Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25926288-20151207015752/@comment-25926288-20151215041553

ChocolatEyes613 wrote: Edward Zachary Sunrose wrote:

If anything, the "equal parts light magic and equal parts dark magic" used to create the wand, was probably Nimue and Merlin struggling somewhere. The Apprentice said, that he received the wand on the day he became Merlin's apprentice. Means absolutely nothing. Getting a wand and using a wand are two different things. Plus, Appreny tends to exaggerate.

It's an inconsistency. The wand anyhow wields all of Merlin's magic, or allows access to it and the user has to be the dark to counter the light.

It's not thing of solely power, but of composition. Which would also mean that the Apprentice wielded only "dark" magic.

I like to think magic was neutral before the DO and the wand was made of neutral HG magic, filled with light HG magic part of Merlin's magic (and he never used the dark HG magic) and had to be wielded by someone with strong dark magic. That would mean that Merlin could use it  (but that's a bit redundant, since he already can acess his power), and any one strong enough (or simply dark) to wield it.