Appearances==
 
==Appearances==
*''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone]]'' {{1st Mention}}
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*{{PS}} {{1st Mention}}
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*{{PS|F}} {{Mention}}
*''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film)]]'' {{Mention}}
 
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*{{PS|G}} {{Mention}}
*''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets]]'' {{Comment|Seen on phoenix}} {{Comment|Possibly}}
 
*''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film)]]'' {{Comment|Seen on phoenix}}
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*{{COS}} {{1st}} {{C|Seen on phoenix}}
*''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game)]]'' {{Comment|Seen on phoenix}}
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*{{COS|F}} {{C|Seen on phoenix}}
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*{{COS|G}} {{C|Seen on phoenix}}
*''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire]]'' {{Mention}}
 
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*{{POA|G}} {{FWC}}
*''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]]'' {{Comment|Warning sign}} {{Comment|Possibly seen on phoenix}}
 
*''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)]]'' {{Comment|Seen on phoenix}}
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*{{GOF}} {{C|Seen on phoenix}}
*''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]'' {{Comment|Possibly seen on phoenix}}
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*{{GOF|F}} {{C|Seen on phoenix}}
*''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)]]'' {{Comment|Seen on phoenix}}
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*{{OOTP}} {{C|Warning sign}} {{C|Seen on phoenix}}
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*{{OOTP|F}} {{C|Seen on phoenix}}
*''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]] ''
 
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*{{HBP}} {{C|Possibly seen on phoenix}}
*''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1]]''
 
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*{{HBP|F}} {{C|Seen on phoenix}}
*''[[Pottermore]]''
 
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*{{HBP|G}} {{C|Seen on phoenix}}
*[[Harry Potter: The Creature Vault]]
 
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*{{DH}} {{Mention}}
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*{{DH|F1}} {{Mention}}
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*{{CC|P}} {{Mention}}
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*{{COG|S}} {{C|Seen on phoenix}}
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*{{COG}} {{C|Seen on phoenix}}
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*{{SOD|S}}
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*{{SOD}}
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*{{FB|R}} {{C|Seen on phoenix}}
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*{{PM}}
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*{{FBC}} {{C|Seen on phoenix}}
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*{{HPPU}} {{C|Seen on phoenix}}
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*{{LEGO|C}} {{C|Seen on phoenix}}
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*{{LEGO|Y1}} {{C|Seen on phoenix}}
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*{{LEGO|Y2}} {{C|Seen on phoenix}}
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*{{LEGO|C2}} {{C|Seen on phoenix}}
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*{{LEGO}} {{C|Seen on phoenix}}
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*{{TCG}} {{C|Seen on phoenix}}
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*{{HPK}} {{Mention}}
 
*''[[Harry Potter: The Wand Collection]]''
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*{{HPV|CR}}
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*{{HM}}
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*{{WU}}
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*{{PAS}}
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*{{MA}} {{C|Seen on phoenix}}
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==Notes and references==
 
{{Reflist}}
   
 
==See also==
 
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{{Reflist}}
 
 
 
[[es:Pluma de Fénix]]
 
[[es:Pluma de Fénix]]
 
[[fr:Plume de phénix]]
 
[[fr:Plume de phénix]]
 
[[it:Piuma di fenice]]
 
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[[ru:Перо феникса]]
 
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[[Category:Feathers]]
 
[[Category:Feathers]]
 
[[Category:Food additives]]
 
[[Category:Phoenix products|feather]]
 
[[Category:Phoenix products|feather]]
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[[Category:Wand cores]]
 
[[Category:Wand cores]]

Latest revision as of 16:37, 1 April 2024

"After much experimentation and research, I concluded that only three substances produce wands of the quality to which I am happy to give the illustrious name of Ollivander: unicorn hair, dragon heartstring and phoenix feather. "
— The three main core types used by Ollivander[src]

Phoenix feathers were feathers shed by phoenixes, primarily gathered and used in wandmaking.[1] Phoenix feather was one of the three supreme core types. It was one of the rarest cores, with the greatest power range and whose allegiance is hard won.[6]

Wandlore

PAS Phoenix feather

A phoenix feather

This was one of the rarest core types.[6] Phoenix feathers were capable of the greatest range of magic, though they may have taken longer than either unicorn hair or dragon heartstring cores to reveal this. They showed the most initiative, sometimes acting of their own accord, a quality that many witches and wizards disliked.[6]

Phoenix feather wands were always the pickiest when it comes to potential owners, for the creature from which they are taken was one of the most independent and detached in the world. These wands were the hardest to tame and to personalise, and their allegiance was usually hard won.[6]

Known users

In Ollivanders wand shop, the owner Garrick Ollivander was known to use phoenix feathers as one of his three cores, the others being dragon heartstring and unicorn hair. Phoenix feather was the least used core type in his shop.[1]

Known wands

"I remember every wand I’ve ever sold, Mr Potter. Every single wand. It so happens that the phoenix whose tail feather is in your wand, gave another feather — just one other. It is very curious indeed that you should be destined for this wand when its brother — why, its brother gave you that scar."
— Garrick Ollivander regarding Harry Potter's wand[src]
HarryPotterWandNN8415

Harry Potter's phoenix feather wand

Lord Voldemort's wand

Lord Voldemort's phoenix feather wand

Harry Potter's and Tom Riddle's wand cores came from the same phoenix: Fawkes, who belonged to Albus Dumbledore. This similarity between the two wands means that they are brothers. Therefore, they have a certain connection and may produce unusual magical effects when forced to duel one another. This rare magical effect is a phenomenon known as Priori Incantatem or the Reverse Spell effect.[2]

Tom Riddle, better known as Lord Voldemort, kidnapped the wandmaker Ollivander for information on this situation and how to overcome it. Ollivander told him that a different wand may work against Harry;[7] however, Harry's wand destroyed the "borrowed" wand: in 1997, Lord Voldemort chased Harry during his escape from 4 Privet Drive and tried to murder him with Lucius Malfoy's wand — Harry's stronger wand completely destroyed the borrowed wand.[8]

Before Harry acquiring his holly and phoenix feather wand in 1991, Ollivander had showed another wand of phoenix feather. This wand was made of maple and was not the right fit for Harry.[1]

Professor Silvanus Kettleburn, who taught Care of Magical Creatures at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, had a wand that contained a phoenix feather core.[3]

The Dark wizard cabal "R" got a blackthorn and phoenix feather wand to complete mind-enhancing potion.

Famous wizarding singer Celestina Warbeck also possessed a phoenix feather wand.[4] Daniel Page also possessed a phoenix feather wand.[5]

Known donors

The only phoenix known to have donated his feathers to make a wand was Fawkes, Albus Dumbledore's domesticated bird. He only gave two feathers. The first feather resides in Harry Potter's wand and the other resides in Tom Riddle's wand.[1]

There was at least one other phoenix who donated its feather to Ollivander as shown in the maple wand that was shown to Harry in 1991. Who this phoenix was and how its feather was attained is unknown.[1]

It is possible that there are more phoenixes that have also donated feathers, as Silvanus Kettleburn's wand, Celestina Warbeck's wand contained Phoenix feather cores. Jacob's sibling's second wand may have contained a phoenix feather core. Who these phoenixes were and how their feathers were attained is unknown.

Other uses

Phoenixfteaher

Feather used as a writing tool by Albus Dumbledore

In the 1992–1993 school year, one feather was standing in an ink pot on Albus Dumbledore's desk, indicating that he was using it for writing.[9]

In the 1995–1996 school year, Fawkes left his feathers behind in bursts of flame as messages and warnings for the members of the Order of the Phoenix.[10]

Phoenix feathers could also be used as food additives, along with Basilisk tongues, as Honeydukes Liquorice Wands were said to be free from them.[11]

Behind the scenes

  • Harry Potter series author J. K. Rowling, if given the choice, would want the core of her own wand to be a phoenix feather, which was the reason why she gave Harry this core.[12]
  • In Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, after Patricia Rakepick destroyed Jacob' sibling previous wand, she and Jacob's sibling went to Ollivanders to buy a new wand. Garrick Ollivander presented Jacob's sibling with three wands, and explained the qualities of each one. If Jacob' sibling replies they are most drawn to loyalty and questing for glory, Ollivander will them a wand made of Laurel with a Phoenix feather core. It is twelve inches long.

Appearances

Notes and references

See also