We get a bunch of seemingly innocuous details about characters, like their hair and eye color. Harry Potter books throw another detail on top of that — what the character’s wands are made of. It never really matters, but it’s always cool to know.
But JK Rowling went on record saying she was always nervous that someone would ask her what Dumbledore’s wand was made of, because she knew she couldn’t answer. To say it was made out of the flippin’ Death Stick would have sent readers down a research hole she did not yet want them going down.
There’s some talk of repentance towards the end of the series, and the magical power that seeking forgiveness can bring even the Darkest of wizard. Harry even gives Voldemort one last chance to feel remorse seconds before he reflects back the killing curse that ends the Dark Lord once and for all.
But if Voldemort had taken Harry up on the offer? He might have been able to find redemption — because he’d taken some of Harry’s blood (along with Lily’s sacrifice) into his veins. As JK Rowling told Time, “Voldemort has unwittingly put a few drops of goodness back inside himself; if he had repented, he could have been healed more deeply than anyone would have supposed. But of course, he refused to feel remorse.” Oh, what could have been…
Rowing has also told the world what happens to her characters after the events of the books, and poor Ron has quite the interesting career path.
After helping to save the world from Wizard-kind’s greatest ever threat, Ron of course became an Auror alongside Harry. But then he just… quit? The guy eventually ended up spending his career helping George at Weasley’s Wizard Weezes, which sounds like a nice, simple life. But still, kind of a comedown, isn’t it?