Wand Core Properties

The core of a wand is a magical substance laid within the axis of the wand shaft. Usually comprised of hair, feather, or bone fragments extracted from a Magical Creature, the core is the part of a wand that is most attuned to the wizard’s type of magic. The materials used for wand cores can vary widely, although certain wand-makers may prefer to use certain materials. A wide variety of cores have been documented, including cactus cat spine, lightning snake bone, snipe antennae, triple eagle feather, troll whisker, and wyvern heartstring. The properties of the wand core determine the level of sheer magical power the wand can channel and which types of magic the wand has affinity for. The compatibility between the properties of the wand shaft and the wand core are of clear significance, and synergy between them can significantly impact the results of casting. Ill-crafted wands, with a core and shaft that are poorly tuned, can result in unpredictable and even harmful spellcasting. It is believed that some dark wizards purposefully create misaligned wands in order to harness the negative energies and disharmonies for their own power and use. Tricksters with more ability than sense may also build and set out wands with haphazard effects for their entertainment as other wizards attempt to use them.

While there are understood wand core properties, it should not go unnoticed that the wand wood may influence the core's properties. For example, a rowan wand with a humfaerie hair core may be especially volatile and produce powerful, yet difficult to control spells on account of rowan typically being anti-miroven, and humfaerie hair being a miroven component. Other Rowan and humfaerie hair wands, however, might be incredibly weak because the balance between core and wood is different and the two cancel each other out more than compete.

Creature	Part	Affinity	Properties	Other
Ahuizotl	Fur	Water	Pro-Water Pro-Illusion
	Nails	Water	Pro-Water Pro-Grasping
Cactus Cat	Spines	Fire	Pro-Herbology Pro-Sun
Chupacabra	Spines	Fire	REDACTED	Information difficult to obtain, either suppressed or redacted.
Fairymaid	Feathers	Air	Pro-Miroven Pro-Feminine	Illegal to harvest.
Fiddle Spider	Legs	Earth	Pro-Cryptozoology Pro-Music	Too fragile for regular use.
Gillygaloo	Breastbone	Air	Pro-Flying Pro-Luck
Gremlin	Hair	N/A	N/A	Too reactive to use safely.
	Teeth	N/A	N/A	Too reactive to use safely.
Hoop Snake	Stinger	Earth/Fire	Pro-Attack	Do not use as a wand extender.
Humfaerie	Hair	Air/Water	Pro-Miroven Pro-Illusion	Illegal to harvest.
Hugag	Bone	Earth	Pro-Defense Pro-Strength	Gives magical boost.
Jackalope	Antler	Earth/Fire	Pro-Attack Pro-Illusion	Makes powerful wands.
Jersey Devil	Bone	Earth	Pro-Attack Pro-Ritual Magic	Very difficult to obtain.
	Hair	Earth	Pro-Ritual Magic	Difficult to obtain.
Kumcharangi	Bone	Earth	Pro-Defense Pro-Death Magic	Don't get bitten by one.
Lightning Snake	Bone	Air/Fire	Pro-Electricity Pro-Artificiery
Mannegishi	Finger Bone	Water	Pro-Charm Pro-Crafting
Mermaid	Hair	Water	Pro-Charm Pro-Water	Illegal to harvest.
Mishipeshu	Antler	Earth/Water	Pro-Attack Pro-Elemental Magic	Makes powerful wands.
	Spike	Water	Pro-Defense Pro-Elemental Magic	Makes powerful wands.
Mothman	Feather	Air/Earth	Pro-Ritual Magic Pro-Shapeshifting	Usually fake.
Nunnehi	Hair	Earth	Pro-Charm Pro-Shapeshifting	Probably wand core properties; illegal to harvest.
Polhappler's Mantis	Antennae	Air	Pro-Movement Pro-Strength
Revenant/Lich	Arm Bone	Earth	Pro-Dark Magic Pro-Ritual Magic	Legendary item.
Sasquatch	Hair	Earth	Anti-Dark Magic Pro-Confusion
Snipe	Antennae	Earth	Pro-Charm Pro-Invisibility	Difficult to find one of sufficient length.
Snow Dragon	Bone	Earth/Water	Pro-Attack Pro-Cold	Makes powerful wands. Good luck finding authentic bones.
Soucriant	Muscle Fiber	Air	Pro-Blood Magic Pro-Dark Magic	Must be treated to prevent rot.
Thunderbird	Feather	Air/Fire	Pro-Defense Pro-Elemental Magic	Legendary item; illegal to harvest; highly regulated.
Triple Eagle	Feather	Air	Pro-Divination
	Heartstring	Air	Pro-Divination
	Sinew	Air	Pro-Divination
Vampire	Hair	Earth	Pro-Blood Magic Pro-Charm	Illegal to harvest.
Troll	Whisker	Earth	Pro-Healing Pro-Strength
Waheela	Hair	Earth	Pro-Attack
Wasco	Paw Bones	Water	Pro-Water
Wyvern	Heartstring	Air/Fire	Pro-Defense Pro-Fire	Makes excellent wand cores.