Beyond the arch of death, where even the Dark Lord can't find them. This is also evidenced by the fact that according to the descriptions of unforgivable curses, Death is one of the Guardians, and this faction supports Harry.
Harry Potter and the Scabbard of Excalibur [AU]
Okay so this ended up being far longer than I thought that it would be, so I wrote the first half now and will maybe write the second at some point in the future if anyone likes this.
Why do I say "if"? Because it's an incredibly dumb idea and I've written it in a very stupid way (not to mention my complete and utter lack of editing or forethought), so you've been warned.
Word count: 2,195
Omake: The Adorable Beret, Part 1It was in a burning alleyn near King's Crossing, where Harry, Hermione, Neville, Ron and Daphne agreed to meet, that Fenrir Greyback had struck. It was a sudden, random attack - One moment they were just hanging out, and in the next all of them were blasted away into an alley that, for some reason, was burning.
Before them stood the titanic Fenrir Grayback, a Werewolf, THE Werewolf, a vile creature from the very abyss of magic, a master of shamanistic and lost techniques of power, he who has been embraced by the wolfblood and turned into something far more than a mere man. An imposing figure of great power, a phantasmal beast whose mystery could not be measured by standards of all conventional magic.
A figuratively sharp figure, wearing a sharp suit with suitably matching shoes - there was no mistaking him.
"Who are you? Remus Lupin?" The idiot Weasley idiotically mistook him for he was an idiot, training his wand upon their unknown assailant.
"Terribly sorry for this inconvenience," The yet unnamed Fenrir Grayback called out, voice soft and controlled "I am Fenrir Grayback and I apologize for the manhandling but I needed to speak with you privately"
"Then why not approach us like a normal person?" Hermione raised an eyebrow, clearly looking unimpressed "And what's with the burning building?"
"I find myself intimidated by large crowds," Greyback shrugged. "As for the burning building, I have no idea, I just got here."
"And what is your interest in us, anyway?" Neville questioned
"Well... It is not so much that I want anything from you specifically, but rather that I would not wish to separate you from your friend without providing you with an explanation regarding his whereabouts, and approaching you in such a busy street really rustles my jimmies" He stopped briefly to consider, before adding quietly "There's also the matter of me struggling with manipulating my awesome power in such a small and limited capacity and casting this spell on a single person would likely result in them splattering all over the place"
"What was that?" Hermione asked
"Seems reasonable to me." Harry nodded, making Greyback smile shyly at him "What are you here for, Mr. Greyback?"
"Well you see my boy, I am here for that delightful hat you have on your head." The Werewolf answered, causing everyone to look at him in confusion "I have recently assumed the position of pack leader within my pack after the previous leader, Amarok Skoll the Manslayer, was forced to vacate it upon being hit by a truck while helping an old lady cross the road."
"What do you mean by 'the Manslayer'?" Asked Ron
"Oh, how terrible!" Cried Daphne, covering her mouth with obvious distress.
"You can not be serious" deadpanned Neville.
"It was quite a terrible affair, really, and quite the position that was thrust upon me - restructuring my relations with my packmates has been an arduous process, and I have recently been informed that some of them see me as too intimidating to properly communicate with me in any capacity that is not professional."
A sigh escaped his lips "Euphemia Skullreaper the Molester of Flesh, in particular, had to deal with an unfortunate toothache for the longest time due to her hesitance to approach me. I have been blaming my stylish, yet intimidating look ever since"
"Are you making these names and titles up?" Asked Hermione.
"But then I saw you my boy," He said, smiling at Harry "In the news, your adorable Baret and endearing smile made you ever so charming, so much so that an entire article was written about the conclusion of your first year of education."
"That's because he's Harry Potter, not because of his beret," Neville supplied.
"Dreadfully sorry, but I have no idea who this might be." Greyback apologized sincerely.
"Never mind that," Harry cried, his pride hurt from not being recognized by this person he never met "This beret is a very special gift and I am not handing it over to you. Besides, why don't you just buy your own?"
Fenrir appeared uncomfortable with the question "Because this beret of yours is a limited-edition item," he explained. "The company that made them, Whoopass Cans, had ten such berets commissioned for winners of a special lottery that they had, with each can that was submitted to them by post equating to a single ballot"
"A terrible drink, " Daphne shuddered, "don't let it touch your skin"
"Quite" Greyback nodded "I had to have spent about 25% of all my income during the summer just on these cans alone, never mind the heinous taste of their cheap chemicals upon my sensitive tongue and down my throat, only to lose the last possible beret to someone else! The hats were given away anonymously so I had no way to track any of them down, except for yours."
"Why not just go to the store and buy a different beret then?" Ron asked
"There are no other berets with any empirical data to support their innate value in making one appear harmless and endearing"
"There is no way to quantify such things for anything resembling 'empirical data' to be created, never mind the fact that this is anecdotal evidence." Hermione scoffed "Why even drink it in the first place if it's so disgusting? You could've just poured the juice and sent the cans - if you're trying to earn pity points here then it won't work"
Greyback squinted at her, confused "The slogan specifies that we need to 'Drink Juice, Win Prices'. Without drinking the soda, the idea of winning prices was already forfeit."
Harry smiled slightly, imagining Pomona Sprout laboriously chugging cheaply made juice for days, maybe even weeks on end for the sole purpose of presenting him with a holiday gift. He found the gesture to be deeply touching - Professor Sprout was the very epitome of Hufflepuff values!
"This is so dumb" Neville muttered
"Your arguments are fair!" Harry addressed Fenrir Greyback "However, the value of this gift is precisely in the sacrifice it necessitated! Giving it away would be a betrayal of trust of the highest level!"
"I anticipated as much," Greyback replied honestly "which is why I have come up with the idea of a trade: In return for your adorable beret, I will provide you with my badass suit; I will even resize it to fit you."
Harry looked far from impressed "Does the image of yourself in your suit invoke warmth in the hearts of all of those who see it?"
Greyback's expression noticeably faltered "Well no, but-..."
"Then I am not interested!" Harry cut him off, causing Greyback to pout at him, an expression that did not at all fit on the Werewolf's face.
By this point, any wariness that Daphne, Ron, Neville, and Hermione felt of the Werewolf was already long gone. If this idiotic argument over a stupid beret was the Werewolf's way to get them to lower their guards or bide his time for more people to arrive... They were ashamed to say that it was working.
"Very well then." Greyback attempted to negotiate again, "In return for your beret, I will cease being evil for... well, I can do three months. Additionally, I will be your best mate"
"Evil?" Daphne tilted her head in confusion.
"I don't care how evil you are! I will have this beret drilled to my very skull ("Ah, so you are missing a few screws, Harry? Is that what you are saying?" Hermione muttered quietly) before I ever consider giving it away!" Harry roared, honest anger entering his voice before cruel smugness quickly accompanied it, "besides, Neville's already my best mate."
Neville looked a tad uncomfortable "Um, Actually... Ron's my best mate. You and I are more like, regular mates."
Harry gasped "B-but... What about us being little cute puffy puff boys together?"
"I mean, I'm a teenager, I don't want to be seen as either little or cute." Neville shrugged "Besides, you are kind of boring. All you ever do is study, and you're not even all that good at it."
"Well, I'm sorry that the only family I have ever known died recently and that I am not very fun to be around right now!"
"Here we go again," Hermione sighed "Every time anyone criticizes you, you just bring up your dead extended family and expect it all to be swept under the rug."
"I don't do that!"
"You kind of do, Harry," said Daphne quietly "Killing a dark lord is all very cool Harry, but do try to keep your emotional scars to yourself like the rest of us."
"Wait, what is this about you killing a dark lord?" Greyback tilted his head "Perhaps I have underestimated the power of the beret if it is capable of suppressing the true nature of a dark slayer such as you"
"You really shouldn't be inflating his ego" Neville sighed, ignoring the stupid grin that made it to Harry's face, adding to his boyish looks in a way that Greyback quickly took note of as being terribly endearing.
"It appears that our negotiations have reached an unfortunate standstill," He started, only to be cut off by Harry telling him that he is not getting his beret, "an unfortunate standstill" He reiterated "I would not sink so low as to steal what is yours, but I will apply a measured amount of force upon your friends in the form of cliche schoolyard bullying until you relent your headwear to me."
"Why us? It's him you want!" Cried Ron while pointing at Harry.
"He is far too cute to hurt, and the emotional damage of making him cry is something that I may never recover from" Greyback shrugged "Fret not however, this shall be but merely a mild inconvenience, even for ones as young as yourselves"
"Ha!" cried the last Potter, looking massively confident in a way that contrasted the others' rapidly whitening faces "Hermione can do fourth-year magic, Neville is like the champion of Hogwarts, Daphne has Death Eater training, and Ron has all of this super cool magic his older, graduate brothers taught him! They can take you!"
"H-Harry?!" cried Hermione in disbelief, which grew to genuine worry as Greyback appeared to be deep in thought.
"Mm indeed. Limiting my output to a moderately manageable level for first-year students would result in my quick defeat when faced with such opponents." The Werewolf agreed easily "Very well, I shall unleash upon you a suitable challenge."
Neville was the first to reach for his wand, even as he uselessly tried to defuse the situation "Wait! Please wai-...!!"
***
Ron and Hermione Lay on the ground, defeated.
The red-haired boy had his underwear pulled over his head in a brutal wedgie while the brunette had large chunks of bubblegum stuck to her hair. Not so far from them was Daphne, leaning on a trash can with an empty look in her eyes and a strange rune engraved upon her right forearm, making her slap herself repeatedly with each such consecutive slap accompanied by a "why do you hit yourself" message voiced by said rune.
Fenrir Greyback himself was currently sitting upon Neville's chest, careful to hold himself from crushing the boy with his weight, while shoving a single, sausage-like finger into his mouth and using his other hand to tilt Neville's head aside and expose his ear, with the boy fruitlessly fighting against his grip, wand long forgotten.
Greyback pulled his finger from his mouth, full of spit "Come now, Harry, surely this level of bullying disturbs your young eyes enough for you to surrender that delightful little beret to me, right?"
"For the love of God Harry, give him your beret!" cried out Neville in horror.
Harry Potter, standing in front of the scene, completely unharmed, adopted a mock contemplative expression "Well gee Neville, if it were to save my best mate then I guess I could've parted with my adorable beret, but for a regular mate... Mm... I'm not so sure"
"I am about to give your friend here quite the wet willie!" Warned Greyback "Do not be so inconsiderate as to make me do this." he briefly considered "Oh, and there are also the boy's feelings to consider. You really are being quite a poor friend right about now."
"It will be a cold day in hell before I give away this item that my Professor suffered so many stomach aches for." Harry declared with all the heroism of a person who is not put in a difficult situation, "Do your worst, Neville isn't afraid of you!"
"I kinda, sorta really am!" cried out Neville
"Well then, that's really quite unfortunate." Greyback sighed "Have it your way then"
Just as he was about to penetrate Neville's small cavity with his dripping, drooling appendage, a blast of immense magic struck his stomach and sent him away from the boy.
With a cry of 'Ah, my tummy!" Greyback landed on his rear a few feet away from Neville.
The boy looked up at his savior with gratitude, taking in the visage of his smiling father.
"Hey"
Why do I say "if"? Because it's an incredibly dumb idea and I've written it in a very stupid way (not to mention my complete and utter lack of editing or forethought), so you've been warned.
Word count: 2,195
Omake: The Adorable Beret, Part 1
Before them stood the titanic Fenrir Grayback, a Werewolf, THE Werewolf, a vile creature from the very abyss of magic, a master of shamanistic and lost techniques of power, he who has been embraced by the wolfblood and turned into something far more than a mere man. An imposing figure of great power, a phantasmal beast whose mystery could not be measured by standards of all conventional magic.
A figuratively sharp figure, wearing a sharp suit with suitably matching shoes - there was no mistaking him.
"Who are you? Remus Lupin?" The idiot Weasley idiotically mistook him for he was an idiot, training his wand upon their unknown assailant.
"Terribly sorry for this inconvenience," The yet unnamed Fenrir Grayback called out, voice soft and controlled "I am Fenrir Grayback and I apologize for the manhandling but I needed to speak with you privately"
"Then why not approach us like a normal person?" Hermione raised an eyebrow, clearly looking unimpressed "And what's with the burning building?"
"I find myself intimidated by large crowds," Greyback shrugged. "As for the burning building, I have no idea, I just got here."
"And what is your interest in us, anyway?" Neville questioned
"Well... It is not so much that I want anything from you specifically, but rather that I would not wish to separate you from your friend without providing you with an explanation regarding his whereabouts, and approaching you in such a busy street really rustles my jimmies" He stopped briefly to consider, before adding quietly "There's also the matter of me struggling with manipulating my awesome power in such a small and limited capacity and casting this spell on a single person would likely result in them splattering all over the place"
"What was that?" Hermione asked
"Seems reasonable to me." Harry nodded, making Greyback smile shyly at him "What are you here for, Mr. Greyback?"
"Well you see my boy, I am here for that delightful hat you have on your head." The Werewolf answered, causing everyone to look at him in confusion "I have recently assumed the position of pack leader within my pack after the previous leader, Amarok Skoll the Manslayer, was forced to vacate it upon being hit by a truck while helping an old lady cross the road."
"What do you mean by 'the Manslayer'?" Asked Ron
"Oh, how terrible!" Cried Daphne, covering her mouth with obvious distress.
"You can not be serious" deadpanned Neville.
"It was quite a terrible affair, really, and quite the position that was thrust upon me - restructuring my relations with my packmates has been an arduous process, and I have recently been informed that some of them see me as too intimidating to properly communicate with me in any capacity that is not professional."
A sigh escaped his lips "Euphemia Skullreaper the Molester of Flesh, in particular, had to deal with an unfortunate toothache for the longest time due to her hesitance to approach me. I have been blaming my stylish, yet intimidating look ever since"
"Are you making these names and titles up?" Asked Hermione.
"But then I saw you my boy," He said, smiling at Harry "In the news, your adorable Baret and endearing smile made you ever so charming, so much so that an entire article was written about the conclusion of your first year of education."
"That's because he's Harry Potter, not because of his beret," Neville supplied.
"Dreadfully sorry, but I have no idea who this might be." Greyback apologized sincerely.
"Never mind that," Harry cried, his pride hurt from not being recognized by this person he never met "This beret is a very special gift and I am not handing it over to you. Besides, why don't you just buy your own?"
Fenrir appeared uncomfortable with the question "Because this beret of yours is a limited-edition item," he explained. "The company that made them, Whoopass Cans, had ten such berets commissioned for winners of a special lottery that they had, with each can that was submitted to them by post equating to a single ballot"
"A terrible drink, " Daphne shuddered, "don't let it touch your skin"
"Quite" Greyback nodded "I had to have spent about 25% of all my income during the summer just on these cans alone, never mind the heinous taste of their cheap chemicals upon my sensitive tongue and down my throat, only to lose the last possible beret to someone else! The hats were given away anonymously so I had no way to track any of them down, except for yours."
"Why not just go to the store and buy a different beret then?" Ron asked
"There are no other berets with any empirical data to support their innate value in making one appear harmless and endearing"
"There is no way to quantify such things for anything resembling 'empirical data' to be created, never mind the fact that this is anecdotal evidence." Hermione scoffed "Why even drink it in the first place if it's so disgusting? You could've just poured the juice and sent the cans - if you're trying to earn pity points here then it won't work"
Greyback squinted at her, confused "The slogan specifies that we need to 'Drink Juice, Win Prices'. Without drinking the soda, the idea of winning prices was already forfeit."
Harry smiled slightly, imagining Pomona Sprout laboriously chugging cheaply made juice for days, maybe even weeks on end for the sole purpose of presenting him with a holiday gift. He found the gesture to be deeply touching - Professor Sprout was the very epitome of Hufflepuff values!
"This is so dumb" Neville muttered
"Your arguments are fair!" Harry addressed Fenrir Greyback "However, the value of this gift is precisely in the sacrifice it necessitated! Giving it away would be a betrayal of trust of the highest level!"
"I anticipated as much," Greyback replied honestly "which is why I have come up with the idea of a trade: In return for your adorable beret, I will provide you with my badass suit; I will even resize it to fit you."
Harry looked far from impressed "Does the image of yourself in your suit invoke warmth in the hearts of all of those who see it?"
Greyback's expression noticeably faltered "Well no, but-..."
"Then I am not interested!" Harry cut him off, causing Greyback to pout at him, an expression that did not at all fit on the Werewolf's face.
By this point, any wariness that Daphne, Ron, Neville, and Hermione felt of the Werewolf was already long gone. If this idiotic argument over a stupid beret was the Werewolf's way to get them to lower their guards or bide his time for more people to arrive... They were ashamed to say that it was working.
"Very well then." Greyback attempted to negotiate again, "In return for your beret, I will cease being evil for... well, I can do three months. Additionally, I will be your best mate"
"Evil?" Daphne tilted her head in confusion.
"I don't care how evil you are! I will have this beret drilled to my very skull ("Ah, so you are missing a few screws, Harry? Is that what you are saying?" Hermione muttered quietly) before I ever consider giving it away!" Harry roared, honest anger entering his voice before cruel smugness quickly accompanied it, "besides, Neville's already my best mate."
Neville looked a tad uncomfortable "Um, Actually... Ron's my best mate. You and I are more like, regular mates."
Harry gasped "B-but... What about us being little cute puffy puff boys together?"
"I mean, I'm a teenager, I don't want to be seen as either little or cute." Neville shrugged "Besides, you are kind of boring. All you ever do is study, and you're not even all that good at it."
"Well, I'm sorry that the only family I have ever known died recently and that I am not very fun to be around right now!"
"Here we go again," Hermione sighed "Every time anyone criticizes you, you just bring up your dead extended family and expect it all to be swept under the rug."
"I don't do that!"
"You kind of do, Harry," said Daphne quietly "Killing a dark lord is all very cool Harry, but do try to keep your emotional scars to yourself like the rest of us."
"Wait, what is this about you killing a dark lord?" Greyback tilted his head "Perhaps I have underestimated the power of the beret if it is capable of suppressing the true nature of a dark slayer such as you"
"You really shouldn't be inflating his ego" Neville sighed, ignoring the stupid grin that made it to Harry's face, adding to his boyish looks in a way that Greyback quickly took note of as being terribly endearing.
"It appears that our negotiations have reached an unfortunate standstill," He started, only to be cut off by Harry telling him that he is not getting his beret, "an unfortunate standstill" He reiterated "I would not sink so low as to steal what is yours, but I will apply a measured amount of force upon your friends in the form of cliche schoolyard bullying until you relent your headwear to me."
"Why us? It's him you want!" Cried Ron while pointing at Harry.
"He is far too cute to hurt, and the emotional damage of making him cry is something that I may never recover from" Greyback shrugged "Fret not however, this shall be but merely a mild inconvenience, even for ones as young as yourselves"
"Ha!" cried the last Potter, looking massively confident in a way that contrasted the others' rapidly whitening faces "Hermione can do fourth-year magic, Neville is like the champion of Hogwarts, Daphne has Death Eater training, and Ron has all of this super cool magic his older, graduate brothers taught him! They can take you!"
"H-Harry?!" cried Hermione in disbelief, which grew to genuine worry as Greyback appeared to be deep in thought.
"Mm indeed. Limiting my output to a moderately manageable level for first-year students would result in my quick defeat when faced with such opponents." The Werewolf agreed easily "Very well, I shall unleash upon you a suitable challenge."
Neville was the first to reach for his wand, even as he uselessly tried to defuse the situation "Wait! Please wai-...!!"
***
Ron and Hermione Lay on the ground, defeated.
The red-haired boy had his underwear pulled over his head in a brutal wedgie while the brunette had large chunks of bubblegum stuck to her hair. Not so far from them was Daphne, leaning on a trash can with an empty look in her eyes and a strange rune engraved upon her right forearm, making her slap herself repeatedly with each such consecutive slap accompanied by a "why do you hit yourself" message voiced by said rune.
Fenrir Greyback himself was currently sitting upon Neville's chest, careful to hold himself from crushing the boy with his weight, while shoving a single, sausage-like finger into his mouth and using his other hand to tilt Neville's head aside and expose his ear, with the boy fruitlessly fighting against his grip, wand long forgotten.
Greyback pulled his finger from his mouth, full of spit "Come now, Harry, surely this level of bullying disturbs your young eyes enough for you to surrender that delightful little beret to me, right?"
"For the love of God Harry, give him your beret!" cried out Neville in horror.
Harry Potter, standing in front of the scene, completely unharmed, adopted a mock contemplative expression "Well gee Neville, if it were to save my best mate then I guess I could've parted with my adorable beret, but for a regular mate... Mm... I'm not so sure"
"I am about to give your friend here quite the wet willie!" Warned Greyback "Do not be so inconsiderate as to make me do this." he briefly considered "Oh, and there are also the boy's feelings to consider. You really are being quite a poor friend right about now."
"It will be a cold day in hell before I give away this item that my Professor suffered so many stomach aches for." Harry declared with all the heroism of a person who is not put in a difficult situation, "Do your worst, Neville isn't afraid of you!"
"I kinda, sorta really am!" cried out Neville
"Well then, that's really quite unfortunate." Greyback sighed "Have it your way then"
Just as he was about to penetrate Neville's small cavity with his dripping, drooling appendage, a blast of immense magic struck his stomach and sent him away from the boy.
With a cry of 'Ah, my tummy!" Greyback landed on his rear a few feet away from Neville.
The boy looked up at his savior with gratitude, taking in the visage of his smiling father.
"Hey"
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TaliesinSkye
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An idle thought that occurred to me; if Harry and Geist were to willingly merge into one being, one mind, that would bypass the geas on Geist. Either it would nullify it completely because Geist as a separate being didn't exist any longer, or at the very least Harry/Geist would have access to that knowledge as Geist does now.
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Might also give us Arrogance or a similar Heroic Passion-style drawback courtesy of Geist.
I think it's better not to do this, it's better to cheat the oath, even at the expense of 25 gnosis.
Offhand, the merger can lead to the fact that the star of the chosen one forces us to kill ourselves, because "And one of them must die by the hand of the other, because neither can live in peace while the other is alive.."
Secondly, it means the murder of Geist, and because of Harry's morality, we don't even We can kill Neville.
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Ugh. I don't like the idea of merging with Geist. For one, Geist has given up hasn't he? That would impact the merged character significantly I'm not too fond of that kind of character.
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Look at it from another angle. A merge would neatly fulfill the prophecy in every way. One would 'die' by the hand of the other, and a new being would be created as two become one. A being that can live at peace with itself.
It's clever, isn't it? Exactly the sort of clever, unanticipated interpretation that great prophecy is made of.
It's only natural to give up when you have no real presence in the world. Geist as he is is a passive passenger, restricted to observation and advice. That's not really living.
But a merge would make them both fully alive and in control as one being. There'd be no need for Geist's current feelings of futility.
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Harry can stop being chosen. Because he will become another being who does not have a great prophecy.
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It would be the resolution of a prophecy, that's true. He'll never stop being special, though.
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It's been stated/implied that The Dark Lord gave up and thus did not do anything to prevent the reflected killing curse from hitting him. He was depressed at the time. So it is more than just Geist having no real presence in the world.
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I see. I think perhaps Harry's youthful perspective is the perfect antidote to that.
Being special and being chosen are two different things.
I see two outcomes of the merger.
The first star stays with Harry, but the star of the chosen one forces him to kill himself and for having a Dark Lord in him.
Or the stars think that Harry is dead and he loses all the blessings, including Trismegistus the chosen one and Lord Huffpuff.
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Perhaps though that depends heavily on who caused The Dark Lord to be depressed. I imagine it has to be some crushing realization or event that scarred him. Without knowing what it was it'll be hard to predict how the merged being will be like so I'm a bit wary of it.
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As far as I remember, information flashed in the discord that the Dark Lord fell into despair because he found out that magic was dying, but could not do anything about it.
By the way, the Dark Lord should be highlighted in gray, this is very important.
The Goal of All Life Is Death
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A vote-only update; and probably the largest build vote in this quest to date. How terrifying and bold of you...
The Goal of All Life Is Death (pt. 1)
Here is your curriculum for May --
Astronomy
*Pre-Exam Revision
Charms
*Free Practice
*Pre-Exam Revision
**Private Tutoring (Smokescreen Spell, Advanced Dueling techniques; actual simulated Duels against Flitwick himself - he'll go easy on you)
DADA
*Pre-Exam Revision
Herbology
*Lavender
*Kelp
*Pre-Exam Revision
History of Magic
*Ancient Greek Magic
*Pre-Exam Revision
Potions
*Stewing Mandrake
*Making Boom Berry Juice
*Pre-Exam Revision
Transfiguration
*Match to Needle (Practice)
*Needle to Match (Practice)
*Pre-Exam Revision
Now, is there anything that you'd like Harry to focus on or expand on?
[ ] Write-in
[ ] Maintain Standard Coursework - A balanced spreadsheet of skills.
[ ] Prepare For Astronomy OWLs - Harry's already considering the possibility, given a few glances at OWLs from previous years. At this rate, he'll easily be able to write his OWLs in the first months of his 2nd Year.
Additional actions for this update were omitted - given the transcendence you are bound to experience.
At the moment you have 53 Gnosis.
[ ] Excelsior [7 Gnosis] - All of your learning endeavors are doubled for next trimester; applies evenly to your Domains of Greatness.
[ ] Eternal [Astrology] Mastery [14 Gnosis] - Attain complete [Master]-y, in the fields of Astronomy and Astrology. All of the remaining 5th Year syllabus will become clear and translucent to you, and everything else up to 7th Year won't be that far behind. Discounts Dark Astrology.
[ ] Rending of Untold Infinities [25 Gnosis] - Attain [Master] in the fields of Astronomy and Astrology, and then make significant progress towards [Archmaster]. A stupefying level of advancement. All through sheer talent, you become more knowledgeable in these fields than your own teacher!
[ ] Eternal [Ancient Runes] Mastery [25 Gnosis] - Attain complete [Master]-y in the field of Ancient Runes, and [Proficient] in the field of Transfiguration. If you even bother taking Ancient Runes as an elective, you're sure to ace it.
[ ] Eternal [Dark Arts] Mastery [50 Gnosis] - Attain complete [Master]-y in the field of the Dark Arts, and make progress towards [Practiced] in Spells. Allows for incredible feats of illegal spellcraft.
The Attainments below are incredibly powerful. Any one of them can only be picked once.
[ ] Frenzied Attainment [50 Gnosis] - A single heart, in a single dream, in a single chamber; with a single thought: conquer.
*Attain [Master] level experience in any domain of standard magic; make a choice in an attachment to this vote. All subsequent progression in that field is made faster and easier, as though studying or practicing at doubled rates, for the rest of your natural (or unnatural) lifespan.
*Attain unconditional resistance (10%), which over time (several years) advances into full, unconditional immunity to any magical effects cast or produced by a source with lesser Magical Power than your own. After a decade, you may laugh off any spell or magical toxin so long as its originator was less powerful than you.
*Allows you to select another House Fealty perk.
[ ] Hermetic Attainment [50 Gnosis] -
A bold eagle soars overhead,
A cunning snake climbs over the rocks,
A clever raven watches and reports,
A badger stays in its warren.
*Ascend a single level of Magic Power (currently: 1.99, where 1.5 is the current level of 90% of your First-Year peers. This'll put you almost on par with a Hogwarts graduate.)
*Ascend a further level of Magic Power on your seventeenth birthday.
*Apply the effects of [ ] A Child Prodigy at 25% strength, growing to 33% strength over the course of two years, then 50% strength over two more years.
*Attain Greatness Domain: Spells.
*Become Harold Quattormegistus
[ ] Sovereign Attainment [50 Gnosis] -
"Must I say anything?
"Everything that deserves being spoken has already been said before, many, many times. But, perhaps, I can say just one thing, forgive the sentiment:
"All our glories, we pass onto you. Aermora Bravus, novitiate."
*Attain a further domain of Greatness of your choice, as per the original vote to decide your Domains of Greatness.
*Attain a further 100% learning and practice speed in a domain that you're already Great in. By default, this will be Astrology.
*Acquire Excelsior for the new Domain of Greatness. Applies only for the span of a month. Make the most of your time.
*Become Harold Quattormegistus, but optimized
Additionally, select any one (1) of the below that you can afford -- an expensive gift from an anonymous benefactor.
[ ] Ecliptic Attainment -
Of darkness seal, shade over gold;
A mortal's eyesight to behold;
A circle of light, its zeal under wraps;
And weight enough, to worlds collapse.
Greatness is not a domain lying in one's hand, but an ideal that many grasp for. However, underneath any luminary, whose bold genius enlightens the world, there must also be a shadow. So, whose eyes perceiveth greatness; may now arise his distant shadow; the impossible wraith to a wizard's golden soul.
Allows the character to peer into several 'alternate realities;' layers of celestial existence that overlap the world that they dwell in, primarily using Astronomical devices and catalyzed by imbibing ritualistic mixtures of his own blood and certain natural minerals. An effort of sustained will, as well as (non-runic) enchantments laid over specialized spaces that exist at crossroads between these layers allow you to punch a 'hole' through reality; mundanely speaking, allowing you to tear open portals into other dimensions of your choice. It's possible to traverse these odd spaces and harvest their unique and esoteric resources.
Also, you immediately learn Dark Astrology, considered a part of this Attainment.
Among the worlds that Harry can initially peer into and explore are:
The Viridian Darkness - A land that exists 'in between and around' forested zones, among trees and forest hearths. A vast, primordial jungle out of man's subconscious dream and archetypical images related. Natural magic is stronger here. Many unseen-before plants.
The World Away - A space of indescribable complexity, inaccurately and inexactly mapping to the shape of the real world. Its features appear to follow no rhyme or reason; one minute, you are walking on a bridge made of adamant hanging above a lake of eternal fire, and the other you're emerging from a wooden closet. Magic is stronger here.
The Lands Below - A land roughly parallel to the Earth's curvature and overall shape, 'underground.' It has no sky and no stars; as such, working magic, science, and other similar disciplines here is exorbitantly difficult, but the place has flora and fauna that you won't find anywhere else.
[ ] Unoculaic Attainment -
If you venture nothing, you shall gain nothing - accept the wisdom of the long-dead Guardian of Magic into your heart.
At the earliest available opportunity, a fated incident of some kind causes the character to lose an eyeball. However, in return, his eyesight in the remaining eye improves drastically, though at a grievous cost in depth perception. His visual acuity then continues to improve over time, soon allowing him to perceive things hitherto unimaginable; spectrums of color and optical qualia that would befuddle an ordinary mortal or wizard. This improvement never fully or truly ceases, though its rate slows down after some time has passed. A magical prosthetic may be employed to replace the missing eye, though not the subjective enjoyment of having one.
As repayment for his sacrifice, the character almost immediately attains insight into markings of language and writing. Aside from becoming a polylinguist (as well as writer and reader) of scarce and rare fluidity, their aptitude for the art of Ancient Runes explosively increases; the Elder Futhark is mastered within a week of taking this attainment almost without any effort on the character's part. The character soon becomes capable of skywriting (drawing runes in the air,) and remotely drawing runes into material with nothing but simple flashes of desire. This doesn't count as a magical effect; such runes cannot be dispelled or removed with, say, the Rune-Clearing Charm, though may be naturally disrupted in other manners, such as by destroying the material the runes are scribed upon.
[ ] Singularity Attainment [3 Gnosis] - Aim beyond, and you'll land among the stars.
Allows the character to observe the complete firmament of the sky through a celestial visualization technique; may perceive Venus at midnight, for example (a feat that's utterly, physically impossible; simply consider the general shape of the solar system and where Venus would be from a mid-nightly human's perspective), as though seen using an expensive, high-quality telescope. Astrological and Astronomical actions and research have their speed increased tenfold permanently; horoscopes filled with childish ease like coloring books filled out by a bored kid at a doctor's office; potentially more once character comes into their own.
However, though useful on its own, the true strength of this Attainment lies at its core: the singularity of magical power that it represents; the sheer, nucleosynthetic genesis of worlds entire concentrated ontologically into the boundary of a single, human child; a heart like a white hole, pumping impossible strata of magic through your body with every beat, in tune with the flows of the universal rhythm, such that achievements once thought impossible become casual impositions.
Increases the character's Magic Power considerably, as though 3.5 points higher on the Magical Power Scale, (currently, 1.99,) without actually increasing difficulty or slowing down future Magic Power advancement and growth - a stupidly powerful boon. If you and the average Hogwarts Professor were to engage in a wizardly clash of sheer, kinetic magic pushing back against one another, a second of focus would be sufficient to splatter them bodily in steaming chunks across the dueling platform. And, most terribly, you shall only become greatly more powerful over time; a singularity's nature is such that it draws in further mass-energy to glorify itself.
[ ] Supernova Attainment - An explosion of raw might; a supernova to light the skies in dazzling brilliance.
The character's Magic Power is elevated to 6.5 (or they receive +1.25 Magic Power, whichever would bring them higher and offer greater benefits at the moment this Attainment is selected.) The character may now enact changes upon reality through sheer willpower, as though via ordinary Wandless Casting action, but without the prerequisite of studying and practice in any given effect zone. However, this may only be applied in areas of their Greatness, and only up to the limit of their actual capability, with downscaled benefits in broader areas.
A number of feats otherwise impossible to duplicat, may be achieved specifically by Harry Potter, albeit with greater difficulty and initial time requirements. As an example, Harry Potter's extensive practice and overall experience in Astrology might permit him to move the stars into other configurations, although this isn't true Star-Writing; merely shuffling stars into motion through bursts of unrefined and brutish power. On the other hand, his all-encompassing Greatness in the illegal Dark Arts may permit for the manifestation of any effect which is, or at least, appears to be, sufficiently illegal, dubious, immoral, or forbidden, including the summoning of any demon that he can even remotely imagine; and his Greatness in Ancient Runes might be used to enforce arbitrary effects of arbitrary complexity upon arbitrary systems of writing, coding, or pictographic imagery; imbue a 'stickman' rune drawn on parchment with the property of 'true life and possession of a soul,' for example.
However, beware the Supernova's waning, as the days of its light are short and counted - although the force of its scream may be great, a cry of thunder never lasts for an eternity. As time progresses, this Attainment will gradually shift into a different, more stable, and less powerful format, aligned most closely with the character's selected Hogwarts House, their demeanor and personality, as well as overall life choices. Although you won't lose your Magic Power obtained in this manner, the specifics of your gifts may become such that you no longer find them quite a useful as they were to begin with. After the passage of multiple years, this Attainment might even become another Attainment entirely, replacing its functioning wholesale for something else!
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Here's a character sheet for this quest.
As a reminder, you can join Discord here for discussion, as well as alert pings to let you know an update is going to come out in a short while. All discussion on Discord counts partially towards your Gnosis progression and offers boosted rewards if relevant parts of discussion are reposted in the thread.
The Goal of All Life Is Death (pt. 1)
Here is your curriculum for May --
Astronomy
*Pre-Exam Revision
Charms
*Free Practice
*Pre-Exam Revision
**Private Tutoring (Smokescreen Spell, Advanced Dueling techniques; actual simulated Duels against Flitwick himself - he'll go easy on you)
DADA
*Pre-Exam Revision
Herbology
*Lavender
*Kelp
*Pre-Exam Revision
History of Magic
*Ancient Greek Magic
*Pre-Exam Revision
Potions
*Stewing Mandrake
*Making Boom Berry Juice
*Pre-Exam Revision
Transfiguration
*Match to Needle (Practice)
*Needle to Match (Practice)
*Pre-Exam Revision
Now, is there anything that you'd like Harry to focus on or expand on?
[ ] Write-in
[ ] Maintain Standard Coursework - A balanced spreadsheet of skills.
[ ] Prepare For Astronomy OWLs - Harry's already considering the possibility, given a few glances at OWLs from previous years. At this rate, he'll easily be able to write his OWLs in the first months of his 2nd Year.
Additional actions for this update were omitted - given the transcendence you are bound to experience.
At the moment you have 53 Gnosis.
[ ] Excelsior [7 Gnosis] - All of your learning endeavors are doubled for next trimester; applies evenly to your Domains of Greatness.
[ ] Eternal [Astrology] Mastery [14 Gnosis] - Attain complete [Master]-y, in the fields of Astronomy and Astrology. All of the remaining 5th Year syllabus will become clear and translucent to you, and everything else up to 7th Year won't be that far behind. Discounts Dark Astrology.
[ ] Rending of Untold Infinities [25 Gnosis] - Attain [Master] in the fields of Astronomy and Astrology, and then make significant progress towards [Archmaster]. A stupefying level of advancement. All through sheer talent, you become more knowledgeable in these fields than your own teacher!
[ ] Eternal [Ancient Runes] Mastery [25 Gnosis] - Attain complete [Master]-y in the field of Ancient Runes, and [Proficient] in the field of Transfiguration. If you even bother taking Ancient Runes as an elective, you're sure to ace it.
[ ] Eternal [Dark Arts] Mastery [50 Gnosis] - Attain complete [Master]-y in the field of the Dark Arts, and make progress towards [Practiced] in Spells. Allows for incredible feats of illegal spellcraft.
The Attainments below are incredibly powerful. Any one of them can only be picked once.
[ ] Frenzied Attainment [50 Gnosis] - A single heart, in a single dream, in a single chamber; with a single thought: conquer.
*Attain [Master] level experience in any domain of standard magic; make a choice in an attachment to this vote. All subsequent progression in that field is made faster and easier, as though studying or practicing at doubled rates, for the rest of your natural (or unnatural) lifespan.
*Attain unconditional resistance (10%), which over time (several years) advances into full, unconditional immunity to any magical effects cast or produced by a source with lesser Magical Power than your own. After a decade, you may laugh off any spell or magical toxin so long as its originator was less powerful than you.
*Allows you to select another House Fealty perk.
[ ] Hermetic Attainment [50 Gnosis] -
A bold eagle soars overhead,
A cunning snake climbs over the rocks,
A clever raven watches and reports,
A badger stays in its warren.
*Ascend a single level of Magic Power (currently: 1.99, where 1.5 is the current level of 90% of your First-Year peers. This'll put you almost on par with a Hogwarts graduate.)
*Ascend a further level of Magic Power on your seventeenth birthday.
*Apply the effects of [ ] A Child Prodigy at 25% strength, growing to 33% strength over the course of two years, then 50% strength over two more years.
*Attain Greatness Domain: Spells.
*
[ ] Sovereign Attainment [50 Gnosis] -
"Must I say anything?
"Everything that deserves being spoken has already been said before, many, many times. But, perhaps, I can say just one thing, forgive the sentiment:
"All our glories, we pass onto you. Aermora Bravus, novitiate."
*Attain a further domain of Greatness of your choice, as per the original vote to decide your Domains of Greatness.
*Attain a further 100% learning and practice speed in a domain that you're already Great in. By default, this will be Astrology.
*Acquire Excelsior for the new Domain of Greatness. Applies only for the span of a month. Make the most of your time.
*
Additionally, select any one (1) of the below that you can afford -- an expensive gift from an anonymous benefactor.
[ ] Ecliptic Attainment -
Of darkness seal, shade over gold;
A mortal's eyesight to behold;
A circle of light, its zeal under wraps;
And weight enough, to worlds collapse.
Greatness is not a domain lying in one's hand, but an ideal that many grasp for. However, underneath any luminary, whose bold genius enlightens the world, there must also be a shadow. So, whose eyes perceiveth greatness; may now arise his distant shadow; the impossible wraith to a wizard's golden soul.
Allows the character to peer into several 'alternate realities;' layers of celestial existence that overlap the world that they dwell in, primarily using Astronomical devices and catalyzed by imbibing ritualistic mixtures of his own blood and certain natural minerals. An effort of sustained will, as well as (non-runic) enchantments laid over specialized spaces that exist at crossroads between these layers allow you to punch a 'hole' through reality; mundanely speaking, allowing you to tear open portals into other dimensions of your choice. It's possible to traverse these odd spaces and harvest their unique and esoteric resources.
Also, you immediately learn Dark Astrology, considered a part of this Attainment.
Among the worlds that Harry can initially peer into and explore are:
The Viridian Darkness - A land that exists 'in between and around' forested zones, among trees and forest hearths. A vast, primordial jungle out of man's subconscious dream and archetypical images related. Natural magic is stronger here. Many unseen-before plants.
The World Away - A space of indescribable complexity, inaccurately and inexactly mapping to the shape of the real world. Its features appear to follow no rhyme or reason; one minute, you are walking on a bridge made of adamant hanging above a lake of eternal fire, and the other you're emerging from a wooden closet. Magic is stronger here.
The Lands Below - A land roughly parallel to the Earth's curvature and overall shape, 'underground.' It has no sky and no stars; as such, working magic, science, and other similar disciplines here is exorbitantly difficult, but the place has flora and fauna that you won't find anywhere else.
[ ] Unoculaic Attainment -
If you venture nothing, you shall gain nothing - accept the wisdom of the long-dead Guardian of Magic into your heart.
At the earliest available opportunity, a fated incident of some kind causes the character to lose an eyeball. However, in return, his eyesight in the remaining eye improves drastically, though at a grievous cost in depth perception. His visual acuity then continues to improve over time, soon allowing him to perceive things hitherto unimaginable; spectrums of color and optical qualia that would befuddle an ordinary mortal or wizard. This improvement never fully or truly ceases, though its rate slows down after some time has passed. A magical prosthetic may be employed to replace the missing eye, though not the subjective enjoyment of having one.
As repayment for his sacrifice, the character almost immediately attains insight into markings of language and writing. Aside from becoming a polylinguist (as well as writer and reader) of scarce and rare fluidity, their aptitude for the art of Ancient Runes explosively increases; the Elder Futhark is mastered within a week of taking this attainment almost without any effort on the character's part. The character soon becomes capable of skywriting (drawing runes in the air,) and remotely drawing runes into material with nothing but simple flashes of desire. This doesn't count as a magical effect; such runes cannot be dispelled or removed with, say, the Rune-Clearing Charm, though may be naturally disrupted in other manners, such as by destroying the material the runes are scribed upon.
[ ] Singularity Attainment [3 Gnosis] - Aim beyond, and you'll land among the stars.
Allows the character to observe the complete firmament of the sky through a celestial visualization technique; may perceive Venus at midnight, for example (a feat that's utterly, physically impossible; simply consider the general shape of the solar system and where Venus would be from a mid-nightly human's perspective), as though seen using an expensive, high-quality telescope. Astrological and Astronomical actions and research have their speed increased tenfold permanently; horoscopes filled with childish ease like coloring books filled out by a bored kid at a doctor's office; potentially more once character comes into their own.
However, though useful on its own, the true strength of this Attainment lies at its core: the singularity of magical power that it represents; the sheer, nucleosynthetic genesis of worlds entire concentrated ontologically into the boundary of a single, human child; a heart like a white hole, pumping impossible strata of magic through your body with every beat, in tune with the flows of the universal rhythm, such that achievements once thought impossible become casual impositions.
Increases the character's Magic Power considerably, as though 3.5 points higher on the Magical Power Scale, (currently, 1.99,) without actually increasing difficulty or slowing down future Magic Power advancement and growth - a stupidly powerful boon. If you and the average Hogwarts Professor were to engage in a wizardly clash of sheer, kinetic magic pushing back against one another, a second of focus would be sufficient to splatter them bodily in steaming chunks across the dueling platform. And, most terribly, you shall only become greatly more powerful over time; a singularity's nature is such that it draws in further mass-energy to glorify itself.
[ ] Supernova Attainment - An explosion of raw might; a supernova to light the skies in dazzling brilliance.
The character's Magic Power is elevated to 6.5 (or they receive +1.25 Magic Power, whichever would bring them higher and offer greater benefits at the moment this Attainment is selected.) The character may now enact changes upon reality through sheer willpower, as though via ordinary Wandless Casting action, but without the prerequisite of studying and practice in any given effect zone. However, this may only be applied in areas of their Greatness, and only up to the limit of their actual capability, with downscaled benefits in broader areas.
A number of feats otherwise impossible to duplicat, may be achieved specifically by Harry Potter, albeit with greater difficulty and initial time requirements. As an example, Harry Potter's extensive practice and overall experience in Astrology might permit him to move the stars into other configurations, although this isn't true Star-Writing; merely shuffling stars into motion through bursts of unrefined and brutish power. On the other hand, his all-encompassing Greatness in the illegal Dark Arts may permit for the manifestation of any effect which is, or at least, appears to be, sufficiently illegal, dubious, immoral, or forbidden, including the summoning of any demon that he can even remotely imagine; and his Greatness in Ancient Runes might be used to enforce arbitrary effects of arbitrary complexity upon arbitrary systems of writing, coding, or pictographic imagery; imbue a 'stickman' rune drawn on parchment with the property of 'true life and possession of a soul,' for example.
However, beware the Supernova's waning, as the days of its light are short and counted - although the force of its scream may be great, a cry of thunder never lasts for an eternity. As time progresses, this Attainment will gradually shift into a different, more stable, and less powerful format, aligned most closely with the character's selected Hogwarts House, their demeanor and personality, as well as overall life choices. Although you won't lose your Magic Power obtained in this manner, the specifics of your gifts may become such that you no longer find them quite a useful as they were to begin with. After the passage of multiple years, this Attainment might even become another Attainment entirely, replacing its functioning wholesale for something else!
---
Here's a character sheet for this quest.
As a reminder, you can join Discord here for discussion, as well as alert pings to let you know an update is going to come out in a short while. All discussion on Discord counts partially towards your Gnosis progression and offers boosted rewards if relevant parts of discussion are reposted in the thread.
Zampano
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- Location
- Simping for DSB
Hooray ! A post!
[X] Write-in
[X] Maintain Standard Coursework
[X] Prepare For Astronomy OWLs
At the moment you have 53 Gnosis.
[X] Excelsior [7 Gnosis]
[X] Eternal [Astrology] Mastery [14 Gnosis]
[X] Rending of Untold Infinities [25 Gnosis]
[X] Eternal [Ancient Runes] Mastery [25 Gnosis]
[X] Eternal [Dark Arts] Mastery [50 Gnosis]
[X] Excelsior
[X] Eternal [Astrology] Mastery
[X] Rending of Untold Infinities
[X] Eternal [Ancient Runes] Mastery
[X] Eternal [Dark Arts] Mastery
[X] Frenzied Attainment
-[X] Frenzied Attainment
[X] Frenzied Attainment (Dark Arts)
[X] Frenzied Attainment (Alchemy)
[X] Frenzied Attainment [50 Gnosis]
[X] Hermetic Attainment
[X] Hermetic Attainment [50 Gnosis]
[X] Sovereign Attainment
[X] Sovereign Attainment [50 Gnosis]
[X] Ecliptic Attainment
-[X] Ecliptic Attainment
[X] Unoculaic Attainment
[X] Singularity Attainment
[X] Supernova Attainment
Edit: By request, I'm including the write-in.
[X] Focus on finding the Chosen with Neville and the inner circle members. Do the absolute minimum necessary for classwork and attendance this month. Try to use the Star of the Chosen to divine who they are, see if you can use the Maurader's map and Ornias' assistance as well.
[X] Write-in
[X] Maintain Standard Coursework
[X] Prepare For Astronomy OWLs
At the moment you have 53 Gnosis.
[X] Excelsior [7 Gnosis]
[X] Eternal [Astrology] Mastery [14 Gnosis]
[X] Rending of Untold Infinities [25 Gnosis]
[X] Eternal [Ancient Runes] Mastery [25 Gnosis]
[X] Eternal [Dark Arts] Mastery [50 Gnosis]
[X] Excelsior
[X] Eternal [Astrology] Mastery
[X] Rending of Untold Infinities
[X] Eternal [Ancient Runes] Mastery
[X] Eternal [Dark Arts] Mastery
[X] Frenzied Attainment
-[X] Frenzied Attainment
[X] Frenzied Attainment (Dark Arts)
[X] Frenzied Attainment (Alchemy)
[X] Frenzied Attainment [50 Gnosis]
[X] Hermetic Attainment
[X] Hermetic Attainment [50 Gnosis]
[X] Sovereign Attainment
[X] Sovereign Attainment [50 Gnosis]
[X] Ecliptic Attainment
-[X] Ecliptic Attainment
[X] Unoculaic Attainment
[X] Singularity Attainment
[X] Supernova Attainment
Edit: By request, I'm including the write-in.
[X] Focus on finding the Chosen with Neville and the inner circle members. Do the absolute minimum necessary for classwork and attendance this month. Try to use the Star of the Chosen to divine who they are, see if you can use the Maurader's map and Ornias' assistance as well.
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- Location
- USA
These are some amazing picks lol.
[X] Hermetic Attainment
[X] Singularity Attainment
[X] Focus on finding the Chosen with Neville and the inner circle members. Do the absolute minimum necessary for classwork and attendance this month. Try to use the Star of the Chosen to divine who they are, see if you can use the Maurader's map and Ornias' assistance as well.
Glorious broken power.
[X] Hermetic Attainment
[X] Singularity Attainment
[X] Focus on finding the Chosen with Neville and the inner circle members. Do the absolute minimum necessary for classwork and attendance this month. Try to use the Star of the Chosen to divine who they are, see if you can use the Maurader's map and Ornias' assistance as well.
Glorious broken power.
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[X] Prepare For Astronomy OWLs
[x] Sovereign Attainment
[x] Unoculaic Attainment
[x] Sovereign Attainment
[x] Unoculaic Attainment
- Location
- US
By the way, for those curious about why Supernova is so strong:
Chimerical Tesseract — Today at 4:55 PM
Birdsie what's the price of Supernova?
Birdsie — Today at 4:56 PM
Supernova was 50 Gnosis, IIRC
Chimerical Tesseract — Today at 4:56 PM
Oh damn
Birdsie — Today at 4:56 PM
And would've been discounted to 25, but donator had enough leeway left to discount it completely
Chimerical Tesseract — Today at 4:56 PM
That's legitimately wild
Birdsie — Today at 4:56 PM
If you don't pick it, though
you get an extra defensive wish
Chimerical Tesseract — Today at 4:56 PM
So you're saying
Supernova
Nobody134 — Today at 4:56 PM
4th tris slot
Chimerical Tesseract — Today at 4:57 PM
is the strongest Attainment
of the Attainments offered?
Birdsie — Today at 4:57 PM
Arguably
Strength is how you leverage what you have
Chimerical Tesseract — Today at 4:57 PM
You know, that's a fair point.
Birdsie — Today at 4:57 PM
Supernova lets you bash anything with a rock in its head
see: its description
It lets you brute force magic to do what you want, so long as you're Great at it
Chimerical Tesseract — Today at 4:58 PM
In other words
Birdsie — Today at 4:58 PM
but it doesn't last forever
it's the riskiest long-term
Chimerical Tesseract — Today at 4:58 PM
Supernova is Power 6 Potential -1
Not bad
Chimerical Tesseract — Today at 4:58 PM
the ultimate Power type EFB
Birdsie — Today at 5:00 PM
Singularity is what you go for
If you want Supernova
but you want to optimize it for long-term benefits rather than immediate superpower
Chimerical Tesseract — Today at 5:00 PM
Interesting.
Birdsie — Today at 5:00 PM
As you gain Magic Power
growing your Magic Power becomes difficult because it's 'denser'
Birdsie — Today at 5:01 PM
Singularity does that Cursebearer thing, skipping ahead the curve, etc, blah blah
Lealope — Today at 5:01 PM
imagine getting +3.5 rank lmao
Birdsie — Today at 5:01 PM
You go from 1.99 to 5.5
but keep growing from 5.5
as if you were still 1.99
Chimerical Tesseract — Today at 5:01 PM
Can that break
the 10.01 cap
on magic power?
Birdsie — Today at 5:01 PM
so by the time you're naturally "5.5" you're actually ~7-8 Magic Power
less — Today at 5:01 PM
Would signularity and Hermetic power boosts stack?
Birdsie — Today at 5:01 PM
It's almost certainly the only Attainment on offer that has a good chance of doing that at some point
Chimerical Tesseract — Today at 5:02 PM
That's actually a good question
Chimerical Tesseract — Today at 5:02 PM
Do they stack?
Birdsie — Today at 5:02 PM
Also yes
Since Hermetic and Singularity stacks together to raise our Magic Power to 6.5 (hundred year old wizard tier) while only counting as 2.99 for future increases, and unlike Supernova, doesn't degrade in a few years, that's what I'll vote for.
[] Prepare For Astronomy OWLs
[] Hermetic Attainment
[] Singularity Attainment
Though, to be honest, there's decent odds I'll change my mind later on. There's some seriously good options here, after all.
EDIT: Looks like I changed my mind. The allure of a fourth Trismegistus slot to put into Patronus so we can boost the Infinite Patronus is way too alluring.
Chimerical Tesseract — Today at 4:55 PM
Birdsie what's the price of Supernova?
Birdsie — Today at 4:56 PM
Supernova was 50 Gnosis, IIRC
Chimerical Tesseract — Today at 4:56 PM
Oh damn
Birdsie — Today at 4:56 PM
And would've been discounted to 25, but donator had enough leeway left to discount it completely
Chimerical Tesseract — Today at 4:56 PM
That's legitimately wild
Birdsie — Today at 4:56 PM
If you don't pick it, though
you get an extra defensive wish
Chimerical Tesseract — Today at 4:56 PM
So you're saying
Supernova
Nobody134 — Today at 4:56 PM
4th tris slot
Chimerical Tesseract — Today at 4:57 PM
is the strongest Attainment
of the Attainments offered?
Birdsie — Today at 4:57 PM
Arguably
Strength is how you leverage what you have
Chimerical Tesseract — Today at 4:57 PM
You know, that's a fair point.
Birdsie — Today at 4:57 PM
Supernova lets you bash anything with a rock in its head
see: its description
It lets you brute force magic to do what you want, so long as you're Great at it
Chimerical Tesseract — Today at 4:58 PM
In other words
Birdsie — Today at 4:58 PM
but it doesn't last forever
it's the riskiest long-term
Chimerical Tesseract — Today at 4:58 PM
Supernova is Power 6 Potential -1
Not bad
Chimerical Tesseract — Today at 4:58 PM
the ultimate Power type EFB
Birdsie — Today at 5:00 PM
Singularity is what you go for
If you want Supernova
but you want to optimize it for long-term benefits rather than immediate superpower
Chimerical Tesseract — Today at 5:00 PM
Interesting.
Birdsie — Today at 5:00 PM
As you gain Magic Power
growing your Magic Power becomes difficult because it's 'denser'
Birdsie — Today at 5:01 PM
Singularity does that Cursebearer thing, skipping ahead the curve, etc, blah blah
Lealope — Today at 5:01 PM
imagine getting +3.5 rank lmao
Birdsie — Today at 5:01 PM
You go from 1.99 to 5.5
but keep growing from 5.5
as if you were still 1.99
Chimerical Tesseract — Today at 5:01 PM
Can that break
the 10.01 cap
on magic power?
Birdsie — Today at 5:01 PM
so by the time you're naturally "5.5" you're actually ~7-8 Magic Power
less — Today at 5:01 PM
Would signularity and Hermetic power boosts stack?
Birdsie — Today at 5:01 PM
It's almost certainly the only Attainment on offer that has a good chance of doing that at some point
Chimerical Tesseract — Today at 5:02 PM
That's actually a good question
Chimerical Tesseract — Today at 5:02 PM
Do they stack?
Birdsie — Today at 5:02 PM
Also yes
Since Hermetic and Singularity stacks together to raise our Magic Power to 6.5 (hundred year old wizard tier) while only counting as 2.99 for future increases, and unlike Supernova, doesn't degrade in a few years, that's what I'll vote for.
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[] Hermetic Attainment
[] Singularity Attainment
Though, to be honest, there's decent odds I'll change my mind later on. There's some seriously good options here, after all.
EDIT: Looks like I changed my mind. The allure of a fourth Trismegistus slot to put into Patronus so we can boost the Infinite Patronus is way too alluring.
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Since Magic Power is being referenced a lot, I'll pull this old post up to give perspective.
From KreenWarrior:
Birdsie posted a power scale in Discord:
0.01 - Average Muggle.
0.25 - Average Squib.
0.5 - Average three-year-old Wizard.
1.25 - Average Hogwarts student at beginning of Year 1.
1.5 - Average Hogwarts student at the end of Year 1.
2.5 - Average Hogwarts student by the middle of Year 4.
3 - Average Hogwarts student by the end of their education. Average centaur, Veela or giant.
4.5 - Average Hogwarts Professor.
6.25 - Average hundred-year-old Wizard.
7 - Average House Elf.
7.25 - Professor Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore (allegedly)
8.25 - He-Who-Shall-Not-Be-Named (allegedly)
9.9 - Minimum required magical power to attempt the most powerful Transfiguration, Nihil Ex Nihilo, last achieved in the 1600s by Dumbledore's ancestor. It lets you "remove nothing from nothing to create a pure substance." Further details unknown.
10.01 - A level never reached by anyone (allegedly)
20 - A primordial being such as Death.
Note that it is progressively exponential - there isn't much difference between a Muggle and Squib, but there is a lot of difference between a hundred year old wizard and Dumbledore.
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And that's the power scale from Kreen's old post, edited with the bit of new information that we got later on on Dumbledore's ancestor.
From KreenWarrior:
Birdsie posted a power scale in Discord:
0.01 - Average Muggle.
0.25 - Average Squib.
0.5 - Average three-year-old Wizard.
1.25 - Average Hogwarts student at beginning of Year 1.
1.5 - Average Hogwarts student at the end of Year 1.
2.5 - Average Hogwarts student by the middle of Year 4.
3 - Average Hogwarts student by the end of their education. Average centaur, Veela or giant.
4.5 - Average Hogwarts Professor.
6.25 - Average hundred-year-old Wizard.
7 - Average House Elf.
7.25 - Professor Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore (allegedly)
8.25 - He-Who-Shall-Not-Be-Named (allegedly)
9.9 - Minimum required magical power to attempt the most powerful Transfiguration, Nihil Ex Nihilo, last achieved in the 1600s by Dumbledore's ancestor. It lets you "remove nothing from nothing to create a pure substance." Further details unknown.
10.01 - A level never reached by anyone (allegedly)
20 - A primordial being such as Death.
Note that it is progressively exponential - there isn't much difference between a Muggle and Squib, but there is a lot of difference between a hundred year old wizard and Dumbledore.
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And that's the power scale from Kreen's old post, edited with the bit of new information that we got later on on Dumbledore's ancestor.
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HoratioVonBecker
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Hm. Frenzied Singularity might be worth considering. A decade is a long time to wait, and it won't save us from Primordials, but it might be a good basis for a world conquest build.
[X] Singularity Attainment
[X] Singularity Attainment
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- He/Him
[X] Hermetic Attainment
[X] Singularity Attainment
This is overall the best package for power and potential in one go. It puts Harry far beyond the curve in general in basically every category for as long as he lives. A true once in a lifetime mega genius.
I am also open to swapping this vote out if someone has a more interesting one. I just think this is good for Harry in the immediate and priceless for Harry in the future.
[X] Singularity Attainment
This is overall the best package for power and potential in one go. It puts Harry far beyond the curve in general in basically every category for as long as he lives. A true once in a lifetime mega genius.
I am also open to swapping this vote out if someone has a more interesting one. I just think this is good for Harry in the immediate and priceless for Harry in the future.