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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Juglans major (literally, the larger walnut), also known as Arizona walnut, is a walnut tree that grows to 50 ft tall (15 m) with a DBH of up to 0.61 meters (2 ft) at elevations of 300–2,130 m (1,000–7,000 ft) in Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah. It also occurs in Mexico as far south as Guerrero.
Popular in the Southwest, highly intelligent wizards ought to be offered an Arizona walnut wand for trial first, because in nine cases out of ten, the two will find in each other their ideal mate. Arizona Walnut wands are often found in the hands of magical innovators and inventors; this is a handsome wood possessed of unusual versatility and adaptability. A note of caution, however: while some woods are difficult to dominate, and may resist the performance of spells that are foreign to their natures, the walnut wand will, once subjugated, perform any task its owner desires, provided that the user is of sufficient brilliance. This makes for a truly lethal weapon in the hands of a wizard of no conscience, for the wand and the wizard may feed from each other in a particularly unhealthy manner.
