Chapter 208: First wand
On monday Olivander tested Nick's skill level and finding it acceptable decided to move on to the second to last step of wand crafting , rune carving. "The runes most commonly used in wand creation have been chosen based on three factors , power , efficacy and efficiency. To be more specific how strong they make the wand , how well they worked regardless of magic channeled into them and how little smoothly they allow magic to go from wizard to spell." Olivander explained before writing out a set of runes on a piece of paper that consisted of four words.-
In a sentence these words would make no sense but as part of an enchantment they worked just fine. They were focus , spirit , small and pull , specifically if they were translated to english which Nick knew since he could read them easily. "Now the key to carving runes is consistency and precision , watch." Olivander said and split a housing before taking an engraving pen and carefully carving these words perfectly. "As you can see I carved the runes at the exact same depth and width apart. Right now I could put a wand core in this housing and close it up to make a weak but functional wand , like so." Olivander said.-
He then took a unicorn hair from the jar of them on the workbench and placed it carefully in the center of the wand before canceling the splitting charm causing the housing to close. Nothing happened but then Olivander picked up the wand and flicked it at a wood chip. Sparks came from the tip of the wand and Olivander nodded. "Oak , ten inches , rigid and prefers charms. All and all a useable wand." He said before handing the wand to Nick to examine.-
Nick could only chuckle at how the old man was planning to use the first years wand matching as a teaching opportunity. Still the ministries test to get a license for legal Veritological work was actually pretty strict as Nick needed to craft a wand from scratch with the ministry's provided materials. All while being scrutinized and graded by a team of three experts from the department of magical creation. He took his time and made sure to do his work in a neat and orderly fashion allowing him to finish the unicorn hair elder wood wand with no problems.
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