《奥利凡德魔杖店》青松枝

17、Elder接骨木

　　【接骨木】
　　接骨木是最稀有的魔杖木，名声很不吉利，比其他任何魔杖更难驾驭。它具有非常强大地魔法，不过不屑与任何能力与它魔法不相配的巫师为伍；只有非凡的巫师才能与接骨木魔杖配对成功。旧时的迷信中说，“接骨木杖，永不兴旺”（wand of elder, never prosper）来源于人们对接骨木魔杖的恐惧。不过，实际上这种迷信并没有根据。愚昧的魔杖工匠不制作接骨木魔杖更多是因为觉得成品卖不出去，而不是因为对这种木头的恐惧。事实上，只有非常不寻常的人能与接骨木魔杖配上对，当这种罕见情况发生的时候，我能确信这名巫师会拥有特殊的命运。我在职业生涯中发现的另一关于这种魔杖的实例是，花楸木魔杖持有者对于接骨木魔杖持有者有着强烈的吸引力。

　　【Elder】
　　The rarest wand wood of all, and reputed to be deeply unlucky, the elder wand is trickier to master than any other. It contains powerful magic, but scorns to remain with any owner who is not the superior of his or her company; it takes a remarkable wizard to keep the elder wand for any length of time. The old superstition, ‘wand of elder, never prosper,’ has its basis in this fear of the wand, but in fact, the superstition is baseless, and those foolish wandmakers who refuse to work with elder do so more because they doubt they will be able to sell their products than from fear of working with this wood. The truth is that only a highly unusual person will find their perfect match in elder, and on the rare occasion when such a pairing occurs, I take it as certain that the witch or wizard in question is marked out for a special destiny. An additional fact that I have unearthed during my long years of study is that the owners of elder wands almost always feel a powerful affinity with those chosen by rowan.

　　已知杖身持有人：
　　老魔杖，死亡圣器之一，曾为多个巫师拥有，不累述。