POTTERMORE WANDS/HOUSES!

[megan lynn aldridge]

I've been sorting my characters and it's entertaining.
So, I'll post on here what everyone gets. Aha.

WAND:

Hornbeam
My own wand is made of hornbeam, and so it is with all due
modesty that I state that hornbeam selects for its life mate
the talented witch or wizard with a single, pure passion,
which some might call obsession (though I prefer the term
‘vision’), which will almost always be realised. Hornbeam
wands adapt more quickly than almost any other to their
owner’s style of magic, and will become so personalised, so
quickly, that other people will find them extremely difficult
to use even for the most simple of spells. Hornbeam wands
likewise absorb their owner’s code of honour, whatever that
might be, and will refuse to perform acts - whether for good or
ill - that do not tally with their master’s principles. A
particularly fine-tuned and sentient wand.

Dragon Core

As a rule, dragon heartstrings produce wands with the
most power, and which are capable of the most flamboyant
spells. Dragon wands tend to learn more quickly than other
types. While they can change allegiance if won from their
original master, they always bond strongly with the current
owner.The dragon wand tends to be easiest to turn to the
Dark Arts, though it will not incline that way of its own
accord. It is also the most prone of the three cores to accidents,
being somewhat temperamental.

Fourteen and a quarter inches. Supple.

House:
Slytherin

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[erinn lacey thomas]

WAND:

Pine

The straight-grained pine wand always chooses an
independent, individual master who may be perceived as a
loner, intriguing and perhaps mysterious. Pine wands enjoy
being used creatively, and unlike some others, will adapt
unprotestingly to new methods and spells. Many
wandmakers insist that pine wands are able to detect, and
perform best for, owners who are destined for long lives, and I
can confirm this in as much as I have never personally
known the master of a pine wand to die young. The pine
wand is one of those that is most sensitive to non-verbal
magic.

Phoenix Core

This is the rarest core type. Phoenix feathers are capable of
the greatest range of magic, though they may take longer
than either unicorn or dragon cores to reveal this. They show
the most initiative, sometimes acting of their own accord, a
quality that many witches and wizards dislike.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.

Nine and three quarter inches. Brittle.

HOUSE:
Gryffindor

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[felix ian wood]

WAND:

Pine

The true match for a beech wand will be, if young, wise
beyond his or her years, and if full-grown, rich in
understanding and experience. Beech wands perform very
weakly for the narrow-minded and intolerant. Such wizards
and witches, having obtained a beech wand without having
been suitably matched (yet coveting this most desirable,
richly hued and highly prized wand wood), have often
presented themselves at the homes of learned wandmakers
such as myself, demanding to know the reason for their
handsome wand’s lack of power. When properly matched, the
beech wand is capable of a subtlety and artistry rarely seen
in any other wood, hence its lustrous reputation.

Phoenix Core

This is the rarest core type. Phoenix feathers are capable of
the greatest range of magic, though they may take longer
than either unicorn or dragon cores to reveal this. They show
the most initiative, sometimes acting of their own accord, a
quality that many witches and wizards dislike.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.

Thirteen inches. Reasonably supple.

HOUSE:
Hufflepuff

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[ariella evelyn davies]

WAND:

Sycamore
The sycamore makes a questing wand, eager for new
experience and losing brilliance if engaged in mundane
activities. It is a quirk of these handsome wands that they
may combust if allowed to become ‘bored,’ and many witches
and wizards, settling down into middle age, are disconcerted
to find their trusty wand bursting into flame in their hand
as they ask it, one more time, to fetch their slippers. As may
be deduced, the sycamore’s ideal owner is curious, vital and
adventurous, and when paired with such an owner, it
demonstrates a capacity to learn and adapt that earns it a
rightful place among the world's most highly-prized wand
woods. .

Dragon Core

As a rule, dragon heartstrings produce wands with the
most power, and which are capable of the most flamboyant
spells. Dragon wands tend to learn more quickly than other
types. While they can change allegiance if won from their
original master, they always bond strongly with the current
owner.The dragon wand tends to be easiest to turn to the
Dark Arts, though it will not incline that way of its own
accord. It is also the most prone of the three cores to accidents,
being somewhat temperamental.

Twelve and a half inches. Unbending.

HOUSE:
Gryffindor

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[alexandria jade munroe]

WAND:

Elder
The rarest wand wood of all, and reputed to be deeply
unlucky, the elder wand is trickier to master than any other.
It contains powerful magic, but scorns to remain with any
owner who is not the superior of his or her company; it takes
a remarkable wizard to keep the elder wand for any length of
time. The old superstition, ‘wand of elder, never prosper,’ has
its basis in this fear of the wand, but in fact, the superstition
is baseless, and those foolish wandmakers who refuse to work
with elder do so more because they doubt they will be able to
sell their products than from fear of working with this wood.
The truth is that only a highly unusual person will find their
perfect match in elder, and on the rare occasion when such a
pairing occurs, I take it as certain that the witch or wizard in
question is marked out for a special destiny. An additional
fact that I have unearthed during my long years of study is
that the owners of elder wands almost always feel a powerful
affinity with those chosen by rowan.

Unicorn Core

Unicorn hair generally produces the most consistent
magic, and is least subject to fluctuations and blockages.
Wands with unicorn cores are generally the most difficult to
turn to the Dark Arts. They are the most faithful of all wands,
and usually remain strongly attached to their first owner,
irrespective of whether he or she was an accomplished witch
or wizard.Minor disadvantages of unicorn hair are that they
do not make the most powerful wands (although the wand
wood may compensate) and that they are prone to
melancholy if seriously mishandled, meaning that the hair
may 'die' and need replacing..

Ten and three quarter inches. Hard.

HOUSE:
Ravenclaw

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[ellie katherine wood]

WAND:

Aspen

Wand-quality aspen wood is white and fine-grained, and highly prized by all wand-makers for its stylish resemblance to ivory and its usually outstanding charmwork. The proper owner of the aspen wand is often an accomplished duellist, or destined to be so, for the aspen wand is one of those particularly suited to martial magic. An infamous and secretive eighteenth-century duelling club, which called itself The Silver Spears, was reputed to admit only those who owned aspen wands. In my experience, aspen wand owners are generally strong-minded and determined, more likely than most to be attracted by quests and new orders; this is a wand for revolutionaries.

Dragon Core

As a rule, dragon heartstrings produce wands with the
most power, and which are capable of the most flamboyant
spells. Dragon wands tend to learn more quickly than other
types. While they can change allegiance if won from their
original master, they always bond strongly with the current
owner.The dragon wand tends to be easiest to turn to the
Dark Arts, though it will not incline that way of its own
accord. It is also the most prone of the three cores to accidents,
being somewhat temperamental.

Twelve and a half inches. Unbending.

House:
Gryffindor

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[isabelle jade adler]

WAND:

English Oak

A wand for good times and bad, this is a friend as loyal as the wizard who deserves it. Wands of English oak demand partners of strength, courage and fidelity. Less well-known is the propensity for owners of English oak wands to have powerful intuition, and, often, an affinity with the magic of the natural world, with the creatures and plants that are necessary to wizardkind for both magic and pleasure. The oak tree is called King of the Forest from the winter solstice up until the summer solstice, and its wood should only be collected during that time (holly becomes King as the days begin to shorten again, and so holly should only be gathered as the year wanes. This divide is believed to be the origin of the old superstition, “when his wand’s oak and hers is holly, then to marry would be folly,” a superstition that I have found baseless). It is said that Merlin’s wand was of English oak (though his grave has never been found, so this cannot be proven).

Phoenix Feather

This is the rarest core type. Phoenix feathers are capable of
the greatest range of magic, though they may take longer
than either unicorn or dragon cores to reveal this. They show
the most initiative, sometimes acting of their own accord, a
quality that many witches and wizards dislike.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.

Ten and three quarters inches. Supple.

House:
Slytherin

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