I made this wand for the release party of the Half Blood Prince book.

It is based on a fictional design for a role playing character I had in 2001 named Azure Nightglow
He was a failed animagus that turned into a Horntail Dragon when he got very upset. Very cringe stuff, lol

The wand handle is meant to be one of his horns. The core is Powdered Dragonscale and the main wand is made from Oak.

In actuality this was made from the tip of an old pool cue and a piece of a dead pair tree from the backyard sanded down to make the horn shape.

[This is a short character introduction I wrote for Azure]

AZURE NIGHTGLOW

Good Eve! My name is Azure Nightglow. I have long silvery hair, a trait of my mothers Veela heritage and eyes of deep blue. I am a tall and thin young man but I make up for my weakness with mental prowess. I was born into a wizarding family in Wales in the year 1980. My parents, Moira and Dahren, both had been wishing for a girl but instead they had me. As you can guess my childhood was not a happy one. My parents even went so far as to deny my existence, claiming that I had not survived the birth. When I reached the age of about six years I had had enough and left home in the middle of the night. It's doubtful my parents even looked for me.

I wandered alone into the wilderness for nearly two days before rain began to pour down upon me and I was forced to seek shelter in a cave. This cave already had a resident however that I was unaware of in my haste to escape the storm. I soon found myself looking up at an ebony dragon with silver eyes and spiked horns from head to tail. Being only a child I was not afraid but simply stood in awe of her beauty. As I stared up at her she spoke into my mind and I was able also to answer her. Her name was Arayla Nightglow. She had recently lost her only child and I was more than willing to stay with her as her adopted son.

I stayed with her for several years and she instructed me in the ways of magic and taught me many things about her kind. I would have been content to live out the rest of my life in this place but fate had other ideas. One morning a spotted owl flew into the cave and dropped a mysterious envelope for me. I had been accepted to Hogwarts school of Witchcraft and Wizardry. At first I was reluctant to go but Arayla convinced me that I should be with my own kind. I wanted to maintain some connection with her while I was gone so I took a few things from home to create my wand. As it turns out creating ones own wand is not a common practice anymore.

I used a strong branch from the dragonsblood trees near the entrance to the cave and finished it with a handle made from one of Araylas shed horns. For the core I used several strands of my own Veela Hair. Before I left I decided to do one more thing. Using an old book on animagi I changed myself into a dragon just like my new mother. As I would find out later I did not complete the process correctly, but that discovery was not made till I had already started school. With tear soaked eyes I said goodbye to my "mother" and set off for Hogwarts.

At the sorting ceremony I was chosen to be a Slytherin. I believe this is because of my thirst to prove my worth to the world and more specifically to my estranged parents. It wasn't long before I was well known throughout the school. I think I must have gained some of my mothers Veela charm because many of the girls would not leave me alone. I however was not interested in any of them and made the grave mistake of telling one off in the main hall in front of everyone. I made myself more than one enemy that day but only one is important to my story.

Marianna was the girl whom I had snapped at and she did not let grudges go easy. She made a point of getting in my way wherever I went. She managed to corner me in the hall one afternoon and something inside me snapped. I didn't understand at first what was happening until my fingers had changed completely into long curved claws. Without thinking I had lunged at Marianna and made a nice size gash in her arm before she ran off. As I calmed down the transformation halted and reversed itself but I knew I needed to seek help. I decided that the Defense against the Dark arts teacher was a good place to start. Professor Lupin, after listening to my problem, sent a letter to a friend of his who was more knowledgeable in such matters. His friend, as it turned out, was none other than the wanted criminal Sirius Black. I was reluctant to meet with him at first but professor Lupin convinced me that Black was a good man.

It was at this time that Professor Dumbledore stopped me and introduced me to another student who was to keep watch over me. Apparently this young man, whose name was Aeron, possessed some sort of special talent that would allow him to calm me before the transformation had gone too far. He seemed a frail young man to me and stood at least a head shorter. After we had been properly introduced Dumbledore informed me that he had prepared a special room for me above his office where I could go if something went wrong.

Thanking Dumbledore for his effort Aeron and I headed off to breakfast, but were interrupted by another new student. The moment I saw her I felt something I had felt only once before when I had met Arayla. I stood staring blankly as she walked up to us. She glanced my way and seemed to be able to tell I was not in a state to answer any questions. So she turned to Aeron and asked him where she could find the Slytherin common room. He offered to show her the way and also give her the password when they got there.

I was left standing alone in the hallway and so I went to the main hall and began to eat my breakfast. Soon afterward Aeron returned and sat down across from me. He began to tell me wild stories about how much the new girl liked me and that she was disappointed when he had offered to help. I tried to laugh it off but I couldnft get her out of my mind. I kept seeing those vibrant green eyes and golden flowing hair, and before I knew it was again lost in my thoughts. I didnft even realize it was her when she asked to take the seat next to me. I nodded in approval without looking up and then I saw the expression on Aeronfs face. He seemed to be saying gI told you so.h

Nervousness gripped me suddenly and I could feel the tension building. I turned to find her smiling at me and before I could respond she made a comment about my silver eyes. I knew that my eyes were only silver in dragon form and rushed from the room in panic as claws burst from my shoes. I ran blindly through the halls to the room Dumbledore had prepared while the main hall was filled with surprised students. Aeron and the new girl chased after me and Aeron bolted the door behind me. The girl was left standing outside the door wondering what was going on. I later heard that she had glanced through the keyhole and fainted. I was glad that I would be meeting Black soon and would be rid of this problem.

I met Black the next day just inside the forbidden forest and he walked me through the transformation a second time. Everything seemed to go well and I thanked Black for his help before returning to the castle. On the way I ran into the new girl again who had apparently been watching from the edge of the forest the whole time. She told me that she had a fascination with dragons and that it just made her love me all the more.

If I had not fixed my problem already my embarrassment would have changed me into a dragon on the spot.

I stayed up late that night talking to the girl, whose name I now knew was Stellanthala. She never told me where she was from but I was able to guess after catching a glance at one of her pointed ears that she kept well hidden under her long hair. What an interesting pair we must make, a Veela and an Elf. I have never before felt so much love from another and if she'll have me I am sure we will be together for a long time.