>there IS an elder wand, dumbledore's wand; which he took from
>the other dark wizard (dont feel like looking up his name to
>spell it correctly). but, heres how it goes:
>
>1. draco disarms dumbledore of his wand, meaning it
>automatically belongs to draco, because disarming means
>defeating, and the wand changes ownership after an L.
>
>2. right after dumbledore is disarmed, hes killed by snape,
>but the transfer of ownership is automatic, meaning, that it
>still belongs to draco. snape would have to defeat draco to
>claim ownership.
>
>3. dumbledore is buried with the actual wand, but ownership
>belongs to draco, he just doesnt know it.
>
>4. at malfoy manor, harry takes dracos wand (the one that he
>bought at the wand shop before starting hogwarts), meaning
>draco was defeated. this means that he not only physically has
>dracos wand, it also means that ownership of the elder wand
>has been passed onto harry (even though its still buried with
>dumbledore).
>
>5. Riddle takes the wand (physically) from dumbledores grave,
>but does not know that ownership belongs to harry.
>
>6. Riddle kills snape thinking that ownership will move to
>him, since he assumed snape was the owner since he killed
>dumbledore, but after reviewing point 1, we know this isnt
>true.
>
>7. Riddle tries to kill harry, but the wand realizes that
>harry is the true owner and thus, backfires.
>
>-hope that helps