Garrick Ollivander is a character in the Harry Potter book series. Ollivander is a wizard, a student of wandlore, and one of the greatest wandmakers ever known. He is the owner of Ollivanders Wand Shop, selling wands to generations of witches and wizards.
Biography[]
Early life[]
Garrick Ollivander was born into the Ollivander family. He inherited the family's wand shop, Ollivanders.[1]
Garrick proved to have exceptional talent for wandmaking. He was very good at remembering every wand he ever sold, and he was very smart and particularly knowledgable about wandlore. Garrick loved a challenge and took great enthusiasm when a customer was struggling to find the right wand. But he was very eccentric in character, and could appear odd and peculiar. He used only three wand cores, and not one wand he made was the same.[1]
It's unknown when Garrick took over the family business but it was by the summer of 1938 when Tom Riddle purchased a wand from him. He also sold wands to Rubeus Hagrid in 1939, and James Potter and Lily Evans in 1971.[1]
Philosopher's Stone[]
In July 1991, Harry Potter purchased a wand at Ollivanders. He had thought that Harry could be popping by any day now. He thought Harry looked like Lily and without blinking, started telling him about the wands that she and James purchased. He explained that he would never have given Tom Riddle a wand if he knew what he was going to do. He asked about Hagrid's wand, and whether they broke it when he was expelled.[1]
Ollivander measured Harry while he explained how the wand selected the wizard, not the other way round. Ollivander gave Harry a few wands but he could not find the right one, which he was very happy about. He gave him a wand of an unusual combination, holly and phoenix feather, and it proved to be the right wand. Ollivander thought it was curious because the phoenix feather was given by a creature who gave only two feathers, the other being in Voldemort's wand. He was fascinated by Voldemort's power.[1]
Appearance[]
Garrick is an elderly man with wide, pale eyes that shine silver.[1]