In this world, there are many tools one may use to direct magic. One of the most well known of these is the wand. Of course it is a common saying that "The wand chooses the wizard", with all wands having a degree of awareness with which they select...
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As Ollivander says, Maple is a wand wood of adventurers, explorers, and high achievers and seeks those with a measure of ambition. In this particular variety, they need excitement more often than common Maple to remain lustrous, but will also take milder excitement more often to remain a reliable and strong caster.
Widely acknowledged as the most powerful of the maples, sugar maple wands are markedly durable and resistant to trauma. This durability, and the increased power, have made sure sugar maple wand wood is always in high demand. These wands do have a slight negative quirk: when used to brew potions, they often have a diluting effect and the resulting product may need to be concentrated. Sugar Maple is also the state tree of West Virginia, Wisconsin, New York, and Vermont.
