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The '''core''' of a [[wand]] is a [[magic]]al substance placed within the length of wood, usually extracted from a magical [[creature]].
  
The '''core''' of a [[wand]] is a [[magic]]al substance placed within the length of wood, usually extracted from a magical [[creature]].
   
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Although wand cores vary widely, certain [[wandmaker]]s prefer to use certain materials; for example, [[Garrick Ollivander]] discovered and pioneered the use of [[phoenix feather]]s, [[dragon heartstring]]s, and [[unicorn hair|unicorn tail hairs]], whereas his [[Gervaise Ollivander|father]] used lesser substances such as [[Kelpie hair]] and [[Kneazle]] whiskers.<ref name="morecores">{{PM|wand-cores}} [http://lady-slytherin-forever.tumblr.com/post/8977640199/wand-cores-off-of-pottermore (archive)]</ref>
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Although wand cores vary widely, certain [[wandmaker]]s prefer to use certain materials; for example, [[Garrick Ollivander]] discovered and pioneered the use of [[phoenix feather]]s, [[dragon heartstring]]s, and [[unicorn hair|unicorn tail hairs]], whereas his [[Gervaise Ollivander|father]] used lesser substances such as [[Kelpie hair]] and [[Kneazle]] whiskers.<ref name="morecores">{{WW|wand-cores}} [http://lady-slytherin-forever.tumblr.com/post/8977640199/wand-cores-off-of-pottermore (archive)]</ref>
   
 
==Properties==
  
==Properties==
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When more than one wand has twin cores - meaning they share the same material from the same creature - they are known as brothers and hold greater power when used together. When [[Chadwick Boot|Chadwick]] and [[Webster Boot]] used them as a team, their wands with cores from the same [[Horned Serpent]] increased in power tenfold. However, when they are used in conflict with another, the connecting spells create [[Reverse Spell|Priori Incantatem]], as seen when the wands of [[Harry Potter]] and [[Tom Riddle|Lord Voldemort]], which both had cores comprised of a feather from [[Fawkes]], [[Albus Dumbledore]]'s [[phoenix]]<ref>{{PS}}</ref>, connected.<ref name=":1" />
  
When more than one wand has twin cores - meaning they share the same material from the same creature - they are known as brothers and hold greater power when used together. When [[Chadwick Boot|Chadwick]] and [[Webster Boot]] used them as a team, their wands with cores from the same [[Horned Serpent]] increased in power tenfold. However, when they are used in conflict with another, the connecting spells create [[Reverse Spell|Priori Incantatem]], as seen when the wands of [[Harry Potter]] and [[Tom Riddle|Lord Voldemort]], which both had cores comprised of a feather from [[Fawkes]], [[Albus Dumbledore]]'s [[phoenix]]<ref>{{PS}}</ref>, connected.<ref name=":1" />
   
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[[Ollivander's]] shop in [[Diagon Alley]] has changed the way that wands are created. Before [[Garrick Ollivander]]'s practise of using only the three "[[Supreme Cores]]", it was common for witches and wizards to present a [[wandmaker]] with a magical substance to which they had a particular attachment for use as a wand core.
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[[Ollivander's]] shop in [[Diagon Alley]] has changed the way that wands are created. Before [[Garrick Ollivander]]'s practice of using only the three "[[Supreme Cores]]", it was common for witches and wizards to present a [[wandmaker]] with a magical substance to which they had a particular attachment for use as a wand core.
   
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However, when Garrick watched his father, [[Gervaise Ollivander]], struggle with substandard wand cores such as [[Veela]] [[Veela hair|hair]], [[Kneazle]] whiskers, [[Dittany]] stalks, or [[Kelpie]] [[Kelpie hair|manes]], he decided to devote his time to studying the finest wand cores.<ref>{{PM|mr-ollivander}}</ref>
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However, when Garrick watched his father, [[Gervaise Ollivander]], struggle with substandard wand cores such as [[Kneazle]] whiskers, [[Dittany]] stalks, or [[Kelpie]] [[Kelpie hair|manes]], he decided to devote his time to studying the finest wand cores.<ref>{{WW|mr-ollivander}}</ref>
   
 
==Known core materials==
  
==Known core materials==
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*[[Garrick Ollivander]] 's [[Garrick Ollivander's wand|wand]]
  
*[[Garrick Ollivander]] 's [[Garrick Ollivander's wand|wand]]
 
*[[Peter Pettigrew]]'s [[Peter Pettigrew's wand|wand]]
  
*[[Peter Pettigrew]]'s [[Peter Pettigrew's wand|wand]]
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* [[Dolores Umbridge]]'s [[Dolores Umbridge's wand|wand]]
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*[[Dolores Umbridge]]'s [[Dolores Umbridge's wand|wand]]
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*[[Horace Slughorn]]'s [[Horace Slughorn's wand|wand]]
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*[[Gormlaith Gaunt]]'s [[Gormlaith Gaunt's second wand|second wand]]
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*[[Boot brothers' father|Mr Boot]]'s wand
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*[[Jacob (Hogwarts student)|Jacob]]'s [[Jacob's wand|wand]]
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*[[Penelope Fawley]]'s [[Penelope Fawley's wand|wand]]
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*[[Applewood and dragon heartstring wand|An applewood wand made by Garrick Ollivander]]
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*[[Beechwood and dragon heartstring wand|A beechwood wand made by Garrick Ollivander]]
 
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|[[Phoenix]] [[Phoenix feather|feather]]
  
|[[Phoenix]] [[Phoenix feather|feather]]
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*[[Charles Weasley|Charlie Weasley]]'s [[Ronald Weasley's first wand|first wand]]
  
*[[Charles Weasley|Charlie Weasley]]'s [[Ronald Weasley's first wand|first wand]]
 
*[[Ronald Weasley|Ron Weasley]]'s [[Ronald Weasley's wands|wands]]
  
*[[Ronald Weasley|Ron Weasley]]'s [[Ronald Weasley's wands|wands]]
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*[[Penny Haywood]]'s [[Penny Haywood's wand|wand]]
 
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|[[Veela]] [[Veela hair|hair]]
  
|[[Veela]] [[Veela hair|hair]]
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|[[Koralle|Coral]]
  
|[[Koralle|Coral]]
 
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*[[Schlangenholz and Koralle wand|Snakewood and coral wand]]
 
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|[[Dittany]] Stalk
  
|[[Dittany]] Stalk
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*[[Seraphina Picquery]]'s [[Seraphina Picquery's wand|wand]]<ref name=":0" />
 
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|[[Horned Serpent]] [[Horned Serpent horn|horn]]<ref name=":1" />
  
|[[Horned Serpent]] [[Horned Serpent horn|horn]]<ref name=":1" />
 
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* [[Chadwick Boot]]'s [[Chadwick Boot's wand|wand]]
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*[[Chadwick Boot]]'s [[Chadwick Boot's wand|wand]]
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* [[Webster Boot]]'s [[Webster Boot's wand|wand]]
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*[[Webster Boot]]'s [[Webster Boot's wand|wand]]
 
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|[[Snallygaster]] [[Snallygaster heartstring|heartstring]]<ref name=":1" />
  
|[[Snallygaster]] [[Snallygaster heartstring|heartstring]]<ref name=":1" />
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|[[Basilisk]] [[Basilisk horn|horn]]<ref name=":1" />
  
|[[Basilisk]] [[Basilisk horn|horn]]<ref name=":1" />
 
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* [[Salazar Slytherin]]'s [[Salazar Slytherin's wand|wand]] (passed down to his descendants)
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*[[Salazar Slytherin]]'s [[Salazar Slytherin's wand|wand]] (passed down to his descendants)
 
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|[[Bone]]
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|[[Curupira hair]]
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<ref>https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/1243304120389427201</ref>
 
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* [[Newton Scamander]]'s [[Newton Scamander's wand|wand]]<ref name="newt">[http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/2016/02/01/eddies-wand-newts-wand/ More Info on Newt's Wand!] at Mugglenet</ref>
  
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* [[Shikoba Wolfe]]
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*[[Shikoba Wolfe]]
 
|Powerful, but difficult to master, particularly prized by Transfigurers. Can sense danger and cast curses on their own.
  
|Powerful, but difficult to master, particularly prized by Transfigurers. Can sense danger and cast curses on their own.
 
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|[[Wampus cat hair]]
  
|[[Wampus cat hair]]
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<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{PM|ilvermorny}}</ref>
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<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{WW|ilvermorny}}</ref>
 
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* [[James Steward]]
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*[[James Steward]]
 
|Unknown
  
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*[[Thiago Quintana]]
 
|Produces [[spell]]s of force and elegance
  
|Produces [[spell]]s of force and elegance
 
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*[[Violetta Beauvais]]
 
|Rumoured to have an affinity for Dark magic, although suitable for use by non-Dark wizards and witches as well
  
|Rumoured to have an affinity for Dark magic, although suitable for use by non-Dark wizards and witches as well
 
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|Exceptionally powerful and sensitive to [[Parseltongue]]. Can warn its owner of danger by emitting a low musical tone.
  
|Exceptionally powerful and sensitive to [[Parseltongue]]. Can warn its owner of danger by emitting a low musical tone.
 
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|Unknown, presumably has an affinity for the [[Dark Arts]].
  
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*{{HM}} (mentioned only)
 
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==See also==
  
==See also==
 
*[[Wand]]
  
*[[Wand]]
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The core of a wand is a magical substance placed within the length of wood, usually extracted from a magical creature.

Although wand cores vary widely, certain wandmakers prefer to use certain materials; for example, Garrick Ollivander discovered and pioneered the use of phoenix feathers, dragon heartstrings, and unicorn tail hairs, whereas his father used lesser substances such as Kelpie hair and Kneazle whiskers.[1]

Properties

The core type is known to influence the temperament of the wand produced with it. For example, the wand-maker Garrick Ollivander will not use Veela hair for cores because he believes they make for "temperamental" wands. Thestral tail hair is also an interesting core - the wand cannot simply be mastered by winning them. It can only be mastered by a witch or wizard who is able to face death, which is why Voldemort struggled to master the Elder Wand.[2]

When more than one wand has twin cores - meaning they share the same material from the same creature - they are known as brothers and hold greater power when used together. When Chadwick and Webster Boot used them as a team, their wands with cores from the same Horned Serpent increased in power tenfold. However, when they are used in conflict with another, the connecting spells create Priori Incantatem, as seen when the wands of Harry Potter and Lord Voldemort, which both had cores comprised of a feather from Fawkes, Albus Dumbledore's phoenix[3], connected.[4]

Ollivander's shop in Diagon Alley has changed the way that wands are created. Before Garrick Ollivander's practice of using only the three "Supreme Cores", it was common for witches and wizards to present a wandmaker with a magical substance to which they had a particular attachment for use as a wand core.

However, when Garrick watched his father, Gervaise Ollivander, struggle with substandard wand cores such as Kneazle whiskers, Dittany stalks, or Kelpie manes, he decided to devote his time to studying the finest wand cores.[5]

Known core materials

Core Wands These Cores are Used in:
Dragon heartstring
Phoenix feather
Unicorn tail hair
Veela hair
Thestral tail hair
Troll whisker
Coral
Dittany Stalk
Thunderbird tail feather

[6]

Wampus cat hair

[6][4]

White River Monster spine

[6]

Rougarou hair

[6]

Horned Serpent horn[4]
Snallygaster heartstring[4]
Jackalope antler

[4]

Kneazle whisker

[7]

Kelpie hair

[7]

Basilisk horn[4]
Curupira hair

[8]

Characteristics of wand core materials

Core Material Known Wand-maker to use it Known Characteristics
Dragon heartstring Powerful, easy to learn spells though can easily be committed to another owner
Phoenix feather
  • Garrick Ollivander
 Learns most varied magic, hard to be chosen
Unicorn tail hair
  • Garrick Ollivander
 Consistent magic, bonds strongly to first user
Veela hair Temperamental
Kneazle whisker Not very powerful
Dittany stalk Unknown
Kelpie hair
  • Gervaise Ollivander
 Easily obtainable, frequently used in the past
Thestral tail hair
  • Antioch Peverell
 Not easily seen
Coral Unknown
Thunderbird tail feather

[6]

Powerful, but difficult to master, particularly prized by Transfigurers. Can sense danger and cast curses on their own.
Wampus cat hair

[6][4]

Unknown
White River Monster spine

[6]

Produces spells of force and elegance
Rougarou hair

[6]

Rumoured to have an affinity for Dark magic, although suitable for use by non-Dark wizards and witches as well
Horned Serpent horn

[4]

Exceptionally powerful and sensitive to Parseltongue. Can warn its owner of danger by emitting a low musical tone.
Snallygaster heartstring

[4]

Unknown
Jackalope antler

[4]

Unknown
Basilisk horn

[4]

Unknown, presumably has an affinity for the Dark Arts.
Curupira hair Unstable, has an affinity for powerful yet unpredictable wizards

Price

All wands sold by Garrick Ollivander cost seven galleons, regardless of core or wood[9]. Unicorn tail hair, however, is worth ten galleons a hair[10], as confirmed by Horace Slughorn in 1996. In 1926, wands sold by Shikoba Wolfe cost five dragots.

Behind the scenes

  • The Enchanted Feather Co. is a company that presumably sells wand cores to wandmakers.
  • It is thought by some that Thestral hair makes for a unique personality; completely dispassionate about its allegiance and showing no emotion towards the wizard, tying in with the many changes of hands that the Elder Wand (the only known Thestral hair wand in existence) has been through. It is also a wand that has been the instrument of death many times over, which some also believe is connected to its Thestral hair core (possibly inspiring murder in the heart of its beholder(s), since Thestrals have a strong connection to death, as does the origin of the wand itself). However, the many changes of allegiance that the Elder Wand has had as well as its history of winning through murder may be simply a reflection on the nature of power itself, and the means people are willing to sink to in order to attain it.
  • It should be noted that, concerning the wands of the Trio (Harry, Ron, and Hermione), each wand has one of the three different cores used by Ollivander: Harry's wand has a phoenix feather, Ron's wands (both his first and second) have a unicorn hair and Hermione's wands (both hers and Bellatrix's) have a dragon heartstring.
  • Out of all the wand cores, the Dragon Heartstring is the core of more character wands, with the Unicorn Tail Hair Core in second place, with the Dragon Heartstrings residing inside ten character wands and Unicorn Hair residing inside nine character wands.

Appearances

See also

Notes and references

  1. ↑ Writing by J. K. Rowling: "Wand Cores" at Wizarding World (archive)
  2. ↑ Thestral tail hair information
  3. ↑ Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
  4. ↑ 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 Writing by J. K. Rowling: "Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry" at Wizarding World
  5. ↑ Writing by J. K. Rowling: "Mr Ollivander" at Wizarding World
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.7 6.8 Pottermore - "History of Magic in North America: 1920s Wizarding America"
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 (see this image)
  8. ↑ https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/1243304120389427201
  9. ↑ Pottermore (Wand selection ceremony)
  10. ↑ Pottermore (Apothecary: Unicorn Tail Hair)
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