When Harry beats Malfoy in 'The Deathly Hallows,' its allegiance transfers to him, and he uses it to repair his original wand after Voldemort is destroyed. Having stolen it in combat from a wand maker named Mykew Gregorovitch, Grindelwald uses the wand throughout his entire reign of terror until Dumbledore finally defeats him in a legendary duel in 1945, making Albus the wand's new master, and he uses it until his death in 'The Half-Blood Prince.' Afterwards, Voldemort attempts to master it without success - he hadn't won it in combat, and he didn't know that it was Draco Malfoy, not Severus Snape, who disarmed the wand and thus earned its allegiance. It's also said to only work for those who earn the wand in combat and will refuse to function for someone if it deems another wizard around them to be more powerful.

Both are incredibly difficult materials to work with, and the wand is said to only work for those who understand and accept the inevitable reality of their own mortality. The wand was made out of elder wood, the rarest of all wand wood types, using a thestral tail hair. Though saddened by the loss, Harry is ultimately able to repair it using the Elder Wand, which is able to perform feats that are otherwise impossible. Harry uses his wand throughout every book until, in the seventh and final entry in the series 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,' it's accidentally broken when a spell cast by Hermione Granger hits the wand as well as the villain attempting to kill Harry. Harry's wand was made using holly, a type of wood used relatively rarely within the wizarding world. According to tradition, holly is especially adept at providing protection and repelling evil, and the people that holly wands choose are typically kind, loving leaders. Because of this, when the mortal enemies clashed, the wands would recognize each other as brothers and create a 'reverse spell effect' that would blow up in Voldemort's face and even allow Harry's wand to absorb a portion of the dark lord's skill and prowess. The cores of both wands were made using the only two feathers that Albus Dumbledore's personal phoenix, Fawkes, ever allowed to be taken.

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