As everyone knew, Garrick Ollivander was one of the three greatest wandmakers in the European Wizarding World, as renowned as Gregorovitch of Northern Europe.
Some wizards, however, believed he was more than just that. They thought Ollivander was actually the best wandmaker in the entire world.
After all, plenty of foreigners made special trips to Diagon Alley just to buy a scepter made by Ollivander instead of purchasing one back home.
In any case!
Whatever the truth, no one could deny that old Mr. Ollivander was not only eccentric by nature, but also a master of his craft.
In particular, his rigorous, almost unforgiving standards and extraordinary theories about the mysterious connection between scepters and wizards set him apart from ordinary wandmakers.
So when customers came to buy a scepter, he first measured the user's arm, forearm, height, head circumference, and other dimensions. Then he used those measurements to choose a scepter for them.
He believed that every scepter was different. Besides being made from different woods, scepters also had different cores: Unicorn Hair, Phoenix Feather, or Dragon Heartstring. Those were all powerful magical materials, and when combined with complementary wand wood, they made a finished scepter likely to choose the wizard best suited to it, the one it found most appealing.
That was what old Ollivander had just rambled on about once again in the classroom, after seeing Annie alongside Dumbledore and the others.
After he had finished chattering and made Annie demonstrate several spells, he took her scepter and examined it intently.
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As for all the things he had just said, Annie was completely unimpressed.
Because, in her opinion, it was all nonsense!
In reality, she knew that the reason scepters chose wizards was simply that different materials had different frequencies, levels of magical affinity, and