“Kill the spare”, commanded Lord Voldemort.
Just because Cedric Diggory, an innocent victim who was “in the way” of Voldemort’s pursuit of immorality and possession of evil, unchallenging powers. As a Harry Potter and the Wizarding World fan, the cruelty of Lord Voldemort’s ultimate desire for power might have provoked your inner peacemaker and left you asking,
“How can someone speak about killing like it’s nothing? Doesn’t he feel anything at all?”
But there’s always more to a story. So here we bring a feast to revive your Wizarding World’s memories and go back to where it all started.
The Twin Wands: A Destiny Bound By Magic
Long before they ever faced each other, Harry Potter and Tom Riddle, the boy who would become Lord Voldemort, were bound by a strange twist of fate.
Voldemort was no ordinary villain. Once a gifted student at Hogwarts, he turned into a dark sorcerer who was feared across the wizarding world. His name was whispered, if spoken at all, because he brought terror wherever he went. His hunger for power was endless, and his cruelty knew no limits.
Harry’s wand was made of holly wood with a phoenix feather core. Tom Riddle’s wand was a 13 and a half inches long yew wood, also with a phoenix feather at its heart. And here’s the twist: both feathers came from the same phoenix. This meant their wands were like siblings that were connected in a rare and magical way.
When these two wands met in battle, they recognized each other. They resisted harming each other’s master, which created a strange and powerful connection between Harry and Voldemort.
It was as if fate itself had placed two sides of the same coin in a duel: one who fought to save lives, and one who sought to control them.
The Birth Of Lord Voldemort
By the summer of 1943, in the village of Little Hangleton, Tom sought out the man who had abandoned him: his father, Tom Riddle Sr. From his uncle Morfin Gaunt, he learned the bitter truth of his bloodline. What happened then?
Morfin was struck down, his wand stolen. With it, Tom murdered his father and grandparents, then rewrote his uncle’s memory to take the blame. As he left, he carried not only the Gaunt family ring but also the satisfaction of a clean escape.
From that moment, Tom Riddle began to fade away. In his place rose Lord Voldemort, a name that severed all ties to his Muggle heritage. His ambitions reached beyond power alone; he sought to outwit death itself. The path he chose was that of the Horcrux, dark magic that required murder to fracture the soul. His first came from a small, ordinary diary, soaked in the tragedy of Myrtle Warren’s death at the hands of the Basilisk he had unleashed. But one Horcrux was not enough. His veiled questions to Professor Slughorn revealed his true intent: to split his soul into seven pieces.
Years later, he returned to the castle of his youth, seeking the Defence Against the Dark Arts post, though his motives reached far deeper than teaching. Dumbledore denied him, and Voldemort, in turn, left his mark on the position with a curse, ensuring no one would ever hold it for more than a single year.
Voldemort’s Wand Journey Through Blood and Fear
From his early rise as the leader of the Death Eaters to the height of his tyranny, Voldemort's magic wand was ever-present. With it, he vented the Unforgivable Curses without hesitation (murdering, torturing, and intimidating his enemies into silence).
It wasn’t only used for violence. This wand helped in the creation of Horcruxes, as we discussed earlier, acts of magic so dark they required murder to complete.
In one of the most famous clashes in magical history, the connection between his wand and Harry’s caused the Priori Incantatem effect, revealing ghostly echoes of Voldemort’s victims. The dark magic wand Harry Potter had used to destroy countless lives was, in that moment, powerless.
The Final Fall of Lord Voldemort
Before we get to Voldemort’s dramatic end, you need to understand why this moment was such a big deal.
Lord Voldemort was obsessed with power, especially the power to escape death. As long as even one Horcrux remained, Voldemort couldn’t truly die. Over the years, he hid them in secret places and protected them with dangerous magic.
But here’s the twist: destroying a Horcrux isn’t easy. You have to use magic so destructive that it completely wipes out the piece of soul inside. One by one, Harry Potter and his friends managed to track them down and destroy them:
Tom Riddle’s Diary – stabbed with a basilisk fang.
Marvolo Gaunt’s Ring – destroyed with the Sword of Gryffindor.
Salazar Slytherin’s Locket – cut with the sword.
Helga Hufflepuff’s Cup – also destroyed with a basilisk fang.
Rowena Ravenclaw’s Diadem – destroyed by cursed fire.
Nagini, Voldemort’s snake – killed in battle.
And finally, the part of his soul inside Harry himself—removed when Voldemort tried to kill Harry earlier that night.
By the time Voldemort stepped into the courtyard for the final showdown, he had no Horcruxes left. For the first time in decades, he was completely mortal.
The Last Duel
Voldemort believed that the Elder Wand, the most powerful wand in the wizarding world, would make him unbeatable. But what he didn’t know was “the wand’s loyalty belonged to Harry”. Earlier, Harry had won its allegiance without even realizing it.
When they faced each other, Voldemort’s magic wand went straight for the Killing Curse, the same curse he’d used to wipe out countless lives. Harry countered with Expelliarmus, a disarming spell. As the Elder wand refused to hurt its true master, the curse rebounded on Voldemort, which put a full stop to Voldemort’s all evil activities in the pursuit of power and immortality.
The Legacy of Fear
The weighty shadow that Voldemort's wand carries serves as a reminder to the wizarding community that cruelty, when combined with power, only results in devastation for humanity.
Voldemort's thought of magic as a means to attain power and immortality. For Harry or someone else, it could have been a force for incredibly fruitful deeds.
The Harry Potter wand fire moments we remember are all about the clash between hope and fear, between light and darkness. Voldemort’s wand will forever remain one of the most powerful symbols of how magic, like power itself, is only as noble, or as dangerous, as the one who wields it.
We bring you a Harry Potter wand that shoots fire, so recreate some of the most memorable events you remember about this series. We hope it brings fun and nostalgia at the same time.