Harry Potter · Character
Garrick Ollivander
Also known as Mr. Ollivander
- Supporting
- First seen · Book 1 · Ch. 4
Garrick Ollivander is a supporting character in Harry Potter (Book 1).
- Gender
- male
- Age
- elderly
- First appears
- Book 1 · Ch. 4
- Books
- 2
Garrick Ollivander, the eccentric and silvery-eyed wandmaker of Diagon Alley, first appears as the man who fits eleven-year-old Harry with the holly and phoenix feather wand whose core is twinned with Voldemort's, an eerie connection he remembers with unsettling clarity. He returns in Goblet of Fire as the expert summoned to the Weighing of the Wands, where his delighted, almost reverent inspection of each champion's wand confirms him as the wizarding world's foremost authority on wandlore. His knowledge of brother wands quietly shapes later events, from the graveyard duel's Priori Incantatem to the wider struggle in which his expertise makes him a target sought by Voldemort himself.
Description
Mr. Ollivander is an elderly thin man with wide pale silvery eyes that shine like full moons, piercing and luminous. His long white fingers, slender and spider-like, move with delicate precision. Silvery hair frames his sharp face, and he wears dusty formal robes in his cluttered shop, exuding an eerie, otherworldly presence. Ollivander is an elderly wizard distinguished by large, pale eyes that give his otherwise quiet expression an unusually intent quality. His build, hair, skin tone, and precise clothing are not described. He carries himself with stillness and concentration, seeming wholly absorbed whenever a wand is in his hands.
Connections
Family & partnersFriends & mentorsRivals
Albus DumbledoreProfessional acquaintance
Dumbledore relies on Ollivander's expertise, bringing him to Hogwarts to judge the champions' wands during the Triwizard Tournament.
Cedric DiggoryWandmaker / customer
Ollivander fondly recognizes the ash and unicorn-hair wand he made for Cedric during the Weighing of the Wands.
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Fleur DelacourWand examiner
Examines Fleur's wand with fascination, though he notes he himself never uses Veela hair as a core.
Harry PotterWandmaker / customer
Ollivander sells Harry his first wand in Book 1, unsettling him with its connection to Voldemort; in Book 4 he re-examines that same wand at the Weighing of the Wands, keeping a curious eye on its fate.
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Lord VoldemortWandmaker / former customer
Ollivander remembers selling young Tom Riddle the yew wand that is brother to Harry's, a link that gains deadly significance by the end of Book 4.
- VK
Viktor KrumWand examiner
Inspects Krum's thick hornbeam wand made by the rival wandmaker Gregorovitch, offering grudging professional assessment.
Story so far
BOOK 1Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
- Greets Harry in his dusty, wand-crammed shop on Diagon Alley, recalling the wands he sold to Harry's parents
- Measures Harry with self-measuring tape and tries numerous wands before one chooses him
- Reveals that Harry's holly and phoenix feather wand shares a core with the wand that gave Harry his scar, belonging to Voldemort
- Remarks that great things can be expected of Harry, since Voldemort did great things, terrible but great
BOOK 4Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
- Summoned to Hogwarts to conduct the Weighing of the Wands before the First Task of the Triwizard Tournament
- Examines Fleur Delacour's wand, noting its unusual Veela-hair core from her grandmother
- Inspects Cedric Diggory's ash wand, which he remembers selling, and critiques Viktor Krum's Gregorovitch-made wand with professional interest
- Tests Harry's wand last, lingering over it before declaring it in perfect order
- His lore on twin-cored wands underpins the Priori Incantatem phenomenon in Harry's graveyard duel with Voldemort
Appearances
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