Editing Magical objects in Harry Potter (section)

== Other objects ==

=== Deluminator ===
A '''deluminator''' is a device invented by Albus Dumbledore that can remove light from any light source.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Was Ron Weasley always destined to need the Deluminator? |url=https://www.wizardingworld.com/features/was-ron-destined-to-need-deluminator |access-date=2021-07-24 |website=Wizarding World |language=en}}</ref> It can also return the removed light to its source. The deluminator first appears in ''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone|Philosopher's Stone]]'' when Dumbledore uses it to darken Privet Drive.<ref name="HP1" /> In ''Deathly Hallows'', it is bequeathed to Ron Weasley in Dumbledore's will.<ref name=":2" /> Later in the novel, the deluminator serves a different function by helping Ron locate Harry and Hermione after he is separated from them. The device emits a ball of light that enters Ron's body and shows him the location of his friends.

=== Fake Galleon ===
In the novel ''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix|Order of the Phoenix]]'', the character [[Hermione Granger]] creates fake, enchanted [[Galleon (Harry Potter)|Galleon]] coins that are used for communication between members of the student organisation Dumbledore's Army. The coins have numerals around the edge which display the time and date of the group's next meeting.

=== Howler ===
In the ''Harry Potter'' novels and films, a '''Howler''' is a letter sent to express extreme anger or to convey a message very loudly and publicly. When the Howler is opened, the sender's voice bellows the message at a deafening volume. The letter then self-destructs by burning.<ref>{{HPref|book=2}}</ref>

=== Omnioculars ===
Omnioculars are presented as magical brass [[binoculars]]. Omnioculars, besides having the magnification capabilities of binoculars, have many other useful features. For example, they have the ability to slow down or replay something seen through the lenses, at the expense of the live view. They also have a play-by-play feature, where the names of moves performed by Quidditch players are shown in bright purple letters across the Omnioculars' lenses.<ref name="HP4"/> Omnioculars also have the ability to list the names and numbers of the players, and can zero in on players rapidly.

=== Spellotape ===
'''Spellotape''' serves as magical [[adhesive tape]]. It is named after [[Sellotape]], a popular brand which has become a [[Generic trademark|generic name]] for transparent adhesive tape in the United Kingdom.<ref>{{cite book |last=Boyle |first=Fiona |title=A Muggle's Guide to the Wizarding World: Exploring The Harry Potter Universe |publisher=[[ECW Press]] |year=2004 |page=[https://archive.org/details/mugglesguidetowi0000boyl/page/363 363] |isbn=1-55022-655-X |url=https://archive.org/details/mugglesguidetowi0000boyl/page/363 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Whited |first=Lana A. |title=The Ivory Tower and Harry Potter: Perspectives on a Literary Phenomenon |url=https://archive.org/details/ivorytowerharryp00whit |url-access=limited |publisher=[[University of Missouri Press]] |year=2002 |page=[https://archive.org/details/ivorytowerharryp00whit/page/n292 280] |isbn=0-8262-1549-1}}</ref>

=== Wand ===
In the ''Harry Potter'' universe, A [[wand]] is a wooden rod used to perform spells. It is crafted by a wandmaker, who inserts a "core" into the wandwood. Common cores include [[phoenix (mythology)|phoenix]] tail feathers, [[unicorn]] tail hairs, and dragon heartstrings. The only wand shop depicted in the novels is [[Places in Harry Potter#Ollivanders|Ollivanders]], which is run by the wandmaker [[Garrick Ollivander]].  Russian wandmaker Mykew Gregorovitch is mentioned several times - [[Victor Krum]] acknowledges Ollivander's skill, but states that Gregorovitch's wands are the best.

In the United States, wand cores are created from the horn of river serpents, [[Wampus cat|Wampus]] hair, Snallygaster heartstring, and [[Jackalope]] antlers, a practice originated in the 17th century by the first American wandmaker, Isolt Sayre, an Irish immigrant who founded the [[Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]] in [[Massachusetts]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pottermore.com/writing-by-jk-rowling/ilvermorny |title=Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry |publisher=Pottermore |date=1999-02-22 |access-date=2017-03-01}}</ref>

A wand is generally considered a very personal object. Wands belonging to other wizards can be borrowed, resulting in a comparatively less potent effect.<ref name="HP12">{{HPref|book=1}}</ref> In ''Philosopher's Stone'', Harry had to try out many wands before he found one that "chose him". Wands with cores from the same source give strange effects (''[[Priori Incantatem]]'') when forced to fight each other, as is the case with Harry and Voldemort's wands. In ''Goblet of Fire'', it is revealed each of their wands contains a tail feather from [[Magical creatures (Harry Potter)#Fawkes|Fawkes]], the phoenix belonging to Dumbledore. After ''Priori Incantatem'', the wands get to know the opposites' master, as explained in ''Deathly Hallows''. While, according to Ollivander, any object can channel magic if the wizard is strong enough, wands are the most commonly used because of their efficiency (due to the owner's bond with the wand itself). This can explain how some wizards are able to use spells without wands (for example, retrieving an item with ''Accio'').

Furthermore, wands are able to be won from a witch or wizard and can therefore change their allegiance. This is the case when Harry takes Draco's wand at Malfoy Manor, and consequently the wand's allegiance swaps to Harry, as explained by Ollivander; and, by extension, so does the allegiance of the Elder Wand, which itself has changed hands many times. Not all wands change their allegiance - when discussing Bellatrix Lestrange's wand Ollivander describes it as "unyeilding" and Hermione finds using it "distasteful" and difficult.  Should a wizard be expelled from Hogwarts, their wand is snapped in half. This type of damage is usually irreparable, although at the end of The Deathly Hallows Harry uses the Elder wand to successfully repair his original snapped wand.