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There is no good.

There is no evil.

There is only power.

That's the first thing any wandmaker must accept.

Very few people can get past this; that is why so few people are able to
learn how to craft wands. It takes a certain amount of skill to be able to
feel which materials will combine to form a powerful wand; it takes even
more to help the wand find the right owner. When you combine all the
necessary traits together, there are very few people who can make wands-
fewer still who can become master wandmakers, like myself.

Phoenix feathers, dragon heartstrings, unicorn hair, combined with various
woods to enhance their strength and bring out various properties. Each
wand is polished and honed, balanced so its intrinsic magical nature is at
its peak. This is common knowledge.

There are some secrets, though, only wandmakers know. For each wand I
make, I make at least one twin. Only an idiot would be unaware of the
potential danger of this, but this is also a precautionary step. For when
wizard go bad, as they say, the only thing that can stop them is
themselves. I help things on there way- just because I don't believe in
good or evil, doesn't mean I don't play favorites. I prefer kindness to
cruelty.

But I serve both.

I am not the world's moral compass; it is not my decision who should have
a wand and who should not. There are ways around using a wand, for the
truly determined wizard, so I do not put the burden of that choice in my
own hands. Rather, I let the Ministry handle it, incompetent though they
may be at times.

The safeguards I take are of a more subtle kind.

Power... what happens when one wizard grows too powerful? There is a
balance in the world, between all the forces of magic, and when this
balance is swings too far to once side, it must be set aright. I am not
some foolish do-gooder, who tries to fix the world's problems. I am a
wandmaker. Both sides need my skills.

Priori Incantatem... the reverse spell effect. When two wands meet in duel
that have the same core, one of the wands will have all of its spells
undone, for as long as the contact is maintained. It is this effect that I
know of, and most wandmakers use to their advantage. We never make a wand
that does not have a brother.

The wand chooses the wizard... I say that often. I have said that to every
young witch or wizard who had ever bought their first wand from me. The
wands seem almost sentient at times, only going out into the world when
they are needed. I used to wonder at that, but now I've stopped. I live in
a magically world, and there is much that is unexplained. Perhaps it is
best that way.

Perhaps the only the a good wandmaker needs is a certain lack. A lack of
conscious. After all, who else would sell wands to the Grindelwalds and
Voldemorts of the world? But without us, would the Harry Potters and
Dumbledores ever exist? So I sell wands to any who can use them, matching
the wand to the wizard. And each time I make a new wand, a part of me
wonders whose hand it is destined for, and what deeds they will perform
with it.