Could anyone explain the "wand laws" in Harry Potter Book 7, and how Draco fit into all of this?

Answer 1

I assume you are asking about being a wand's master and how Malfoy could be the master of the Elder wand.

We know from the first book that something happens almost immediately when a witch or wizard gets the wand that is right for them and wandmakers, I'd guess through years of experience since the only two we ever meet certainly aren't young men when we meet them, are able to quickly recognize when a wand has choosen it's first master. When Harry tries wand after wand he feels foolish and nothing seems to happen. Then he tries his holy and phoenix feather wand and as soon as he touches it he can feel a warmth in his fingers. As he waves the wand, sparks fly out and Ollivander knows immediately that it's the right wand.

A person can use a wand that does not originally belong to them, but if they merely steal or take it (or have it given to them) it will never work the same as if it recognizes them as it's master. But if they defeat it's last master, the wand will accept them and work for them.

Malfoy became the master of the Elder wand, even though he never knew it, because he had disarmed Dumbledore. Dumbledore knew of the task Voldemort had set for Malfoy, and though he knew he was dieing he would steal have defended himself in a duel rather than freely let Malfoy tear his own soul. He didn't simply surrender and was then disarmed. Had he done so, he would still have been the wand's master when he died.

The wand Ron took from the snatchers never worked right for Harry, but it would have done so for Ron because he'd defeated the man before taking the wand. The wand would have given him it's alleigance because he had defeated it's last master. And when Harry defeats Malfoy and takes his hawthorn and unicorn hair wand, it sees Harry as it's new master.

But more importantly, the Elder wand can sense Malfoy's defeat. Most likely it can sense the wand with which Dumbledore was defeated and can sense that it has given it's alleigance to a new master. As it seems to give itself to new masters more often than anyother wand, then it will gives itself to a new master no matter whether or not it's old master was defeated while using it or not.

Answer 2

You've gotten some good answers here already. The only law left out so far is the one that all the wandmakers know: the wand chooses the wizard/witch. This is nicely illustrated in the first book when Harry is trying wands in Ollivander's shop. A couple of the wands he tries actually backfire, or cause explosions when he tries them. When he gets his phoenix feather cored wand into his hand, it immediately feels "right." The wand has chosen him.

Now we know that the wand chose Harry, because as the brother wand to Voldemort's wand, it recognized the Horcrux inside of him. What's really interesting is that the wand still recognized him and worked well after the Horcrux within was destroyed.

Answer 3

Draco fit only in the Elder Wand business. He became the true master of the Elder Wand because he Disarmed Dumbledore before he was killed by Snape. In that instant, Dumbledore was defeated. That was Voldemort's mistake, he thought it was Snape because he was the one who killed Dumbledore.

With the other wand laws, I admit it gets kinda confusing the way Dumbledore explained it to Harry. The first one was fairly easy, Voldemort and Harry share a twin core, being Fawke's feathers. It explains why their spells collided in the graveyard and Voldemort's last spells came out.

The other one was when Harry's wand acted on its own accord. Dumbledore explained that after Voldemort took Harry's blood, Harry's wand recognized Voldemort both as kin and as an enemy.

Answer 4

Draco disarmed Dumbledore before Snape killed him. But Voldemort did not know this about Draco, so he thought Snape was the master of the Elder Wand that he had stolen from Dumbledore's grave. So he killed Snape and still was not master.

Harry had disarmed Draco, which moved the power of the wand unto him. So the elder wand was his.

...Its confusing.

Answer 5

the elder wand one of the deathly hallows can only be given to by winning in a dual draco was disarmed by harry but draco did not have the elder wand he only had his wand but disarmed the one who disarmed dumbledore which was draco even thought snape killed dumbledore and thats how the wand is past to harry.