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wandkind is a kind abstratus covering rods used to perform magic, though the actual magic properties of any given wand are ambiguous - Doc Scratch implies that wands are useless toysHS and that Eridan Ampora was in fact channeling the light of angels, while Eridan himself insists they operate on the principles of the TRUEST SCIENCESHS rather than anything supernatural at all.

The exact distinction between wands and needlekind is not clear, with needles being referred to as wands on numerous occasions; generally, though, needles come in pairs while a wand is a singular rod, and wands presumably lack the knitting and record playing applications of a needle.

Empiricist's wand[]

EridanWand
Location Found The Veil

A powerful wand fueled by White Magic Science (as opposed to Rose's Dark Magic). It was alchemized by Kanaya from unknown ingredients because Eridan would not stop bugging her about teaching him the secrets of magic. Eridan himself insists that it is not magical and is in fact very scientific.

It was used to KO and blind Sollux Captor, kill Feferi Peixes and Kanaya Maryam and destroy the Matriorb. However, it was debunked right in halfHS by furious rainbow drinker Kanaya, who then gave its owner a similar treatment.

It seems to be a very powerful weapon, being stronger than Ahab's Crosshair. Eridan, using the rifle, didn't manage to defeat Sollux while they were duelling in the Land of Brains and Fire. The wand, on the other hand, easily KO'd Sollux and blinded him during their second round in the veil.

Doc Scratch later implies that the wand was in truth essentially useless and that Eridan's powers were related to the Angels of LOWAA. This may or may not have been foreshadowed by the visual appearance of the wand which is, in fact, a replica of Hermione Granger's wand from Harry Potter Lore, being a toy with a light-up end.

White wand[]

WhiteWand
Location Found Calliope's room

A simple white wand is wielded by Calliope, and depicted in Complacency of the Learned as Calmasis' primary tool.

Calliope's white wand doubles as a white magnum, and as such naturally needs to be filled with bullets.HS Oddly, though, Andrew Hussie possesses the magnum and wand as separateHS weaponsHS, so when Lord English later appears to have taken the wand as his own,HS[image?] it is not clear whether or not this is the same gun/wand which once belonged to Calliope. The passing of the wand from Hussie to English, who waves it like a conductor's baton,HS however, indicates that this wand may represent authority over Homestuck's story; the Alternate Calliope uses the wand in a similar fashion when creating the black hole that swallows up paradox space.

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