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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Picea engelmannii, with common names Engelmann spruce, white spruce, mountain spruce, or silver spruce, is a species of spruce native to western North America, from central British Columbia and southwest Alberta, southwest to northern California and southeast to Arizona and New Mexico; there are also two isolated populations in northern Mexico. It is mostly a high-altitude mountain tree, growing at 900 meters – 3,650 meters altitude, rarely lower in the northwest of the range; in many areas, it reaches the alpine tree line.
Popular in western North America, Engelmann Spruce wood seeks owners with a natural gift for language and communication. These gifts are more likely to be expressed through the written word but are not exclusive to it either. These witches and wizards are quite clever. They excel at word puzzles, riddles, and wordplay. Their spatial intelligence, on the other hand, maybe a bit low. In other words, they would prefer to play Scrabble over Tetris. In their younger years, they may have been hyper-corrective or didn't understand the difference between spoken and written language well ( specifically, that spoken language doesn't have to follow the grammatical rules of written language to be communicable).
They get lonely easily and like to be surrounded by friends or at least people they can have entertaining conversations with or have a friendly debate. With friends and family, they can be overprotective and clingy. There is a talent for mediation. They can see both sides of an issue and are usually fair judges. It is talented at magic to do with protection, life, death, equilibrium communication, and the heart. It often performs best in ancient runes, arithmancy, history of magic, defense against the dark arts, and charms. There may be minor issues with transfiguration.
Maroon, orchid, and bright silver stellar shapes are emitted by this wand when performing spellwork. Its magic smells of apples, sun-warmed sand, and honey. Wands made of Engelmann Spruce wood are their strongest at dawn and in the early morning. When fully bonded with their owner, feather-like carvings will appear up and down the wand. These may glow gold and silver spells or at night. When its owner dies, the wand will insist to be buried with them. From the tomb, it will grow into a tree to cover and protect its owner, even in death. This tree will retain the feather-like carvings and their bioluminescence. This wood bonds naturally with cores from the Thunderbird, as well phoenix or quetzal, as well as cores from felines (like kneazle whisker and wampus cat hair) or Horned Serpent horn. It does not bond easily with cores from reptilian creatures like dragons or basilisks.
