Since breaking into Nurmengard and "picking up" Grindelwald's wand, Voldemort had not simply trusted his instincts and concluded that the "Deathstick" was fake. Instead, he took it to visit a wandmaker who had previously fled to the Mediterranean Sea in terror.
A visit from Voldemort was never a good thing.
Not long ago, several wandmakers who had received visits from Voldemort had vanished without a trace.
Anyone could guess their fate.
As one of the few wandmakers left in Europe, Ollivander had fled with his family as soon as he discovered that his colleagues were in trouble.
However, one night, when he opened his door and saw Voldemort draped in a black cloak, his mentality collapsed completely.
Still, the wandmaker forced down his fear, invited Voldemort inside to talk, and asked what he wanted.
When Voldemort took out the Deathstick and asked him to appraise it, the wandmaker carefully examined it while suppressing his terror, then gave his verdict: fake?
Fake?
Though Voldemort had expected as much, hearing it with his own ears still left him unable to suppress his fury.
Just as he was about to vent his anger on the wandmaker before him, he heard the trembling voice continue, "I don't know why you think this is the legendary Deathstick, but I can say with certainty that it is merely a wand made not long ago. A professional wandmaker can tell from certain subtle traces that this wand was only recently crafted. Still, its maker must have been quite an outstanding wandmaker. There are very few such excellent wandmakers left in all of Europe now."
Perhaps to save his own life, the nearly middle-aged Ollivander was doing everything he could to demonstrate his value to Voldemort, lest the other man casually kill him once he was done with