Manedeer tailhair

Manedeer tailhair is an animal-based resource used in wandcraft as core material.

It is rarely used as core material, but not because of its rarity. Wands crafted with a manedeer tailhair core often barely function. Manedeer are only very slightly magical and so is their tailhair. They are only just magical enough to be able to channel a little bit of magic and they are often only capable of producing a few sparks or puffs of smoke. Under perfect circumstances, manedeer tailhair may be crafted into a usable wand. Doing this is incredibly tricky and almost never attempted by any wandmaker.

Suitability
Wands with a (red) manedeer tailhair core are often best suited to wizards who are jumpy by nature. Magic produced by these wands is more gentle and consistent and are a good match for sorcerers of similar traits.

Usecases
Manedeer tailhair is used in wands only for a few select reasons.

Practice

One of them is to practice making wands with a tricky core material; manedeer tailhair is quite thin and a good analogue for more expensive materials like lycandoe manehair.

Challenge

Another reason is for the challenge of creating a wand out of such a tricky material. Wandmakers sometimes challenge themselves or eachother to make a functional wand out of manedeer tailhair and doing so is considered quite the achievement.

Toy wands

Yet another reason is to make wands for children. This is a practice that is not uncommon in Aileron and Martaforë. These wands are given to children both as toys and to get them accustomed to the idea of using a wand. Because these kinds of wands are almost always incapable of performing real magic, they are considered harmless enough, while still able to provide sparks and smoke, much to the pleasure of children.

Red manedeer tailhair
Unlike their counterbreed, the red manedeer is considered magical, if only barely. Their tailhair is capable of channeling magic and is occasionally used in wandcraft. It has a bad reputation, but only by association with their barely functional counterpart. Wands with a red manedeer tailhair core often function just as well as any other wand. These wands are therefore not given to children as toys.