Wandlore

Walnut • Wandmaking A wand wood (Pm). Read More

Wampus Cat • Creature The Wampus cat is a magical creature, featured in No-Maj American folklore, which lives in the forests of East Tennessee. The Wampus cat is described as being similar to a cougar. Its great strength and speed make it nearly impossible to kill. Young Wampus kittens are playful and known to be active at… Read More

Wampus Hair • Wandmaking Wampus hair is used as a wand core, and is used by Isolt Sayre to make wands for those who come to Ilvermony. Read More

arrows (wand arrows) • Magical effects Shoots arrows out of a wand.  … Read More

Wand Ban of 1631 is passed • Event The Wand Ban of 1631 is the First Article of the Wizards’ Convention. It makes it illegal for any non-human magical being to carry a wand (JKR-W3). Read More

Wand of Destiny • Magical objects Another name for the Elder Wand, one of the Deathly Hallows (DH21, DH24, TBB/TTB). Read More

wand effects — "non-verbal" • Magical effects non-verbal magical effects Causes loud booming noises, sparks, or flashes of light, designed to get people’s attention. Read More

Wand-Extinguishing Charm — "Nox" • Spells The Wand-Extinguishing Charm turns off the light cast by the Wand-Lighting Charm. Read More

Wand-Lighting Charm — "Lumos" • Spells The Wand-Lighting Charm causes a small beam of light to shine from the end of the caster’s wand. The light is a directed beam rather than a general light source. Read More

Wandlore • Areas of knowledge Wandlore is a mysterious and ancient branch of magic that involves the study of wand ownership and wand power. Read More

Wand-polisher • Magical objects A complicated device made with feathers used by the Wand-shine Elf to polish wands in the MACUSA Lobby in 1926 (WFT). Read More

Wands • Magical objects Most human magic is done using a wand. The wand serves as a tool to focus and control the magical energy of the spell. It is possible to cast spells without using a wand, but for most wizards results are unfocused (CR). House-elves and goblins are not permitted to carry wands,… Read More

Wand-shine Elf • Character In the MACUSA Lobby in 1926, a house-elf was shining wands using a feathery contraption (WFT). Read More

Wand Sleep • Wandmaking A “single sibilant word” in the snake-language Parseltongue that when uttered made the wand of Salazar Slytherin go to sleep and become unusable (Pm). Read More

wand sparks — "silent with use of wand" • Spells Wand sparks are red or green sparks emitted from the wand, used as a signal. Read More

wand writing • Spells Emits an animated ribbon from the tip of the wand that spells words or forms numbers… Read More

Warning of the Horned Serpent • Communication A Horned Serpent in the creek near Ilvermorny School gave Isolt Sayre the same warning over and over: “Until I am part of your family, your family is doomed” (Pm). Read More

Water-Making Spell — "Aguamenti" • Spells The Water-Making Spell conjures a fountain or jet of clear drinkable water from the caster’s wand. Read More

The Weighing of the Wands • Event Garrick Ollivander makes sure the champions’ wands all work properly. They all do. Photos are taken for the Prophet (GF18). Read More

White River Monster • Creature A legendary water creature found in the White River of Arkansas, possibly a giant fish with large spines on its back (Pm). Read More

Willow • Wandmaking Willow is a tree which produces wand wood (Pm). Read More

Shikoba Wolfe • Character Shikoba Wolfe was one of the four great wandmakers in United States in the 1920s. Wolfe was famous for her intricately carved wands with the core of a Thunderbird tailfeather. Her heritage was Choctaw (Pm). Read More