- Meervus needed lightning bugs, black powder, crushed gemstones, and a stick from a black walnut tree to make the wand.
- Duncan collected the lightning bugs using a net and a small mesh cage.
- They obtained black powder from a mine in the next town by talking to the foreman and giving him a bit of coin.
- The crushed gemstones were purchased from a jeweler’s market in the next county; they included green emerald dust, red ruby dust, blue sapphire dust, garnet, tourmaline, and amethyst.
- The black walnut branch came from a grove Meervus himself was growing, which he cultivated for future use.
- To make the wand, Meervus squeezed the glowing bugs into a mortar with gemstone dust, added spoonfuls of black powder, mixed it, and stuck the black walnut twig into the mixture. He shaped it into a ball and said the magic words: “Explocidus Beautificus Skywardimus.”
- The magic caused the wand to harden into a sparkly, glittering orb on the polished black walnut stick, producing bursts of colorful fireworks when used.
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