Hogwarts Legacy's Elder Wand Is Definitely Breaking Canon
On top of being able to use ancient magic, the player can also wield the Elder Wand in, but this is quite contradictory to canon. Throughout its lengthy and complicated history, the wand has cycled through numerous different owners, so its existence in the open-world RPG isn't all too surprising. However, it's the manner in which the player obtains the Elder Wand that makes it break lore entirely.
The Elder Wand isn't the first instance in which diverges away from the main series' story. Although it's clear that Portkey Games closely followed in suit of the books and the films, a few minor changes were made to the wizarding world (such as the early inclusion of racing broomsticks). In some ways, may become more important than canon lore — but when it comes to a plot point as crucial as the Elder Wand, it may have some stranger implications.
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In, players can obtain the Elder Wand in one of two ways. It's possible to recreate Dumbledore's iconic wand through the in-game wand customization menu by selecting elder wood, unyielding flexibility, maximum wand length, any wand core, and the dark brown "" style. However, students can have the Elder Wand choose them instead, if they give a specific set of answers during the Fan Club wand quiz. Regardless of which method a witch or wizard uses to get ahold of this wand, though, it doesn't quite fit into lore.
It's essential knowledge in 's wizarding world that the Elder Wand was around long before the events of the game. An in-universe folk story,, describes it as having been created by Death himself, and because of this, it holds a special property: it's undefeatable in a duel, but if the owner of the
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