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Post by ADMIN CHIP?! on Jul 9, 2012 13:34:49 GMT -5
Wand Guide
The qualities described in the posts below are merely guidelines if you experience issues with figuring out how your wand should look/feel and which qualities it should posses. This is merely supposed to be a guide, not particularly strict or something we would ever reject an application for. Feel free to be creative with your wands!
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Post by ADMIN CHIP?! on Jul 9, 2012 13:41:40 GMT -5
Length, Strength, Surface and Shape:
Length:
The wand is from 7-14 inches. The shorter the wand, the less flexible/tolerant the owner will be.
Wood Strength:
Pliable: Transfiguration. Easy-going but strong-willed.
Swishy: Charms. Playful but weak-willed.
Rigid: Defensive Magic. Headstrong and unyielding.
Springy: Charms. Energetic disposition and friendly.
Inflexible: Hexes and Curses. Willful disposition and doesn't back down.
Bendy: Divination. Flexible nature, open to new ideas and knowledge.
Brittle: Dark Magic. Insecurity, lack of self-confidence or lust for power.
Supple: Good for protective and defensive magic. Kind and protective.
Wood Surface and Shape:
Knobby: Earthy and Strong.
Smooth: Calm and Collected, Image minded.
Spiraled Shaft: Quick witted and Open-Minded
Bent Shaft: Quirky and Entertaining.
Decorated Shaft: Image/beauty Minded, Usually Ambitious.
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Post by ADMIN CHIP?! on Jul 9, 2012 13:50:15 GMT -5
Cores:
Common Cores:
Most common cores. Ollivander uses only these three.
Phoenix Feather: Great for all sorts of spells, but especially defensive Magic.
Unicorn Tail Hair: Great for charms. Usually chooses the pure of heart.
Dragon Heartstring: Particularly great for flamboyant spells, hexes and curses, learns quickly, they tend to be easy to turn to the Dark Arts if the owner wishes it. Temperamental, powerful, can be extremely dangerous if it's combined with certain woods.
Other Cores:
Less Common, but still available
Demiguise Hair: Transfiguration
Hippogriff Talon: Charms
Runespoor Fang: Dark Magic
Hair from the Mane of a Kelpie: Excellent for all Wandwork
Ashwinder Ash: Protection Charms
Specialty Cores:
Either very rare, or can only be passed down through family.
Chimera Scale: Rare and extremely Powerful.
Leprechaun Hair: Temperamental to the Non-Irish. Useful for luck and money charms.
Veela Hair: Extremely temperamental, volatile to non-Veelas. Transfiguration.
Fairy Hair: Good for charms, especially love and beauty charms.
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Post by ADMIN CHIP?! on Jul 9, 2012 13:59:26 GMT -5
Woods:
African Blackwood: Divination and Dark Magic
Alder: Protection charms and Counter Curses
Almond: Charms
Apple: Charms and Healing Spells
Apricot: Divination
Ash: Transfiguration
Aspen: Spoken magic (Most spells rather)
Beech: Divination
Birch: Charms and Protection Spells
Black Palm: Nature Magic (Not good for healing though)
Blackthorn: Divination and the Dark Arts
Bloodwood: Divination
Bocote: Healing and Love Charms
Bubinga: Divination and Love Charms
Cedar: Love and Defensive Magic
Cherry: Nature Magic
Cocobolo: Curses, Transfiguration and Divination.
Ebony: Luck charms and Defensive Magic
Elder: Defensive spells and Counter Curses.
Elm: Transfiguration
Eucalyptus: Healing
Fir: Divination
Hawthorn: Any Spells, but particularly Defensive Magic. Great for Dueling.
Hazel: Divination and Love Charms
Hickory: Transfiguration
Holly: Defensive spells
Hornbeam: No listed meaning
Ivy: Transfiguration and Defensive Magic
Lacewood: Divination and Luck charms
Larch: Divination and Defensive Magic
Lignum Vitae: Very Lucky. Great for any spell, but especially Healing and Luck spells.
Mahogany: Nature Magic - Not good for Divination
Maple: Most Spells and Mind magic
Myrtlewood: Healing, Love Charms and Transfiguration
Oak: Charms, Healing and Nature Magic
Olive: No listed meaning.
Padauk: Curses and Dark Magic. Not for beginners
Pear: Healing and Charms
Pine: Healing
Pink Ivory: No Listed Meaning
Poplar: Healing
Purpleheart: Divination
Reed: Prootective charms and Transfiguration
Rosewood: Healing
Rowan: Divination
Silver Maple: Divination
Teak: Transfiguration
Vine: Protective charms and Divination
Walnut: No listed meaning
Wenge: Transfiguration
Willow: Excellent for spells and love charms
Yellowheart: Divination
Yew: Dark Magic and Necromancy
Zebrawood: Charms and Love Spells
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