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We know Voldemort pursued one of the Deathly Hallows, the Elder Wand, said to be the most

powerful wand in all of existence. And the reasons for that seem fairly self-explanatory.

Voldemort craved power, and the wand would have been the perfect

tool he needed for domination, supremacy, control. And from the moment he became aware of the

one's existence, his pursuit was relentless. To Voldemort, it was the weapon that would

finally secure his victory. The final piece needed to end the boy

who lived. But what's interesting is that he stopped there. The elder wand was just one of the

three deathly hallows, a triad of objects that, when united, was said to make their possessor

the master of death. And if Voldemort feared death more than anyone who ever lived,

if he built his entire life around conquering mortality,

then why didn't he go after the other hallows?

How could the man obsessed with power and immortality

ignore the one legend that promised mastery over death itself.

Today we'll be discussing all of that and more as we dive into a question that I'm sure

more than one of you have had over the years. Let's get into it.

Hey everyone, welcome to another installment of Harry Potter Theory. Before we can really understand Voldemort's relationship to the Hallows, we need to go back

to where their story began with a simple wizarding fairy tale.

The tale of the Three Brothers, originally written by Beetle the Bard, is a bedtime story that

has been told the wizarding children across generations.

It tells of three brothers who cheated death, and were each rewarded with a powerful magical

gift. The elder wand, the resurrection stone, and were each rewarded with a powerful magical gift, the elder wand,

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