“That wand still isn’t working properly for you because you murdered the wrong person. Severus Snape was never the true master of the Elder Wand. He never defeated Dumbledore.”
Voldemort não sabia quem era o verdadeiro dono da varinha. Dumbledore convencera Snape a matá-lo. Uma vez que isto foi arranjado a morte, a lealdade da varinha permaneceria com Dumbledore. Voldemort pensou que matar Snape iria transferir a lealdade da varinha para si mesmo.
“Aren’t you listening? Snape never beat Dumbledore! Dumbledore’s death was planned between them! Dumbledore intended to die undefeated, the wand’s last true master! If all had gone as planned, the wand’s power would have died with him, because it had never been won from him!”
O novo dono da varinha, não sabia que ele havia conquistado a lealdade da varinha mais velha ao desarmar Dumbledore.
“You still don’t get it, Riddle, do you? Possessing the wand isn’t enough! Holding it, using it, doesn’t make it really yours. Didn’t you listen to Ollivander? The wand chooses the wizard. The Elder Wand recognized a new master before Dumbledore died, someone who never even laid a hand on it. The new master removed the wand from Dumbledore against his will, never realizing exactly what he had done, or that the world’s most dangerous wand had given him its allegiance
O novo proprietário é / foi
“The true master of the Elder Wand was Draco Malfoy.”
Mas o novo proprietário foi desarmado (fisicamente ou sem magia) por outro assistente. A varinha mais velha é a varinha de poder. Ele percebeu uma mudança de propriedade.
“But you’re too late,” said Harry. “You’ve missed your chance. I got there first. I overpowered Draco weeks ago. I took this wand from him.”
Assim, o novo / atual proprietário da varinha mais velha é:
“So it all comes down to this, doesn’t it?” whispered Harry. “Does the wand in your hand know its last master was Disarmed? Because if it does . . . I am the true master of the Elder Wand.”
A varinha mais velha não tem lealdade, sempre se associa ao bruxo mais poderoso.
Citando J.K. Rowling aqui
The Elder Wand knows no loyalty except to strength. So it's completely unsentimental. It will only go where the power is. So if you win, then you've won the wand. So you don't need to kill with it. But, as is pointed out in the books, not least by Dumbledore because it is a wand of such immense power, almost inevitably, it attracts wizards who are prepared to kill and who will kill. And also it attracts wizards like Voldemort who confuse being prepared to murder with strength.
Referred from PotterCast Interviews J.K. Rowling, part two.