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The Wand of Salazar Slytherin by Mathias_Greyjoy
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elcome back Noble students of wandlore! I am most proud to present to you the legendary heirloom wand of Salazar Slytherin himself, greatest of the Hogwarts four! Yes indeed, Salazar Slytherin owned a wand of his own making, seventeen inches long, made of Snakewood, and containing a fragment of a magical snake’s horn: in this case, a Basilisk. The wand had the distinction of being able to "sleep" when so instructed, losing its ability to perform magic, an ability taught to it by Slytherin himself. After his death, the wand and its secret powers were handed down through the centuries to each member of Slytherin’s family who possessed it. By the early 1600s it was in the possession of Slytherin’s last living scions, the House of Gaunt. The wand was stolen by one of his descendants, Isolt Sayre from her aunt Gormlaith Gaunt in 1620, when the young girl fled to the New World aboard the Mayflower. Once in America, she used the wand to found Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The wand was deactivated by Gormlaith herself when she tracked down her niece and, following Gormlaith’s death, the wand permanently
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