About Draco's being the owner of the Elder Wand?Why's that?

Question

Please I didn't get this one

Answer 1

Supposedly, the loyalty of a wand transfers to another owner when it is forcibly removed from the current owner, or when someone kills the current owner. Draco disarmed Dumbledore, with the intent of killing him, so he ended up in control of the Elder wand, even though Snape came along later and finished the job Draco had meant to do.

I suspect that the loyalties only change when the disarming occurs in a quite serious situation, when the disarmer has purposeful intent behind their actions - intent to kill, or injure, or intent to steal a wand from another - not just disarming in general. Harry disarmed practically everyone he ever met throughout the book; he'd be the owner of hundreds of wands at that rate. And everyone sparring in DADA classes would lose their wands to their opponents during disarming practice. Which wouldn't be very good at all.

Answer 2

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Hi. Draco disarmed Dumbledore, on top of the astronomy tower in book 6, Half-Blood Prince. Thus he defeated Dumbledore and became the rightful owner!

Snape then killed Dumbledore. The Elder Wand was buried with Dumbledore but Draco hadn't touched it.

When Harry disarms Draco in The Deathly Hallows, he becomes the owner of Draco's wand, and because of this, also becomes the new master of the Elder Wand, even though he hadn't touched it either.

Voldermort takes the Elder Wand from Dumbledore's tomb. Remember he STOLE it, he didn't win it.

When Harry faces Voldermort with Draco's wand, that he won, the Elder Wand recognises Harry as it's new master through Draco's wand.

The Elder Wand refuses to kill Harry but destroys the piece of Voldermort's soul, which is within him. (Voldermort doesn't know he made Harry a Horcrux)

When Voldermort casts the 'Avada Kadavra' curse against Harry - at the Battle of Hogwarts - Harry's 'shield' charm rebounds it back to Voldermort and kills him.

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PS after thought ---- Harry was actually the 'rightful' owner of the Elder Wand BEFORE Dumbledore even owned it. After-all he was the last surviving relative of Ignotus Peverelle. The original owner, for whom Death made the Elder Wand. And also, as the last surving Peverelle he also legally owned the Invisibility Cloak and the Resurrection Stone.

Answer 3

Go back to the chapter after Harry and Co. rescue Luna, Dean, Mr. Olivander and see Harry's talk with Olivander.

Olivander says that the two wands that Harry and Ron took from that battle will work for them like their original wands will, because wands choose their wizards, but will change their allegiance if they are won in a struggle.

At the end of HBP, Draco disarms a already dieing Dumbledore. By so doing, Draco wins the Elder Wand, even though he never touches it.

Likewise, when Harry overpowers Draco and takes his wand, not only did he win the loyalty of Draco's wand, but also the Elder Wand, whose master has been defeated.

In fact the history of that wand that JKR gives us strongly suggests that the Elder wand gives it allegiance to whoever physically defeats its master in any way.

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Answer 4

The ownership issue was only related to the Elder wand, I believe. Regular wands didn't change owners once they were disarmed--otherwise they'd have issues after every session of the DADA in book 5.

But Draco disarmed Dumbledore, who was the owner of the Elder wand at the time so the ownership transferred to Draco.

Answer 5

snape nicked his wand to kill dumbledore, so therefore he owns the wand.

then harry conquered malfoy and took his wand so he was in charge of the elder wand